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Davina Lucy Pascale McCall is an English television presenter. She has hosted the Channel 4 game shows The Million Pound Drop Live, Five Minutes to a Fortune and The Jump, Sky1's reality talent show Got to Dance, ITV documentary series Long Lost Family and ITV celebrity dancing show Stepping Out.
McCall is best known as the presenter of reality series Big Brother during its run on Channel 4 between 2000 and 2010. Having fronted the weekly live eviction shows every year since the beginning, she decided not to return as host after it was dropped by Channel 4 in 2010 and relaunched by Channel 5 the following year. McCall is also the face of cosmetics brand Garnier in the United Kingdom.
After a difficult childhood, by her early twenties McCall had pursued various jobs, including solo singer, but later embarked on a career in television with a first job presenting for satellite music channel MTV in 1992. After further work on terrestrial channels she became a household name thanks to Big Brother, while also continuing to work with other hosting vehicles on various channels, from game shows to talent shows.
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