Welcome to the castle - Sometimes we get burned, you’d think sometime we’d learn | 2026 Celebrity Traitors Thread 8 [Post Final Chat]

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This is a post-Final thread so if you haven’t seen it do not read on!

Finalists
Maya Jama (Traitor)
King Kenny (recruited Traitor)
James Blunt
Leigh-Anne Pinnock
Romesh Ranganathan
Sebastian Croft

Murdered
Amol Rajan
Bella Ramsey
Rob Beckett
RossKemp
Miranda Hart
Sharon Rooney
Michael Sheen

Banished
Richard E Grant (Traitor)
Myha’la
Julie Hesmondhalgh
Professor Hannah Fry (recruited Traitor)
Joe Lycett
Jerry Hall
Joanne McNally
James Acaster (recruited Traitor)
Maya Jama (Traitor)

For these that want to keep up with Claudia’s outfits: https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/lifestyle/a73628412/celebrity-traitors-claudia-winkleman-outfits/

I’m pretty sure that won’t have been an option after whatever it was exactly that caused the hiatus in filming. The producers will have discussed and consulted with James A and the welfare team what to do, and I imagine the rest of the cast will have been asked to continue the round table as if for a normal banishment, but that James A needed to be banished. It’s why it all continued, slightly unconvincingly, much as usual, after his self-outing speech.

We were at a show tonight but managed to avoid seeing the result and have just caught up. Really pleased the Faithfuls won and that it was Romesh and Bash.

Ahhhh fair point.

Really? I had to turn the sound down ...

Don’t ever go to one of her shows, then…

I did not know this. That does help to explain it a bit. Although we have had some fab autistic traitors previously!

I think her style and humour obviously goes over my head, and I would have hated to be Miranda when she turned on her. She's just very high volume in every way ...

Oddly, though, I think deep down there's probably a bit of a shy softie in Joanne - but it is quite deep down!

I haven't read every thread this evening, but I know it wasn't mentioned on air... did anyone else think Kenny blew by by voting to end the game when they were down to 4? At that point the camera cut to Bash who was clearly thinking "Hold on, how can you be so sure there are no more traitors"? Up till then Kenny had played brilliantly, but DP and I were both shouting "You've blown it" at the screen. We really enjoyed the final because once Maya had gone we honestly didn't care who won, all 5 deserved it.

The thing is James A could have said in his plea to become a traitor that he didn't want to be one.

At any stage he could have walked out. Its reality tv. Life happens and he only had to put out a statement that he had to leave for personal reasons. Much bigger acts than James A cancel gigs usng that reason. I presume he didn't want to forfeit his fee though. Greedy man.

Yes, we were shouting "nooo Kenny" too when he voted to end, but I think he was just hoping to get to the end by then as one traitor wins all - which was of course the giveaway.

He was just a little too hasty to reach for the prize!

Yes, DS(14), a huge Kenny fan (who’d been disgusted Niko went so quickly last year), was shouting ‘What were you THINKING???’ at the tv.

Its gone viral. Quoted as the best piece of tv this year.
It appeared on my socials so many times today.
I don't watch Uncloaked.

Oh, all her early stand-up is quite dark, about bulimia and spending time in a psychiatric hospital after she had a huge mental breakdown in her 30s, and some of the details of her adoption are terribly sad.

Oh I'm sorry to hear that. As I said, I had a sense she might be quite sensitive underneath.

Triggered?! Really??

Yes I can't understand why some people are so offended by him leaving.

It's not like any of us were paying him. I thought it opened up the gameboard a bit. In the end it was a great last couple of episodes.

I liked James A and he was quite vocal at the round table, discussing stuff, putting out theories etc.. He also grew into his role as traitor in the turret. Didn’t Jonathan Ross say how difficult it was being a traitor as you had to be on your guard all the time?

in the last episode , I suddenly realised why Bash is called Bash.
Ie Sebastian becomes Seb - Bash - (sh)Ian. Duh!

My favourite ever contestant Nigel ❤️❤️❤️

My favourite ever traitors Oz season 2 although I know some people least favourite
followed by :-

India traitors, the characters ❤️

Then both celebrities and civilians U.K. traitors

if they have been on bbc I’ve watched them! NZ, Canada, US, Ireland.

Completely agree with this.
The ‘normal’ one last year was just horrible and why anyone wants to win a prize that is essentially a huge character assassination I have no idea.

He probably doesn’t feel welcome.

He broke the rules of the game, and has openly criticised the production team and been negative about certain behind the scenes aspects of the show.

Where ?

But we don't pronounce bash in the full name, but bast? Sebastian

Seh - bast- eean.

Maybe he or a young family member used to pronounce it as bash and miss the T out. It's cute!

The only time I found uncomfortable rather than entertaining in the UK civillian version was S3 Charlotte doubling down after she had to confess to being a Traitor to the Seer. That was hard to watch.

Still watched it, obviously...

the game would have been so so different if they had made Amol (who I do't really even like) a Traitor and the series would have been saved from James A's constant "I never wanted to be a traitor"
I think it would have made for a much better series

Any thoughts on how minority women can avoid the targets painted on their backs? As 3 out of 4 UK seasons have had a minority woman as a Traitor, it seems obvious that players are metagaming. Though their comments are edited out.