The Traitors series three applications are open – here’s how you can be on the show
THE Traitors is still on our screens but BBC bosses are calling for applications for the next season and You could be involved.
As more than 10 million tune into the current series, TV bosses are keen to recruit for the next instalment, in a bid to to sure up the success of the juggernaut.
Hosted by Claudia Winkleman, critics are calling The Traitors, based on the party game wink murder, one of the TV events of the year. Series one was a triumph, after being watched more than 34 million times on iPlayer, as well as bagging two BAFTAS and a National Television Award.
Now it seems the second series is even more popular than the first. This year around 8.2 million people tuned in to watch the first three episdoes lives.
Meanwhile stats from the BBC’s iPlayer streaming platform suggest that a considerable two million have watched the show online.
A source said: “The iPlayer data is extremely impressive but it also marks an interesting moment in TV viewing habits.
“Audiences for the likes of I’m A Celebrity and Love Island have migrated rapidly to catch-up hubs.
“But data shows most viewers chose to watch The Traitors live, so they could chat about the twists and turns as they happen or the next day.
“It’s a marked return to that watercooler TV of old.”
Applicants must be over 18 to film for a month in the Scottish Highlands later this year. The deadline is the 11th February.
