'I was a Traitor - Alan Carr made a grave error not killing this Celeb Traitors star first'

Been there, done that, got the cloak. My favourite game in the world is back and this time with some of the most known people in the country.

Celebrity Traitors has taken over and as someone you could say has a degree in treachery from my time on series two, I’ll be your guide to the ins and outs of every eye roll, back stab, strategy, murder and banishment. It’s going to be a wild (and sometimes sweaty) ride.

So let’s dig into it - from which of the stellar cast will be next to go to why fellow Traitor Jonathan Ross will become this series' villain. And yes, you can trust everything I say. Honest.

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The cracks are starting to show after Paloma's murder

When the BBC announced that they were doing a celebrity version, I embraced it. It's the greatest game that anyone has ever played so of course it makes perfect sense to put people we all know so well in an environment where we might see different versions of them – which we're already getting after two episodes.

It's very jovial at the moment – it's the first-ever series where everyone knows everyone else around the table. But in episode two, you see the celebs getting quite annoyed – especially with the recent murder of Paloma Faith. I don't think she'll ever speak to Alan again!

The cracks are already starting to show and the more the show goes on, I think the more we're going to see the real versions of these people. I'm loving it.

As soon as you get a couple of big deaths and big banishments – because normally they're always Faithfuls that go – then the tides will turn. You'll start seeing the angry side of Joe Wilkinson and let's just hope that no one makes Joe Marler angry because he might flip the table.

Fame makes the game harder for Faithfuls

Throwing celebrities into the mix massively affects the game. These are huge icons, especially when you look at Jonathan Ross for example. If you're a Faithful, you have to think, 'How do I accuse that man who's been an icon for television for so long and is so powerful?'

It helps Jonathan because everyone knows him there and he's quite a powerful character, and for the Faithfuls, it makes it really difficult to challenge that type of person. He's interviewed some of the biggest super stars in the entire world and he's used to having things batted at him and dealing with awkward answers. He's a performer.

In the early stages of the show, you just have to do herd mentality. Whatever comes out at the roundtable – and it'll be the most insignificant, quite possibly wrong comments – you feel the tides turning towards one person. It'll be, 'someone moved in a certain way' or 'someone was leading too much in the game'.

We'll see a lot of jumping on the bandwagon, which makes the game so good because you will always have an outlier who disagrees. I think it'll be Ruth Codd – it seems like she doesn't care about who these celebrities are, she's just going to call people out for what she sees.

However, at the start of the game, it's about gaining friends and making sure you build your group of people. There's no point in having a really good accusation for a Traitor if you've got no one to back you up!

The huge clue that Jonathan will turn on his fellow Traitors

Jonathan Ross is reminding me of me. I think he’s loving the game, he’s the villain of Celebrity Traitors. You see his confidence growing and he’s absolutely diving right into it. He’s got a lot of heat on him but he keeps surviving.

Where he stood in the turret was the same spot that both myself and series three’s Charlotte stood – that left hand side of the turret. From a psychology perspective, if you walk into a restaurant, the most powerful position is when you have your back to the wall and you can see the entire room.

That position in the turret is facing the door and you can see everyone else in the room. I find that really, really interesting that Jonathan is in the same spot as that myself and Charlotte were in and I would say all of us were villains on our own seasons.

Who'll be next to go?

If you're a Faithful who isn't contributing to the tasks or accusations at the roundtable, you can be a bit of a curveball kill for the Traitors. I think Lucy Beaumont is at risk because she's not doing too much at the moment.

I think Celia Imrie is at risk. If I were a Traitor on this series, she’s the perfect one that I would go for first because it would really upset the group.

Stephen Fry is another one. Anyone that is a national treasure – I’m killing them first. They are getting way too much power in the group by staying around and Stephen's always done that. I would have said, and I did say before the show started, that if Stephen wasn't picked to be a Traitor, he will be the first killed.

He’s gaining favour and he’s playing such a clever game – which is classic Stephen Fry – no one’s surprised. The Traitors need to be careful with him because as soon as he starts building that group, he’s going to quite hard to take down. It's the same with Joe Marler and Joe Wilkinson – they’re forming this little bond and other people will start connecting in there.

Cat Burns could be a winner

Cat Burns is the Harry Clark [series two winner] of the group – she’s under the radar, she’s not on anyone’s radars. There’s no heat on her whatsoever. Maybe a study needs to be done about how young people that aren’t super vocal and are really kind can get away with murder.

Harry went through the entire show without any Faithfuls voting for him – only Andrew voted for him, and he knew he was a Traitor so it doesn’t really count. Cat really reminds me of Harry so I think she has a really good chance of winning.

Alan Carr is actually off to a great start…

The Traitors are doing an incredibly job – even Alan Carr, who is the self-proclaimed Linda of the group. The more silly you look and less various you are, the more disarmed people are. Off people’s radars you go. It worked for Linda, she made it half way through the show, and I think Alan has had a great start.

As a comedian, he’ll be used to being heckled and having to improvise that comedic muscle so when he’s accused, he can just bat it down straight away. It’s be second nature to him but it’ll look quite genius to us mere mortals.

Everyone’s funny but Alan Carr is just a complete showman. He’s maybe one of the best casted members of the show there’s ever been – second to me, obviously.

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