[Nobby]

Thought I'd give the much-trailed The Fortune Hotel a watch last night.

Comically similar to The Traitors in every way, even down to the way it's edited with hauntingly slow versions of pop songs creeping in at tense moments.

It did make me think that the format may have started out as a studio based gameshow. The contestants could easily have been answering questions to determine the order in which they choose to swap the cases and ultimately find a winner of £2000 in a 45 minute slot.

I can well imagine ITV saying "I like it but we are only considering The Traitors clones at the moment" so they reformat it to be set outside, over a number of episode and with a jackpot of £250,000.

Saying that, I think it's a stronger format than The Traitors which for all its style and production values is just a guessing game. At least in The Fortune Hotel contestants make decisions based on choices other contestants have made so there is some strategy involved.

I also liked the task last night. It reminded me of The Mole. Could have done with seeing more of it though and less of the reality TV bits.

I will probably watch again.