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<\/div>\nGet the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email<\/h3>\nGet the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter <\/h3>\nGet the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter <\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe Celebrity Traitors<\/a> contestants have finally done it and bagged the first Traitor of the game as Jonathan Ross<\/a> was dramatically banished on Wednesday\u2019s episode. <\/p>\nIn one of the highlights of the series so far, Jonathan pretended to be a Faithful right until the very end, only revealing himself as a Traitor with the closing words of his exit speech. <\/p>\n
Ross received six of the eight votes at the roundtable, including two from his fellow traitors, with the charge against him led by rugby player Joe Marler<\/a>. Comedian Lucy Beaumont was \u201cmurdered\u201d at the start of the episode in the first face-to-face killing.<\/p>\nRelieved, the rest of the contestants celebrated after finally bagging a Traitor but the mood soon turned serious again when Claudia Winkleman revealed that the two remaining traitors, comedian Alan Carr<\/a> and singer Cat Burns, would have to conduct their next \u201cmurder\u201d in plain sight.<\/p>\nHowever, it won\u2019t be easy for Cat and Alan as they will have to murder a Faithful during a dinner party by raising a toast and saying: \u201cParting is such sweet sorrow\u201d, followed by the victim\u2019s name. In a further twist, from now on, the contestants will not have to reveal if they are a Faithful or a Traitor once they are eliminated adding a further layer of deception to the game.<\/p>\n
Will the Faithfuls suss out another Traitor, or will it be a victory for Cat and Alan in next week\u2019s final?<\/p>\n
The Celebrity Traitors continues on Thursday at 9pm on BBC One.<\/p>\n
\n\n<\/a><\/p>\n\nA wedding venue once owned by an opium trader: Inside the Celebrity Traitors castle<\/h3>\n\n\u201cThis game doesn\u2019t care who you are,\u201d declares presenter Claudia Winkleman at the start of the new celebrity series, striding across the gloomy Great Hall of Ardross Castle, a 19th-century house and estate north of Inverness in the Scottish Highlands<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\u201cIn here, your \u00adglamorous lives count for nothing,\u201d she tells celebrities including Paloma Faith, Stephen Fry, Jonathan Ross and Alan Car.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nArdross Castle is used in both the UK version of the show and the US adaptation hosted by Scottish actor Alan Cumming.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nThe day\u2019s missions take place on site, while the discussions, action and banishments are filmed among the castle<\/a>\u2019s lavish interiors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nIsobel Lewis has everything you need to know about the stunning building:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nGreg Evans<\/span>30 October 2025 17:30<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\nHow much are Celebrity Traitors being paid and what prize will the winner get?<\/h3>\n\nThe first-ever edition of Celebrity Traitors is entering its enthralling final weeks, with a huge prize pot up for grabs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nAccording to reports, the celebrities will be paid a flat fee of \u00a340,000 for appearing in the series.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nGreg Evans<\/span>30 October 2025 17:00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\nMarler \u2018born to play\u2019 Traitors and is mind-warping co-stars, says rugby friend<\/h3>\n\nJoe Marler was \u201cborn to play\u201d the game and is \u201cmind-warping\u201d all his co-stars in the BBC show, according to his friend and former England and Harlequins teammate Danny Care.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nCare told talkSPORT: \u201cAs soon as he told me he was going in, I said, I reckon you can win it, because he\u2019s born to play that game, he really is, and no one can ever work him out, and now he\u2019s in there with A-list celebrities, and you can see, he is mind-warping them all.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n\u201cThey have no idea what he\u2019s on about.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n\u201cI thought last night it might be the first, round table flip, and I thought he was going to whack Jonathan Ross, which I thought would be incredible, because I\u2019ve seen those eyes before, he was angry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n\u201cHe\u2019s doing amazing, we\u2019re all really proud of him, and yeah, he\u2019s smashing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nHe continued: \u201cHe is built different in physical stature and the way he is with people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n\u201cThose pearly blue eyes, they can melt you, but they can also, they can hurt you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n\u201cI\u2019ve seen those eyes before, where he gets angry, and then I\u2019ve seen people get quite physically hurt straight after, so yeah, I was a bit worried for a few of those celebs around the table, but no, he\u2019s also one of the smartest blokes I\u2019ve ever come across.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n\u201cHe remembers everything, and I think that\u2019s the perfect way to play that game.