THE Celebrity Traitors is coming to a screen near you, with some of the nation’s best-loved stars playing the game of trust, deception and paranoia.
Here we take a look at how the prize money works in the celeb version of the show, as well as how it compares with the regular seasons.
Claudia Winkleman is hosting the celeb version of The Traitors[/caption]
When is The Celebrity Traitors on?
The Celebrity Traitors premieres at 9pm on Wednesday, October 8, 2025.
The series kicks off with an extra-long 70 minute episode and will air twice weekly, on Wednesday and Thursday evenings on BBC One and iPlayer.
Claudia Winkleman is back on hosting duties, and the show returns to Ardross Castle in the Scottish Highlands — the same scary location used civilian editions.
Claudia told the BBC: “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.”
The Traitors has been on TV since 2022, but this is the very first celebrity version.
It runs for nine episodes, concluding with the grand final on Friday, October 31, 2025.
What is The Celebrity Traitors prize money?
In the most recent UK civilian edition of The Traitors — the third series, which aired in early 2025 — the maximum available prize pot was up to £120,000.
The amount contestants could win depended on their success in completing daily missions.
Ultimately, the players completed challenges and built the final prize pot up to £94,600.
This money was shared by the two remaining Faithfuls, Leanne and Jake, who successfully identified the final Traitor Charlotte Berman.
The previous Traitors series ended in January 2025.
The maximum available prize pot in The Celebrity Traitors is £100,000.
Unlike the civilian version, where contestants take home the cash themselves, the celebrities are competing to win the prize for a charity of their choice.
The final amount is determined by the celebrities’ success in completing challenges throughout the series and it is split among the winning players at the end — just like the regular show.
The Celebrity Traitors cast[/caption]
What is The Celebrity Traitors line up?
The Traitors first hit our screens back in 2022 — but this is the very first celebrity edition.
Here is the full lineup of Celebrity Traitors:
- Alan Carr: The hilarious host fronted 16 series of Chatty Man, which was sadly cancelled at the end of 2017.
- Stephen Fry: National treasure, actor, comedian, writer, director — he even narrated the Harry Potter audiobooks.
- Nick Mohammed: British actor, writer and comedian best known for playing Nate Shelley in Ted Lasso and creating Sky One comedy series Intelligence.
- Clare Balding: The Sun revealed the sports presenter was in talks to join this season in October 2024.
- Lucy Beaumont: Stand-up comedian and a regular on TV panel shows — she also starred in mockumentary Meet The Richardsons with her ex-husband Jon Richardson.
- Ruth Codd: Irish actress best known for playing Anya in The Midnight Club.
- Tameka Empson: Plays Kim Fox in Eastenders and starred in cult comedy sketch show 3 Non-Blondes.
- Celia Imrie: British actress who featured in Bridget Jones Diary, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and The Thursday Murder Club.
- Charlotte Church: Precocious singing prodigy who became a pop star before stepping away from the limelight to start a wellness retreat.
- Kate Garraway: Author, journalist and Good Morning Britain host.
- Cat Burns: Social media personality and singer-songwriter.
- Joe Wilkinson: As well as starring in comedies including Ricky Gervais’s Afterlife, Joe’s a panel show regular.
- Jonathan Ross: On top of all his other TV appearances, The Jonathan Ross show has been airing for 21 seasons and is still going strong.
- Mark Bonnar: Scottish actor who has starred in hit TV shows including Line of Duty and Dept Q.
- Niko Omilana: His past antics include running for the Mayor of London — he got an impressive two per cent of the vote, finishing fifth out of 20 candidates.
- David Olusoga: Historian who has been awarded on numerous occasions for his contribution to the arts.
- Joe Marler: Hung up his rugby boots in November 2024 and is hungry for a new challenge — his appearance on the show was revealed by The Sun in March 2025.
- Paloma Faith: Singer-songwriter and actress whose number one tracks include Changing (featuring Sigma) — she also starred in St Trinian’s and was a coach on The Voice.
- Tom Daley: Olympic gold medallist diving legend, an Insider told The Sun that Tom deemed the show “hugely fun”.
