Celebrity Traitors star Clare Balding's BBC pal shares key reason she's already 'at risk'
After months of speculation, the star-studded line-up of The Celebrity Traitors has finally been announced.
The special edition of the BBC's hit reality competition will see 19 celebrities heading to Ardross Castle to engage in as much double-crossing as they can muster - and this time it's all for charity.
Claudia Winkleman will return as host as the famous faces play as either Faithfuls or Traitors over the course of nine episodes. Unlike the civilian edition of the show, the prize pot of up to £100,000 will go towards a charity picked by the winner or winners.
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Among the freshly-unveiled cast is comedian Alan Carr, actor Celia Imrie, singer Charlotte Church and broadcasters Clare Balding and Stephen Fry. Historian David Olusoga, funnyman Joe Wilkinson and presenter Jonathan Ross are also on board.
Ahead of the show's start date this Autumn, a close friend of one of the stars has weighed in on her chances of making it through to the final.
During an appearance on BBC's The One Show tonight (May 13), Strictly Come Dancing and EastEnders star Rose Ayling-Ellis shared her excitement at Clare Balding being cast on the reality show, but outlined the "risk" she faced.
"I feel like there's a bit of a risk for her because she's so clever and the Traitors have traditionally always kicked the clever people out," she began. "So she needs to go on it and play stupid.... I'll text her that advice."
Ahead of the programme airing, host Claudia Winkleman shared: "We're incredibly lucky these brilliant people have said yes. I'd love to say we'll take it easy on them and they'll just wander round the castle and eat toast for a couple of weeks, but that would be a lie."
Alan Carr - Comedian
Cat Burns – Singer/Songwriter
Celia Imrie – Actor
Charlotte Church – Singer/Activist
Clare Balding - Broadcaster and Author
David Olusoga - Historian and Filmmaker
Joe Marler – Former England Rugby Player and Podcaster
Joe Wilkinson - Comedian
Jonathan Ross - Presenter
Kate Garraway - Broadcaster
Lucy Beaumont - Comedian
Mark Bonnar - Actor
Nick Mohammed - Actor and Comedian
Niko Omilana - Content Creator
Paloma Faith - Singer/Songwriter and Actor
Ruth Codd - Actor
Stephen Fry - Actor, Writer, Presenter
Tameka Empson – Actor and Comedian
Tom Daley – Olympian, Author, Broadcaster and Entrepreneur
The Celebrity Traitors comes to BBC One and BBC iPlayer this Autumn with an exact release date yet to be announced
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