The TV star spilled some details of the new series as she appeared on The One Show
Claudia Winkleman has admitted she thought Celebrity Traitors bosses were “joking” when they told her the stars who have signed up for the next series.
The first celebrity series of the BBC hit included big names such as Alan Carr, Stephen Fry and Jonathan Ross in the line-up – with the other contestants dubbing them the “big dogs” of the competition.
Presenter Claudia was asked if there were any “big dogs” in the new series as she appeared on The One Show, and teased: “There certainly are.”
“Really?” asked host Vernon Kay, looking excited.
“Yes,” Claudia said. “The people who make it are extraordinary. And they had to repeat the people twice to me. Because I was like, ‘Huh? Are you joking? Come again?’”
“So we’re incredibly lucky,” she added.
Vernon, who is married to Claudia’s former Strictly co-host Tess Daly, continued: “The success of series one, the list must be huge of people that want to do it. Because it was so much fun.”
“I, yeah, I hope so,” Claudia replied. “We are so grateful that people want to come and play the game.
“And the people who said yes for series one, I still can’t believe it. I still, and I was sort of shaking when you see Stephen Fry walking around the castle and Alan Carr and Ruth Codd, all of these people who I was sort of obsessed by, so yeah, I am very excited.”
The star insisted that she couldn’t give anything else away, telling Vernon and his co-presenter Clara Amfo with a smile: “Don’t make eye contact with me!”
The last series of Celebrity Traitors was won by comedian Alan, who beat the likes of Kate Garraway, Celia Imrie, Charlotte Church and Tom Daley to clinch the jackpot after a series that had viewers gripped.
There has been a lot of speculation about which celebs will be headed to Ardross Castle for the second series of the popular game, with names like Ben Fogle, Danny Dyer, Louis Theroux, Jamie Oliver, Ruth Jones and Amanda Holden among those to have been mentioned so far.
The One Show airs at 7pm on BBC One on weekdays.
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