The Traitors' Harry Clark shares surprising top tip for winning BBC show

BBC One's game of intrigue is returning for series three, and series two winner Harry Clark has some unexpected advice on how to succeed as a Traitor.

Harry Clark has shared his top tip on winning The Traitors. (BBC)
Harry Clark has shared his top tip on winning The Traitors. (BBC)

The Traitors series two winner Harry Clark has shared his surprising advice for how contestants in the BBC show's new cast can succeed in tricking the other players.

Former army corporal Clark was the last Traitor left in his series, scooping the entire jackpot and managing to convince his fellow players, including best friend Mollie Pearce, that he was without question a Faithful.

Ahead of tomorrow's season three launch, Clark told Good Morning Britain about his unexpected top tip for winning the game and navigating the web of lies he had to spin as a Traitor, revealing that he thought of himself as a Faithful throughout the show and even managed to fool himself into believing it.

Harry Clark won The Traitors season two. (BBC)
Harry Clark won The Traitors season two. (BBC)

The Traitors fans are eagerly anticipating the return of the BBC One Highlands-set strategy game for season three on New Year's Day as a fresh cast of Faithfuls and Traitors try to win allies and influence players in an effort to scoop the jackpot.

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One former player who managed to do just that is 2024 winner Harry Clark, the only Traitor left in the series two final, who fooled his competitors that he was a Faithful so completely that he managed to walk away with the entire £100,000 prize.

Appearing on Good Morning Britain on Tuesday, Clark was asked by Richard Madeley for his best advice on succeeding as a Traitor — and had a surprising answer.

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He said: "Mine seems so simple, but it is – everyone always overcomplicates it and that's where everyone goes wrong at the first hurdle. Once you're chosen to be a Traitor, everyone goes, how do I act like a Traitor? But you don't act any differently, the best way to act is to be normal.

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"People get in their heads, I need to lie, I need to be a deceitful person. You don't need to be, you just need to be yourself and keep a little white lie until the end of the game.

The Traitors finalists were completely fooled by Harry Clark. (BBC)
The Traitors finalists were completely fooled by Harry Clark. (BBC)

"My best advice would be go in there with true intentions to play the game and only see yourself as a Traitor once you've got the cloak on. As soon as you take that cloak off you're just exactly the same as everyone else.

"It was so easy for me during the days because I was a Faithful, I was just like everyone else, I wasn't trying to be someone I'm not. When I put a cloak on, that's when I done the Traitorish stuff, but as soon as that cloak was off I was just like everyone else."

It was a strategy that worked so well for Clark, most of the cast did not consider that he could be a Traitor, even when he was accused by fellow Traitor Andrew Jenkins. Best pal Mollie Pearce was so shocked to hear the truth in the final that she stormed out of the room.

Clark said of fooling Pearce: "I did (feel bad) in that situation when I was stood there, because I felt like I was a Faithful. I convinced myself so when it came to the final I thought oh, I actually am a Traitor, now I have to say that. But at the same time I'd just won £100,000 as a 22-year-old."

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He added: "Everyone always says you must be well good at telling porky pies and I'm like, literally, I cannot lie for anything.

"But it's funny because when you're a Traitor you don't necessarily have to lie all the time, it's more about getting out of situations and stitching other people up to take the fall for you. You never really sit there and go I am not a Traitor, you don't say that to people. I definitely cannot get a lie past my girlfriend."

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 07: Harry Clark attends the launch of Glide At Battersea Power Station 2024 at Battersea Power station on November 07, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Jordan Peck/Getty Images)
The TV star says winning has changed his life. (Getty Images)

Clark admitted that his life was completely unrecognisable a year on from winning the BBC show, and asked what he would be doing if he hadn't been in The Traitors he said: "I probably would still be in the army. I would have been deployed overseas again."

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The TV star has gone on to launch a podcast with fellow Traitor Paul Gorton and has teased some reality TV appearances coming up in 2025.

He said: "I've had the most amazing year, it's just been crazy, it's like I've won a lottery I didn't even know I was playing. I've done things I never would have dreamt of. It's been very easy to have an amazing year, but I had an amazing year last year. I have the most hard working, amazing mother, the best dad ever, my siblings, my girlfriend, I've got a best friend to die for.

"My dad is the most amazing dad ever and has got the smart head on his shoulders. If it was down to me, I would have stuck (all the prize money) on red because I was happy anyway. I gave a load to my mum and dad to pay off personal debts. The rest is away in the bank somewhere."

Good Morning Britain airs on ITV1 at 6am on weekdays.