The UK version of the show did its first celebrity version last year which saw Alan Carr walk away with the prize money for charity in a stacked cast that included big names like Stephen Fry, Paloma Faith and Jonathan Ross.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A second season of the celebrity edition of the UK show is set to premiere this autumn featuring more A-listers like Bella Ramsey, Maya Jama and even our very own Joanne McNally.<\/p>\n
Though it doesn\u2019t seem to be in the works (that we know of), all of this excitement got us thinking in The Journal\u00a0about what our dream line-up for an Irish Celebrity Traitors might look like.<\/p>\n
Here are our suggestions (and yes, yes, we know some of these are a long shot, but we can but dream).\n<\/p>\n
Would Roy be keen?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Who among us wouldn\u2019t like to see Roy Keane<\/strong> on the show?<\/p>\n The former Man United star is my personal pick anyway. His trademark grouchiness would make him the perfect Traitor; no one would suspect him because that\u2019s just who he is.\u00a0<\/p>\n Arguably, maybe his no-nonsense attitude would make him an asset to the Faithfuls and good at rooting out the Traitors among them?<\/p>\n Either way, any Irish Celebrity Traitors that doesn\u2019t include him would be missing something.\u00a0<\/p>\n Alamy\n<\/p>\n I am also suggesting throwing Sonia O\u2019Sullivan<\/strong> as a Faithful into the mix.\u00a0<\/p>\n The former Olympian would be a formidable Traitor-hunter, an asset in the various physical challenges and an excellent foil to a Keane Traitor.<\/p>\n The only possible downside here would be the likelihood of her being such a threat that she\u2019d be \u2018murdered\u2019 early on.\u00a0<\/p>\n My final personal pick\u2026 How about include Enya<\/strong>? She already knows her way around a castle and could be something of a wild card candidate.<\/p>\n One of our team, Social Media Content Creator Cliodhna Travers, suggests entertainers Jedward<\/strong> \u201cbut only if one is made a traitor and the other is a faithful\u201d (slightly more cruelly, our News Editor Daragh Brophy suggested just booking one of the pair and not the other, \u201cpurely for the novelty of only seeing one of them at the same time\u201d).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Cliodhna would also like to see Jim Gavin<\/strong> return to public life: \u201cHe might drop out after a brief stint but I\u2019d like to see him do a roundtable or two.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n She also threw Dermot Kennedy<\/strong> into the mix since as \u201che always finds a way to involve himself anyway\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n Alamy\n<\/p>\n Another national treasure that should be included, according to reporter Andrew Walsh, is Dustin the Turkey. <\/strong>Andrew adds he should be treated as a \u201ccompletely normal contestant with nobody addressing the fact that he\u2019s a puppet\u201d.<\/p>\n He also threw Tommy Bowe<\/strong>\u2018s name into the ring, if only so we could hear him announce when the prize pot has reached \u201cTEN thousand euro\u201d.<\/p>\n YouTube\n<\/p>\n Political reporter Jane Matthews would like to see Mary McAleese<\/strong> in the cast \u201cbecause who wouldn\u2019t want to see a former president on it\u201d.<\/p>\n Her diplomatic chops would make her a good fit for a show all about negotiating for your survival.\u00a0<\/p>\n She also highlighted new Irish resident Rosie O\u2019Donnell<\/strong> as a potential casting. With how much O\u2019Donnell seems to love the Irish, it\u2019s not hard to see her saying yes to a Traitors appearance.\u00a0<\/p>\n Though the show is about deception, an Irish celebrity version could also offer an opportunity for some celebrities to work out their differences.<\/p>\n For example Bertie Ahern<\/strong> and CMAT<\/strong> could discuss her song Euro Country, where she name-drops the former taoiseach, according to reporter Sophie Finn.\u00a0<\/p>\n Alamy\n<\/p>\n A happier meeting would be between old Derry Girls co-stars Nicola Coughlan<\/strong> and and McSweeney, a pick from Emma Hickey.\u00a0<\/p>\n She also suggests the dynamic duo of Twink<\/strong> and Louis Walsh<\/strong> because \u201cthey\u2019d pair up and fall out with everyone else\u201d, which would be entertaining viewing.\u00a0<\/p>\n Mairead Maguire proposed a member Irish rap group Kneecap<\/strong> should be included: \u201cGoing off their acting skills in their film I\u2019d say they\u2019d make good traitors.\u201d<\/p>\n Though it feels unlikely one of the group would have the time (or the desire) to go on the show, she said they\u2019d bring the craic if they squeezed it into their busy schedule.\u00a0<\/p>\n David Mac Redmond suggested former presidential hopeful Maria Steen<\/strong> \u201cfor her wardrobe game\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n Rolling News\n<\/p>\n He also named Ryan Turbidy<\/strong> for the cast \u201cso he can get another RTE pay cheque\u201d, Marty Whelan<\/strong> \u201cbecause everyone loves him\u201d,\u00a0and Vincent Browne<\/strong> \u201cbecause his bullshit detector is second to none\u201d.<\/p>\n Lauren Boland named Fiona Shaw<\/strong> as a potential cast member \u201cshe\u2019s acted in so many detective\/mystery projects, it\u2019d be fun to see how she\u2019d do at solving one herself\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n Alamy\n<\/p>\n Former taoiseach Leo Varadkar<\/strong> should be included in the cast according to reporter Conor Brummel, with his political experience probably making him a good contestant \u201cwhen it comes to round table negotiations\u201d.<\/p>\n R\u00f3n\u00e1n Duffy felt Eamon Dunphy<\/strong> should be included in the line-up \u201cto dramatically throw a pen across the round table\u201d.<\/p>\n He also thinks a return to the spotlight should be on the cards for Tony Holohan<\/strong>:<\/p>\n \u201cGiven he considered running for president but ultimately decided against it, I think Tony Holohan is probably ready for a return to appointment television, turning the round table into his new NPHET.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018TIS THE MOST treacherous time of the year. 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