The Traitors season 3 'thrown into chaos after 300K hopefuls apply following success of the smash hit show as producers race to whittle it down to just 22 ahead of filming'

The new series of smash hit show The Traitors has reportedly been thrown into chaos after the BBC was swamped with 300K applications. Almost 7M viewers watched the season two finale in January and now producers are said to be racing against time as they try to whittle down to just 22 hopefuls in time for filming, which is set to begin in a matter of months. The new series of smash hit show The Traitors has reportedly been thrown into chaos after the BBC was swamped with 300K applications Almost 7M viewers watched the season two finale in January and now producers are said to be racing against time as they whittle down to just 22 hopefuls in time for filming, which is set to begin in a matter of months Before going on to say how thrilled the producers were to have so many hopefuls apply to appear on the show. Before adding: 'Which is a big problem because, as anyone who's watched the show will know, a lot of it has to take place at night' They were joined by Courteney's long-term boyfriend Snow Patrol's Johnny McDaid and Claudia's husband Kris Thykier, a film producer.