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Davina McCall
Born 16 October 1967 (1967-10-16) (age 40)
London, England
Occupation TV presenter
Known for Presenter of reality shows and game shows. Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A presenter, or host (sometimes hostess, in feminine form is a Person or Organization responsible for running an event Reality television is a genre of Television programming which presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations documents actual events and usually features ordinary
Spouse Matthew Robertson
Children 3

Davina Lucy Pascale McCall[1] (born 16 October 1967) is a British television presenter and actress who works on British television. Matthew Robertson (born 29 November 1968) is a television presenter based in the UK Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands A presenter, or host (sometimes hostess, in feminine form is a Person or Organization responsible for running an event An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located

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Background

McCall was born in London,[1] and at the age of three went to live with her grandparents in Surrey after the parents' marriage dissolved. Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. Her French mother Florence – whom McCall has described as something of a "wild child" – returned to Paris, and McCall would see her only when on holidays. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. She continued to see her father Andrew, a graphic designer, at weekends before moving in with him and his new wife Gaby when she was 13. A graphic designer (also known as a graphic artist and communication designer) is a professional within the Graphic design and Graphic arts industry McCall attended the Godolphin and Latymer Girls School, a famous independent school in Hammersmith, London, whose alumni include celebrity students Nigella Lawson, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Kate Beckinsale. The Godolphin and Latymer School is an independent school for 700 girls aged eleven to eighteen in London. An independent school is a school which is not dependent upon national or local Government for financing its operation and is instead operated by tuition charges gifts and Hammersmith is an urban centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in West London, approximately 5 miles (8km west of Charing Cross on Nigella Lucy Lawson (born 6 January 1960 is an English food writer, Journalist and broadcaster Sophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor (born 10 April 1979) is a multi- platinum selling British pop Singer and Songwriter Kathryn Bailey "Kate" Beckinsale (born 26 July 1973 is an English actress, known for her roles in the films Pearl Harbor (2001 During her teens Davina developed the eating disorder anorexia, which she has attributed to her fractured childhood and a desperate need for attention. An eating disorder is a compulsion to eat or avoid eating that negatively affects both one's physical and mental health Anorexia Nervosa is a psychiatric Diagnosis that describes an Eating disorder characterized by low Body weight and Body image distortion At the age of 15, while studying for her nine O levels and later two more A levels, McCall sang professionally with a band; however when she was 19 she decided to go solo. The General Certificate of Education or GCE is a secondary-level academic qualification that Examination boards in the United Kingdom confer to students The A-level, short for Advanced Level, is a General Certificate of Education qualification in England, Northern Ireland and Wales, During this time she dated old family friend Eric Clapton, who also produced her demo music disc and helped her to try to crack the pop music world. Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer [2][3] Dissatisfied with her near misses in the record industry, she gave up singing and took a job at Models One on the men's desk as a booker. She also appeared in a Kylie Minogue pop video, Word Is Out, in a striped sweater and beret, in a nod to her French ancestry. Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE, born 28 May 1968 is an Australian pop Singer - Songwriter and occasional Actress. A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics A beret (ber-HET in French or /ˈBer-EHT/ in English, except in the USA, where it is usually pronounced /ber-EHT is a soft round Cap, usually Legal residents and citizens To be French according to the first article of the Constitution is to be a citizen of France regardless of one's origin race or religion ( An ancestor is a Parent or ( recursively) the parent of an ancestor (i Later, she ran a restaurant for two years and worked as a singing waitress in Paris. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city However, after a failed Moulin Rouge cabaret audition, she returned to London where she quickly became a fixture on the club scene, which eventually led to her becoming a nightclub hostess. Can-can at the Moulin Rouge The main feature of an evening at the Moulin Rouge is the performance It was at this time (during her early 20s) that McCall became addicted to drugs, heavily using cocaine, ecstasy and heroin. Cocaine ( benzoylmethyl ecgonine) is a Crystalline Tropane Alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the Coca plant MDMA ( 34-methylenedioxy- N -methylamphetamine) most commonly known today by the street name Ecstasy (often abbreviated E, X, Heroin ( INN: diacetylmorphine, BAN: diamorphine) is a semi-synthetic opioid synthesized from Morphine, a derivative [4]

