Celebrity Traitors 2026 contestants: Claudia Winkleman reveals full line -up including Eastenders legend, supermodel and four comedians
Claudia Winkleman has revealed the famous faces taking part in The Celebrity Traitors 2026 contestants
EastEnders legend Ross Kemp, Welsh actor Michael Sheen, and The Last Of Us star Bella Ramsey are among a host of big names gearing up to take part in the upcoming series of The Celebrity Traitors. The BBC reality game show will return in the autumn, with 21 stars heading to the Scottish castle in the Highlands, with the chance to win a cash prize of up to £100,000 for a charity of their choice.
Once again hosted by Claudia Winkleman, the game follows the celebrity contestants – the majority of whom are known as faithfuls – as they try to seek out the murderous traitors among them, killing off players in the middle of the night.
The broadcaster revealed its star-studded line-up on Saturday (May 2), with a social media video showing a number of drivers waiting at arrivals, each holding one of the roundtable name slates revealing the stars’ names on them.
As has become famous on the show, some of the stars’ names included hearts next to them or were misspelled, including Rob Beckett’s which was spelled “Rob Bucket”, before Winkleman could be heard saying: “Welcome to the Highlands. The Celebrity Traitors coming this autumn.”
As well as the big screen names, American supermodel Jerry Hall will feature, alongside comedians James Acaster, Joe Lycett, Romesh Ranganathan, Rob Beckett and Joanne McNally. Other acting names appearing include Industry actress Myha’la Herrold, Miranda Hart, Coronation street star Julie Hesmondhalgh, Scottish actress Sharon Rooney, and Saltburn actor Richard E Grant.
From the music world, You're Beautiful singer James Blunt and former Little Mix star Leigh-Anne Pinnock will appear, as well as Love Island presenter Maya Jama and broadcaster Amol Rajan. Broadcaster and mathematician Professor Hannah Fry completes the line-up alongside content creator King Kenny and actor Sebastian Croft.
The new series comes after the first Celebrity Traitors was a huge success for the BBC, when comedian and traitor Alan Carr proved victorious in a nail-biting finale watched by 15.4 million viewers. He was triumphant after fooling the likes of actors Celia Imrie and Nick Mohammed, singer Paloma Faith, author and actor Sir Stephen Fry, and broadcaster Jonathan Ross.