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- Bob Mortimer is the new favourite to star in the Celebrity version of hit BBC show The Traitors
- BBC officially announced Celebrity Traitors in August last year
- Celebrity edition will likely have same £120,000 total prize fund for charity
Bob Mortimer is the new favourite to star in the Celebrity version of hit BBC show The Traitors
Comedian Bob Mortimer is now the 1/3 favourite to appear as a contestant on the first series of Celebrity Traitors with the 65-year-old firmly throwing his hat into the ring to head into the famous castle.
Mortimer told The Mirror back in September that he would "love to do it" adding that he is an avid fan of the show saying, “I watch the American, UK and Australian versions of The Traitors, I think they're all great, it’s a brilliant format. And Claudia is the best of the presenters."
Fast forward 5 months later and Mortimer now has a 75% chance of being a contestant on the show according to the latest odds with some massive names in the celebrity world featuring alongside the comedian in the market.
Olympian Tom Daley was the early favourite to appear on the show when OLBG first reported about potential celebrities with presenter's Richard Osman and Alan Carr also short odds to appear.
| To appear on Celebrity The Traitors* | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Bob Mortimer | 1/3 | 75.0% |
| Tom Daley | 1/1 | 50.0% |
| Alan Carr | 2/1 | 33.3% |
| Richard Osman | 3/1 | 25.0% |
| Jennifer Saunders | 4/1 | 20.0% |
| Stephen Fry | 4/1 | 20.0% |
| Robert Peston | 6/1 | 14.3% |
| Zoe Ball | 6/1 | 14.3% |
| Matty Healy | 8/1 | 11.1% |
| Clare Balding | 10/1 | 9.1% |
| Piers Morgan | 12/1 | 7.7% |
*As bookmakers currently aren't taking bets on this event, odds have been compiled as theoretical probability from an entertainment perspective only and come from an industry expert
What the expert says...
BBC officially announced Celebrity Traitors in August last year
Following the success of The Traitors in the UK the BBC finally announced that they would be airing a Celebrity version of the show back in August last year.
America's version of the Traitors is dominated by celebrities whereas the UK edition is all members of the public but now we'll see our own celebrity edition airing.
Series Three of The Traitors is currently showing on the BBC with the series at the halfway point and already hitting massive viewing figures.
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Celebrity edition will likely have same £120,000 total prize fund for charity
With this series of the show a celebrity one there's no official reveal of how much the winner or winners of the show will get this time around.
The prize money for the normal series of The Traitors can be as big as £120,000 and whoever wins will likely split the money between the chosen charities of their choice.
Faithfuls work together to try and see who the Traitors are, with those Traitors trying to convince the Faithfuls that they are one of them.
