Celebrity Traitors star ‘already frontrunner to win’ after line-up is confirmed
Who do you think will win?
After months of eager anticipation the Celebrity Traitors line-up is finally here, and there is already a favourite to win.
After three hugely successful seasons of the Claudia Winkleman-helmed game of subterfuge, trust and betrayal with members of the public – the BBC reality series is getting a star-studded makeover.
The impressive cast includes a cross-section of culture, including Sir Stephen Fry, historian David Olusoga, singer Cat Burns, comedian Alan Carr and plenty more iconic names for a total of 19 famous faces.
And as the buzz around the prestigious line-up ramps up, the odds are in for frontrunner who will swoop to victory in the castle to claim a prize pot of £100,000 for a charity of their choice.
Ted Lasso star and comedian Nick Mohammed is currently the early favourite to win the series at 7/4 odds, according to Betfred – whether by acing the game as a Faithful or hoodwinking everyone as a Traitor.
Celebrating the announcement of his inclusion in the Celebrity Traitors cast, Nick wrote on social media: ‘I am, and always have been… GOING TO BE ON CELEBRITY TRAITORS!’ with fans sharing their excitement in the comments.
Out of the 19 famous faces, Nick Mohammed is the frontrunner right now (Picture: BBC/PA Wire)He is closely followed by Bridget Jones star Celia Imrie at 2/1 and Olympic diver Tom Daley at a tidy 5/2 to round out the top three.
Standing strong in the top half is singer Charlotte Church at 3/1, with Joe Wilkinson and Mistakes singer Paloma Faith neck-and-neck at 9/2.
As for which of our conniving players will be chosen as Traitor, Paloma is leading the charge at whopping odds of 11/8. Hot on her heels are Tom at 6/4 and Charlotte at 7/4.
Comment nowWho do you think will win Celebrity Traitors?Comment Now Alongside Nick Mohammed, Celia Imrie and Tom Daley are also making headway according to the odds (Picture: Getty)Betfred’s Kayley Cornelius added: ‘While it was the Faithfuls who claimed victory in the regular series that aired earlier this year, we bookmakers are backing the traitors to come out on top this time around, with odds of 8/11.’
For those still making their own mind up about who may win, the rest of the contestants include: Sports presenter Clare Balding, former rugby player Joe Marler, Jonathan Ross, GMB’s Kate Garraway and comedian Lucy Beaumont.
There’s also Shetland’s Mark Bonnar, YouTuber Niko Omilana, Irish actor Ruth Codd, and EastEnders star Tameka Empson.
It’s all to play for in the luxury Scottish castle (Picture: BBC)Although, despite plenty of speculation, fan-favourite comedian Bob Mortimer is not joining much to people’s disappointment.
Nevertheless, for our remaining stars, it’s all still to play for.
‘Look at all those famous faces. Smiling. Popular. Talented. Clever. Respected. All hoping that we’ll play nicely because they’re celebrities. They couldn’t be more wrong,’ Claudia ominously delivered in a teaser video.
TV writer Adam Miller on why the Celebrity Traitors line-up is a game-changing moment on TVThere has quite literally never been such an extraordinary line-up for anything on television since Cheryl (then Tweedy) and Jo Brand defeated Alastair Campbell on Celebrity Apprentice, and we had the satisfaction of seeing Piers Morgan getting fired.
I wasn’t sure we’d ever reach such heights again, but here we are.
There are some of the best characters in showbiz, and some I never ever imagined could take part in reality television.
Who could ever have imagined Sir Stephen Fry, one of the rare true national treasures of this country, a showbiz giant on both sides of the Atlantic, and one of the finest actors of a generation, would ever lower himself to reality television?
Pop Alan Carr on anything and you’re onto a winner, but watching him pull a Linda and get himself in a flap – traitor or faithful – will be gold.
Claudia will be resuming her role as host (Picture: BBC / Studio Lambert / Cody Burridge)And in a statement, she added: ‘We’re incredibly lucky these brilliant people have said yes. I’d love to say we’ll take it easy on them and they’ll just wander round the castle and eat toast for a couple of weeks but that would be a lie.’
On the Rest is Entertainment podcast, Richard Osman revealed that his chats with some of the contestants during the Bafta awards shed light on exactly how intense the experience has been.
He said: ‘The thing everyone was saying was, it is a lot more intense than you think it’s going to be.
‘If you were to win it, you’re there for two weeks. There are no phones, you’re not watching TV, you’re kept sort of isolated because of the nature of the game.’
The Celebrity Traitors will air on BBC One and iPlayer this Autumn.
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