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/div>\nMarler has become one of the breakout stars on Celebrity Traitors (BBC)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nGreg Evans<\/span>30 October 2025 16:30<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\nonathan Ross\u2019s best moments as the \u2018Big Dog\u2019<\/h3>\n\nAt long last, the Big Dog is no more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nSince the beginning of the series, the Faithfuls had been operating under the \u201cBig Dog theory\u201d<\/a> \u2013 an idea initially proposed by Joe Marler that suggested host Claudia Winkleman would have selected at least one very famous male celebrity to be part of the Traitors crew, meaning that players had their eyes set on both Ross and Stephen Fry, who are arguably the most well-known contestants this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nBut somehow, Ross survived several round tables as he led the Faithful astray and became their unofficial leader.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nEllie Muir looks back at his biggest and best moments on the show:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nGreg Evans<\/span>30 October 2025 16:00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\nCelebrity Traitors 2025 lineup \u2013 full list of contestants for the first all-star edition of the game show<\/h3>\n\nHere\u2019s a reminder of everyone who has taken part in Celebrity Traitors and their current status in the game:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nGreg Evans<\/span>30 October 2025 15:30<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\nThanks to La Voix and Alan Carr, the chaotic gay funnyman is back on the BBC<\/h3>\n\n\u2018Celebrity Traitors\u2019 and \u2018Strictly Come Dancing\u2019, the biggest shows on BBC One right now, have been dominated by a pair of withering gay comedians delighting in their own comic mercilessness. And it\u2019s a much-needed throwback to a long-gone era of Lily Savage, Julian Clary and Mrs Merton, writes Adam White:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThanks to La Voix and Alan Carr, the chaotic gay funnyman is back on the BBC<\/a><\/h3>\n\u2018Celebrity Traitors\u2019 and \u2018Strictly Come Dancing\u2019, the biggest shows on BBC One right now, have been dominated by a pair of withering gay comedians delighting in their own comic mercilessness. And it\u2019s a much-needed throwback to a long-gone era of Lily Savage, Julian Clary and Mrs Merton, writes Adam White<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter <\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe Celebrity Traitors<\/a> contestants have finally done it and bagged the first Traitor of the game as Jonathan Ross<\/a> was dramatically banished on Wednesday\u2019s episode. <\/p>\nIn one of the highlights of the series so far, Jonathan pretended to be a Faithful right until the very end, only revealing himself as a Traitor with the closing words of his exit speech. <\/p>\n
Ross received six of the eight votes at the roundtable, including two from his fellow traitors, with the charge against him led by rugby player Joe Marler<\/a>. Comedian Lucy Beaumont was \u201cmurdered\u201d at the start of the episode in the first face-to-face killing.<\/p>\nRelieved, the rest of the contestants celebrated after finally bagging a Traitor but the mood soon turned serious again when Claudia Winkleman revealed that the two remaining traitors, comedian Alan Carr<\/a> and singer Cat Burns, would have to conduct their next \u201cmurder\u201d in plain sight.<\/p>\nHowever, it won\u2019t be easy for Cat and Alan as they will have to murder a Faithful during a dinner party by raising a toast and saying: \u201cParting is such sweet sorrow\u201d, followed by the victim\u2019s name. In a further twist, from now on, the contestants will not have to reveal if they are a Faithful or a Traitor once they are eliminated adding a further layer of deception to the game.<\/p>\n
Will the Faithfuls suss out another Traitor, or will it be a victory for Cat and Alan in next week\u2019s final?<\/p>\n
The Celebrity Traitors continues on Thursday at 9pm on BBC One.<\/p>\n
\n\n<\/a><\/p>\n\nA wedding venue once owned by an opium trader: Inside the Celebrity Traitors castle<\/h3>\n\n\u201cThis game doesn\u2019t care who you are,\u201d declares presenter Claudia Winkleman at the start of the new celebrity series, striding across the gloomy Great Hall of Ardross Castle, a 19th-century house and estate north of Inverness in the Scottish Highlands<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\u201cIn here, your \u00adglamorous lives count for nothing,\u201d she tells celebrities including Paloma Faith, Stephen Fry, Jonathan Ross and Alan Car.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nArdross Castle is used in both the UK version of the show and the US adaptation hosted by Scottish actor Alan Cumming.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nThe day\u2019s missions take place on site, while the discussions, action and banishments are filmed among the castle<\/a>\u2019s lavish interiors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nIsobel Lewis has everything you need to know about the stunning building:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nGreg Evans<\/span>30 October 2025 17:30<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\nHow much are Celebrity Traitors being paid and what prize will the winner get?<\/h3>\n\nThe first-ever edition of Celebrity Traitors is entering its enthralling final weeks, with a huge prize pot up for grabs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nAccording to reports, the celebrities will be paid a flat fee of \u00a340,000 for appearing in the series.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nGreg Evans<\/span>30 October 2025 17:00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\nMarler \u2018born to play\u2019 Traitors and is mind-warping co-stars, says rugby friend<\/h3>\n\nJoe Marler was \u201cborn to play\u201d the game and is \u201cmind-warping\u201d all his co-stars in the BBC show, according to his friend and former England and Harlequins teammate Danny Care.