Davina McCall shocks The Masked Singer panel as she’s unmasked weeks after brain surgery

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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Davina McCall surprised The Masked Singer judges and fans by performing as Star.

She managed to keep her identity hidden by coordinating with the production team, ensuring her appearance remained a secret. During the performance, she avoided using her usual deodorant and perfume and adopted a voice inspired by her sister-in-law from Virginia.

Panellists Jonathon Ross, 64, and Mo Gilligan, 36, were left in disbelief when they were joined by guest judges Jennifer Saunders, 66, and Dawn French, 67. Jonathan commented: “There is absolutely no way, we thought you couldn’t sing that well. I’m glad you’re OK, but to me you are now dead.” Davina responded: “I thought you might get me with the DVD one. It has been a ball, thank you!”

Davina delivered an incredible performance, energetically jumping around the stage in her spectacular costume. She later changed into a sparkling red dress to join the panel for the final performance by winner Holly Johnson, who was dressed as the Nutcracker. Joel joked, “I said you had diarrhoea and couldn’t be here.” Davina called the experience one of the best of her life. She shared a photo on Instagram from the stage, captioning it: “Well, that was a blast!!!!!”

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This came after Davina showed off her scar following brain tumour surgery, marking her first haircut since the procedure. The 57-year-old TV presenter shared the experience of her trim by hairdresser boyfriend Michael Douglas on an Instagram Livestream last week. It was her first haircut since having surgery to remove a benign tumour on her brain.

Davina is recovering well since being hospitalised and she was full of smiles as she had a trim from Michael, who she has been dating since 2019, after first meeting him for a haircut 20 years ago.

The stylist explained in the clip how he was cutting Davina’s hair and talked through the techniques he was using for those watching. During this, he showed off the scar from Davina’s surgery and explained that she had lost a lot of hair after having children. Michael added that Davina had quite thick hair but there was not as much of it and the TV star admitted that she “used to have lots of hair but I had babies”.

Davina said about her scar that “it’s all healed, it’s a bit crusty,” as she pointed to it and said “we lost a big chunk here” as she highlighted the lack of hair in the area. Later, Davina winces as Michael pulls down her hair and he apologises before saying to the camera: “I was a bit rough there – she normally likes it rough.” Davina immediately responded, saying: “Michael Douglas you Share naughty”.

At the end of the video, Davina compliments her boyfriend for the good job that he had done with her hair and joked that she should “have brain surgery more often”. Earlier in the week, Davina took to social media to share that she was celebrating another milestone following the surgery. The ITV star filmed herself with a huge smile, and she said: “Hi just a quick update to let everyone know that I’m doing well. And the last couple of days I’ve really, really, really felt miles better and I’ve come in to London today to celebrate one of Michael’s boy’s birthdays, so that’s lovely.”

She added: “And just also wanted to say that the picture of me in the wig was from when we recorded The Masked Singer earlier on this year, it was before my operation. I was fit as a fiddle then, I’m still recovering right now and I’m planning on getting back to work in about a month.”

Davina was referring to her appearance in recent promo pics for The Masked Singer, in which she looked almost unrecognisable without her famous long brunette locks. Instead, the presenter rocked a choppy blonde hairdo, with the platinum strands styled in a very short pixie cut.