The soaring popularity of The Traitors UK Series 2 brought the players’ pasts into the spotlight. Viewers were surprised after discovering that this is not Kyra Johnson’s first time on a game show.
The Traitors UK Series 2 is an intense, psychologically thrilling gameshow with eliminations happening each week. The franchise was awarded as the fastest-growing unscripted format show of 2022, and with the soaring popularity of the new seasons, several spin-offs were approved for 2024.
Viewers were eager to get to know the 22 new personalities that The Traitors UK Series 2 brought on screen, soon discovering that contestant Paul Gorton had a surprising gameshow history. The comedian was revealed have appeared on the ITV reality gameshow Deal or No Deal 14 years ago.
After Paul’s news, viewers were convinced they had seen Kyra Johnson before somewhere, too – and this is what they discovered.
The Traitors UK Kyra Johnson’s gameshow past revealed
Kyra Johnson joined The Traitors UK as one of the show’s youngest players. She introduced herself as a 21-year-old apprentice economist from Kent. She was given the role of a Faithful, viewers felt she did an amazing job during the game.
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Viewers found Kyra extremely familiar and took to social media to figure out where they had seen her before. It was revealed that Kyra, just like Paul, had appeared on ITV’s Deal Or No Deal. However, her appearance was recent and only two months before the airing of The Traitors Series 2. She walked off the game show with a good prize of £1,800.
During The Traitors, Kyra managed to survive three episodes but got ‘murdered’ by a Traitor during episode 3. She was murdered as she posed a significant threat to the Traitors.
The Traitors UK airs on BBC One at 21:00 GMT every Wednesday. The first three episodes are available to watch on iPlayer as well.
