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0 of 16 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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The 41-year-old was banished from the castle during Thursday’s penultimate episode of the BBC reality gameshow, after a discussion about former EastEnders star Ross Kemp’s plain sight murder, in which he struggled to defend himself.
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he → banish → himself
He told the 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 (Winkleman, the show’s presenter) 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
Acaster became the second traitor to announce his identity to his fellow contestants during this year’s series, after actor Richard E Grant said he was a traitor mere moments after being chosen earlier in the series, leading to him being banished.
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him → become → series
Earlier in Thursday’s episode, actress Sharon Rooney was murdered and comedian Joanne McNally was banished from the castle.
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McNally → murder → castle
Traitors, TV presenter Maya Jama and social media star King Kenny, and faithfuls, singer James Blunt, Little Mix star Leigh-Anne Pinnock, actor Michael Sheen, comedian Romesh Ranganathan, and actor Sebastian Croft, are left to compete in Friday’s final.
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faithfuls → leave → final
Viewers did not get an indication of who Jama and King Kenny were planning to murder at the end of Thursday’s show.
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Jama → get → show
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Jama attracted heat during the beginning of the episode, when she toasted her fellow contestants by saying: “To killing them, banishing them even.”
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she → read → them
During Thursday’s mission, contestants collected £5,000 for the prize pot, bringing it to a total of £64,500.
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contestants → collect → 64,500
The show sees 21 celebrity contestants take part, with those assigned as faithfuls attempting to identify the contestants who have been made traitors.
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who → see → contestants
The traitors “kill off” players in the middle of the night.
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traitors → kill → night
The stars are playing the game at Ardross Castle in the Highlands, with a cash prize of up to £100,000 for a charity of their choice up for grabs.
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stars → play → grabs
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