Celebrity Traitors star drops major hint about who could be picked as a Traitor

It’s almost time to sit in your comfies on the sofa and cosy up as you watch celebrities try to figure out who is backstabbing the cast through a series of uncomfortable tasks and choices.

It could only be Celebrity Traitors.

Yes, Claudia Winkleman’s personal heaven in the form of a dark and moody castle she can skulk about in wearing the maddest outfit possible is right around the corner.

In it, viewers will see the likes of comedians, academics, actors, singers, and more, tap into their own personal acting chops and investigation skills to figure out who could be a Traitor, while the Faithfuls try not to be voted out.

As for the cast – it's packed with famous faces, such as James Acaster, Amol Rajan, Bella Ramsey, James Blunt, Jerry Hall, Joanne McNally, Joe Lycett, Julie Hesmondhalgh, King Kenny, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Maya Jama, Michael Sheen, Miranda Hart, Myha'la, Professor Hannah Fry, Richard E. Grant, Rob Beckett, Romesh Ranganathan, Ross Kemp, Sebastian Croft, and Sharon Rooney.

Now, it’s not the first-time comedians have seemed to take over a lot of the cast, as last season saw Alan Carr (who won), Joe Wilkinson, Lucy Beaumont, Nick Mohammed, and Tameka Empson in the line up.

But when it comes to figuring out who could be a Traitor, fellow funny man Acaster says the number of comedians in the cast this year could work against them.

Calling the many names associated with stand up comedy a ‘concern’, he said: “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. 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.”

As for his reasoning, it is further solidified by the fact that Carr won last year, with Acaster claiming he had been ‘disarming everyone with jokes the whole time’ and has since 'tainted us all’ in the comic scene.

Acaster went on to say that prof Hannah Fry – who is a whiz at probability and making math understandable to the masses, ‘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.’

However, he said 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.’

Alan Carr was last year's winner (BBC)

Anyway, there’s a good chance there may be at least one comedian picked to be a traitor, considering the show (both the celeb and non-celeb versions) start out with around three Traitors before expanding the pool as time goes on.

With 21 people in the cast, that leaves a one in seven chance of being picked as a Traitor (thanks for making me do math, Acaster).

Go on, get yourself some snacks ready in preparation for its air date on Thursday, 1 October via BBC One and BBC iPlayer at 8pm.