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How David Tennant's answer to The Traitors became a huge flop for ITV - as Genius Game contestant lifts the lid on new series


Pitched as ITV 's brainy answer to The Traitors , The Genius Game promised high-stakes mental battles.

The Mail spoke exclusively to 25-year-old PhD student and competitive gamer Charlotte Yeung, one of the show's contestants, who shared what really went on - from white noise isolation and late-night meals to a mysteriously absent host The Mail spoke exclusively to 25-year-old PhD student and competitive gamer Charlotte Yeung, one of the show's contestants, who shared what really went on - from white noise isolation and late-night meals to a mysteriously absent host. He's billed as 'the creator', appears godlike on screen and delivers booming instructions from a big TV - but unlike The Traitors host Claudia Winkleman, the Doctor Who star never came near the cast.

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