The Celebrity Traitors has raised a huge sum of money for charity, with the contestants building a prize pot worth £87,000. It’s a change from the regular civilian series in which the players are competing to take home the banked cash – so do the celebs get paid at all?
The BBC has not officially commented on the money that the competitors have earned, but unconfirmed reports have suggested that they do take home a fee.
Speaking on The Rest Is Entertainment podcast back in in July, host Marina Hyde suggested one particular number.
“Although we haven’t seen the celebrity iteration yet, we know it’s going to be massive,” she said at the time.
“Look at the calibre of the people they got. They were able to pay everybody a blanket £40k fee, right? They’re paying them a £40k fee.”
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Just last month, the Daily Mail reported the same number – but again, the BBC has not commented.
The show has certainly been worth the money for producers, with it becoming the biggest series of the year.
Ratings have been huge, with recent data from Barb revealing that the first episode won a mighty 12.5 million viewers in its first seven days; a clear winner for that particular week.
It escalated even more in week two, with the third episode netting 13.2 million in its first week – more than 5 million higher than its closest rival, Strictly Come Dancing, which achieved 7.4 million in the same timeframe.
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Going into the final, the odds seemed stacked against Alan Carr and Cat Burns, with Joe Marler and Nick Mohammed both (correctly) convinced that they are the remaining Traitors.
The question has been whether they convince historian David Olusoga and secure a Faithful victory.
Carr will continue to be a huge TV presence: his hit sitcom Changing Ends is back on ITV later this month, and he’ll also compete in the second season of the hit Prime Video show LOL: Last One Laughing.
Appearing on This Morning this week, reigning champion Bob Mortimer teased: “It’s very difficult not to laugh. Can you imagine the problem Alan had trying not to laugh? He’s a giggler.”
The Celebrity Traitors is available to watch on iPlayer.
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