One murdered and one banished in Celebrity Traitors penultimate episode

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Evening Standard · collected 2026-10-29 · by Casey Cooper-Fiske

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In the penultimate episode of "The Celebrity Traitors," actress Sharon Rooney was murdered, while comedian Joanne McNally was banished from the show after a roundtable vote. King Kenny used his special power of double voting to decide McNally’s fate, despite her emotional farewell speech highlighting her positive experience on the show. The episode featured a mission where contestants had to match severed heads with buried bodies of previous contestants.

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In the penultimate episode of The Celebrity Traitors on October 29, actress Sharon Rooney was murdered and comedian Joanne McNally was banished. The drama continued into the finale on October 30 when another contestant was killed, leading to a tense showdown where Romesh Ranganathan emerged victorious with £41,500 for his charity, the Refugee Council. Throughout these episodes, social media star King Kenny and TV presenter Maya Jama were also involved in dramatic betrayals and strategic voting, though Maya expected Kenny would turn on her at some point. The final saw a series of shocking twists as remaining contestants struggled to identify traitors before it was too late.

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“Article A describes the penultimate episode's events, while Article B refers to the final episode and its conclusion.”

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“The articles describe different stages or incidents within the show Celebrity Traitors; Article A discusses a humiliation felt by Romesh Ranganathan after an episode's vote, while Article B reports on the penultimate episode where one contestant was murdered and another banished.”

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“Article A describes the murder of Sharon Rooney and banishment of Joanne McNally in the penultimate episode. Article B discusses James Acaster's reasons for revealing his identity after being banished, which appears to be a different event.”

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Casey Cooper-Fiske

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🔮 Celebrity Traitors final sees shock murder, dramatic betrayals and tense endgame showdown The Celebrity Traitors came to a dramatic end on Friday night as the remaining contestants entered the final episode with one question hanging over them - could the faithfuls root out the last traitors before it was too late?

2026-10-30 · assertive framing · Maya Jama expected fellow traitor King Kenny to betray her on Celebrity Traitors

🔮 “I just knew he was a traitor, and I was banking on James voting for Kenny, so it would be a split vote, because if he’d gone for Romesh, James would have gone.

2026-10-30 · assertive framing · Celebrity Traitors winner Sebastian Croft changed strategy at last minute

🔮 “I feel that I’ve won the game, despite I would say my key development area in this game being identifying Traitors correctly.

2026-10-30 · assertive framing · Romesh Ranganathan says he feels ‘a little bit of embarrassment’ at Traitors win

2026-10-30 · assertive framing · Final episode of The Celebrity Traitors as faithfuls

🔮 It came after a meeting between the pair in the turret saw Kenny opt for Sheen as he was “too authoritative on that table”, but Jama worried that the murder may turn the heat on her on the BBC reality gameshow.

2026-10-30 · assertive framing · One more contestant murdered as Celebrity Traitors final begins

🔮 “I couldn’t just go, ‘guys it’s me, vote for me, but that’s all I can do really’.

2026-10-30 · assertive framing · The Celebrity Traitors winner to be crowned after surprise roundtable reveal

🔮 “I couldn’t just go, ‘guys it’s me, vote for me, but that’s all I can do really’.

2026-10-30 · assertive framing · The Celebrity Traitors winner to be crowned after surprise roundtable reveal

🔮 “And I would have to remind myself they don’t have a game without you, literally, if no one’s doing this stuff, they can’t play, and they all want to play.

2026-10-29 · assertive framing · James Acaster: Plan to reveal identity ‘got me through’ Celebrity Traitors

🔮 “I couldn’t just go, ‘guys it’s me, vote for me, but that’s all I can do really’.

2026-10-29 · assertive framing · Celebrity Traitors star banished after admitting to being traitor at roundtable

🔮 Rooney found out she had been murdered after McNally was banished at the roundtable, where both contestants attracted heat, with the traitors, social media star King Kenny, TV presenter Maya Jama and comedian James Acaster, killing Rooney to create confusion among the faithfuls.

2026-10-29 · assertive framing · One murdered and one banished in Celebrity Traitors penultimate episode

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McNally PERSON · 3× Rooney PERSON · 2× BBC One ORG · 1× Jama PERSON · 1× James Acaster PERSON · 1× Joanne McNally PERSON · 1× Kenny PERSON · 1× King Kenny PERSON · 1× Maya Jama PERSON · 1× Sharon Rooney PERSON · 1×

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Rooney found out she had been murdered after McNally was banished at the roundtable, where both contestants attracted heat, with the traitors, social media star King Kenny, TV presenter Maya Jama and comedian James Acaster, killing Rooney to create confusion among the faithfuls.

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2026-10-31 · Evening Standard

One murdered and one banished in Celebrity Traitors penultimate episode · assertive framing

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Actress Sharon Rooney has been murdered and comedian Joanne McNally has been banished in the penultimate episode of The Celebrity Traitors. asserted

McNally → murder → Traitors

traitors → find → faithfuls

McNally was voted out after King Kenny held the final and deciding vote, as well as the special power of a double dagger giving him the two votes at the roundtable, and opted to banish her. asserted

Kenny → vote → her

After her fate was decided, McNally said: “I’ve had such an amazing time with all of you, it’s been one of the best experiences of my adult life, I actually feel emotional… asserted

I → decide → life

“It has been amazing, thanks so much for all making it what it was, I’m premenstrual. asserted

I → make → all

“I’ve had such a great time, I am a hardcore faithful.” asserted

I → have → time

During Thursday’s show, Jama attracted heat when she toasted her fellow contestants by saying: “To killing them, banishing them even.” asserted

she → attract → them

For the mission, the celebrities were tasked with matching the severed ‘heads’ of celebrities who had left the show with their buried bodies, with teams splitting into one in the lab, where the heads were, and one in the garden where the bodies were. asserted

bodies → task → garden

Those in the lab had to relay screams to their contestants in the garden in order to match the head and bodies. asserted

Those → have → head

The Celebrity Traitors continues on BBC One. asserted

Traitors → continue → BBC

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