BBC The Traitors' Claudia Winkleman reveals importance of new shock twists and rules
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TV presenter Claudia Winkleman says the format tweak being introduced for series three of The Traitors will help keep it fresh. As the BBC1 show returned tonight, its host praised the move to stop the finalists knowing if they are banishing Traitors or Faithful at the very last stage of the game. Traitors have to kill off fellow players without being caught, while the Faithful have to work out who the Traitors are and banish them, before becoming their next victim.
The final survivors have the chance of winning the cash prize. However, if a Traitor makes it through undetected, they will be able to claim the prize. Claudia said of the format tweak: “The final twist is so smart. At the end, I will thank somebody for taking part and they will just walk out.
“It underlines that you think you know how to play but you don’t. If you went to the castle, you might have a way of working it out – this change takes away all of that. It goes back to the main body of the show, which is trust and gut instinct.”.
The presenter believes it is important to add new elements. “In any entertainment format, you can’t repeat. You want to give the people playing and the people watching something new.” She said having undercover sisters Armani and Maia on the show was another clever idea, especially with one being a Traitor.
Claudia hinted that the all-female Traitor line-up might backfire but said it was put together in reaction to the male-heavy team last year. One Traitor, Linda, appeared to have been rumbled almost immediately in last night’s opening episode, and Armani was already making her sibling very suspicious. But Claudia defended the choices she and the production team made.
