“The Celebrity Traitors” has been renewed for a second season on BBC One and iPlayer.
The broadcaster confirmed on Monday that the show, which aired its Season 1 finale last week to 11 million viewers, will return with a brand new crop of stars next yr. Companion show “The Celebrity Traitors: Uncloaked” can even return on BBC Sounds, BBC Two and iPlayer. “The Celebrity Traitors” is produced by Scotland’s Studio Lambert and hosted by Claudia Winkleman.
“The Celebrity Traitors” became a phenomenon from the beginning, with its first episode becoming the most important single episode on TV to this point this yr with 14.8 million views over 28 days. The show can also be now the most important unscripted title across the complete U.K. market since 2021.
The news comes amid a brand new Economic Impact Report, revealing that “The Traitors” franchise across the U.K. and U.S. has generated a £21.8 million ($28.7 million) boost to Scotland’s economy since 2022.
“Studio Lambert have done an impressive job as ‘The Celebrity Traitors’ has well and truly captivated the nation, becoming a bona fide highlight of the yr bringing record numbers of individuals together to enjoy every twist and switch,” BBC head of entertainment Kalpna Patel-Knight said in a press release. “In 2026 the doors of the castle will likely be opened again to welcome celebrity players to the sport to see who can charm, who can scheme and ultimately who can survive in series two which guarantees to be just as unmissable as the primary. Plus with ‘Uncloaked’ returning and today’s news of the positive contribution ‘The Traitors’ brand has made to Scotland’s economy, there may be plenty to have fun.”
In Variety‘s review of the primary season of “Celebrity Traitors,” Scott Bryan called the show one of the best reality TV of the yr. “It’s rare for the preferred show on television to be top-of-the-line. It’s rarer for that television show to develop into such a public spectacle that screenings of its finale fill out bars and clubs across the country. And it’s even rarer for the tensions during those screenings, which you possibly can cut with a knife, to be brought on by the comedian Alan Carr,” he wrote. “Yet ‘The Celebrity Traitors U.K.’ did just that. The BBC’s first season of a celeb version of the sport — an elaborate, unpredictable internationally-franchised whodunnit — not only matched expectations. It exceeded them.”