The Traitors Series 2 Sneak Peek!
Claudia Winkleman is back with The Traitors Series 2 as contestants lie and betray, hide and seek in a beautiful Scottish castle competing for a cash prize of £120,000
It’s the ultimate game of nerve, calling their bluff, backstabbing and knowing who to trust. The Traitors series 2 is coming!
Hidden within the crowd are The Traitors who quietly kill-off a new player each night. The Faithfuls are tasked with accurately calling out The Traitors and eliminate them before they become their next victim. It’s a game of the Traitors vs The Faithfuls.
Claudia Winkleman answered a quick Q&A with the BBC about the upcoming season, which we’ve shared below.
Do you think that the contestants this year have an advantage after seeing series 1?
It definitely gave them some tips and you can see some arrive and play the game immediately. But the game itself is so strong that however prepared you think you are, you’re not.
Did people come in with more strategies?
They did…
Can you tell us a bit about this year’s challenges? They were tough last year but have they ramped up?
The missions this year are epic. The producers are so clever as the missions are incredibly important as it is a chance for the contestants to switch off from strategising and plotting. They get fresh air, they run around, they work as a team. The scale this year is beyond.
Last year you were rooting for both the Faithful and the Traitors? Has that changed this year, is it time for a Traitor to steal the gold?
I was really rooting for both. It’s a really strange thing, I stand at that round table trying to just melt into the walls and I’m backing both sides. I so want them to catch a Traitor and I also want the Traitors to get away with it. In the end I respect and admire gameplay and there’s a lot of that in this series. I want both the Faithful and Traitors to win, which is confusing.
How was the nerve of this year’s contestants? Was it even more tense in series two?
It definitely gets extremely tense, it did in the first series too but there’s one round table in this episode when I came out shaking.
You were back in the castle in Scotland once again, how did it feel to return to the highlands?
I love Scotland so much. Where we film might just be the most beautiful place on earth, the landscape is breath-taking. But also the people you meet are so welcoming and kind and hopefully happy we’re back. I got off the train and the lovely man who worked at the station just casually said to me “I hope you’ve got your cloak”.
There are lots of versions of the Traitors, what is it about the UK version that you love the most?
I love all the versions. It’s just an incredible game but if I had to say why ours is good it’s because of the cast. They’re just knockout.
The Traitors series 2 comes to BBC One and BBC iPlayer from 3 January 2024. Watch series 1 (CLICK HERE)
Hannah McLaren
I've worked at DC Thomson for six years! I began as an intern at My Weekly and The Scots Magazine, which was extended by a few months to help out at The People's Friend. I then covered maternity as Celebrity Editor for My Weekly, before I became Multimedia Journalist at The Scots Magazine. Currently I'm writing digital content across each title.
