Cloaks at the ready - The Traitors is back!

After a seemingly-interminable wait, Claudia Winkleman has returned to her Scottish castle to welcome a new group of 22 strangers to play the ultimate game of deception. Who will become The Traitors and who are The Faithfuls?

Read on for a profile of contestant Evie....

Evie

Age: 29

From: Inverness

Occupation: Veterinary Nurse

Why did you apply for the show?
"I'd watched the previous series before and everyone I know has watched it and loved it as well. It was a real topic of conversation at work, and it's filmed 30 minutes up the road! I'm 29, so it's the last year of my 20s and I think I may be having a bit of an existential crisis about turning 30, just overthinking it a bit too much. When I turned 29, I said to myself, 'I'm going to do 30 things before I'm 30 that I've always wanted to do.' I ran the Edinburgh Marathon this year, I've visited Scottish islands and I do a lot of hiking. Working my way through my list I still had two more things to complete. I'd left two free to see what would happen, see if something came up, if I decided on something half-way through the year that I wanted to do then I'd do it. When I had one remaining, The Traitors series two came around and I said, 'OK, that's going to be my last thing. That's going to be my final 30 before 30.'"

What is your game plan?
"I want to be a Traitor. I think I would make a good Traitor because I look like such a Faithful. I don't think people think I'm very mischievous, but I think that shows that I'd be really be good at it. So, I think my gameplan is to let people believe those preconceptions of me, I'm blonde and I've got the dimples, and I work with animals and I'm sweet. But there is a bit of an edge to me, and it's an edge that has actually been carved out by my career, by veterinary nursing, because it is so tough. It's really difficult, there are a lot of emotional tolls and there's a lot of adapting to environments, stress, long hours, everything. The Traitors is a psychological pressure cooker, but I honestly do think you could apply that to working at the vets, you really could."

How would you feel to be chosen as a Traitor?
"I'd be alright with it! I think I understand that it's a game. In real life you have to tell little white lies all the time, little deceptions, and you lie to yourself all the time, like 'My diet starts Monday' or 'I'm only going out for one thing.' However, I feel like in real life you stop yourself from the big lies, you stop yourself from big strategic manipulations. This game just allows you to be as naughty as you want to be. Literally, it encourages you to be as devilish as you can, and you might get a payday at the end of it. That's amazing, sign me up for it!"

What would you spend the prize money on?
"Well, because I'm in animal charity work, I want to move to a different location, have a small holding and rescue a bunch of animals. Working in the SSPCA, there's so many animals that need to be homed and at this point I already have two dogs from them, I had a snake and I've had a hamster, but I think I would really love to set something up that was a bit more permanent. You know, there's always three-legged dogs or one-eyed hamsters and a bunch of chickens that need to be homed so I think I'd love to live out my spinster dreams with my small holding for all of them."