Reality TV
Big Brother executive producer Phil Edgar-Jones has admitted that host Davina McCall is "obsessed" with the Channel 4 show.
Presenting McCall with the reality legend award at last night's Digital Spy Reality TV Awards, Edgar-Jones claimed that part of McCall's success in the programme is down to her passion for the contestants.
"Davina's been there since the beginning and what's brilliant about Davina is that she's a brilliant presenter and interviewer and she's also obsessed with the show. She watches it and we can't get her off the phone when it's on," he explained.
"She's phoning me every night saying: 'What's happening? What are they doing? I can't stand them, or I like them' and all the rest of it. She watches it like a viewer and she's wonderful."
When asked whether Big Brother will continue past its tenth year, he replied: "Well, it's lasted for about ten years around the world too and every year new houses spring up in weird and unusual places... Whether or not it will exist in Britain forever, it will exist in some place throughout the world."
Presenting McCall with the reality legend award at last night's Digital Spy Reality TV Awards, Edgar-Jones claimed that part of McCall's success in the programme is down to her passion for the contestants.
"Davina's been there since the beginning and what's brilliant about Davina is that she's a brilliant presenter and interviewer and she's also obsessed with the show. She watches it and we can't get her off the phone when it's on," he explained.
"She's phoning me every night saying: 'What's happening? What are they doing? I can't stand them, or I like them' and all the rest of it. She watches it like a viewer and she's wonderful."
When asked whether Big Brother will continue past its tenth year, he replied: "Well, it's lasted for about ten years around the world too and every year new houses spring up in weird and unusual places... Whether or not it will exist in Britain forever, it will exist in some place throughout the world."
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