10 unveils famous faces in The Traitors
Gyton Grantley, Hannah Ferrier, Ash Pollard and Luke Toki join season two of 10 series.
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Filming is currently underway on upcoming 10 series The Traitors hosted by Rodger Corser.
As previously teased there are familiar faces amongst the cast this season including actor Gyton Grantley (Underbelly, House Husbands), Hannah Ferrier (Below Deck Mediterranean, The Real Love Boat), Reality TV regular Ash Pollard (My Kitchen Rules, Dancing with the Stars, I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here) and Luke Toki (Australian Survivor).
They join additional cast members as follows:
Motivational speaker and conservationist, Paul de Gelder, a former paratrooper and navy clearance diver who survived a 2009 bull shark attack in Sydney Harbour, is ready for a calculated game.
Simone Williams, aka, Princess Aussie is a charming professional wrestler originally from Queensland who is stepping out of the LA ring for a treacherous game. She will be joined by fellow Queenslander, content creator Ian Zaro, who has over 2.3 million followers on TikTok.
But don’t let these personalities fool you, as they will be competing against some of the most devious players from everyday life. Hailing from Victoria is outgoing, kooky, and highly intelligent customer success manager, Annabel, and former undercover and celebrated police officer, Keith. Also flying in from Victoria is Blake, a beer sales manager and Gloria, a disability support worker who was born and raised in Kenya.
Joining the game from New South Wales is Anjelica, a lawyer who was a representative in Miss International Australia in 2022, and Elias, an insurance disputes manager. Corrine, a nurse and cattle station owner, and Sam, a marketing consultant, are both in the game from Queensland.
Representing the ACT is Camille, who is a mum and a former federal agent, and flying the flag for WA is Roha, who comes from a life of luxury fashion and works hard to play hard.
Coming up to the mainland is Liam, an apprentice sparky from Tasmania who will be joined by two South Australian representatives – Paeden, a graphic designer and Sarah, a clinical psychotherapist.
The Traitors is produced for Network 10 by Endemol Shine Australia and expected to screen later this year.
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It didn’t take long to turn into “Celebrity Traitors”.
Hate the idea of including reality celebs but ultimately it didn’t impact too much on the US version as frankly you don’t know most of them and actually some pre-existing relationships add an extra layer to things.
Will be interesting to see if this picks up – Ten historically give shows more of a chance to find their feet (Survivor could quite justifiably have been axed after their first series, Bachelor too) and no doubt the international success helped the recommission – it’s the hot new show around the world so ditching it without a second chance would have been foolish.
See the reference is still to the “hotel” – was hoping for a new location.
Difference is that CBS/Paramount own Ten and they own these franchises so they are more willing to give them a second chance. Also there are mega fans of these formats who will watch all the different countries adaptations on Paramount+ which helps as well.
I understand the need for celebs after last years season didn’t rate well. But I hope the gimmick is one and down and that for next year we get a totally normal version
Would I have used the word ‘famous’? LOL 🙂
Agreed! It seems as if Ten hit the rock bottom of the money barrel with this bunch of…’celebs?’
I loved season 1 (and applied for season two), then binged the US and UK versions. I liked our version best because I disliked the US’s inclusion of celebs so I’m disappointed we’ve gone that way, too. I’ll still watch the heck out of it, though.
With series 1 of the Australian production all of cast were unknown which gave them freedom to strategically hide aspects of their lives in their gameplay, adding familiar cast members takes that away for half of the cast at least which is a shame. There may be publicity mileage to be gained by casting that might attract curious viewers but I feel it also works against the show. The US series had a half and half known/unknown cast like this and in that aspect was less successful than the British series that was all unknowns. The Traitors is a clever and compelling concept on its own and doesn’t need the over-egging of stunt casting.