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<\/div>\nGet the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email<\/h3>\nGet the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter <\/h3>\nGet the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter <\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNineteen famous faces have descended<\/a> on the Scottish Highlands to take part in the first-ever edition of Celebrity Traitors<\/a> with a huge amount of charity prize money up for grabs and an appearance fee included.<\/p>\nThe star-studded cast, which includes Stephen Fry<\/a>, Clare Balding<\/a>, Alan Carr<\/a>, Charlotte Church<\/a>, Paloma Faith<\/a> and Jonathan Ross<\/a>, will be paid for their participation.<\/p>\nAccording to reports, the celebrities will be paid a flat fee of \u00a340,000 for appearing in the series. <\/p>\n
On The Rest Is Entertainment <\/a>podcast in July, host Marina Hyde said: \u201cIt\u2019s certainly interesting to compare something like Celebrity Traitors on the BBC<\/a> to I\u2019m a Celebrity on ITV.<\/p>\n\u201cAlthough we haven\u2019t seen the celebrity iteration yet, we know it\u2019s going to be massive.<\/p>\n
\u201cLook at the calibre of the people they got. They were able to pay everybody a blanket 40k fee, right? They\u2019re paying them a 40k fee.\u201d<\/p>\n
The BBC declined to comment on the fee when contacted by The Independent.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nopen image in gallery<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nThe Celebrity Traitors cast are set to receive a \u00a340,000 fee (BBC)<\/span><\/div>\nAs for the prize money, the celebrities will be competing for up to \u00a3100,000, with the exact figure depending on how well the celebrities perform in each challenge.<\/p>\n
Unlike the regular version, where the contestants keep the jackpot, the celebrities will give their prize winnings to a charity of their choice. <\/p>\n
In the civilian version, a slightly higher total prize of \u00a3120,000 can be won by the contestants.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nopen image in gallery<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nClaudia Winkleman will be back as host (PA)<\/span><\/div>\nMuch like the civilian version, Claudia Winkleman<\/a> will once again host. Ahead of the show\u2019s premiere, she told journalists: \u201cYou think you know these people, and then you watch them play this game, and I was awestruck by the way they played it \u2013 with empathy, with wit and with real smarts.”<\/p>\nThe full list of celebrities taking part are:<\/p>\n
\n\n- Alan Carr<\/a> \u2013 Comedian <\/li>\n
- Cat Burns \u2013 Singer\/songwriter <\/li>\n
- Celia Imrie \u2013 Actress <\/li>\n
- Charlotte Church<\/a> \u2013 Singer\/activist <\/li>\n
- Clare Balding<\/a> \u2013 Broadcaster <\/li>\n
- David Olusoga \u2013 Historian and filmmaker <\/li>\n
- Joe Marler \u2013 Former England rugby union player <\/li>\n
- Joe Wilkinson \u2013 Comedian <\/li>\n
- Jonathan Ross<\/a> \u2013 TV Presenter <\/li>\n
- Kate Garraway \u2013 TV and radio presenter <\/li>\n
- Lucy Beaumont \u2013 Comedian <\/li>\n
- Mark Bonnar \u2013 Actor <\/li>\n
- Nick Mohammed \u2013 Actor and comedian <\/li>\n
- Niko Omilana \u2013 Online content creator <\/li>\n
- Paloma Faith<\/a> \u2013 Singer\/songwriter <\/li>\n
- Ruth Codd \u2013 Actress <\/li>\n
- Stephen Fry<\/a> \u2013 Actor and writer <\/li>\n
- Tameka Empson \u2013 Actress and comedian <\/li>\n
- Tom Daley \u2013 Olympian <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
First episode of Celebrity Traitors is out now and will run for nine episodes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter <\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNineteen famous faces have descended<\/a> on the Scottish Highlands to take part in the first-ever edition of Celebrity Traitors<\/a> with a huge amount of charity prize money up for grabs and an appearance fee included.<\/p>\nThe star-studded cast, which includes Stephen Fry<\/a>, Clare Balding<\/a>, Alan Carr<\/a>, Charlotte Church<\/a>, Paloma Faith<\/a> and Jonathan Ross<\/a>, will be paid for their participation.<\/p>\nAccording to reports, the celebrities will be paid a flat fee of \u00a340,000 for appearing in the series. <\/p>\n
On The Rest Is Entertainment <\/a>podcast in July, host Marina Hyde said: \u201cIt\u2019s certainly interesting to compare something like Celebrity Traitors on the BBC<\/a> to I\u2019m a Celebrity on ITV.<\/p>\n\u201cAlthough we haven\u2019t seen the celebrity iteration yet, we know it\u2019s going to be massive.<\/p>\n
\u201cLook at the calibre of the people they got. They were able to pay everybody a blanket 40k fee, right? They\u2019re paying them a 40k fee.\u201d<\/p>\n
The BBC declined to comment on the fee when contacted by The Independent.<\/p>\n
\n<\/p>\nopen image in gallery<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nThe Celebrity Traitors cast are set to receive a \u00a340,000 fee (BBC)<\/span><\/div>\nAs for the prize money, the celebrities will be competing for up to \u00a3100,000, with the exact figure depending on how well the celebrities perform in each challenge.<\/p>\n
