Charlotte Church among line-up for ‘game-changing’ Celebrity Traitors

A host of star names have been revealed for the first ever UK Celebrity Traitors, according to a national newspaper.

Welsh singing star Charlotte Church has been reported by The Sun to be part of a star-studded line-up that includes Stephen Fry, Alan Carr, Jonathan Ross, Clare Balding and Tom Daley.

The show, which started filming yesterday at the Traitors Castle in the Scottish Highlands, was first announced last year and has been hugely-anticipated ever since.

The murder-mystery gameshow hosted by Claudia Winkleman sees several contestants chosen to become traitors capable of killing off rivals in a bid to secure a large cash prize.

This will be the UK’s first celebrity version of the show.

The full line-up as reported is:

Stephen Fry – English actor, broadcaster and comedian
Alan Carr – Comedian
Nick Mohammed – Ted Lasso actor and comedian
Joe Marler – England rugby player
David Olusoga – Historian and BAFTA-winning filmmaker
Niko Omilana – YouTuber and social media influencer
Mark Bonnar – Line of Duty actor
Jonathan Ross – Talk show host
Joe Wilkinson – Comedian and actor
Clare Balding – Sports broadcaster
Lucy Beaumont – Comedian
Paloma Faith – Singer
Ruth Codd – Actress
Tameka Empson – EastEnders actress
Celia Imrie – Actress
Charlotte Church – Singer
Kate Garraway – Good Morning Britain presenter
Cat Burns – Singer

There have been two series of the programme in the US – one featuring both celebrities and members of the public and a second which just had celebrities. That series included the likes of former House of Commons Speaker John Bercow and Love Island star Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu.

Both the American series were filmed at the same location used for the UK show – Ardoss Castle in Scotland.

The Traitors in the UK became a hit on its debut in 2022, and a fourth series has been commissioned.

Kalpna Patel-Knight, the BBC’s head of entertainment, said: “The Traitors has well and truly established itself as an unmissable highlight of the year and the news of a fourth outing, alongside a brand new celebrity version coming to the BBC, will take the series to a whole new level.

“It will once again be fascinating for our audiences to see who’ll outwit, outplay, and outlast. Let the mind games begin!”

Metro TV journalist Adam Miller called the Celebrity Traitors line-up a ‘game-changing’ moment in UK television.

He said: “If it’s true, this will be the single most spectacular television event of the year – and many years to come. It’s a line-up so perfectly constructed for The Traitors, it wouldn’t work for anything else and there’s not a single contestant that I’m not excited to see in there.

“This is the one show that everyone is desperate to play, famous or not. I wouldn’t be surprised if some of them have taken the gig for a fiver or just their travel expenses paid.

“If I was Strictly, I’m A Celebrity of CBB, I’d be very scared.”