Think you can win The Traitors? Well, now you can prove it
Traitors season is upon us.
Exciting times are ahead in TV land this autumn, as the BBC has confirmed Celebrity Traitors will launch on October 8… but that’s not all.
We regular folk now also have a chance to win big in the Scottish Highlands, as applications are open for a new civilian series of Claudia Winkleman’s twisted game show.
Ahead of the fourth series, which is set to air in 2026, it has been confirmed that The Traitors will return for a fifth series, following its astronomical success in recent years.
So, if you reckon you’ve got what it takes to form alliances, backstab strangers, and keep secrets, you can apply to take part via the BBC’s website.
Millions are inevitably set to tune in once more when the award-winning show returns next year, as the 2025 final was watched by 7.4million—but, for now, we’ve got the small matter of the hotly anticipated Celeb Traitors to address.
After this weekend’s Strictly Come Dancing launch, a preview of the upcoming special aired, showing presenter Claudia giving contestants a warning around the infamous roundtable.
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Previous Page Next Page Claudia Winkleman is back for more Traitors action (Picture: BBC)At the end of the clip, Claudia, 53, revealed the celebrity edition of the game of deception and betrayal will start on Wednesday, October 8, on BBC One and iPlayer, meaning fans really don’t have long to wait.
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In the teaser, celebrities including retired Olympic diver Tom Daley, actor Sir Stephen Fry, and The Thursday Murder Club star Celia Imrie were seen sitting across from their fellow competitors while Claudia said sternly: ‘Don’t get comfortable.’
‘This game doesn’t care who you are,’ she added, quickly knocking the famous faces off their pedestals.
‘In here, your glamorous lives count for nothing. Most of you will be murdered. Sorry about that.’
The lineup for the show includes comedians Alan Carr, Joe Wilkinson, and Nick Mohammed, presenter Jonathan Ross, broadcaster Clare Balding, and singer Paloma Faith.
Others taking part will be Welsh songstress Charlotte Church, England rugby player Joe Marler, comic Lucy Beaumont, Good Morning Britain host Kate Garraway, and songwriter Cat Burns.
GMB’s Kate Garraway is part of the starry lineup (Picture: BBC) Will acting legend Sir Stephen Fry be a Faithful or a Traitor? (Picture: BBC) Can diver Tom Daley win the £100,000 for his charity? (Picture: BBC)Completing the cast of Traitors and Faithfuls are actress Tameka Empson, actress Ruth Codd, historian David Olusoga, YouTube star Niko Omilana, and Scottish actor Mark Bonnar.
Taking to social media after getting their first glimpse of the celebs in action, fans were quick to share their excitement.
@AlishaW1709 wrote on X: ‘Oh my goodness I’m looking forward to this!!’
‘Strictly back tonight and Celebrity Traitors starting in a few weeks. Oh, we are so back…’, @abbie_mcauslan declared.
‘Celia Imrie being on celeb traitors is likely going to be the best reality TV casting ever’, added @xylottie.
‘ALAN CARR AND PALOMA FAITH IS ABOUT TO BE TOP TIER TV’, wrote @no1angelxcx.
Fans are already predicting chaos from comedian Alan Carr (Picture: BBC) Charlotte Church and Clare Balding looked tense at the roundtable (Picture: BBC) Who will emerge victorious? (Picture: BBC)‘It’s like almost all my favorite people sitting around one table’, added @CHELSEAwithaSEA.
In the show, the 19 celebs gather in a lavish castle for the chance to win a cash prize of up to £100,000 for a charity of their choice.
Host Claudia, who has fronted three majorly successful civilian series already, previously said of the lineup: ‘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.’
Comment nowWho do you predict could win the Celebrity Traitors?Comment NowThe psychological game format will launch its first celebrity series with an extra-long first episode, coming in at 70 minutes.
It will then air two nights a week, on Wednesday and Thursday evenings at 9pm.
Celebrity Traitors: Uncloaked will follow on BBC Two immediately after the main series and will also be available on BBC Sounds and BBC iPlayer.
Comedian and host of the video podcast Ed Gamble will be joined by the celebrities and players from previous series to analyse and react to developments on the show.
Celebrity Traitors begins on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on October 8.
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