Leanne Quigley
Age: 29
From: Holywell, North Wales
Occupation: Veteran
Why did you apply?: "It just looked like so much fun. I remember watching series one when I was pregnant with my partner, Sophie, and she said to me, 'oh, you'd be so good at this', because I tend to get away with a lot. I tend to tell a few white lies to my boss for a couple of days off work, and I somehow always seem to get away with it. And she said 'you'd be so good at getting people wrapped around your finger'. Sounds awful, doesn't it?! And I applied in January.
"I remember we were watching an episode, and she fell asleep on the sofa with the twins, so I obviously had to pause it, because I would have had to end up watching it twice because we can't watch anything without each other. And I thought, 'how funny would it be if I went upstairs, applied, and by the time she woke up from her nap, I could have been like, I've just applied to be on The Traitors'. So, I did it. I ran upstairs, and I didn't realise how much was on the application and the video! I was trying to do the video as quietly as I possibly could."
What did you think of previous series?: "I think they were great. It was gripping and Harry played it amazingly. Series one was good, and then series two was even better. Mollie was really sweet and herself. And as much as I'm going to go in lying, I'm also going to go in and be myself. I'm going to be really honest about my life experiences, apart from things like deployments, of course. I'm just going to be my happy self, and I'm hoping there's not too much talk about our work but if there is I've got my story covered. I just admired how down to earth and lovely she [Mollie] was. And to be honest, Harry was as well. He was just a good liar. I think they all played it well."
What is your gameplan?: "I'm just going to be a friendly person. As friendly as I would be if it wasn't a game, and I wasn't going in to try and win money. I'm just going to be everyone's friend, not talking too much about people behind their backs, because I want my name brought up at the Round Table as little as possible."
What would you spend the winnings on?: "I would love to go through IVF again. I went through IVF with my boys, and I was very poorly throughout my pregnancy, and then I went into early labour at six months. The boys were only 26 weeks when they were born. Because I was so poorly at the time I feel I missed out on enjoying that newborn stage.
"I'm so, so grateful to have them, and I'm so lucky that they're alive. When they did come home from hospital after three months, they come home on oxygen, and it was a struggle to take them out. I would love the opportunity to have another baby, hopefully have a bit of a better experience. And to make our family a bit bigger."
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The Traitors continues Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 9pm on BBC One and iPlayer.
Neil Wilkes
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