A star of the upcoming Celebrity Traitors sequence has mentioned ‘friendships went out the window’ during the intense BBC gameshow.
The massively well-liked actuality sequence, which began in 2022, sees two-dozen contestants aiming to be the final one standing so as to win an enormous money prize.
Every of the present’s hopefuls is chosen to be both a Devoted or a Traitor, with the id of the three Traitors unknown to the Faithfuls at first.
It’s as much as the Faithfuls to finish duties and rat out the Traitors earlier than the Traitors – in the event that they’re nonetheless in play – steal the cash as a gaggle at the finish of the sport.
The sequence, based mostly on Dutch present De Verraders, has proved to be one among the greatest new actuality ideas in years and has already spawned a star model.
And the line-up seems completely stellar, together with dozens of well-known faces like Alan Carr, Jonathan Ross, Sir Stephen Fry, Paloma Religion, Tom Daley, Kate Garraway, and so many extra.
Amongst them is sports activities presenter Clare Balding, who’s one among 19 faces that headed to Ardross Fort in northern Scotland to movie for the sequence.
She admitted that plenty of outdated friendships which have withstood years in the TV and leisure trade didn’t final lengthy as soon as the sport was underway.
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Talking to The Sun, she mentioned: ‘It’s so intense, and also you get utterly obsessive about the sport. Clearly, I knew numerous them earlier than I went in, however the friendships you had earlier than go out the window!
‘That, for me, may be very difficult as a result of I wish to be mates with everybody. It’s brutal, however I believe I’m glad I did it. It can make good TV, and there are some actually robust moments.’
Who’s in the Celebrity Traitors 2025 line-up?
Alan Carr
Cat Burns
Celia Imrie
Charlotte Church
Clare Balding
David Olusoga
Joe Marler
Joe Wilkinson
Jonathan Ross
Kate Garraway
Lucy Beaumont
Mark Bonnar
Nick Mohammed
Niko Omilana
Paloma Religion
Ruth Codd
Sir Stephen Fry
Tameka Empson
Tom Daley
Nonetheless, whereas some friendships have been solid apart, Clare has excitedly revealed that she made plenty of new ones during her time filming in Ross and Cromarty.
‘It was beautiful to get extra time to hold out with individuals like Stephen Fry, Celia Imrie, Charlotte Church, who’s an absolute famous person, and a extremely cool younger singer known as Cat Burns.’
In the interview, Clare, who has hosted horse racing and Olympics protection for years, mentioned she has made certain to look at all seasons of the civilian Traitors so far.
And it appears she’s turn out to be a large fan, leaping at the likelihood to seem on the Celebrity Traitors when the name got here.
‘I wished to do it as a result of I wished to expertise the present, and I used to be actually fortunate they mentioned sure to letting me. I believe I used to be one among the first ones signed up, truly, me and Stephen Fry.’
Celebrity Traitors will begin in the autumn of 2025, with no official premiere date launched by the BBC but.
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