Lisa Coupland
Age: 62
From: Anglican priest
Occupation: Cornwall
Why did you apply?: "My main driving force is that I am completely obsessed with murder mysteries. If there's a murder mystery on the go, I'm there. I've watched every episode of Poirot, every Agatha Christie more than once, Midsomer Murders, Inspector Morse, Grantchester, Father Brown, Sister Boniface. I'm just obsessed with murders and the mental aspect of trying to work out who did it."
What did you think of previous series?: "I've really enjoyed both of them. I thought Harry played a blinding game and he was just so natural. I was watching it again, recently, as a bit of research. And I felt really strongly for him when he got rid of Jonny, who was his friend, Army buddy, that must have been really hard. But the series was really good.
"It's really easy being an armchair critic. When you're not in that situation, it's really easy to go, 'oh, it's so obvious that it's them'. I thought Jaz was incredible. He kind of sat back, let everything come to him, took in everything, was very careful about what he said and to whom. Although there was at one point where he spoke to Harry about the Traitors and he said about Paul, and then obviously Harry went back and told them all."
What is your gameplan?: "I'd like to be a bit like Jaz. You know, say things but not too much, which is going to be difficult for me, because I can talk quite a bit. So, be the person who's there but doesn't get noticed much. Because you can get noticed by being too quiet and you can get noticed by being too loud.
"I think I'll try and be even - what I've noticed is that people tend to really hone onto subtle changes in people's energy levels or their moods. So just try and keep everything on an even keel. It's going to be really hard. I have no illusions. And I think going in if I say I'm a priest, I think I'm going to have a target on my back straight away."
What would you spend the winnings on?: "It depends on how much you win, obviously. I've got three sons so I'd probably help them out a little bit. I have a friend who runs an animal charity in Ireland who I'd also like to help.
"My own parish church, we have an old vestry, that we want to convert into a community place so that we can have lunches for people who have been widowed, who are bereaved and want to come together. I'd like to open a Lego club for kids to come and be able to be creative.
"I am very fortunate in my life that I have a job, and I have a husband who has a good job and so I'm very blessed. It's not about the money for me, genuinely. Well, okay, that's a lie. It would be lovely to win the money because I know that I could do some really positive things with it. But if I don't win the money, I'm not going to be heartbroken."
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