Celebrity Traitors Cliffhanger Leaves Two Stars at Risk

The Celebrity Traitors cliffhanger ended Friday's episode with two players waiting to learn whether they would stay in the castle, according to the BBC. Actress Sharon Rooney and comedian Joanne McNally faced banishment at the roundtable, and the episode closed before content creator and traitor King Kenny cast his deciding vote, the BBC said. The result of the Celebrity Traitors cliffhanger will be revealed in the next episode, according to coverage of the cliffhanger.

The show, presented by Claudia Winkleman, began with twenty-one celebrity contestants, according to the BBC. Players assigned as faithfuls try to identify the traitors among them, while the traitors remove players during the night, according to the same BBC description of the format. That setup is what made Friday's roundtable so tense, since the faithful players still had no clear agreement on who to remove.

The BBC said the Celebrity Traitors cliffhanger drew a peak audience of nine point seven million viewers, with an average audience of nine point five million and a share of fifty-seven point two percent, according to the BBC figures reported in the coverage. Friday's figures were a small dip from Thursday, when a peak audience of ten point three million watched EastEnders actor Ross Kemp be murdered in plain sight by the traitors, according to the BBC. The launch episode averaged fifteen point four one million viewers, the largest television audience so far this year, according to ratings organisation Barb, as reported in the same coverage.

Why Miranda Hart left first

Earlier in the episode behind the Celebrity Traitors cliffhanger, comedian Miranda Hart fell victim to the traitors after being judged a good detective, according to the BBC coverage. Comedian James Acaster said Hart was looking at all of them and seemed most likely to name Maya Jama, Kenny and James as the traitors, according to the same coverage. That reasoning explains why the traitors moved against a player who had started to ask pointed questions, according to the coverage.

On learning that she had been removed, Hart said she was cross with herself for focusing on her doubts about McNally, according to the coverage. She also said the show had let her return to work she loved and to walking in the Scottish Highlands and spending time in nature, according to the same coverage. She added that there had been times when she had thought that return might not be possible again, according to the coverage. Hart has previously spoken about fatigue linked to her chronic illness, which she has linked to her Lyme disease diagnosis, according to the coverage.

How the roundtable reached a tie

Rooney and McNally each drew the same number of votes at the roundtable, which forced a second vote, according to the Hillingdon Times report on the episode. In that second round, the deciding vote lay with Kenny, who had received a double vote after being chosen to receive a dagger during a mission because he was judged among the most trusted players, according to the same report. The other players judged most trusted were traitors Maya Jama and James Acaster, according to the report.

The Celebrity Traitors cliffhanger put the faithful players in a difficult spot, according to the report. The three players the faithful trusted most were all traitors, and the faithful players had spent the roundtable arguing over two of their own side instead, according to the report. The episode ended with Rooney ahead by one vote in the second round, with Kenny still to vote, according to fan coverage of the episode.

The Celebrity Traitors cliffhanger also sparked close viewing online, as some viewers posting online noticed a small detail before the roundtable, saying McNally's nail colour appeared to change from turquoise in an earlier scene to lime green at the table, according to online fan reaction covered by Brit Brief. Some viewers wondered whether lighting explained the change, while others joked that everyone watching had become a detective, according to the same fan reaction. Some viewers predicted Rooney would leave first and McNally would follow soon after, according to the same fan reaction.

What the next episode has to settle

The next episode after the Celebrity Traitors cliffhanger will reveal whether Kenny uses his deciding vote on Rooney or McNally, according to coverage of the cliffhanger. The vote at the centre of the Celebrity Traitors cliffhanger will decide which faithful player leaves the castle and which player keeps a chance to reach the final, according to the format described in the coverage. Either outcome will leave the faithful players with fewer numbers and the same problem, according to the coverage, since the traitors have so far stayed hidden in plain sight.

The answer arrives on next Thursday night's show, according to fan coverage of the episode. Viewers have also shared theories about which faithful player Kenny would protect, according to the same fan reaction.

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