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Celebrity Traitors star banished after admitting to being traitor at roundtable

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Cooper-Fiske, C. (2026, October 29). Celebrity Traitors star banished after admitting to being traitor at roundtable. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/james-acaster-bbc-romesh-ranganathan-michael-sheen-maya-jama-b1302886.html

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

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In the reality TV show "Celebrity Traitors," comedian Andrew Acaster was voted out on Friday after admitting to being a traitor. During Thursday’s episode, Acaster confessed that he had been forced into the role of a traitor against his will and admitted pointing out clues in Kemp's murder intentionally. Despite attempts to portray himself as loyal, his actions led to receiving the most votes at the roundtable discussion, resulting in his banishment from the game.
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In the latest episode of The Celebrity Traitors, comedian James Acaster was unexpectedly banished after revealing he was a Traitor during a heated roundtable discussion. The bombshell admission came as Acaster faced mounting suspicion and received the most votes for elimination from his fellow contestants. On Thursday night, the show saw intense drama when Acaster admitted to being a Traitor against his will, leading to his immediate expulsion. This revelation threw the competition into chaos and left viewers shocked.

The BBC has since emphasized that the welfare of all players is their highest priority following such emotional scenes. Actress Sharon Rooney was also murdered earlier in the episode, adding to the tension. The controversial confession by Acaster may now give the Faithfuls an unexpected advantage as they prepare for the final showdown against Traitors Maya Jama and King Kenny.

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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?
🔮 “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.
🔮 “I feel that I’ve won the game, despite I would say my key development area in this game being identifying Traitors correctly.
🔮 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 · 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.
🔮 “I couldn’t just go, ‘guys it’s me, vote for me, but that’s all I can do really’.
🔮 “I couldn’t just go, ‘guys it’s me, vote for me, but that’s all I can do really’.
🔮 “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.
🔮 “I couldn’t just go, ‘guys it’s me, vote for me, but that’s all I can do really’.
🔮 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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Acaster PERSON · 5× Jama PERSON · 3× Kenny PERSON · 3× Faithful NORP · 2× Kemp PERSON · 2× Maya Jama PERSON · 2× McNally PERSON · 2× Rooney PERSON · 2× Sheen PERSON · 2× Ross Kemp’s PERSON · 1×

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After receiving the most votes at the roundtable, the comedian said: “When I came into this experience I told Claudia that all I wanted to be was a Faithful, and all I wanted to do is go around this castle and try and help the Faithfuls as much as possible catching Traitors.
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🔮 “I couldn’t just go, ‘guys it’s me, vote for me, but that’s all I can do really’.
2026-10-31 · Evening Standard
Bombshell at round table sparks chaos in Celebrity Traitors · assertive framing
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Celebrity Traitors star banished after admitting to being traitor at roundtable · assertive framing

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The comedian attracted suspicion during Thursday’s episode in a discussion about Ross Kemp’s plain sight murder, where he struggled to defend himself, and then admitted he was a Traitor. asserted
he → attract → himself
He told his fellow contestants: “I just want to explain my situation, I was made a Traitor without wanting to be, I’ve had a unique experience on this that no-one’s had before, where I wanted to be a faithful and that’s all I’ve wanted to be. asserted
I → tell → that
“I couldn’t just go, ‘guys it’s me, vote for me, but that’s all I can do really’. asserted
I → go → me
Acaster said he had pointed out the perfume bottles, which killed Kemp during the murder, on purpose. asserted
which → say → purpose
After receiving the most votes at the roundtable, the comedian said: “When I came into this experience I told Claudia that all I wanted to be was a Faithful, and all I wanted to do is go around this castle and try and help the Faithfuls as much as possible catching Traitors. asserted
I → receive → Traitors
“I’m really proud to say that’s what I’ve been able to do, under the circumstances. asserted
I → ’m → circumstances
In a cutaway scene, he added: “I’m glad that I was so Faithful, that I couldn’t make it to the end as a Traitor.” asserted
I → add → Traitor
Actor Michael Sheen also attracted heat, with James Blunt saying he was the “father” of the group who had been responsible for the traitors being “guided in the wrong direction”, while contestants also aimed some suspicion at former Little Mix star Leigh-Anne Pinnock. asserted
contestants → attract → Pinnock
Blunt was also suspected of being a Traitor by comedian Romesh Ranganathan, who replied by saying we should be “looking at the quieter ones” naming Acaster and Maya Jama, with Sheen adding that they had “never had any heat”. asserted
they → suspect → heat
Sheen then pointed out that Acaster was the only one who did not leave the library during Kemp’s murder. asserted
who → point → murder
It all came after actress Sharon Rooney was murdered and comedian Joanne McNally was banished ahead of Friday’s final. asserted
McNally → come → final
Read More Social media star King Kenny, Jama and Acaster said they killed Rooney to create confusion among the faithfuls. asserted
they → read → faithfuls
Speaking after finding out she had been murdered on the BBC reality gameshow, Rooney said: “I think this was Maya Jama, I think that is her love heart and her kisses.” asserted
that → speak → gameshow
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… “It has been amazing, thanks so much for all making it what it was, I’m premenstrual. “ asserted
I → decide → life
I’ve had such a great time, I am a hardcore faithful.” asserted
I → have → time
King Kenny was given the special power last week after he and fellow traitors Jama and Acaster were deemed the most trusted by their fellow contestants during a challenge. asserted
he → give → challenge
Jama attracted heat during the beginning of Thursday’s show, 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 contestants matched all of the bodies to the heads, meaning they collected £5,000 for the prize pot, bringing it to a total of £64,500. asserted
they → match → 64,500
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