Presenting

After difficult times, Eric Clapton helped Davina turn things around. In 1992 she landed a job presenting her own show on MTV but a lesser known fact was that she was the Female Voice Dubber on the first series of Channel 4's Eurotrash in 1993. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began Eurotrash was a Rapido Television production in English. It was shown in the UK on Channel 4 and was a late-night comical review So, in 1995 she went on to host the ITV game show God's Gift (transmitted very late at night, around 3am usually, after weekend football highlights) and she later went on to present the cult dating show Streetmate in 1998. Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent Streetmate is a dating game show in the UK that first aired on Channel 4 from 30 October, 1998 to 9 March, 2001 and ran Since 2000 Davina has also presented Big Brother (see below for more information), she has also presented the BRIT Awards in 2000, as well as the BBC charity show Comic Relief on several occasions. Big Brother is a Reality television series broadcast in the United Kingdom and The BRIT Awards, often simply called The BRITs, are the British Phonographic Industry 's annual pop music awards Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work often to relieve tension She presented the ITV show Don't Try This at Home in 2001, Popstars: The Rivals (ITV1) in 2002, The Vault (ITV1), Oblivious (ITV1), the reality TV show Reborn in the USA in 2003, as well as an entertainment show on the subject of love and dating called Love on a Saturday Night (ITV1) in 2004. Don't Try This At Home was a reality show produced by LWT and broadcast on ITV between 16 May, 1998 and 1 September, Popstars is an international Reality television program and a precursor to the Idol series See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Vault was a game show created in Israel (known as Hakasefet) Reborn in the USA was a 2003 ITV reality TV show in which ten former British pop acts were transported to the USA, where they were supposedly Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Love on A Saturday Night was a London Weekend Television produced game show that aired on ITV between 7 February and 22 May 2004 "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " In 2004 she also presented the BAFTA television awards. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for film television television craft video games and forms of animation

McCall has also tried a hand at acting appearances in Sam's Game (2001), a Friends-style TV sitcom (also starring Irish comedian Ed Byrne), which was slammed by the critics and lasted only one series. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Friends was an Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Ed Byrne (born 10 April, 1972 in Swords, Dublin) is a Perrier Award -nominated Irish stand up Comedian She has also appeared in the Leigh Francis comedy sketch shows Bo Selecta and A Bear's Tail. Leigh Francis (born 30 May 1974 in Old Farnley, Leeds) is an English comedy performer, son of Christopher and Hannah Malkin Bo' Selecta! is a British TV Comedy Sketch show which ran for three series and one Christmas special on Channel 4 television and had A Bear's Tail is a television Sitcom written by Leigh Francis. McCall also provided the voice of an android version of herself in a lethal version of Big Brother in the Doctor Who episode "Bad Wolf" in 2005. Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. This article is about the Doctor Who episode For the folk tale character see Big Bad Wolf.

Although popular with many, McCall's presenting style is not without its criticsand she was voted 95th worst Briton in Channel 4's poll of the 100 Worst Britons in 2003. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began

She has featured as a guest on numerous chat shows, in 2005, McCall appeared on the BBC Two motoring show Top Gear, participating in the shows "Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car" segment. Top Gear is a BAFTA, multi- NTA and International Emmy Award -winning BBC Television series about motor vehicles mainly The Top Gear test track is the test track used by the British automotive television programme Top Gear. She rounded the track in 1:57. 1, which earned a 67th place on the score board.

During 2005, McCall presented the BBC series He's Having A Baby, which received poor ratings. In December 2005 it was announced that she would be hosting her own BBC One prime-time chat show called Davina in early 2006. Davina was a British talk show originally hosted by Davina McCall. Early reviews were scathing of the show, and viewing figures flirted around the 3 million mark (at one point, dropping as low as 2 million), compared to over 6 million watching The Bill on ITV1 at the same time. The Bill is a long-running British Television Police procedural, named after a slang term for the police. This article deals with the ITV1 brand name as it is broadcast at present In April 2006, BBC One axed the show due to the ratings not reaching expectations. Stories without links will be removed'. News stories must be in English

It was revealed in March 2006 that ITV1 had signed up McCall to host the BAFTA television awards for the second time in May. Events in March American Red Cross Month Fire Prevention month ( The Philippines) Women's History Month ( United Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. This article deals with the ITV1 brand name as it is broadcast at present The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for film television television craft video games and forms of animation In April 2006 Davina was confirmed as the main presenter on Sport Relief on BBC One in July of that year, alongside friend Chris Evans. Sport Relief is a biennial charity event from Comic Relief, in association with BBC Sport, which brings together the worlds of sport and entertainment to raise money Christopher Evans or Chris Evans may refer to Chris Evans (Australian politician, (born 1958 Chris Evans (presenter, British McCall's involvement with ITV had gone back some years earlier as she often appeared on the pre-programme sequences standing on a stage, something done by other ITV starts like Chris Tarrant. Christopher John Tarrant OBE (born 10 October 1946, Reading Berkshire) is an English Radio Broadcaster

She has since appeared as a host for Red Nose Day 2007 and, in conjunction, appeared in the video for Girls Aloud and Sugababes' cover of "Walk This Way", walking down a catwalk. Red Nose Day 2007, was a fundraising event organised by Comic Relief, broadcast live on BBC One and BBC Two from the evening of March Girls Aloud are a British Girl group created by ITV1 Talent show Popstars The Rivals in 2002 Sugababes are a BRIT Award -winning English pop group trio from London. " Walk This Way " is a Song by American Hard rock group Aerosmith. She resumed presenting Big Brother on May 30, 2007. Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

McCall has starred in a documentary, Let's Talk Sex, about sex education, and how sex education is taught in Britain (one of the countries of Europe with the highest teenage pregnancy levels), compared with The Netherlands (which has one of the lowest teenage pregnancy rates in Europe). Sex education is a broad term used to describe Education about human sexual anatomy, Sexual reproduction, Sexual intercourse, Reproductive The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands She also has published a book under the same title.

