The YouTuber famously ran within the London Mayoral Elections and the Basic Election

A recent line-up of acquainted faces has joined Claudia Winkleman for the brand new collection of The Superstar Traitors.

The legendary sport present made its much-anticipated return on October 8, with 19 well-known faces able to tackle the roles of Faithfuls and Traitors.

Much like the unique model, this star-studded spinoff has an enormous prize pot of as much as £100,000 up for grabs. Nevertheless, as a substitute of pocketing the cash, the profitable superstar will donate the money to a charity of their selection.

YouTuber Niko Omilana is amongst this 12 months’s contestants and he’s no stranger to video games of deception. The 27-year-old influencer is understood for posting elaborate sensible jokes, which embrace pretending to be a journalist with the intention to idiot a Ku Klax Klan member.

However Niko is not only a social media star, he’s additionally the founding father of an impartial political motion known as The Niko Defence League (NDL).

What’s the Niko Defence League?

In 2018, Niko infiltrated an English Defence League (EDL) march for a video titled ‘Undercover as a Racist for twenty-four Hours’. He pretended to be an EDL supporter and “uncovered” its members’ controversial beliefs.

The video shortly went viral and catapulted Niko to mainstream fame. Nevertheless, the prank naturally attracted backlash from EDL supporters, which spurred Niko to begin his personal ‘defence league’.

He went on to run for the London Mayoral Election in 2021 as an impartial candidate, whereas claiming he was a part of the NDL.

Saying his marketing campaign on Instagram, the content material creator urged his followers to vote for him.

“There is no such thing as a better chief on this nation than me so please my buddies, vote Niko for mayor of London on Might sixth… or your breath stinks,” he mentioned within the video. “Be sure to are registered to vote as nicely, you do not need to miss out on this one.”

The YouTuber’s tongue-in-cheek manifesto included telling Boris Johnson to “shush”. Niko bagged 2% of the vote share.

In 2024, Niko ran for the Basic Election and stood for former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s constituency, Richmond and Northallerton.

For his nationwide marketing campaign, the truth star’s manifesto shared a mix of playful and honest goals. This included opening Buckingham Palace for the general public to lease as an Air BnB, in addition to fixing potholes.

In fact, Labour went on to assert a landslide victory however Niko pulled one more stunt.

Throughout Sunak’s concession speech, the social media sensation held up an indication with the letter ‘L’ for loser.

Though his political profession is riddled with comedic bits, Niko believes that the youth has the facility to alter the state of politics.

Chatting with ITV forward of the 2024 election, he mentioned: “I consider that if younger folks do exit to vote and all of us come collectively as one large cohesion, then I consider that we are able to truly change this nation collectively.”

The Superstar Traitors airs on BBC One and iPlayer at 9pm tonight, with two episodes airing every week on Wednesdays and Thursdays.