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Who is The Traitors star Ivan Brett and what other game show was he on?-Sabrina Barr-Entertainment – Metro
Ivan is ‘obsessed’ with games, he admitted.
Ivan is ‘obsessed’ with games, he admitted (Picture: BBC/Studio Lambert Associates/Mark Mainz)
Ever since its launch on BBC One, The Traitors has gripped audiences at home, as they become absorbed by this nerve-wracking competition that’s wrought with deception.
Hosted by Strictly’s Claudia Winkleman, the show sees 22 strangers battle it out in the hopes of winning up to £120,000, with some made ‘Traitors’ – who have to ‘murder’ other players in the night without being caught – and others made ‘Faithfuls’ – whose job is to find out who the Traitors are.
One of the competitors is Ivan Brett, who has a passion for playing games… so much so that some viewers recognised him from another game show that he’d previously appeared on.
So where might you have seen Ivan before, and do you think he has what it takes to win the mega jackpot at the end of the process?
Here’s what you need to know.
Who is The Traitors star Ivan Brett?
Ivan is a 32-year-old author from Cornwall, who admitted that he’s ‘obsessed’ with games.
Who’ll make it to the end of the competition? (Picture: BBC/Studio Lambert Associates/Mark Mainz)
‘I recently wrote a couple of books full of hundreds of games that groups of friends or families would play together. I’m fixated on the way that games fit together and strategies on how to win,’ he said.
Speaking about his motivation for taking part in The Traitors, he added: ‘Most of my job is running games sessions, I run big games nights. I’m always writing them and never playing them, I feel like I’ve built up this huge reservoir of strategies and opportunities, but I’ve never got a chance to try them all out.
‘This is a lifelong love mixed with a frustration that I never get to actually play.’
What other game show was Ivan on?
Having explained how much he loves playing games, it should come as no surprise that The Traitors isn’t Ivan’s first foray into reality game shows.
Three years ago, he made his debut on another programme – Only Connect, the BBC Two quiz series hosted by Victoria Coren Mitchell.
Ivan is no stranger to reality TV game shows (Picture: BBC)
On Only Connect, contestants competed in teams and were presented with clues that appeared to be unrelated.
It was their task to figure out the obscure connections between the clues, as the competition continued to heat up.
On September 16 2019, Ivan tweeted: ‘Our (first) episode of Only Connect is on tonight at 8. Can’t wait to find out how we did!’
One person who recognised Brett from his previous stint on TV said they were ‘delighted’ to catch him on The Traitors, saying he was an Only Connect ‘fave’.
‘Bit of a change of pace, eh?’ Ivan light-heartedly responded to the fan.
The Traitors returns tonight at 9pm on BBC One.
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