The amount of money that the cast of Celebrity Traitors is being paid has reportedly been revealed ahead of the launch of the BBC series.
Later this year, the celebrity iteration of the gripping gameshow is making its highly anticipated debut, boasting an array of high-profile British stars in the line-up.
Comedian Alan Carr, singer Charlotte Church, presenter Stephen Fry and Good Morning Britain presenter Kate Garraway are among those who’ll be going head to head as either Traitors or Faithfuls, in the hope of winning £100,000 for their chosen charity.
However, aside from one of them being awarded money for a worthy cause, it’s also been claimed that each of them is being paid a significant salary to take part.
On the latest episode of the podcast The Rest Is Entertainment, hosts Marina Hyde and Richard Osman spoke about the fees that the A-listers are receiving when they enter the castle with host Claudia Winkleman.
‘It’s certainly interesting to compare something like Celebrity Traitors on the BBC to I’m a Celebrity on ITV. Although we haven’t seen the celebrity iteration yet, but we know it’s gonna be massive. Look at the calibre of the people they got,’ journalist Marina remarked.
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When is Celebrity Traitors launching?
We don’t have a fixed release date yet, but Celebrity Traitors is coming to BBC One and BBC iPlayer this autumn. We’ll update you when we know more!
Who’s in the cast?
- Comedian Alan Carr
- Singer and songwriter Cat Burns
- Actor Celia Imrie
- Singer Charlotte Church
- Broadcaster Clare Balding
- Historian David Olusoga
- Former England rugby player Joe Marler
- Comedian Joe Wilkinson
- Presenter Jonathan Ross
- Good Morning Britain presenter Kate Garraway
- Comedian Lucy Beaumont
- Actor Mark Bonnar
- Actor and comedian Nick Mohammed
- Content creator Niko Omilana
- Singer and songwriter Paloma Faith
- Actor Ruth Codd
- Actor and presenter Stephen Fry
- Actor and comedian Tameka Empson
- Former professional diver Tom Daley
What’s the prize?
The prize money for winning Celebrity Traitors will be £100,000, which will go the the charity of the winner’s choosing.
After Richard revealed that he’s spoken to someone who’s seen the first episode, and has heard that it’s ‘apparently amazing’, Marina shed further light on the fees.
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‘For that, they were able to pay everybody a blanket 40k fee, right? I am spilling all my tea today. They’re paying them a 40k fee,’ she shared.
If everyone in this year’s series of Celebrity Traitors cast is receiving a blanket fee of £40,000, this would mean that at least £760,000 is being dished out on the stars taking part.
This would also mean that the amount being paid to the celebrities is seven times greater than the £100,000 prize pot that’ll be going to charity.
However, these reported salaries are still far lower than the fees that are paid to stars who take part in ITV’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
In 2024, it was claimed that Coleen Rooney had received the highest paycheck for entering the jungle, taking home a reported £1.5million.
Former professional boxer Barry McGuigan is said to have received £500,000 for his stint on the show, while Harry Redknapp, who was crowned the King of the Jungle in his season, also apparently was paid the same amount.
It was recently claimed that the cast of Celebrity Traitors faced a unique problem during filming, when members of the crew initially refused to tell them the time when they asked.
‘When we were in the castle, you’d be like, “What’s the time?” And they’d say, “It’s Traitors time.” That was their response,’ said Ted Lasso star Nick Mohammed on The Comedian’s Comedian Podcast.
‘Every single member of production had to answer with that until someone kicked off. And then someone said it is basically alright, and you can tell us the time.’
Metro has contacted the BBC for comment.
Celebrity Traitors will launch later this year on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
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