Comedian Alan Carr has promised he will not be funny on The Celebrity Traitors because he wants to win the television game show.
The Chatty Man star will appear as part of a cast of 19 famous faces, including Thursday Murder Club star Celia Imrie, retired Olympic diver Tom Daley and actor Sir Stephen Fry, when the show launches on Oct 8.
But asked whether he had a strategy for the game, Carr, 49, said: “There will be a different side to me. I’ll have to adapt; no comedy, it’s one of those shows where you have to shapeshift.
“You have to chat to people you wouldn’t normally chat with just to see if they are hiding anything. I don’t think it’s a case of how good you are at being a traitor or a faithful.
“It’s how you adapt and how you draw on your social skills. I’ve worked in a call centre where I had to deal with one thing after another, so I think my call-centre skills are going to come in handy.”
Hosted by Claudia Winkleman, the series has a cast of 19 famous faces, including Celia Imrie, Tom Daley and Sir Stephen Fry – Cody Burridge/BBC
The show will see the celebrities gather in the Highlands for the chance to win a cash prize of up to £100,000 for a charity of their choice.
Jonathan Ross, fellow contestant and TV chat show presenter, said his lack of trust in celebrities would help him on the show.
He explained: “I’ve watched all the versions around the world and I love playing games. I’ve always wondered what it would be like to be in the castle. It’s one of those experiences that money can’t buy to actually be in The Traitors after you’ve watched it so many times.
“Because, of course, we all watch it at home and love it at home, and I’m really fascinated to find out how it feels to be right in the middle of the action.
“Also, because I don’t trust any celebrities, I think I’m going to immediately assume they’re all traitors.”
Being a traitor is an ‘impossible task’
David Olusoga, a TV historian, said he wants to be a faithful because he will make a “terrible traitor”.
The British-Nigerian star said: “I would like to be faithful for the simple reason, I think I’d be a terrible traitor.
“That’s mainly because of my memory; my mind is always wandering off. I think there’s a terrible risk that I’d forget that I was in deep cover, that’s the reason why I’m not a spy.
“It would be an impossible task remembering that you’re not who you’re saying you are.”
Olusoga, who is known for presenting BBC history documentaries, said it would be an “enormous surprise” if he won, adding: “What I do think I have in my favour is that I’m quite persuasive, I can see logic, and I can build an argument and hopefully exert a strong influence at the round table.”
Also taking part is singer Cat Burns, who said she did not mind being a faithful or a traitor.
The 25-year-old Go singer said: “I think I’m good at reading people, but that comes from just being an observer. And I think being neuro-divergent I have a tendency to have that approach in social situations, watching people more than speaking.”
She continued: “My strategy, if I am a traitor, would be to just try and go under the radar, not draw too much attention to myself, but also give out names of people who I think could be traitors.”
The show, hosted by Claudia Winkleman, sees contestants try to detect the traitors in the group while completing a series of challenges to win funds to contribute towards the prize pot.
If a traitor is left among the finalists at the end of the series, the faithfuls, who are those who are not traitors, lose out on the money and the traitor wins the full prize.
The Celebrity Traitors launches on Wednesday Oct 8 at 9pm on BBC One and iPlayer. There will then be two episodes per week on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
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