The glittering line-up has finally been unveiled
After months of speculation, the star-studded line-up of The Celebrity Traitors has finally been announced.
The special edition of the BBC’s hit reality competition will see 19 celebrities heading to Ardross Castle to engage in as much double-crossing as they can muster – and this time it’s all for charity.
Claudia Winkleman will return as host as the famous faces play as either Faithfuls or Traitors over the course of nine episodes. Unlike the civilian edition of the show, the prize pot of up to £100,000 will go towards a charity picked by the winner or winners.
Among the freshly-unveiled cast is comedian Alan Carr, actor Celia Imrie, singer Charlotte Church and broadcasters Clare Balding and Stephen Fry. Historian David Olusoga, funnyman Joe Wilkinson and presenter Jonathan Ross are also on board.
Ahead of the show’s start date this Autumn, a close friend of one of the stars has weighed in on her chances of making it through to the final.
During an appearance on BBC’s The One Show tonight (May 13), Strictly Come Dancing and EastEnders star Rose Ayling-Ellis shared her excitement at Clare Balding being cast on the reality show, but outlined the “risk” she faced.
“I feel like there’s a bit of a risk for her because she’s so clever and the Traitors have traditionally always kicked the clever people out,” she began. “So she needs to go on it and play stupid…. I’ll text her that advice.”
Ahead of the programme airing, host Claudia Winkleman shared: “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.”
The Celebrity Traitors cast – full list
- Alan Carr – Comedian
- Cat Burns – Singer/Songwriter
- Celia Imrie – Actor
- Charlotte Church – Singer/Activist
- Clare Balding – Broadcaster and Author
- David Olusoga – Historian and Filmmaker
- Joe Marler – Former England Rugby Player and Podcaster
- Joe Wilkinson – Comedian
- Jonathan Ross – Presenter
- Kate Garraway – Broadcaster
- Lucy Beaumont – Comedian
- Mark Bonnar – Actor
- Nick Mohammed – Actor and Comedian
- Niko Omilana – Content Creator
- Paloma Faith – Singer/Songwriter and Actor
- Ruth Codd – Actor
- Stephen Fry – Actor, Writer, Presenter
- Tameka Empson – Actor and Comedian
- Tom Daley – Olympian, Author, Broadcaster and Entrepreneur
The Celebrity Traitors comes to BBC One and BBC iPlayer this Autumn with an exact release date yet to be announced