{"id":2078885,"date":"2025-10-09T07:35:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T07:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2078885"},"modified":"2025-10-09T07:35:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T07:35:19","slug":"celebrity-traitors-viewers-hail-nervous-alan-carr-as-highlight-of-new-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/celebrity-traitors-viewers-hail-nervous-alan-carr-as-highlight-of-new-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity Traitors viewers hail nervous Alan Carr as highlight of new series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/the-traitors\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Traitors;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>The Traitors<\/em><\/a> is back for its <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/tv\/reviews\/the-celebrity-traitors-review-bbc-alan-carr-b2841780.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:first ever celebrity instalment;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">first ever celebrity instalment<\/a> \u2013 and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/alan-carr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Alan Carr;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Alan Carr<\/a> is already stealing the show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After Carr and 18 of his star competitors <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/tv\/news\/celebrity-traitors-uk-2025-live-updates-tonight-b2841675.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:arrived at Ardross Castle in Scotland,;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">arrived at Ardross Castle in Scotland,<\/a> the comedian left viewers in hysterics after claiming he wanted to be a traitor \u2013 and then struggling with the reality after host Claudia Winkleman made him one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Winkleman dramatically walked around the table, touching the shoulder of the three celebrities who\u2019ll be hoping to remain undetected as Traitors throughout the next eight episodes. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/tv\/news\/celebrity-traitors-cat-burns-who-bbc-b2842147.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:She selected Carr as well as TV host;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">She selected Carr as well as TV host<\/a> Jonathan Ross and singer-songwriter Cat Burns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Soon after Winkleman made her selections, Ross and Burns took to their new role rather well \u2013 but Carr\u2019s nerves shone through. The comedian was shown immediately sweating after discovering the news, and cackling nervously every time anyone accused him of being traitorous.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Viewers reacted to Carr\u2019s immediate struggles, with one writing: \u201cThe chaos of Alan Carr as a Traitor is already giving me life and my TV highlight of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Another predicted Carr\u2019s tenure as a Traitor will make for \u201ciconic\u201d television.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Alan Carr is a Traitor (BBC)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cCasting team, let me applaud you for a second because Alan Carr as a traitor is GOLD television,\u201d an additional viewer wrote, with another chiming in: \u201cWorth paying my TV license just to see Alan Carr as a traitor, get this man to the finale!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Also taking part in the series are actors Celia Imrie, Mark Bonnar, Tameka Empson and Ruth Codd, former <em>QI<\/em> host Stephen Fry, broadcasters Kate Garraway and Clare Balding, singer Charlotte Church, comedian Lucy Beaumont, rugby player Joe Marler, YouTube prankster Niko Omilana and historian David Olusoga.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Other stars who threw their names in the ring to be traitors were Daley, Wilkinson, Faith and <em>Ted Lasso <\/em>star Mohammed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The lucky players who survive to the end of the game have the chance of winning \u00a3100,000 for their chosen charity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.style.yahoo.com\/celebrity-traitors-review-still-camp-211512989.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Independent\u2019s four-star review;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\"><em>The Independent<\/em>\u2019s four-star review<\/a>, Katie Rosseinsky commended the show\u2019s producers for pulling off \u201cthe seemingly impossible and filling the available slots with actually recognisable names\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rosseinsky added: \u201c<em>Traitors <\/em>diehards were fearful that a celebrity version would go against everything that made it so watchable. But, based on this opener at least, they don\u2019t have anything to worry about \u2013 this new spin-off stays faithful to the show we know and love.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source nz.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Traitors is back for its first ever celebrity instalment \u2013 and Alan Carr is already stealing the show. After Carr and 18 of his star competitors arrived at Ardross Castle in Scotland, the comedian left viewers in hysterics after claiming he wanted to be a traitor \u2013 and then struggling with the reality after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2078886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[352452,348884,351433,206198],"class_list":["post-2078885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-alan-carr","tag-claudia-winkleman","tag-jonathan-ross","tag-the-traitors"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Celebrity-Traitors-viewers-hail-nervous-Alan-Carr-as-highlight-of.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2078885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2078885"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2078885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2078887,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2078885\/revisions\/2078887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2078886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2078885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2078885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2078885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}