The Traitors LIVE: Claudia Winkleman chooses initial Traitors as players taken on first mission

The BBC’s hit show is back on our screens tonight

First look at The Traitors contestants ahead of series two

The Traitors, the BBC’s hit reality show where deception and lying could win you big money, is back on our screens.

The Bafta-winning show returns tonight (3 January), with 22 new contestants setting up camp in a Scottish castle, where they’re secretly split into “Traitors” and “Faithfuls”.

The “Traitors” are aiming to get to the end of the game undetected, while the “Faithfuls” are trying to catch them. For those left standing at the end, there is their share of the up to £120,000 prize pot.

You can meet the class of 2024 – including an insurance broker, a photographer, and a clairvoyant – here.

Claudia Winkleman is back at the show’s helm, with the series two trailer promising an even more explosive second series.

Follow along for updates from tonight’s first episode...

Key points

• When is The Traitors series 2 on iPlayer?
• Meet the cast of The Traitors
• The first three Traitors have been chosen

[3 January 2024 21:23 · Isobel Lewis]

And our final Traitor is chosen! It’s British Army engineer Harry, 22, from Slough.

No, we don’t need to talk about that lip-lick.

[3 January 2024 21:26 · Isobel Lewis]

Those initial Traitors have been picked, but they don’t know who the other Traitors are. But there’s (another) twist: they’re going to meet for the first time tonight and enlist a fourth Traitor tonight.

Nobody is being murdered tonight, so that’s a good thing.

[3 January 2024 21:27 · Isobel Lewis]

Diane might be onto Harry already. She thinks she felt him “panic” during the choosing, and spotted him being “unnerved” when she questioned him onto it.

[3 January 2024 21:30 · Isobel Lewis]

OK, major points for this dramatic cover of REM’s “Losing My Religion”. Shazam tells me it’s by BELLSAINT.

[3 January 2024 21:31 · Isobel Lewis]

The Traitors have made their vow (camp, once again), and are going to meet for the first time. Eek!

[3 January 2024 21:32 · Isobel Lewis]

Turns out everyone on social media is obsessed with Diane’s sleuthing.

[3 January 2024 21:34 · Isobel Lewis]

And, unfortunately, Harry’s tongue.

[3 January 2024 21:36 · Isobel Lewis]

The Traitors have been revealed to each other, and chosen their fourth member, who will be revealed later.

These are the Traitors so far:

Paul, 36

Paul (PA)

Ash, 45

Ash (PA)

Harry, 22

Harry (PA)

[3 January 2024 21:40 · Isobel Lewis]

Meet the full cast of The Traitors

You can find out more about the 22 contestants – so far consisting of 19 Faithfuls and three Traitors – below:

[3 January 2024 21:44 · Isobel Lewis]

The first mission is underway. The group must form a giant puzzle in the middle of the lake and set the beacon alight within 40 minutes. If they do it, they can win £15,000 for the prize pot.