'The Traitors have all the fun,' says former Faithful
Hannah Byczkowski won the show's last season along with two fellow Faithfuls, but if she could have changed anything she would play as a Traitor.
With the second season of hit BBC game show The Traitors set to begin airing this week, a former contestant has given her advice to this year's contestants, and revealed that she wished she had been chosen as a Traitor.
Hannah Byczkowski, who was among three Faithfuls to win last year's season, spoke with this week's Radio Times magazine, and said that not only does she think it's less fun being a Faithful, it's also harder.
She said: "If I could have changed anything, I would have wanted Claudia to pick me as a Traitor. I think it’s much harder to play as a Faithful. Try to get converted – the Traitors have all the information, all the power – and all the fun."
Byczkowski also revealed that winning the show has "completely changed my life" and that while she's "really looking forward to series two", she's also "so jealous" of this year's contestants.
The new season will see a new group of 22 contestants enter the castle in the hopes of winning £120,000, but host Claudia Winkleman has teased that this new outing will see a twist on the format.
She revealed that the armoury has gone and that there is now a kitchen in the castle, with contestants now obtaining shields in different ways.
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She also said: "The missions this year are epic. The producers are so clever [and] the missions are incredibly important, as it is a chance for the contestants to switch off from strategising and plotting.
"They get fresh air, they run around, they work as a team. The scale this year is beyond."
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While Byczkowski won't be returning to the castle this season, she and fellow contestants Meryl Williams and Wilfred Webster previously told RadioTimes.com that they want to appear in an all-stars season.
Webster said: "We want an all-stars but we will watch [season 2], of course. We support them, they've changed our lives. I'll be jealous but it'll be nice to sit down and watch it not knowing what's going to happen, so that'll be good."
The Traitors season 2 starts Wednesday 3rd January 2024 on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. Season 1 is available to watch on iPlayer.
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James Hibbs is a Drama Writer for Radio Times, covering programmes across both streaming platforms and linear channels. He previously worked in PR, first for a B2B agency and subsequently for international TV production company Fremantle. He possesses a BA in English and Theatre Studies and an NCTJ Level 5 Diploma in Journalism.
