Superstar Traitors has managed to spark controversy after a weird rule has defined why there are not any clocks within the fort.
The present’s finale episode, which noticed Traitor Alan Carr bag the prize pot, was watched final week by a peak of 12 million stay viewers, making it essentially the most profitable episode of UK TV because the Gavin and Stacey Christmas particular final 12 months.
Unsurprisingly, this has led to a season two renewal being introduced at this time (November 10) for subsequent 12 months.
Because of this in 2026, The Traitors followers will get a season two of the common model along with one other celebrity-filled instalment.
Some followers, nonetheless, have been left shocked after Nick Mohammed revealed a particular element of one of many situations through which contestants stay while filming is ongoing.
The comic has opened up about his time within the fort in an interview with Stuart Goldsmith on The Comedian’s Comedian Podcast.
On this, Mohammed acknowledged that telephones are taken off contestants on the best way in and that he was allowed one cellphone name along with his kids every evening, leaving you ‘remoted from the skin world’.
This was not, nonetheless, what led to controversy on-line, however his declare of what manufacturing employees would do to maintain the celebrities on edge.
He stated: “We weren’t even allowed to know the time. So, once we had been within the fort, you’d be like ‘What’s the time?’ They usually’d be like ‘It’s Traitors time’.
“Each single member of manufacturing needed to simply reply with that till somebody kicked off they usually stated: ‘It’s a fundamental human proper, you’ll be able to simply inform us the time, it doesn’t imply something’.”
“They’re so intelligent, however in the absolute best approach.”
While essential to notice that this doesn’t actually contravene anybody’s human rights, it nonetheless led to a stir on Reddit.
One fan posted his quotes to the r/TheTraitorsUK, saying: “Simply learn this from an interview with Nick M – it’s type of attention-grabbing!
“I’d personally really feel fairly insane not being tethered in time. However I suppose the sport is meant to f*ck along with your head a bit! to listen to individuals’s ideas.”
Many followers identified that it’s surprisingly frequent in lots of actuality TV exhibits, with Ant and Dec recognized to cowl up their watches on I’m A Superstar so contestants don’t know what time it’s. Love Island members are additionally not given entry to clocks throughout their time within the well-known villa, with earlier Islanders revealing they depend on producers and the solar rising and setting to guess the time.
One fan commented: “My guess is it aids in obscuring particulars concerning filming/manufacturing schedules?
“Relying on how they movie stuff like confessionals, they can not danger individuals having strong proof that the Traitors are gone for longer intervals of time on common in comparison with different forged members, and many others.”
One other commented: “They do the identical on Love Island and I don’t get it. Allow them to know the time.
“Allow them to have books and video games to cross the time. It merely isn’t that deep to be doing all that with the contestants.”
Others, nonetheless, noticed the humorous facet of the reveal, with one fan commenting: “Im sorry however the crew contractually having to reply with ‘it’s traitors time’ is so humorous to me.”
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