The Celebrity Traitors is a spin-off of the British version of the reality television series The Traitors, that is set to premiere on BBC One in Autumn 2025. Claudia Winkleman will present the series.[2][3]

The Celebrity Traitors
Genre
  • Reality
  • Game show
Based on
De Verraders
by
Presented byClaudia Winkleman
Theme music composerSam Watts[1]
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time60 minutes
Production companyStudio Lambert
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Related
The Traitors

Production

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In August 2024, the BBC confirmed that The Celebrity Traitors had been commissioned, along with two more series of The Traitors, the first of which aired in January 2025.[4] Speaking at the Edinburgh International Television Festival, 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.[5] In April 2025, it was confirmed that the show would air in the autumn of that year.[6]

Filming for the series began on 22 April 2025 at Ardross Castle and concluded the following month, consisting of 9 episodes due to air over three weeks.[7][8] Following the cast announcement, host Claudia Winkleman said "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."[9][10]

Contestants

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The 19 celebrities competing in the series were revealed on 13 May 2025.[11][12]

List of The Celebrity Traitors contestants
Contestant Age Notability Affiliation Finish
Alan Carr 48 Comedian & television presenter
Cat Burns 24 Singer-songwriter
Celia Imrie 72 Stage & screen actress
Charlotte Church 39 Singer & television presenter
Clare Balding 54 Television presenter & journalist
David Olusoga 55 Historian & film-maker
Joe Marler 34 Former England rugby player
Joe Wilkinson 50 Comedian & actor
Jonathan Ross 64 Television presenter
Kate Garraway 57 Television presenter & journalist
Lucy Beaumont 41 Comedian
Mark Bonnar 56 Stage & screen actor
Nick Mohammed 44 Actor & comedian
Niko Omilana 27 Social media personality
Paloma Faith 43 Singer-songwriter & actress
Ruth Codd 28 Actress
Stephen Fry 67 Actor, writer & presenter
Tameka Empson 48 EastEnders actress
Tom Daley 30 Former Olympic diver

Voting history

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Episode 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Traitor's
Decision
Banishment
Vote
Alan
Cat
Celia
Charlotte
Clare
David
Joe M.
Joe W.
Jonathan
Kate
Lucy
Mark
Nick
Niko
Paloma
Ruth
Stephen
Tameka
Tom

Key

  The contestant was a Faithful.
  The contestant was a Traitor.
  The contestant was ineligible to vote.
  The contestant casting this vote was on Trial at this Round Table and were one of the only people subsequently eligible for being Murdered.
  The contestant casting this vote won a Shield and was immune from being murdered, but was still eligible for Banishment.

Notes

Missions

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Episode Task description Money earned Running total Shield winner
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Episodes

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No.
overall
No. in
series
Title [13]Original release dateUK viewers
(millions) [14]
11"Episode 1"2025 (2025)TBD

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References

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  1. ^ "Sam Watts | Composer – Film and television composer". Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  2. ^ "The Celebrity Traitors - Everything you need to know". BBC Media Centre. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  3. ^ Heritage, Stuart (13 May 2025). "Stephen Fry is toast! The Celebrity Traitors lineup – ranked". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  4. ^ "The Traitors: First UK celebrity series announced". BBC News. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  5. ^ Creamer, Jon (22 August 2024). "Traitors confirmed for S4 plus celeb version". Televisual. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  6. ^ "BBC's Celebrity Traitors gets exciting update ahead of its 2025 release". Digital Spy. 1 April 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  7. ^ Ross, Charley (25 April 2025). "When does Celebrity Traitors start? Here's what we know". Glamour UK. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  8. ^ "Celebrity Traitors latest: Release date, cast and filming revealed". Heart. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  9. ^ "The BBC's 'Celebrity Traitors' Cast Pits an Olympian Against a 'Ted Lasso' Star". Cosmopolitan. 13 May 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  10. ^ "The Celebrity Traitors' "brilliant" cast has officially been confirmed – along with a release date window". Digital Spy. 13 May 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  11. ^ "Celebrity Traitors line-up confirmed: Stephen Fry, Paloma Faith, Alan Carr and more". BBC News. 13 May 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  12. ^ "Celebrity Traitors line-up officially confirmed – including Taskmaster and Thursday Murder Club stars | Radio Times". Radio Times. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  13. ^ "The Traitors – Series 1". BBC. Choose appropriate episode. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  14. ^ "Most Viewed Programmes (See relevant week(s))". BARB.
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