The News Agents Weekend Edition: Celebrity Traitors special with Claire Balding - The Sports Agents
Nov 7, 2025
Claire Balding, an experienced broadcaster and sports presenter, joins the hosts to reflect on her time on Celebrity Traitors. She shares her psychological struggles during the game and discusses moments of unexpected gameplay. Claire reveals her strategic suggestions for randomizing traitor selection and talks about the emotional impact of public voting. She humorously recalls a memorable moment with Celia Imrie's nervousness-induced fart and praises fellow contestants like Joe Marler for their underestimated strengths.
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Mistaken Lever Cost The Team
- Claire Balding describes pulling a lever too early in a mission which ruined their progress and made her shrink back in the group.
- She swore, went quiet, and took an unobtrusive role in the next mission to avoid attention.
Hidden Teams Break Trust Quickly
- Playing as a team when you don't know who is on your team is deeply discombobulating and uncomfortable for trusting people.
- The show forces suspicion and changes normal cooperative instincts into defensive behaviour.
Suspicions, Comforting Others, And Alliances
- Claire recounts trying to organise people and suspecting Alan had "murdered" Paloma, but feeling unheard when she raised it.
- She also describes comforting nervous contestants like Lucy and bonding with Ruth off-camera.