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nCare told talkSPORT: \u201cAs soon as he told me he was going in, I said, I reckon you can win it, because he\u2019s born to play that game, he really is, and no one can ever work him out, and now he\u2019s in there with A-list celebrities, and you can see, he is mind-warping them all.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n\u201cThey have no idea what he\u2019s on about.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n\u201cI thought last night it might be the first, round table flip, and I thought he was going to whack Jonathan Ross, which I thought would be incredible, because I\u2019ve seen those eyes before, he was angry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n\u201cHe\u2019s doing amazing, we\u2019re all really proud of him, and yeah, he\u2019s smashing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nHe continued: \u201cHe is built different in physical stature and the way he is with people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n\u201cThose pearly blue eyes, they can melt you, but they can also, they can hurt you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n\u201cI\u2019ve seen those eyes before, where he gets angry, and then I\u2019ve seen people get quite physically hurt straight after, so yeah, I was a bit worried for a few of those celebs around the table, but no, he\u2019s also one of the smartest blokes I\u2019ve ever come across.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n\u201cHe remembers everything, and I think that\u2019s the perfect way to play that game.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\nMarler has become one of the breakout stars on Celebrity Traitors (BBC)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nGreg Evans<\/span>30 October 2025 16:30<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\nonathan Ross\u2019s best moments as the \u2018Big Dog\u2019<\/h3>\n\nAt long last, the Big Dog is no more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nSince the beginning of the series, the Faithfuls had been operating under the \u201cBig Dog theory\u201d<\/a> \u2013 an idea initially proposed by Joe Marler that suggested host Claudia Winkleman would have selected at least one very famous male celebrity to be part of the Traitors crew, meaning that players had their eyes set on both Ross and Stephen Fry, who are arguably the most well-known contestants this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nBut somehow, Ross survived several round tables as he led the Faithful astray and became their unofficial leader.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nEllie Muir looks back at his biggest and best moments on the show:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nGreg Evans<\/span>30 October 2025 16:00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\nCelebrity Traitors 2025 lineup \u2013 full list of contestants for the first all-star edition of the game show<\/h3>\n\nHere\u2019s a reminder of everyone who has taken part in Celebrity Traitors and their current status in the game:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nGreg Evans<\/span>30 October 2025 15:30<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\nThanks to La Voix and Alan Carr, the chaotic gay funnyman is back on the BBC<\/h3>\n\n\u2018Celebrity Traitors\u2019 and \u2018Strictly Come Dancing\u2019, the biggest shows on BBC One right now, have been dominated by a pair of withering gay comedians delighting in their own comic mercilessness. And it\u2019s a much-needed throwback to a long-gone era of Lily Savage, Julian Clary and Mrs Merton, writes Adam White:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThanks to La Voix and Alan Carr, the chaotic gay funnyman is back on the BBC<\/a><\/h3>\n\u2018Celebrity Traitors\u2019 and \u2018Strictly Come Dancing\u2019, the biggest shows on BBC One right now, have been dominated by a pair of withering gay comedians delighting in their own comic mercilessness. And it\u2019s a much-needed throwback to a long-gone era of Lily Savage, Julian Clary and Mrs Merton, writes Adam White<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe Celebrity Traitors<\/a> contestants have finally done it and bagged the first Traitor of the game as Jonathan Ross<\/a> was dramatically banished on Wednesday\u2019s episode. <\/p>\n In one of the highlights of the series so far, Jonathan pretended to be a Faithful right until the very end, only revealing himself as a Traitor with the closing words of his exit speech. <\/p>\n Ross received six of the eight votes at the roundtable, including two from his fellow traitors, with the charge against him led by rugby player Joe Marler<\/a>. Comedian Lucy Beaumont was \u201cmurdered\u201d at the start of the episode in the first face-to-face killing.<\/p>\n Relieved, the rest of the contestants celebrated after finally bagging a Traitor but the mood soon turned serious again when Claudia Winkleman revealed that the two remaining traitors, comedian Alan Carr<\/a> and singer Cat Burns, would have to conduct their next \u201cmurder\u201d in plain sight.<\/p>\n However, it won\u2019t be easy for Cat and Alan as they will have to murder a Faithful during a dinner party by raising a toast and saying: \u201cParting is such sweet sorrow\u201d, followed by the victim\u2019s name. In a further twist, from now on, the contestants will not have to reveal if they are a Faithful or a Traitor once they are eliminated adding a further layer of deception to the game.<\/p>\n Will the Faithfuls suss out another Traitor, or will it be a victory for Cat and Alan in next week\u2019s final?<\/p>\n The Celebrity Traitors continues on Thursday at 9pm on BBC One.<\/p>\n \u201cThis game doesn\u2019t care who you are,\u201d declares presenter Claudia Winkleman at the start of the new celebrity series, striding across the gloomy Great Hall of Ardross Castle, a 19th-century house and estate north of Inverness in the Scottish Highlands<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cIn here, your \u00adglamorous lives count for nothing,\u201d she tells celebrities including Paloma Faith, Stephen Fry, Jonathan Ross and Alan Car.