Davina McCall makes emotional surprise appearance on Britain's Got Talent as Amanda Holden fights back tears
DAVINA McCall made a surprise appearance on Britain's Got Talent - as Amanda Holden fought back tears in an emotional moment.
Viewers hadn't been expecting the Long Lost Family host to feature in the fourth semi final.
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BGT star TK Magic incorporated Davina McCall into his semi final act
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The Long Lost Family appeared over FaceTime
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Amanda Holden fought back tears in an emotional moment
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A shock twist
Davina, 57, had surgery last year to remove a benign tumour which she'd found by chance.
After her role in TK's act was over, she shared thanks to Amanda in a poignant moment..
Davina said: "I quickly want to say thank you to Amanda Holden, who after my operation, made the schlep all the way down the country to come to see me.
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"I really, really appreciate you!"
A visibly moved Amanda replied "Oh, stop!" as she turned the phone, which had been facing the stage, back around to face her.
Davina first broke
news
of her brain tumour in a video on Instagram last November.
She discovered a
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The TV host faced the risk of
Meanwhile, the TV star excitedly shared last month that she
Davina McCall breaks down in tears and reveals 'difficult year'
Sharing a sun soaked photo of herselfn and her partner, Davina wrote: "So, here it is. Our final brain surgery update. Had the final MRI this week.
"@brainsurgeon.uk got everything out during surgery, it's not coming back.
"Thanks so, so much to everyone at @onewellbeck and @clevelandclinic."
Meanwhile, The Sun on Sunday
Neurosurgeon Kevin O'Neill, 62, said life-saving surgery gets so stressful that his hand could start shaking so he uses
music
to calm himself
.
Symptoms of a benign brain tumour
A benign brain tumour is a mass of cells that grows relatively slowly in the brain.
Benign means it in not cancerous.
Non-cancerous brain tumours tend to stay in one place and do not spread.
Some slow-growing tumours may not cause any symptoms at first.
When symptoms occur, it's because the tumour is putting pressure on the brain and preventing a specific area of the brain from working properly.
As the tumour grows and increases pressure in the skull, you might experience:
New, persistent headaches
that are sometimes worse in the morning or when bending over or coughing
Feeling sick all the time
Drowsiness
Vision problems
, such as blurred or double vision, loss of part of your visual field and temporary vision loss
Epileptic seizures
that may affect the whole body, or you may just have a twitch in one area
See a GP if you develop any of these symptoms.
They'll examine you and ask about your symptoms.
If they suspect you may have a tumour or are not sure what's causing your symptoms, they may refer you to a brain and nerve specialist for further investigation.
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When asked if he listened to ABBA during The Masked Singer star's
'Some people like silence to focus — sometimes you do need that — but it's about balancing stress with performance.
'Stress can actually improve your performance to a certain extent, until it becomes excessive and then it paralyses you and it gives you the shakes.
'So you've got to have mechanisms to control that and one of them is to put some music on.'
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Davina shared thanks to her friend Amanda Holden
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