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 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.

Davina McCall stunned viewers and fellow judges alike when she was unveiled as the Star on The Masked Singer Christmas special, just weeks after undergoing brain surgery. The 57-year-old presenter, who has been a judge on the ITV singing contest for six ...

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.

Davina McCall made a surprise appearance as mystery singer Star on The Masked Singer, catching the judges and fans off guard. By working with the production team, she was able to keep her identity under wraps,

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"

The Masked Singer' judge Davina McCall shocked the ITV show's fans and fooled her fellow panellists on the show's Christmas special - when she was unmasked as Star.

The Masked Singer is set to return early next year as Davina McCall debuts a totally different look while Love Island host Maya Jama joins the panel with Jonathan Ross and Mo Gilligan

The Masked Singer UK has released a first-look image of the judging panel for the new season, with Davina McCall debuting blonde hair. The star poses alongside her co-judges, including new panellist Maya Jama, and shows off a shorter, blonde do.

The ITV series, which returns in the New Year with a new batch of famous faces under the impenetrable costumes, was recorded many months before Davina's tumour was discovered