{"id":42902,"date":"2024-01-03T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T08:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1953227"},"modified":"2024-01-03T09:50:56","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T08:50:56","slug":"who-is-anthony-the-traitors-season-2-contestant-and-chess-coach","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/who-is-anthony-the-traitors-season-2-contestant-and-chess-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Anthony? The Traitors season 2 contestant and chess coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Anthony sees The Traitors like a game of chess. <\/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>The Traitors has returned for a second season, and there\u2019s no doubt it\u2019ll have everyone talking just like season 1 did.<\/p>\n<p>The show sees a group of 22 strangers head to the Scottish Highlands as they take on a variety of tasks and missions in order to win up to \u00a3120,000 \u2013 if they\u2019re not murdered by a Traitor before then.<\/p>\n<p>Each contestant has to try their best to make it to the final to be in with a shot of winning the prize money, and one of those contestants is 45-year-old Anthony.<\/p>\n<p>The key to Anthony\u2019s game plan is to be flexible, because things are forever changing, but will that help him?<\/p>\n<p>As the outcome unfurls on TV, read on for everything you need to know about The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/traitors-season-2-release-date\/\">Traitors<\/a> season 2 contestant Anthony.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Who is Anthony?<\/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>45<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job:\u00a0<\/strong>Chess coach<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Birmingham<\/p>\n<p>Anthony sees The Traitors like a real-life game of chess, and being a chess coach himself, it was a no-brainer to apply for the show.<\/p>\n<p>When he originally watched the series, he saw it as a game where everyone is expendable, much like a game of chess.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUltimately, the idea is to checkmate and win the game,\u201d he explained. \u201cFor me, it was like a chess tournament, where you\u2019ve got to control your emotions and psychologically manage yourself. I was completely intrigued by it.\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\">\u201cAll the way! That\u2019s where I\u2019m prepared to go. At the end of the day, I\u2019ll quote it again, \u2018Everybody is expendable.'\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\">\u201cIf I\u2019m a Faithful, then the plan changes. Again, if I liken it to a game of chess, the Traitors make the first move and have the upper hand. As long as they survive the Round Table, then they get to influence the game.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAs a Faithful, it\u2019s going to be really tough in the beginning, because you\u2019ve got to navigate who the other Faithfuls are and also not become a danger to the Traitors, trying to identify them but not becoming a major threat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAs the game goes on and the numbers get lower, I think you then have the advantage as a Faithful. If I am a Faithful, I\u2019m going to try and feel people out really quickly, and stay enough in the shadows so that I\u2019m not identified as a threat.\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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