Cat Burns makes final of BBC's Celebrity Traitors

Cat Burns, the 25-year-old British pop singer who rose to prominence on TikTok with the hit single Go, has reached the final of the first edition of Celebrity Traitors, the BBC spinoff filmed at Traitors Castle. Burns is one of five finalists in the series, joining actors Celia Imrie and Stephen Fry and Olympic diver Tom Daley among the remaining cast members.

Burns, whose track Go climbed to number two on the UK singles chart, released her debut album Early Twenties in July 2024. She traded studio and stage appearances for the reality competition this year and has outlasted several better-known names to make the show’s concluding episode. The program assigns participants secret roles as Traitors or Faithful and centers on deduction, alliances, and name-calling as players attempt to identify and banish suspected Traitors.

Speaking about her decision to join the show, Burns called the opportunity "a once in a lifetime offer," adding that she had left her participation "up to the universe." She described her on-show approach in hypothetical terms, saying, "If my strategy, if I am a Traitor, would be to just try and go under the radar, not draw too much attention to myself, but...