Unlike the regular version, where the contestants keep the jackpot, the celebrities will give their prize winnings to a charity of their choice. <\/p>\n
In the civilian version, a slightly higher total prize of \u00a3120,000 can be won by the contestants.<\/p>\n
\n<\/p>\nopen image in gallery<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nClaudia Winkleman will be back as host (PA)<\/span><\/div>\nMuch like the civilian version, Claudia Winkleman<\/a> will once again host. Ahead of the show\u2019s premiere, she told journalists: \u201cYou think you know these people, and then you watch them play this game, and I was awestruck by the way they played it \u2013 with empathy, with wit and with real smarts.”<\/p>\nThe full list of celebrities taking part are:<\/p>\n
\n\n- Alan Carr<\/a> \u2013 Comedian <\/li>\n
- Cat Burns \u2013 Singer\/songwriter <\/li>\n
- Celia Imrie \u2013 Actress <\/li>\n
- Charlotte Church<\/a> \u2013 Singer\/activist <\/li>\n
- Clare Balding<\/a> \u2013 Broadcaster <\/li>\n
- David Olusoga \u2013 Historian and filmmaker <\/li>\n
- Joe Marler \u2013 Former England rugby union player <\/li>\n
- Joe Wilkinson \u2013 Comedian <\/li>\n
- Jonathan Ross<\/a> \u2013 TV Presenter <\/li>\n
- Kate Garraway \u2013 TV and radio presenter <\/li>\n
- Lucy Beaumont \u2013 Comedian <\/li>\n
- Mark Bonnar \u2013 Actor <\/li>\n
- Nick Mohammed \u2013 Actor and comedian <\/li>\n
- Niko Omilana \u2013 Online content creator <\/li>\n
- Paloma Faith<\/a> \u2013 Singer\/songwriter <\/li>\n
- Ruth Codd \u2013 Actress <\/li>\n
- Stephen Fry<\/a> \u2013 Actor and writer <\/li>\n
- Tameka Empson \u2013 Actress and comedian <\/li>\n
- Tom Daley \u2013 Olympian <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
First episode of Celebrity Traitors is out now and will run for nine episodes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNineteen famous faces have descended<\/a> on the Scottish Highlands to take part in the first-ever edition of Celebrity Traitors<\/a> with a huge amount of charity prize money up for grabs and an appearance fee included.<\/p>\n The star-studded cast, which includes Stephen Fry<\/a>, Clare Balding<\/a>, Alan Carr<\/a>, Charlotte Church<\/a>, Paloma Faith<\/a> and Jonathan Ross<\/a>, will be paid for their participation.<\/p>\n According to reports, the celebrities will be paid a flat fee of \u00a340,000 for appearing in the series. <\/p>\n On The Rest Is Entertainment <\/a>podcast in July, host Marina Hyde said: \u201cIt\u2019s certainly interesting to compare something like Celebrity Traitors on the BBC<\/a> to I\u2019m a Celebrity on ITV.<\/p>\n \u201cAlthough we haven\u2019t seen the celebrity iteration yet, we know it\u2019s going to be massive.<\/p>\n \u201cLook at the calibre of the people they got. They were able to pay everybody a blanket 40k fee, right? They\u2019re paying them a 40k fee.\u201d<\/p>\n The BBC declined to comment on the fee when contacted by The Independent.<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Celebrity Traitors cast are set to receive a \u00a340,000 fee (BBC)<\/span><\/div>\n As for the prize money, the celebrities will be competing for up to \u00a3100,000, with the exact figure depending on how well the celebrities perform in each challenge.<\/p>\n Unlike the regular version, where the contestants keep the jackpot, the celebrities will give their prize winnings to a charity of their choice. <\/p>\n In the civilian version, a slightly higher total prize of \u00a3120,000 can be won by the contestants.<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Claudia Winkleman will be back as host (PA)<\/span><\/div>\n Much like the civilian version, Claudia Winkleman<\/a> will once again host. Ahead of the show\u2019s premiere, she told journalists: \u201cYou think you know these people, and then you watch them play this game, and I was awestruck by the way they played it \u2013 with empathy, with wit and with real smarts.”<\/p>\n The full list of celebrities taking part are:<\/p>\n First episode of Celebrity Traitors is out now and will run for nine episodes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.independent.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Nineteen famous faces have descended on the Scottish Highlands to take part in the first-ever edition of Celebrity Traitors with a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1948653,"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":[25173],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2122730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Strictly-2025-BBC-loses-professional-competitor-for-new-series.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2122730","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=2122730"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2122730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2122731,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2122730\/revisions\/2122731"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1948653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2122730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2122730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2122730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n