I was a Traitors finalist – items are BANNED , contestants are blindfolded and there’s a strict booze rule
THE Traitors has gone all out to portray a luxuriously immersive murder mystery for its 22 contestants.
The reality, however, isn't quite as glamorous and decadent as the final edit appears.
While the setting of the hit BBC show - stunning 19th century Ardross Castle in the Scottish Highlands - is undoubtedly grand, the contestants don't have carte blanche to do what they like.
Season one finalist Wilfred Webster has revealed the strict rules the contestants - both Faithfuls and Traitors alike - must follow for the duration of the programme.
He told Heat magazine: "People are blindfolded until they get to wherever they're staying. And you don't have your phone. We weren't even allowed the TV remote, so that we couldn't access the internet and Google each other."
The contestants are ferried to a budget hotel near Inverness Airport in the evening so that the castle can be rest for the following day's activities.
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When they return in the morning, the huge continental buffet that awaits them doesn't taste as good as it looks.
"The breakfast is really dry and not very nice," said Wilf.
And things are equally as disappointing when the round tables conclude. Presumably so as not to risk any loose-lipped spoilers, the players are restricted to minimal alcohol.
Wilf explained: "They said that we were allowed two but they'd always disappear after one."
The US version of the show is filmed in the same location.
Scot Alan Cumming is host and previously admitted he has never met his UK counterpart Claudia Winkleman, though she does leave lipstick messages for him on the dressing room mirror they share.
Actor Alan, who appeared in James Bond film Goldeneye and the Spy Kids franchise, revealed there were perks to being the host.
He said: “I stayed in a little house in Inverness. But I had a room in the castle where I would get made up and dressed.
“It had a huge bed in it. So I did actually sleep quite often, but not overnight."
