After becoming one of the UK’s most successful game shows, it’s no surprise that TV bosses have set their sights on making more shows like The Traitors.
Now ITV bosses are launching a glamorous new version in which people will have to lie to each other, take part in challenges and find out who the traitors are.
Coming to ITV next week on Monday the 13th, The Fortune Hotel will take ten couples to a luxury resort in the Caribbean to give them the chance to win £250,000.
The couples will each be given a briefcase, and only one of them will keep the cash inside.
Each day, contestants will compete in challenges to try to find out who has the most important case.
ITV bosses are launching a glamorous new version of the BBC’s The Traitors in which people will have to lie to each other, take part in challenges and find out who the traitors are (presenter Stephen Mangan is seen)
Coming to ITV next week on Monday the 13th, The Fortune Hotel will take ten couples to a luxury resort in the Caribbean to give them the chance to win £250,000 (couple Samm and Aysha are seen)
At the end of the day, the couple can exchange or keep their cases.
The couple who has the money must lie and deceive to escape suspicion, and in one case there is also an advance payment card.
The eight-episode series features business director couple Claire, 43, and solicitor Daniel, 43, both from Gloucestershire.
Claire said they took the opportunity to step out of their comfort zone.
“We always embraced adventure and wanted to do something together,” he said.
“The opportunity to do something outside your comfort zone is always a good thing.”
Her husband Daniel said participating in the show also tested their relationship at times.
“I would say all the challenges were a real bonding experience for everyone, the sun was shining, we were all excited and it gave us a chance to really get to know each other,” he said.
The couples will each be given a briefcase, and only one of them will keep the cash inside. Each day, contestants will compete in challenges to try to find out who has the biggest case (pictured, host Stephen Mangan).
At the end of the day, the couple can exchange or keep their cases. The couple who has the money must lie and deceive to escape suspicion, and in one case there is also an advance payment card.
They must trade cases and lie to pocket the money.
Another couple taking part in the show, Michael and Adam, appear in a promotional photo before the series.
“There was also a funny moment where Claire and I got into a fight because she wasn’t happy with how competitive I was, even though I reminded her that the point of the show is to compete.
Host Stephen Mangan, an actor and comedian, said taking the new job was a no-brainer for him.
“The opportunity to travel to the Caribbean seemed very interesting on its own, even before addressing everything else that goes into it,” he said.
“That’s what first caught my attention, but when they explained the game to me and I played it, it was just brilliant.”
“The game is quite simple but endlessly fascinating, so a combination of that together with the backdrop in which it was set was simply irresistible.
“People are endlessly fascinating to me as an actor and the reason you become an actor is because people and how they get along with each other, especially in times of high stress, is deeply fascinating.
“Human beings are complex and interesting, so The Fortune Hotel seemed like the perfect combination of entertainment and drama. It’s a way to bring people together under pressure in an awesome place.
“The whole package was incredibly intriguing to me, so I had to be a part of it.”
A trailer released by ITV shows the impressive hotel where the series was filmed in the Caribbean
Presenter Stephen (seen), actor and comedian, said taking the new job was a no-brainer for him.
In January, the BBC’s The Traitors had an average audience of 6.4 million viewers per episode (presenter Claudia Winkleman and winner Harry watched).
In January, the BBC’s The Traitors averaged 6.4 million viewers per episode.
The show was a competition series based on strategy, suspicion and deception, filmed in the Scottish Highlands, where a team of players competed in a series of missions and had to discover which members of the group were “traitors”.
The BBC show doubled its audience in the second season and has since been licensed in Australia and the United States.
The Fortune Hotel airs Monday to Thursday at 9pm on ITV1, ITVX, STV and STV Player from May 13.
