Celebrity Traitors contestant Professor Hannah Fry has shared how she will use her mathematics abilities to get ahead of the competition in the upcoming series of the hit BBC show.
The 42-year-old broadcaster and mathematician has described herself as 'toxically competitive'.
Speaking to PA, Hannah said: "I'm here to fulfil the nerd quota for the year, and I’m taking my responsibility extremely seriously.
“Have I gone back through the data of all the previous games and tried to find statistically significant patterns? Yes. Are any of these going to help me? Honestly, who knows?”
Hannah explained she has observed the voting patterns from the last series of Celebrity Traitors, which she described as a 'burn vote' tactic.
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She added: "By that I mean they just vote for somebody that nobody else has voted for. Cat (Burns) last year was a really good example of this, but across the board, the only problem with picking up on those signals is that the Faithfuls are such an absolute mess.
“They are so all over the place that it’s really hard to pick out what the signal is. That’s just one example of a little bit of maths that I’ve got in my back pocket.
“I am using the same bit of maths that Alan Turing used to crack the Enigma machine. Whether it’s going to work or not, honestly, your guess is as good as mine. I’ve got spreadsheets coming out of my eyeballs.
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“I close my eyes and it’s like there are numbers tattooed on the inside of my eyelids at the moment for how much I’ve been looking at them.”
When asked to describe her strategy for the game, Hannah said: "Careful, analytical, and well, the other thing that I really want to be is just a little bit mischievous. I really want to enjoy the ride and have fun being playful."
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