Claudia Winkleman confesses that she is “totally terrified” of presenting the third season of The Traitors and admits that she “doesn’t exhale until the end of January” after a hectic work schedule

claudia winkelman has revealed his terror at the return of his hit show The Traitors.

The presenter, 52, returns to BBC One with the third series of her hit TV show The Traitors on Wednesday.

Speaking ahead of the first episode, she said she is “totally terrified” it will do as well as the first two series.

“I don’t exhale until January 24, I wake up at 4 in the morning, even on strict Saturdays,” he said.

“I was talking about people’s Cha Chas, but in my head I’m thinking, well, ‘do they like The Traitors?’

Claudia Winkleman had confessed that she is “totally terrified” to present the third series of The Traitors and said she “won’t exhale until the end of January.”

The presenter, 52, returns to BBC One with the third series of her hit TV show The Traitors on Wednesday.

“We are totally terrified, because the success of the first one left us speechless. We didn’t expect it.

And I love doing it. It’s a great honor to be at that roundtable and watch it unfold.

‘So I feel incredibly lucky. “I love it and you don’t want people to feel disappointed.”

She went on to say that she keeps in touch with former contestants from the first two series and that at the end of filming most of them call her “mum”.

“They’re like my children, who I’m incredibly mean to sometimes,” she said. I love them, each and every one of them. The other day I was texting Maddie from series one.

‘I messaged Charlotte’s aunt, Matt from season one, he wanted to show me his new ability. It was skateboarding. In the end they call me Aunt Claude or Mom, it’s weird.

“So I keep in touch with all of them because, yeah, I’m very grateful to them for playing and playing the way they do.” I really cried when someone was banished this year, but I cried appropriately and in a way that I thought was probably unhealthy.

And two of them came out, and they were incredible. Three of us just cried together. We go deeper.’

Speaking ahead of the first episode, she said she is “totally terrified” it will do as well as the first two series. “I don’t exhale until January 24, I wake up at 4 in the morning, even on strict Saturdays,” he said.

She went on to say that she keeps in touch with former contestants from the first two series and that at the end of filming most call her ‘mum’.

Claudia previewed a “new format” for the third series, which will have people “on the edge of their seats.”

Following the success of the British series, which is filmed at Adross Castle in the Scottish Highlands, an American version was also released.

Presented by Alan Cummings, she said she finds it difficult to see him because she is territorial about the castle.

“I’m not saying anything bad, but I can’t keep an eye on him because he’s in my castle,” he said.

‘What are you doing? It was so strange. It’s not strange. It’s absolutely magical. But I looked a little and no.

It’s much better. And I love their outfits, but it’s a different way of doing it, because it’s the same place, and I think, ‘get out of my castle.’

Last week, Claudia revealed to The Midpoint podcast that she initially turned down presenting the show because she didn’t want to spend more than three weeks filming in Scotland.

The star was offered the job but turned it down because he didn’t want to be away from his family.

But after watching the original Dutch version, he became “obsessed” and quickly emailed BBC bosses to change their minds.

The Traitors returns to BBC One on New Year’s Day at 8pm