Celebrity Traitors: research suggests that the likes of Bella Ramsey and James Blunt will find the game tougher than it looks

By Tony Syme, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Salford Business School, University of Salford

The Traitors has become essential viewing for millions of fans. The TV game show, in which a group of “faithfuls” try to identify a smaller number of hidden traitors, is all about truth and lies.

And it looks very easy from the sofa. For the 2026 celebrity version, contestants including singer James Blunt, mathematician Hannah Fry, broadcaster Amol Rajan and actors Bella Ramsey and Richard E. Grant, will have been working on their game plan.

But inside the castle, things are more complicated than they might look. This is because the entire…

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