Simply once we thought The Traitors could not get any higher, final yr, BBC shook up the components and gifted the nation Celeb Traitors. We bought to see Alan Carr squeal and dangle from timber in challenges; Stephen Fry hang around with YouTuber Niko; and nationwide treasure Celia Imrie fart on display. Hosted by Claudia Winkleman, it actually was the very best of British tv, bringing collectively a stellar forged of our best celebs for some good quaint treachery.
The query is, in fact, how may season two of Celeb Traitors ever prime its predecessor? Nicely, the BBC has just a few tips up its sleeve – they usually largely contain recruiting an much more spectacular forged that final time. Whereas showing on The One Present earlier this week, Winkleman revealed that the forged for Celeb Traitors 2026 has formally been locked. And by the sounds of it, we must always all put together to be gagged by this yr’s recruits.
“The individuals who make it are extraordinary they usually needed to repeat the folks twice to me as a result of I used to be like, ‘Huh, are you joking? Come once more,’” she stated. “We’re extremely fortunate.” The status of final yr’s forged was spectacular sufficient, with contestants like Jonathan Ross and Stephen Fry being nicknamed the “large canine” by Joe Marler, a nod to their cultural stature. And guess what? We would see much more “large canine” in collection two. “We’re so grateful that folks wish to come and play the sport,” she continued. “And the individuals who stated sure for collection one, I nonetheless can’t consider it. I used to be shaking whenever you see Stephen Fry strolling across the fort and Alan Carr, Ruth Codd, all of those folks I used to be obsessed by. I’m very excited.”
Final yr, filming happened from late April onwards and the collection was aired in autumn, so we’ll seemingly have to attend a few month earlier than BBC releases any official data in regards to the forged. Till then, there’s loads of hypothesis about who we’d get to see don that signature Traitors cloak. If even one in all these rumours are true, we’re in for a deal with.
Hugh Grant
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You learn that proper. The nation’s final romcom hero retains popping up in conversations about casting rumours. Apparently, the BBC bosses reckon Hugh Grant could be a pure comply with as much as visitors like Stephen Fry and Celia Imrie from collection one, and the ‘90s heartthrob has been excessive up their hit checklist. As an inside supply stated in February, “They know touchdown Hugh could be an enormous coup however assume he could be an excellent addition. [They’re] decided to not get the identical drained actuality stars who signal as much as each collection going.” Fingers crossed.
