The first episode of Celebrity Traitors has been criticised by fans, with reaction on social media seemingly confirming Claudia Winkleman’s fears about the reality show spin off.
After three incredibly successful seasons of The Traitors, the decision was made to finally have a celebrity focused spin-off.
The cast has been praised for being one of the most stacked in UK reality TV history.
The headline names included Stephen Fry, Niko Omilana, Clare Balding, Lucy Beaumont, and Tom Daley, amongst a number of other celebs.
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One comment on a Reddit thread discussing the first episode of Celebrity Traitors concurred many people’s thoughts on the cast, saying: “Most stacked celebrity reality tv cast in the history of celebrity reality tv shows?”
In spite of this though, Claudia was initially unsure about the concept of the spin-off, a fear which some feel has come true.
Speaking after the announcement of the Celebrity version of the show, Claudia revealed she was ‘scared’.
Speaking to The Telegraph she revealed she didn’t want them to do the spin-off, saying: “Only because I’m in love with this show and I wanted to keep it small.
“Once a year, or maybe once every two years, felt like enough.
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“My bosses, thank goodness, ignored everything I said.”
Despite this though, many people felt that this was exactly the issue with the first episode of the show.
Many people had a common complaint about the spin-off version of the series (and it wasn’t just that Bob Mortimer didn’t show up).
One fan took to X, saying: “I kind of want to watch Celebrity Traitors bc of the tweets, but the fun for me was in watching everyday people play the game.
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“There’s almost no knowledge of their life before the show and i loved that.”
Another fan tweeted similar, saying: “Celebrity Traitors! Not sure how much I’m going to love this - feels like this lot are such big personalities that they might be too good at playing the game!”
A third said: “#Traitors not feeling the celebrity version , kinda boring.”
One viewer however had a slightly different complaint, suggesting that the traitors Claudia picked were ‘sh*t’.
This ended up being (spoilers for the first episode)… Alan Carr, Jonathan Ross, and Cat Burns.
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Whilst one or two deemed this selection less than ideal, others were specifically loving Alan Carr’s less than subtle sweating after being named Traitor.
One comment on Reddit said: “Alan Carr is making me laugh. I feel like hes gonna go down in flames in the most entertaining way.”
Another said: “Alan Carr might be one of the worst traitors ever but hey I'm laughing and he's completely self-aware so even better.”
Regardless, whether you feel the idea is a bit sh*t or are excited and tuned in, Celebrity Traitors is officially underway and many fans were thrilled.
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One tweeted: “This is already the greatest celebrity iteration of a show - they're taking it the perfect amount of seriously. Also pls can Alan stay in as long as possible he's killing me.”
The next episode of Celebrity Traitors airs tomorrow night on BBC One at 9pm.
Topics: The Traitors, Claudia Winkleman, BBC, TV and Film, TV, Niko Omilana, Reddit
Michael Slavin