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DERRY GIRLS STAR Siobhán McSweeney has been announced as the host of The Traitors Ireland, which will air on RTÉ next year.
The show has been a huge hit in the UK, US and the Netherlands, with the UK version on BBC being hosted by broadcaster and writer Claudia Winkleman.
The Traitors is described as a psychological adventure competition and is similar to the party game ‘Mafia’.
The Traitors Ireland will be filmed in Ireland and feature contestants from across the country, following a national casting call for applications earlier this year.
It will see 22 contestants arrive at a remote castle to play a game of deception, betrayal, and trust, with a €50,000 prize up for grabs.
The 22 contestants will be split into ‘Faithful’ and ‘Traitors’, but the Faithful do not know the identity of the Traitors, who will attempt to secretly murder a player every night, without getting caught.
It’s up to the Faithfuls to try to detect who the Traitors are, and banish them from the game, before they become their next victim.
However, they Faithful also run the risk of mistaking loyalty for deception and banishing one of their own from the game.
For the lucky ones who survive to the end, they have the chance of winning the €50,000, but if a Traitor remains undetected, they’ll steal all the money.
McSweeney said she is a “huge Traitors fan” and “jumped at the chance” to become the host of the Irish version.
The Traitors Ireland is coming to RTÉ VERY soon…
— RTÉ One (@RTEOne) December 18, 2024
and here is your host… @siobhni 🤩🤩 pic.twitter.com/ZNJAbvV8G1
“I’m looking forward to meeting our loyal Faithful and delicious Traitors,” said McSweeney.
“The Irish have a charm and ability to deceive while smiling which will make this version rather special, I think. And I’m the luckiest person in the world to watch them close up.”
Meanwhile, Steve Carson, Director of Video at RTÉ, she he is “delighted that Siobhán is going to be at the heart of it” and described McSweeney as an “incredibly talented actor with a great comic and dramatic range”.
“We know that she is going to bring something really special to Ireland’s version of this fantastic game of trust and deceit,” said Carson.
The Traitors was launched in the Netherlands in 2021 and there are now over 30 versions of the show internationally, with the UK and US versions in particular proving to be very popular.
The US versions will return for a third, fourth and fifth season, while the UK version has been commissioned for a fourth season and celebrity version.
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Perfect choice she’s funny, something similar to Claudia Winkelman.
Could be a decent show on RTE for a change
Best of luck Siobhan, I’ve seen clips of this show online….looks like entertaining fun. Steve Carson of RTE- I think he’s Miriam O Callaghans husband?
I did enjoy the 2 seasons of the British version so far. Haven’t seen the American one. We make usually a mess of these shows when we do them but I do like Sister Michael
Great another imitation of some UK dreck instead of original Irish programming.
@Todd Hebert: Eh, it’s actually a Dutch show!
What a brilliant series
‘Frank Mc Carthy’ + ‘Alan Power’ = one sad individual.
@Brendan O’Brien: you did a lot of trolling last night on one of your other accounts Brenny, you must be exhausted
@Brendan O’Brien: You’re a creepy stalker
@Brendan O’Brien: yet another long day of meaningless juvenile trolling brenny?…. Hope you’re getting extra €€ over the festive season
@Alan Power: For someone who ostensibly arrived on the site only yesterday, you know (and lie) a lot about it.
@Brendan O’Brien: you’re aware that in order to see comments you don’t have to be logged on. You’re all over practically every comment section on this site Brendan
@Mick O’K: ‘Alan Power’ is very clearly yet another profile of the site troll, like ‘Peter Mann’, which appeared on Monday. Why does he need so many profiles?
@Brendan O’Brien: you were trolling me non stop last night using one of your other ridiculous accounts, everyone has you sussed, so transparent and pathetic
@Alan Power: I have only one account. Stop lying.
Everyone with a brain has you well sussed.
@Brendan O’Brien: getting comments deleted….pathetic troll
According to many of their former supporters, this would be an ideal show for Sinn Fein! :)
@honey badger: Obsession can take over your life. It may be a good time to lay off the SF trolling.
@Paul Linehan: It’s a laugh. Dry your eyes. I didn’t even mention this:
@honey badger: Wow more breaking copy and paste news from the badger. By the way I don’t shed any tears over your posts. They just show how bad the fixation you have of SF is that you feel the need to include them in about 90% of the deprived tripe that you post. Sad individuals like you have made this forum the gutter comment section that it has unfortunately turned into.
@honey badger: Yer obsessed man. The shinners are living rent free in yer head.
@Anthony Curran: Flak is always heaviest directly over the target. The swarm arrives ;)
@sean weir: why are you posting misinformation?
@sean weir: You never answered my question before your comment was deleted. Why was that?
@Alan Power: ??????
Says the man with half a dozen accounts.
Go on then , I’ll bite ,what misinformation
@honey badger: The far right always slips up, because that is the far right’s favourite word for any party that isn’t anti-immigrant, even your favourites Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, clown.
@honey badger: sad….get over yourself …give us a break!
What will amaze me is if RTÈ use taxpayers money to come up with something original.
No thanks
@Alan Power: You stick to G-beebies and Talk tv Alan. More your cup of tea.
WHY? The most unfunny and boring woman in TV
Like most Irish versions of great shows, theyll make a hames of it. The only good Irish version of any great UK show was Gogglebox.
I just love love love her she.was brilliant in Derry girls she’s so funny
Thank the Lord Nana Huberman didn’t get it.
Is Steve Carson a she he?
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