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Ardross Castle is used in both the UK version of the show and the US adaptation hosted by Scottish actor Alan Cumming.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The day\u2019s missions take place on site, while the discussions, action and banishments are filmed among the castle<\/a>\u2019s lavish interiors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Isobel Lewis has everything you need to know about the stunning building:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Greg Evans<\/span>30 October 2025 17:30<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The first-ever edition of Celebrity Traitors is entering its enthralling final weeks, with a huge prize pot up for grabs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n According to reports, the celebrities will be paid a flat fee of \u00a340,000 for appearing in the series.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Greg Evans<\/span>30 October 2025 17:00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Joe Marler was \u201cborn to play\u201d the game and is \u201cmind-warping\u201d all his co-stars in the BBC show, according to his friend and former England and Harlequins teammate Danny Care.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Care told talkSPORT: \u201cAs soon as he told me he was going in, I said, I reckon you can win it, because he\u2019s born to play that game, he really is, and no one can ever work him out, and now he\u2019s in there with A-list celebrities, and you can see, he is mind-warping them all.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cThey have no idea what he\u2019s on about.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI thought last night it might be the first, round table flip, and I thought he was going to whack Jonathan Ross, which I thought would be incredible, because I\u2019ve seen those eyes before, he was angry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cHe\u2019s doing amazing, we\u2019re all really proud of him, and yeah, he\u2019s smashing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n He continued: \u201cHe is built different in physical stature and the way he is with people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cThose pearly blue eyes, they can melt you, but they can also, they can hurt you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI\u2019ve seen those eyes before, where he gets angry, and then I\u2019ve seen people get quite physically hurt straight after, so yeah, I was a bit worried for a few of those celebs around the table, but no, he\u2019s also one of the smartest blokes I\u2019ve ever come across.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cHe remembers everything, and I think that\u2019s the perfect way to play that game.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Marler has become one of the breakout stars on Celebrity Traitors (BBC)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n Greg Evans<\/span>30 October 2025 16:30<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n At long last, the Big Dog is no more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Since the beginning of the series, the Faithfuls had been operating under the \u201cBig Dog theory\u201d<\/a> \u2013 an idea initially proposed by Joe Marler that suggested host Claudia Winkleman would have selected at least one very famous male celebrity to be part of the Traitors crew, meaning that players had their eyes set on both Ross and Stephen Fry, who are arguably the most well-known contestants this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n But somehow, Ross survived several round tables as he led the Faithful astray and became their unofficial leader.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Ellie Muir looks back at his biggest and best moments on the show:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Greg Evans<\/span>30 October 2025 16:00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Here\u2019s a reminder of everyone who has taken part in Celebrity Traitors and their current status in the game:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Greg Evans<\/span>30 October 2025 15:30<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u2018Celebrity Traitors\u2019 and \u2018Strictly Come Dancing\u2019, the biggest shows on BBC One right now, have been dominated by a pair of withering gay comedians delighting in their own comic mercilessness. And it\u2019s a much-needed throwback to a long-gone era of Lily Savage, Julian Clary and Mrs Merton, writes Adam White:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018Celebrity Traitors\u2019 and \u2018Strictly Come Dancing\u2019, the biggest shows on BBC One right now, have been dominated by a pair of withering gay comedians delighting in their own comic mercilessness. And it\u2019s a much-needed throwback to a long-gone era of Lily Savage, Julian Clary and Mrs Merton, writes Adam White<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nA wedding venue once owned by an opium trader: Inside the Celebrity Traitors castle<\/h3>\n
How much are Celebrity Traitors being paid and what prize will the winner get?<\/h3>\n
Marler \u2018born to play\u2019 Traitors and is mind-warping co-stars, says rugby friend<\/h3>\n
<\/div>\nonathan Ross\u2019s best moments as the \u2018Big Dog\u2019<\/h3>\n
Celebrity Traitors 2025 lineup \u2013 full list of contestants for the first all-star edition of the game show<\/h3>\n
Thanks to La Voix and Alan Carr, the chaotic gay funnyman is back on the BBC<\/h3>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThanks to La Voix and Alan Carr, the chaotic gay funnyman is back on the BBC<\/a><\/h3>\n
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