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("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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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.
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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.
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I → tell → that
“I couldn’t just go, ‘guys it’s me, vote for me, but that’s all I can do really’.
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I → go → me
Acaster said he had pointed out the perfume bottles, which killed Kemp during the murder, on purpose.
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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.
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I → receive → Traitors
“I’m really proud to say that’s what I’ve been able to do, under the circumstances.
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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.”
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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.
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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”.
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they → suspect → heat
Sheen then pointed out that Acaster was the only one who did not leave the library during Kemp’s murder.
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who → point → murder
It all came after actress Sharon Rooney was murdered and comedian Joanne McNally was banished ahead of Friday’s final.
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McNally → come → final
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Social media star King Kenny, Jama and Acaster said they killed Rooney to create confusion among the faithfuls.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
“
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I → decide → life
I’ve had such a great time, I am a hardcore faithful.”
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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they → match → 64,500
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