Celebrity Traitors sign up pop star super fan who’s been campaigning for show spot for a YEAR
CELEBRITY Traitors have signed up a pop superstar and Brit Award nominee who is a self-confessed superfan of the show.
The BBC reality show has tapped up the star after she spent a year campaigning to be a contestant on the programme.
The Sun can exclusively reveal that chart superstar Cat Burns, 24, has landed a spot on the prestigious reality show.
Cat has been outspoken about her love for the show on social media and has even appeared in TikTok videos for the BBC reacting to the show’s latest series.
Now, it seems her love for the devious game has paid off and she’ll be heading up to Andross Castle in Scotland in a matter of days to begin filming the programme.
A source told The Sun: “Cat is the ultimate Traitors superfan and she has been lobbying for this gig as soon as she found out the BBC were doing a celebrity spin-off.
“Her Traitors TikTok videos are brilliant and always go viral, so she’ll bring that magic to the show.
“She was over the moon when she found out she’d got a spot at the roundtable.”
The show will be the first foray into reality TV for Cat whose debut album Early Twenties hit the top ten of the UK Albums Charts last year.
Just last year, the Go singer took to X – formerly Twitter – to tell her followers: “I feel like I’d be really good on the traitors.”
Giving a huge hint as to what role she could play on the reality show, in an interview last year before she signed up, Cat said: “I could be a Traitor if I went on that show. I could do it.
“Everyone would think that I wouldn’t be a Traitor but I can’t give away my tricks.”
She added: “Part of me would pretend like I was one, to get them to think it’s not me.
“I’ll go really nice and I’ll do really well on the challenges so they can just never suspect it was me.
“Or if they did, they won’t get rid of me because I’d add money to the pot.”
Cat, known for hits including Girls and Live More & Love More, found herself nominated for three Brit Awards in 2023 including Song of the Year for her breakout hit, Go.
The 24-year-old will join a glittery line-up of celebs, largely comprised of those taking part in reality TV for the first time.
The Sun have told how podcast star Joe Wilkinson is the latest name to be snapped up for the show.
Joe and Cat will be accompanied by the likes of Jennifer Saunders, Alan Carr, Jonathan Ross and Bob Mortimer on the first ever celebrity edition of the show.
The Sun previously revealed Olympic diver Tom Daley, singer Paloma Faith and former rugby player Joe Marler were also taking part.
A spokesperson for the show said: “The Traitors is a game that includes lies and deception, thus it would be foolhardy for any Faithful to speculate before the game has begun.”
Last month The Sun revealed the BBC were implementing military style measures to try and keep their stars away from prying eyes.
A TV insider added: “For a show with secrecy and shocking plot twists at its heart, navigating the celebrity version has been a real puzzler.
“Execs have worked really hard to lock down every inch of the production.
“Instead of a simple travel process which could be open to leaks, celebrities will all arrive via various methods of transport.
“And there’s a no-fly zone already in place over Ardross Castle and the surrounding area to stop any preparations being snapped, or any of the action during filming.”