Niko Omilana joins Celebrity Traitors UK on BBC

Niko Omilana, a British YouTuber and social media influencer, has been announced as one of 18 celebrities taking part in the inaugural Celebrity Traitors UK, a BBC spinoff filmed at Traitors Castle that is due to premiere this week. The lineup also includes public figures from sport, entertainment and music, and bookmakers have already listed favourites ahead of the series debut.

Omilana, 27, whose full name is Nikolas Omilana, built his profile online with prank videos, comedy skits and parodies after launching his YouTube channel in 2011 and posting his first video in 2014. He first reached a wide audience in 2018 with a stunt video in which he posed as a racist for 24 hours. Subsequent high-profile pranks included attempting to gatecrash a high-profile boxing rematch and content targeting extremist figures. He reached one million YouTube subscribers in August 2019.

His participation in Celebrity Traitors follows previous appearances on television and in celebrity charity events. Omilana took part in the 2023 Soccer Aid match, has hosted a charity football fixture at Selhurst Park and appeared as an expert on a 2024 episode of the quiz show The Wheel. He has also moved into...