Celebrity Traitors - Series 2

[Zetec-S]

Starts on Thursday

Looks like a reasonable line up of household names and relative unknowns, although I'm sure there will be a few here who claim to have never heard of any of them

Amol Rajan - Journalist & broadcaster
Bella Ramsey - Actor
Hannah Fry - Broadcaster & mathematician
James Acaster - Comedian & presenter
James Blunt - Singer-songwriter
Jerry Hall - Model & actress
Joanne McNally - Stand-up comedian
Joe Lycett - Comedian & presenter
Julie Hesmondhalgh - Actress
King Kenny - Social media personality
Leigh-Anne Pinnock - Singer
Maya Jama - Television presenter
Michael Sheen - Actor
Miranda Hart - Actress & comedian
Myha'la - Actress
Richard E. Grant - Actor
Rob Beckett - Comedian & presenter
Romesh Ranganathan - Comedian & presenter
Ross Kemp - Actor & television presenter
Sebastian Croft - Actor & singer-songwriter
Sharon Rooney - Actress

Hopefully it continues to deliver like the last series.

(Apologies if there's another topic running but couldn't see anything)

[b14]

There's a few randoms but overall it's about the most recognisable line up of any celebrity special show in the UK we've had, since the earlier days of Strictly probably. Looking forward to it.

[worsy]

I believe Romesh and Rob are big mates so guaranteed one of them will be a Traitor.

[miniman]

Not sure who I'm rooting for to get booted out first - Miranda or Romesh.

[Chimune]

I think they will put Hanna F as traitor as she is trusted factual type with an experimental approach already planned.

[Chimune]

I think they have tried to avoid the 'big dogs' setup and gone for 'comedy club' with about 1/2 contestants knowing eachother pretty well.

[C69]

Chimune said:

I think they have tried to avoid the 'big dogs' setup and gone for 'comedy club' with about 1/2 contestants knowing eachother pretty well.

This BBC article conveniently splits them into four groups: 'the comedy troupe', 'the big dogs' (some are bigger than others), 'the dark horses', and 'the under-the-radar contenders'. The last two just seem like convenient labels for contestants who couldn't really be categorised, though.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv5yjzz803edo

I reckon it's a fairly strong line-up. There are only a few of them that I've not heard of before.

[MOBB]

Looking forward to this, its the only thing of its ilk that I actually enjoy

[mcflurry]

Usually these "celeb" shows are made up of Big Brother failure type "celebs" but I've actually heard of 15 of the contestants - that's got to be my record

[Cupid-stunt]

As long as they keep Maya in for as long as possible, then this will be the best season ever.....

[LordLoveLength]

mcflurry said:

Usually these "celeb" shows are made up of Big Brother failure type "celebs" but I've actually heard of 15 of the contestants - that's got to be my record

Difference with traitors is that serious celebs want to go on it rather than having to dig around the z listers and has-beens to justify the ‘celeb’ title.

[Escort3500]

miniman said:

Not sure who I'm rooting for to get booted out first - Miranda or Romesh.

Miranda hopefully

[The Rotrex Kid]

Great line up this year!

[paulw123]

mcflurry said:

Usually these "celeb" shows are made up of Big Brother failure type "celebs" but I've actually heard of 15 of the contestants - that's got to be my record

I'd heard of 10. Not a bad line up.

[paulw123]

LordLoveLength said:

mcflurry said:

Usually these "celeb" shows are made up of Big Brother failure type "celebs" but I've actually heard of 15 of the contestants - that's got to be my record

Difference with traitors is that serious celebs want to go on it rather than having to dig around the z listers and has-beens to justify the celeb title.

Well certainly celebrity comediens it seems!

[thetapeworm]

Richard's managed to extend his Burberry modelling career and get some brand coverage on the BBC

[rider73]

there's something......... unlikeable about that university challenge guy....imho...

[short]

I can't believe he fked it up like that.

[thetapeworm]

rider73 said:

there's something......... unlikeable about that university challenge guy....imho...

He's like a physical LinkedIn post.

[Monsterlime]

short said:

I can't believe he fked it up like that.

I just kept repeating 'what?' After he said it. I still kind of can't believe it.