Davina McCall hosted Big Brother for 10 years (Picture: REX)

Davina McCall has named the three former Big Brother stars she is still in contact with after hosting the show.

The 55-year-old hosted the reality show from its inception on Channel 4 in 2000 until it left for Channel 5 in 2010.

Ahead of its return later this year to ITV2, Davina has reminisced on her decade of presenting the show.

Speaking to the Daily Mirror, Davina spoke out about the three housemates she is still in touch with after all this time – including somebody from the very first season and two former winners.

She said: ‘I’m still in touch with people like Anna Nolan from series one and Cameron Stout, who was the winner of series four. I saw Josie Gibson the other day and she’s just brilliant.’

Long Lost Family host Davina also said that Alison Hammond – who was the second housemate evicted from Big Brother’s third series – is ‘a flippin’ superstar,’ adding: ‘I’m so happy for her.’

Davina is in touch with series four winner Cameron Stout (Picture: Stuart Atkins/Shutterstock)

However, things took a sad turn when Davina reflected on her all-time favourite contestants, naming Jade Goody and Nikki Grahame – who have both died since starring on the show in 2002 and 2006 respectively.

She said: ‘Both were brilliant, funny characters, although I did worry that sometimes people weren’t always laughing with Jade but sometimes at her, and that upset me.

‘They were both amazing and it still shocks me and saddens me that we’ve lost them.’

Josie Gibson won the final series that Davina hosted in 2010 (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)

Davina recently admitted that she would like to see veteran presenters Ant and Dec join her, Mo Gilligan, Rita Ora and Jonathan Ross on the panel of The Masked Singer, which returned to screens at the weekend.

When asked about her ideal co-judge, she told OK!: ‘It’s got to be someone who gets the madness of it.

‘We had Stephen Mulhern on the new series and he was joyous, because he just kept going, “what is going on? This is the weirdest programme I have ever worked on!”’

Davina named the late Nikki Grahame as one of her all-time favourite contestants (Picture: Jonathan Hordle/REX/Shutterstock)

‘I think Ant and Dec would find it hilarious, so they would be great.’

Football pundit Chris Kamara became the first celebrity to be unmasked on the new series of ITV1’s reality singing contest and was underneath the Ghost costume.

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Taking to the stage, Chis performed Save the Last Dance for Me by The Drifters and managed to throw the panel off scent over his identity by putting on a Scottish accent.

As a result, they were convinced that the likes of Love Island presenter Iain Stirling or Dr Alex George was under the mask.

The selection includes two former winners.