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Celebrity Traitors 2 cast: Who are this year's 'big dogs' and dark horses?
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Celebrity Traitors returns next week for a second round of deception and amateur detective work.
Hosted by Claudia Winkleman, the Traitors castle will welcome 21 new celebrities on Thursday, as a group of famous "faithfuls" attempts to work out which among them are - and perhaps, always have been - "traitors", secretly murdering contestants each night.
Last year's show provided Bafta's most memorable TV moment - an award voted for by the British public - when traitor Alan Carr broke down in tears at the end of the final having bluffed his way to a win by hiding in plain sight.
Let's have a stab in the dark, then, at who might follow in Jonathan Ross's footsteps as this year's "big dog", and who, like singer Cat Burns, could fly under the radar?
If Carr was the star of last year's show, then perhaps his fellow TV funnymen could be the ones to watch this time around.
Naturally good readers of a room and skilled at misdirection, comedians can inject some comic relief into those tense roundtable moments.
It worked for Carr, who was considered to be less of a threat and more out of his depth by the other sleuths.
This time around, stand-up star Joe Lycett, 38, is one of the leading candidates for the role of class clown. Known for his quick wit and political stunts, Lycett told the BBC he asked Carr for advice on "how to spot a rotten little traitor like you".
Last year's winner replied: "Just anyone that's sweating and giggling."