In 2006, BBC Radio 1 DJ, and friend to McCall, Chris Moyles parodied The Feeling's song Love It When You Call to create a song entirely about her. Christopher Moyles (born 22 February 1974 is an English broadcaster from Leeds. The Feeling is a five-piece BRIT award -nominated British band from Sussex and London. " Love It When You Call " was the fourth single from The Feeling taken from their debut album Twelve Stops and Home. The song, simply titled "The Davina McCall song" is one of the most popular parodies downloaded from website ChrisMoyles. net. [5]

On 5 July 2007 McCall was a panellist on the BBC's Question Time. Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Question Time is a topical Debate Television programme in the United Kingdom, based on Any Questions?. It was a special 'Schools' edition, partly produced by students.

In December 2007, McCall presented a special Christmas edition of The Friday Night Project with Alan Carr and Justin Lee-Collins. Alan Carr (born 14 June 1976 is a TV presenter and stand-up comedian noted for his camp demeanour and Innuendo -based humour Justin Lee Collins (born 28 July, 1974) is an English Comedian, television, Radio presenter and amateur Darts

Big Brother

Despite holding many high profile jobs McCall is best known for hosting all series of Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother, except Celebrity Hijack and Teen Big Brother. Big Brother is a Reality television series broadcast in the United Kingdom and Big Brother is a Reality television series broadcast in the United Kingdom and Whilst presenting Big Brother she has become known for her catchphrases such as "Big Brother House, this is Davina. You are live on Channel 4. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began Please do not swear. "

During presenting Big Brother series 6, McCall caused controversy when she wore a bikini whilst interviewing contestant Sam Heuston. Big Brother 2005 was the sixth series of Big Brother in the UK, a Reality television show on Channel 4, in which Shortly after this, McCall attracted some complaints for her hostile interviewing of housemate Makosi Musambasi on the final night, which was much criticised in the British press. There were 16 housemates in total in the sixth series of Big Brother in the UK where they were observed by television viewers 24 hours a day and each week one or more housemates were voted [6]

During her time on Big Brother, Davina McCall hosted the controversial Celebrity Big Brother 5 series in January 2007 in which she gained widespread criticism for her interviewing techniques with controversial housemates Jade Goody and Danielle Lloyd, she however maintains that she did the best she could under difficult circumstances. Celebrity Big Brother 2007 was the highly controversial fifth series of the United Kingdom Reality television series Celebrity Big Brother Jade Cerisa Lorraine Goody (born 5 June 1981 is a British Television Celebrity. Danielle Lloyd (born 16 December 1983 is an English fashion and glamour model.

For the 2008 Big Brother series it is reported that McCall will earn £85,000 per episode (one a week)[7]

In May 2008, it was reported that she will quit Big Brother after the 2008 season to concentrate on an acting career. [8] This was later denied by Davina at the Sex And The City film premiere in London, where she said "I'm not leaving Big Brother. They would have to kill me before I'd stop doing it". [9]

Personal life

After dating Eric Clapton,[10] McCall married Andrew Leggett in 1997, but was soon divorced. Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS **************

In 2000 she married Matthew Robertson, presenter of Pet Rescue, and they have three children: Holly (born September 2001), Tilly (born September 2003) and Chester (born 14 September 2006[11]). Matthew Robertson (born 29 November 1968) is a television presenter based in the UK Pet Rescue was a daytime Channel 4 TV series launched in January 1997 which chronicled various pets and animals being rescued cared for and then either rehoused Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Coincidentally, they were all born in the same month of different years, and McCall has been pregnant during Big Brothers 2, 4 and 7. She had all of her children at home and is a big advocate of home birth. Home birth occurs when a woman labors and delivers a child at home rather than the labor and delivery ward of a Hospital or Birthing center.

Davina appeared in several adverts for Garnier Nutrisse in which it featured one sided conversations with her mother, in reality Davina had not seen her mother for many years. Davina's mother died before ever meeting her grand children.

A sound clip of her daughter Holly saying "International Radio 1" is played occasionally by Radio 1 presenter Chris Moyles during his breakfast show. Christopher Moyles (born 22 February 1974 is an English broadcaster from Leeds.

Shows

References

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  9. ^ "Davina: 'I'm not leaving Big Brother'", Digital Spy, 2008-05-13. Digital Spy (or DS as it is often known by its users is a British Entertainment and Media website noted for its extensive Big Brother coverage and forums 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Retrieved on 2008-05-13. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola.  
  10. ^ Byrne, Ciar. "Davina McCall's £1m deal makes her BBC's first female chat-show host", The Independent, Independent News & Media, 2005-12-07. The Independent is a British compact Newspaper published by Tony O'Reilly 's Independent News & Media. Independent News & Media plc ( INM) is a media organisation based in Dublin, Ireland with interests in 22 countries on 4 continentsworldwide Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Retrieved on 2008-05-05. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John  "It was Eric Clapton, an ex-boyfriend 24 years her senior, who helped her come off drugs. " 
  11. ^ Sun reports birth of Chester

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Matthew Kelly		 Host of Stars in their Eyes
2003		 Succeeded by
Cat Deeley
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