Osman slips Celebrity Traitors season 2 start date — SkimNews
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- Richard Osman accidentally revealed Celebrity Traitors series 2 launches on 23 September during a live recording of The Rest Is Entertainment podcast at London's Southbank Centre
- Osman acknowledged the date was "absolutely embargoed" but conceded "the cat's out of the bag" after guest and series 1 finalist Joe Marler prompted him by referencing the date himself
- The Celebrity Traitors series 2 will feature 21 celebrities competing for a charity prize of up to £100,000, set in a Scottish castle in the Highlands
- Osman said from what he'd heard from those involved, the new series "sounds like it was quite intense"
- Marler said contestants in the new season came in far more competitively than his series 1 cohort, who were "very laugh-led" and "pratting about" rather than playing to win
- Series 1 averaged 14.9 million viewers and its finale peaked at 15.4 million — making it the biggest TV audience of 2025 — with Alan Carr winning as a Traitor
Why it matters: The BBC's biggest TV event of 2025 — a series that averaged 14.9 million viewers and peaked at 15.4 million for its finale — now has a launch date of 23 September circulating publicly weeks before the broadcaster confirms it, handing the show's marketing cycle an unscripted runway.
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