Yahoo News The Traitors Bosses Already Have Their Eye On 1 Famous Politician For Celebrity Series
Despite widespread rumours about it going ahead, the team behind The Traitors are keeping schtum about the much-hyped celebrity version of the show.
However, if the star-studded season does end up going ahead, they’ve already got their eye on a few potential contestants.
Speaking to Deadline on the red carpet of the TV Baftas, executive producer Stephen Lambert named Liz Truss as being among his dream contestants.
“She’d be great,” he said of the former prime minister. “It’s very important on that show to be able to tell the truth, and also to not tell the truth. And you know, she would be challenged, possibly.”
Truss wouldn’t be the first British politician to take up residence in the famous Traitors castle, after former speaker John Bercow took part in the show’s American counterpart last year.
Meanwhile, although the team insisted they’re still only “thinking about the possibility of doing” a celebrity spin-off of The Traitors, they were much more upfront about the third season of the regular show, filming for which is currently underway.
“It’s had some amazing twists,” Stephen shared.
“It’s quite hard making season three, because the expectations get bigger and bigger. But fortunately, I think it’s going well. Touch wood.”
Producers of ‘Traitors’ Stephen Lambert and Tim Harcourt on the #BAFTATVAwards red carpet discussing season 3 and having Liz Truss on the celebrity version of the show pic.twitter.com/uvGzM9XWV3
— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) May 12, 2024
This is a concern shared by The Traitors host Claudia Winkleman, who recently admitted she almost turned down season three for that very reason.
“I was reluctant to do the second, and now I’m extra reluctant to do the third,” she shared during an interview on Good Morning Britain. “Like, guys, just leave it! It did OK, leave it. And they just say ‘no’.”
According to unconfirmed reports, the first celebrity series will reportedly film and air in 2025, once season three of the regular version of The Traitors has already been shown.