The Traitors: Whitby contestant hopes to win to fund IVF journey
2025-01-02
Category: entertainment

A care manager hoping to win the third series of TV show The Traitors has said he would use the prize money to start IVF with his wife.Alex, from Whitby, North Yorkshire, is one of the 22 contestants hoping to win up to £120,000 in the award-winning reality series hosted by Claudia Winkleman.The competition - set in Ardross Castle in Inverness – pits "Traitors" against "Faithfuls" in what is billed as the ultimate game of detection, backstabbing and trust.Alex, 29, said beginning their IVF journey would be "first on the list" if he won, followed by paying off debt and taking his family on holiday.
Alex said his mother-in-law inspired him to apply for the show after she told him he would be "really good" at it."Me and my wife aren't able to have biological children and it's obviously very expensive to start IVF so that would be the first thing on the list," he said."I'm desperate to be a dad, I'm just a big kid and just always wanted to be a dad."He believed his strength in the game will be other people's tendencies to overlook or underestimate him."I think my broad game plan is to play it a bit stupid and be the nice guy," he said."Try and have a laugh when people get their barriers down and just kind of see what I can pick up even in subtle conversation."Alex is one of three contestants on the third series of the show with Yorkshire roots.
Jack, 25, said he applied for the show because he was "jealous of everyone who was having the experience" on the two previous series."I have secretly trained as an actor," the market trader and landscaper said. "I moved to London when I was 18, moved away from Yorkshire and I didn't really tell too many of my family and friends that that's what I was going to do."He continued: "I think I can kind of play it a little bit dumb, maybe act like the ditzy gardener and landscaper who secretly has his own agenda - and hopefully a couple of acting skills to back that up."
Joe, 37, who now lives in Southampton, discovered the show when it came on TV after EastEnders."It was like real life Cluedo, it just looks so fun to do. It's puzzles and clues and a big old whodunnit," the English teacher said."I'm nearly 40 and I can't drive - I'd love to have a Mini Cooper. My gran had one of the old fashioned Minis and she had to put a peg in the clutch to get it started."He added: "I wouldn't mind owning a pub, I've always said I'd quite fancy being a landlord like Peggy Mitchell, but I don't know anything about pubs other than ordering a pint in them. So, I don't know."Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North or tell us a story you think we should be covering here.