Traitors boss hints UK celebrity version of hit BBC series in the works
The Executive Producer behind the creation of The Traitors has confirmed the possibility of a UK celebrity version of the popular BBC show.
As the second series is set to come to a end in a matter of hours in tonight's final, viewers will finally get to see who will walk away with the cash prize as Andrew, Evie, Harry, Jaz and Mollie battle it out to be crowned the winner.
When asked during an interview on The News Agents podcast with host Lewis Goodall, if there is likely to be a celebrity version of the show, he said: "I think it would be pretty entertaining… We talk to the BBC about the future of all our shows and that's obviously a possibility."
Executive Producer of The Traitors has hinted at creating a celebrity version of the game show (The News Agents Podcast/Global Player)Viewing figures have increased in comparison to the show's first series as the contestants use a variety of manipulation tactics to undermine their fellow teammates - and finally walk away with the huge cash prize. But when probed further on why the US version of the show has celebrities, while the UK has only used civilians, Stephen continued: "The original Dutch version was with Dutch celebrities. So, it was really a decision that we made with the BBC to make the first British version without celebrities. "
He added: "Certainly, in America, it's such a crowded marketplace. And we're on a streaming platform called Peacock, which is owned by NBC. They believed that celebrities or people that had achieved fame as a result of being in big, unscripted reality shows in America would help with press, it would help draw attention and it would get an audience to come and it seems to be working."
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He explained: "In Britain, the decision was, maybe we'll think about celebrities at some stage. But the best shows like The Apprentice don't have celebrities in them. If you don't have celebrities, if you have real people, civilians, the prize pot matters. You know, if you're a celebrity £100,000 yes, obviously, it's lovely, but it's not as significant, as if you're an ordinary person. They take the game more seriously and that we think is very important."
Unlike other reality TV shows, Stephen who is also the CEO of Studio Lambert, said that production does not heavily intervene, during filming. He went on to say: "It's not a drama in the sense there's no script, and we don't know what people are going to say, we don't know how the story is going to develop. The best unscripted shows or reality shows are ones where the producers don't intervene all the time and we certainly don't intervene in this. "
He added: "Partly because we don't think that's the way to get the best television. But more importantly, it is a real competition for serious money. And so, the rules on us not intervening are very strict. So, in that sense, it's not a drama, because we don't know what's going to happen. But it is a drama in the sense that the format design ensures a great deal of drama.
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