If any further proof were needed that The Celebrity Traitors has become a phenomenon, look no further than the opulence on display in this first episode of the returning series of the addictive, pop culture-dominating show.
In any other show, this high-camp game of ‘Claudo’ would be a format point in its own right, used to illustrate the progression of the series. But here, it’s a 35-second gag that’s immediately discarded. It’s almost a flex. The Traitors can throw away ideas most TV producers would build a whole series around.
Now expectations for season 2 are even higher. No pressure.
From the get-go, there is immediate chemistry between the contestants. There are also some intriguing group dynamics, and some odd couplings you’d rarely see on screen. After all, when would you normally have Jerry Hall rubbing shoulders with Richard E Grant and Love Island’s Maya Jama?
View Green Video on the source websiteBut so far, the most valuable player is the inimitable Richard E Grant. Just moments after – spoiler alert – he and Jama are recruited as Traitors, he spills the beans to a bar full of fellow celebs, and is apparently unable to shrug it off in the moment. It makes Alan Carr’s giggly insistence that he was a Faithful look like a tiny blip.
Anyway, you wouldn’t find a judge in the land who’d convict him. Richard’s hysterical laughter throughout the rest of the episode is infectious, and his cut-throat attitude in the Traitors’ turret is delivered with actorly relish. One senses that we should enjoy his antics while we can – with the Faithfuls having so little to go on, there’s surely not much chance of him surviving beyond the next few episodes.
Given the stress of becoming a Traitor seems like a nightmare for James (his mini-breakdown on The Great British Bake Off is legendary) he makes a solid pitch to join the team. Whether that will stand him in good stead against Amol’s quasi-Apprentice candidate presentation to Richard and Maya remains to be seen.
Whatever happens, we’re being plunged into a new game, with contestants who have watched the first series, and may not be as averse to taking down a “Big Dog”.
It won’t be long until we all have a box of ‘Claudo’ in our front rooms, fighting over who gets to take their figurine into the turret.
The Celebrity Traitors continues on BBC One on Thursdays and Fridays, followed by The Traitors: Uncloaked on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. Traitor or Faithful? Claudia Decides is available now on BBC iPlayer.
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