{"id":42896,"date":"2024-01-03T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T08:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1953137"},"modified":"2024-01-03T09:47:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T08:47:07","slug":"who-is-sonja-the-traitors-season-2-contestant-and-volunteer","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/who-is-sonja-the-traitors-season-2-contestant-and-volunteer\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Sonja? The Traitors season 2 contestant and volunteer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Sonja is hoping to knit her way to the final! <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Katelyn Mensah\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 03 January 2024 at 08:00 AM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>A brand new batch of contestants are hoping to win up to \u00a3120,000 on season 2 of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/traitors-season-2-release-date\/\">The Traitors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The new season will see 22 players take on epic challenges, backstab their fellow contestants and possibly take home a mega cash prize \u2013 and one of those players is 66-year-old Sonja.<\/p>\n<p>Sonja thought The Traitors season 1 was \u201cfantastic\u201d and became so fascinated by it she has watched all the other versions of the programmes.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the other contestants, Sonja\u2019s game plan is to knit her way to the finals. She explained: \u201cI\u2019m an avid knitter. I actually want to teach some of the other tortured souls how to do a bit of knitting while we\u2019re there too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While her knitting may came in handy to pass the time, does she have what it takes to get to the final? Read on for everything you need to know about The Traitors season 2 contestant Sonja.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Who is Sonja?<\/strong><\/h2> <div class=\"brightcove embed\"> <div class=\"embed__intrinsic\"> <div class=\"brightcove__player vjs-playlist-player-container\"> <video data-video-id=\"6344167447112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"video-js\"> <\/video> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js\"\/> <p><strong>Age:\u00a0<\/strong>66<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job:\u00a0<\/strong>Volunteer business mentor<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Lancashire<\/p>\n<p>Sonja applied for The Traitors as she wanted to do something that would challenge her and test her abilities, whether it be physically or mentally.<\/p>\n<p>The volunteer business mentor noted that she has had a difficult few years and decided to do something \u201ca bit crazy and exciting\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cI wouldn\u2019t do anything except The Traitors. It\u2019s so interesting, complicated, thoughtful and devious. It\u2019s right up my street! It\u2019s the first thing I\u2019ve ever applied for, and here I am.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>If you are a Traitor, how far are you prepared to go to win the game?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt is a game, so obviously I\u2019m going to be two-faced. I\u2019m going to lie convincingly but I\u2019m not going to upset people. Even if I wrongly point someone out at the Round Table, there\u2019s many ways to do that without being upsetting, harmful or hurtful.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI am going to definitely go all the way, there is nothing really that I won\u2019t do other than upset somebody to win. There are many ways to beat somebody and mislead somebody without upsetting them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>If you\u2019re a Faithful, what do you think your game plan would be?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019ll just be devious really. I\u2019ll turn it on its head, I\u2019ll be the most devious Faithful you can be. I think there are almost as many opportunities as a Faithful to mislead people, to lie, to misrepresent and to confuse. I would hope to be able to identify the Traitors and make them think I am safe and not to be worried about, you know?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI think my biggest challenge might be being slightly older than some people, they may not consider me a major contribution to the Missions. I\u2019m going to do them, I\u2019ll fling myself everywhere, they can dangle me off anything, I\u2019ll jump off anything, I\u2019ll do it all but I\u2019m not sure I\u2019ll do it as well as others. I\u2019m going to be fearless and chuck myself out there.\u201d<\/p> <p><strong>The Traitors season 2 starts on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Wednesday 3rd January 2024. <\/strong><strong>The Traitors season 1 is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Looking for something else to watch? 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