Davina McCall shocked fans and judges with the “maddest ruse” of her life as she unveiled herself as a secret celebrity contestant on The Masked Singer. Her appearance comes shortly after she returned to normality after undergoing a successful operation to remove a rare 14mm-wide benign tumour, a colloid cyst, from her brain, in November.

THE MASKED Singer’s Davina McCall conned the Christmas special’s judges by sneaking inside a costume herself. The panel were left agog when Star was revealed to be one of their own on

Davina McCall left the Masked Singer panel stunned with her performance as 'Star' in the 2024 Christmas special. The reveal came shortly after she shared a personal update about her recovery from brain surgery while getting her first haircut since the procedure.

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The TV star, who has been a panellist on the ITV talent show for the last five series, said appearing on the Christmas special - which aired on Boxing Day - was "too good an opportunity to miss"

Davina McCall has shocked fans of the Masked Singer after she was unmasked as one of the hidden celebrity hopefuls in the Christmas special. Host of the ITV hit show told viewers at the start of Thursday's show that Davina would not be on the judging panel, instead replaced by Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders.

The Masked Singer's 2024 Christmas special winner was unveiled as an eighties pop legend. In the Boxing Day episode, Christmas Cracker, Star, Turkey Crown and Nutcracker battled it out as Dawn French,