Davina: 2010 Is The Last Big Brother

Davina McCall has said that next year's Big Brother will be the last. As a presenter, she has fronted various television programmes, but remains best known for being the face of Big Brother.

The star, who will helm Big Brother 10 when it returns in June, said: "It's definitely only got two years left." Channel 4 is contracted to air the series until next year, but most critics and many fans agree that it is definitely a shadow of its former self. 

Last year's final, won by nice girl Rachel Rice, had the lowest final night audience of the show's nine series, peaking with an audience of just over five million viewers. What's more, the franchise has lost the services of Russell Brand (former host of Big Brother's Big Mouth) and Dermot O'Leary (long associated with Big Brother's Little Brother) with both men going on to bigger and better things (a Hollywood career and X Factor respectively). However Davina, Big Brother host since the 2000 launch, insisted: "It's become an institution; the summer is all about Big Brother, just like winter is all about the X Factor."

It's telling that, for the first time, action from the Big Brother house in Elstree, Herts will not be streamed live to viewers. A source said: "It's a cost-cutting measure." But there will be a tribute to the late Big Brother 3 star Jade Goody on E4; it will air before Big Brother 10 starts. Without a doubt, this is the show that has made Davina what she is today. We look at her life on TV in our gallery.