{"id":14613,"date":"2022-04-29T12:19:19","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T10:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1635471"},"modified":"2022-04-29T12:46:08","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T10:46:08","slug":"davina-mccall-addresses-big-brother-return-rumours","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/davina-mccall-addresses-big-brother-return-rumours\/","title":{"rendered":"Davina McCall addresses Big Brother return rumours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Flora Carr\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 29 April 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Davina McCall has discussed the \u201cvery exciting\u201d prospect of Big Brother returning to our screens, following widespread rumours of a\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/big-brother-return-itv2-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Big Brother comeback on ITV2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[The prospect of] Big Brother returning is very exciting,\u201d the show\u2019s original presenter said in an interview with <a href=\"\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/tv\/davina-mccall-breaks-silence-big-26823212&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">The Daily Star<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, I really, really hope it comes back, and I think if it\u2019s coming back to ITV2 then that is a really good home for it.\u201d<\/p> <p>The publication cited the rumours that ITV bosses are looking to acquire the iconic Channel 4 series to air on\u00a0ITV2 in 2023, premiering immediately after that year\u2019s season of <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2022-start-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Love Island<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>McCall and Bit On the Side presenter Rylan Clark were previously tied when <a href=\"\/\/radiotimes.com&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> asked fans <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/big-brother-uk-return-host-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">who should host the potential Big Brother revival<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Out of the poll\u2019s participants, 37 per cent said that they thought original presenter McCall should be the person to lead a new series \u2013 only slightly more than the 36.2 per cent who believed Rylan Clark was the man for the job.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, former host Emma Willis scored 17 per cent of the vote, while popular former contestant Alison Hammond won 9.8 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>McCall has been made the bookies\u2019 favourite to land the gig, although the show\u2019s revival has yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Willis said that she <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/emma-willis-big-brother-return-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">thinks the show will return<\/a>, although at the time she suggested that \u201cmaybe it\u2019s not ready yet\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the meantime, visit our <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Entertainment<\/a>\u00a0hub for more news and features, or find something to watch with our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"&quot;elementToProof&quot;\">The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0<\/span><\/b><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;0&quot;\">subscribe now<\/a><\/strong><b>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0<\/b><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/podcasts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;1&quot;\">Radio Times podcast<\/a><\/strong><b>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/b><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Flora Carr Published: Friday, 29 April 2022 at 12:00 am Davina McCall has discussed the \u201cvery exciting\u201d prospect of Big Brother returning to our screens, following widespread rumours of a\u00a0Big Brother comeback on ITV2. \u201c[The prospect of] Big Brother returning is very exciting,\u201d the show\u2019s original presenter said in an interview with The Daily [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":14614,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/davina-mccall-addresses-big-brother-return-rumours.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/davina-mccall-addresses-big-brother-return-rumours-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/davina-mccall-addresses-big-brother-return-rumours-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/davina-mccall-addresses-big-brother-return-rumours.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/davina-mccall-addresses-big-brother-return-rumours.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/davina-mccall-addresses-big-brother-return-rumours.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/davina-mccall-addresses-big-brother-return-rumours.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Flora Carr Published: Friday, 29 April 2022 at 12:00 am Davina McCall has discussed the \u201cvery exciting\u201d prospect of Big Brother returning to our screens, following widespread rumours of a\u00a0Big Brother comeback on ITV2. \u201c[The prospect of] Big Brother returning is very exciting,\u201d the show\u2019s original presenter said in an interview with The Daily&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/14613"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}