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Blind Date is on its way back and Davina McCall is hot favourite to fill Cilla Black's stilletos.
The ITV dating show was the ultimate Saturday night 'getting ready to go out' viewing experience back in its heyday in the 80s and 90s and the revived show is set to get a makeover from none other than X Factor's Simon Cowell.
Bookmakers believe Davina is the top choice to present the show, ahead of joint second favourites Dermot O'Leary and Ant and Dec (please no - they are on TV enough as it is!)
So is Davina the right person for the job? Well, when it comes to TV dating shows she certainly has the experience - though the shows themselves have been a bit of a mixed bag.
Davina first got her terrestrial TV break on ITV's late-night God's Gift in the mid-90s, which we have to admit was a bit of a guilty pleasure for us. Several years later she popped up on Channel 4's Streetmate, which had a cult following and no doubt led to her landing the Big Brother gig. Then there's ITV's Love On A Saturday Night, which replaced Blind Date in 2004 and ran for one and a bit series. We think the less that's said about that the better.
Who would be our top choice to present Blind Date? Surely it's got to be Alan Carr? ITV is said to be keen to sign up the Sunday Night Project presenter and Blind Date would be the perfect prime-time vehicle for his talents. No?
Let us know who you think should present Blind Date? Is Davina the perfect choice? Do you agree that Alan Carr should front the show? Or should our Cilla be dug up from her TV semi-retirement to host the new series? Or should the show itself be allowed to rest in peace? Let us know what you think...
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No, I most certainly would not want a blind date with her. I can think of better people living under the bridges in London`s Cardboard-City and they have a far superior better personality.
Posted by: johnhannon on Tue Jul 15 08:05PM | Report abusebring back cilla bring back cilla
Posted by: alanclay123 on Tue Jul 15 08:28PM | Report abusedavina shouid front the show and those that choose to @#$% about her give her a break tv presenting must be hard work and she has hosted bb well so no reason y she shouidnt host this just as good!
Posted by: chrissy.wilson on Tue Jul 15 08:59PM | Report abuseDavina, I just a foul loud mouth theless we see of her on TV the better Cilla Black was bad enough with her put on CRERE and a face like a pickled walnut NO NO Thanks
Posted by: george.page on Tue Jul 15 09:33PM | Report abuseAlan Carr would bring a fresh twist to brilliant Blind Date. Davina has been on our screens too long, boring! Denise Van Outen would also be a fun host.
Posted by: ajtheobald on Tue Jul 15 09:46PM | Report abuseI love Davina .I think she is fantastic she is so normal and down to earth and she can laugh at herself which is very rare in the world of celebrity. I think she would be fab at Blind Date.
Posted by: yvonnegreenhorn on Tue Jul 15 10:00PM | Report abuseDavina McCall is the ideal presenter. Apart from being extremely attractive with brains, she has also demonstrated extreme courage by substituting for a candidate and diving out of a helicopter over the Grand Canyon, supported only on a bungee cord. This lady deserves our support, she has earned it.
Posted by: e.d.services on Tue Jul 15 11:57PM | Report abuseDavina is by far the best and right person for the show
Posted by: ahend on Wed Jul 16 01:02AM | Report abuseThere was, and is only presenter.Bring back the show but bring back Cilla TO HOST IT.
Posted by: tedbeginn on Wed Jul 16 07:41AM | Report abuseCilla would be a more credible choice than Davina,who is only really interested in herself.Having said that going backwards isnt the the way forward! - so why not that Winkleman woman?
Posted by: wmwarren on Wed Jul 16 08:16AM | Report abuse