Actress and TV presenter Siobhán McSweeney has said she will make The Traitors "my own" when she hosts the Irish version of the hit reality TV series on RTÉ One.
McSweeney, who won a BAFTA TV award for her role playing Sister Michael in the sitcom Derry Girls, said Claudia Winkleman - who hosts the UK version - has made the show "so iconic".
The tense game show sees members of the public attempt to identify who among them are "faithfuls" and "traitors", with host Winkleman cranking up the intrigue.
Speaking to Josh Widdicombe on BBC Radio 2, McSweeney said: "The idea of trying to do anything, to do the sort of supermarket's own-brand version of anything that extraordinary woman does is just, it's impossible, so I'm gonna have to try to make it my own.
"But she's made it so iconic, just the silhouette, just the look."
Widdicombe asked listeners to come up with ideas for phrases McSweeney could say on the show, and McSweeney said the winner was "Hello, plotters".
"I genuinely love that," she said, adding that she likes the fact it is a cross-reference, as she says "Hello, potters" in the TV show The Great Pottery Throw Down.
The new series will be filmed on location in Ireland, with 22 contestants from across the country competing to win a chunk of a €50,000 prize pot.
The series will be produced for RTÉ by Kite Entertainment, which has licensed the format from All3Media International.
The Traitors Ireland is set to air on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player later this year.
The Traitors has been adapted for more than 20 countries including the Netherlands, the US, and Australia.
Source: Press Association
