{"id":2269546,"date":"2026-02-06T12:02:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T12:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2269546"},"modified":"2026-02-06T12:02:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T12:02:18","slug":"the-celebrity-traitors-apparently-has-1-casting-rule-in-place-for-the-2026-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-celebrity-traitors-apparently-has-1-casting-rule-in-place-for-the-2026-series\/","title":{"rendered":"The Celebrity Traitors Apparently Has 1 Casting Rule In Place For The 2026 Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"The stars of The Celebrity Traitors' first season\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/D2HKCoRx9q_RwxUrvX4.Og--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD04Mjg7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/huffpost_uk_744\/4cd23f4157e4a897b94bf01a5b6dc7b7\"\/><\/div>\n<p>The stars of The Celebrity Traitors&#8217; first season <span class=\"copyright\">BBC\/Studio Lambert\/Euan Cherry<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span>It\u2019s only been a few weeks since <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/news\/the-traitors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Traitors;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><span>The Traitors<\/span><\/a><span> left our screens, but we\u2019re already looking ahead to <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/entry\/celebrity-traitors-season-2-extra-episode-bbc-confirms_uk_692d85e3e4b05a7b1876f133\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the next celebrity series;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><span>the next celebrity series<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span>Naturally, <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/entry\/the-celebrity-traitors-cast-season-2-line-up-rumours_uk_6970e6e9e4b0559a8591fe8b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:speculation is already in full flow;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><span>speculation is already in full flow<\/span><\/a><span> about who the next bunch of celebs heading to the Scottish castle could be, but it turns out there\u2019s one casting rule that helps determine just that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/news\/geordie-shore\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Geordie Shore;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><span>Geordie Shore<\/span><\/a><span> star and <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/news\/celebrity-big-brother\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Celebrity Big Brother;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><span>Celebrity Big Brother<\/span><\/a><span> winner <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/news\/charlotte-crosby\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Charlotte Crosby;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><span>Charlotte Crosby<\/span><\/a><span> has made it clear that she won\u2019t be getting a call-up for The Traitors because of a supposed \u201cno reality stars\u201d rule.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span>\u201cThat is a genuine fact,\u201d she told <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tv\/38062375\/charlotte-crosby-banned-traitors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Sun;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><span>The Sun<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cMy agent is on the line and he will confirm. They take no reality stars.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span>\u201cA lot of shows have this rule. I\u2019m A Celebrity used to have this rule. But it gets to the point where they\u2019ve obviously run out of big names so they have to start delving into [reality TV].<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span>\u201cSo, they\u2019ll have this rule for maybe three or four series, and then they might have to break the mold a bit.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span>\u201cAs soon as they do, I will be there with my ******* cloak,\u201d Charlotte quipped.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span>The inaugural celebrity spin-off last year saw <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/entry\/alan-carr-recalls-crying-celebrity-traitors-final_uk_6916df72e4b0191be9d492f1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Alan Carr win the show against all odds;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><span>Alan Carr win the show against all odds<\/span><\/a><span>, fending off competition from the likes of <span>Nick Mohammed<\/span>, <span>Jonathan Ross<\/span>, <span>Paloma Faith<\/span> and <span>Stephen Fry<\/span> in the process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span>True to Charlotte\u2019s claims, none of the stars made their name on reality television, although a small handful had appeared on such shows.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span>Eastenders actor <span>Tameka Empson<\/span> appeared on <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/news\/strictly-come-dancing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Strictly Come Dancing;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><span>Strictly Come Dancing<\/span><\/a><span> in 2016, while <span>Kate Garraway<\/span> was on the show in 2007, and followed it up with appearances on <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/news\/im-a-celebrity\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:I\u2019m A Celebrity\u2026Get Me Out Of Here!;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><span>I\u2019m A Celebrity\u2026Get Me Out Of Here!<\/span><\/a><span> and <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/news\/the-masked-singer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Masked Singer;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><span>The Masked Singer<\/span><\/a><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span>Even Celebrity Traitors champion <span>Alan Carr<\/span>\u00a0dipped his toe in reality TV for charity, with previous appearances on <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/news\/great-british-bake-off\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Great Celebrity Bake Off;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><span>The Great Celebrity Bake Off<\/span><\/a><span> and a celebrity spin-off of <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/news\/the-apprentice\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Apprentice;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><span>The Apprentice<\/span><\/a><span> for Comic Relief back in 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span>Sadly, we\u2019ll have to wait until the end of the year before we get another series of The Celebrity Traitors, but <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/entry\/the-celebrity-traitors-cast-season-2-line-up-rumours_uk_6970e6e9e4b0559a8591fe8b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:speculation is already rife;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><span>speculation is already rife<\/span><\/a><span> about who could join the line-up.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">MORE TRAITORS:<\/h3>\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 ca.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The stars of The Celebrity Traitors&#8217; first season BBC\/Studio Lambert\/Euan Cherry It\u2019s only been a few weeks since The Traitors left our screens, but we\u2019re already looking ahead to the next celebrity series. Naturally, speculation is already in full flow about who the next bunch of celebs heading to the Scottish castle could be, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2269547,"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":[352452,346635,438605,24758,378797],"class_list":["post-2269546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-alan-carr","tag-celebrity-big-brother","tag-charlotte-crosby","tag-reality-stars","tag-the-celebrity-traitors"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/The-Celebrity-Traitors-Apparently-Has-1-Casting-Rule-In-Place.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2269546","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=2269546"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2269546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2269548,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2269546\/revisions\/2269548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2269547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2269546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2269546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2269546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}