'The Traitors' will not introduce celebrity contestants for season two.

Claudia Winkleman will be back

Claudia Winkleman will be back

The hit BBC reality show - which is hosted by Claudia Winkleman - saw 22 contestants completing a range of challenges as they tried to find the traitors hiding among the faithful, and some fans had been concerned bosses would tweak the format after it was commissioned for a second run.

However, the broadcaster has told RadioTimes.com that the programme won't be following the lead of the US version, which saw ordinary people mixed in with famous faces.

Instead, they will stick with the formula which saw them bring together a diverse lineup of people with memorable personalities.

This week, the BBC confirmed Claudia will be back to front the nail-biting psychological reality competition, which sees 22 strangers play the game of detection, backstabbing and trust in a bid to win £120,000.

She said: "I can’t wait to go back to the castle to watch people play the greatest game on television. I’m knitting a high funnel sweater immediately."

In series one - which was filmed at a Scottish castle, and has been watched 34 million times on BBC iPlayer - three Faithfuls, Aaron, Hannah and Meryl, outsmarted the Traitors and took home a third each of the £101,050 prize pot.

Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment at the BBC, said: “Last year’s ambitious and bingeable hit 'The Traitors' with Claudia Winkleman is coming back with the brilliant team at Studio Lambert set to bring viewers another magnificent series full of drama and suspense.

"We can certainly expect even more deceit and psychological games for the Traitors and Faithfuls."

The BBC is currently looking for applicants to appear in the second series of the show.


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