Everything The Cast Of The Celebrity Traitors Has Teased So Far About Season 2

TV’s most iconic castle is reopening its doors in a matter of days.

As the summer blends into autumn, and the days get shorter and darker, we’ve reached that stage of the year when loads of our favourite reality shows are up and running again, from Drag Race UK and Strictly Come Dancing to the Great British Bake Off.

But let’s face it, there’s one that’s about to blow them all out of the water.

The castle doors to The Celebrity Traitors are now less than a week away from opening up again to another exciting group of famous faces from the world of film, music, sport and beyond.

And if last year’s run is anything to go by, we’re in for some more TV gold.

While exact details of the series are being kept under wraps for now, the cast have slowly been teasing how they’re feeling about it all in interviews conducted before the action officially got underway.

To help prepare for what promises to be another gripping season, here’s a selection of what the new cast members have had to say about The Celebrity Traitors’ return…

Claudia Winkleman has claimed the new crop of contestants on The Celebrity Traitors are absolutely in it to win it

“They excelled at the missions,” Claudia Winkleman enthused, praising the group’s “amazing teamwork” and the fact they “just really wanted to build the prize pot” for their chosen charities.

Speaking more generally about the cast, she told the BBC she “couldn’t get over” the calibre of celeb contestants when she was first told about the cast.

“My bosses had to repeat the names at least three times,” she claimed. “We’re so lucky they said yes.

“Everyone taking part is fantastic. We are honoured they wanted to play the game.”

She also reckons the presence of so many comedians on the Celebrity Traitors line-up means we’re in for some real laugh-out-loud moments

Following Alan Carr’s victory this year, The Celebrity Traitors has brought together some of the biggest names on the comedy scene right now, from James Acaster, Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan to Joe Lycett and Joanne McNally.

“They all made me laugh,” she admitted. “They are all utterly brilliant and the funniest people on earth.”

As for any scene-stealers to look out for, she teased that Rob Beckett “said something that made me hide in a bush until I composed myself”.

For James Acaster, though, all of those comics in the Celebrity Traitors castle gave him cause for ‘concern’ before the game had even started

“[That is] a concern,” he revealed. “There will be suspicions that it’s going to be at least one of these guys, that we might form an alliance if we’re not broken apart.”

James speculated: “I think we’re going to be the first ones under the magnifying glass being looked at. Particularly at the beginning when you have absolutely nothing to go on.

“And then, you consider that a comedian won last year with Alan Carr disarming everyone with jokes the whole time. He has tainted us all!”

“Hannah Fry [mathematician and fellow Celebrity Traitors star] will probably tell you that probability-wise, there’s most likely to be at least one comic chosen as a Traitor because there’s enough of us,” he went on to theorise. “Even though it could, obviously, easily be three people who aren’t comedians…

“I don’t know how it works out, but if maths turns against us we’re in big trouble.”

If you were wondering how Romesh Ranganathan’s friendship with Rob Beckett is going to affect his Celebrity Traitors gameplay… so is he, apparently!

“Rob is one of my best friends, and we’ve worked together for a decade now,” Romesh........

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