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Celebrity Traitors producer on cliffhanger ending: Nobody wants to go home first

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Harding, L. (2026, October 1). Celebrity Traitors producer on cliffhanger ending: Nobody wants to go home first. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/amol-rajan-james-acaster-ross-kemp-alan-carr-bella-ramsey-b1299232.html

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Evening Standard · collected 2026-10-01 · by Laura Harding

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Sarah Fay, the executive producer of "Celebrity Traitors," revealed that the cliffhanger ending of the first episode was inspired by Paloma Faith's early death in the previous series. The new twist involves contestants pleading to become traitors or face certain death, mirroring Faith’s situation last year where she became a victim without such an option. Comedian Ed Gamble, who hosts an accompanying show called Uncloaked, praised the unpredictability and intensity of the game, highlighting the moment when Ross Kemp, the mission leader, reacts nervously to being touched by Little Mix star Leigh-Anne Pinnock. The second episode continues on BBC One at 8pm Friday.
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Laura Harding
24 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 Discussing the decision to take her out, Acaster said: “She’s a good detective, she’s looking at all of us, she is the most likely to wake up one day and say ‘it’s Maya, Kenny and James’.”
🔮 A number of roles will also be cut as a result of the broadcast closures, including ten in Scotland.
🔮 A larger memorial service for the Childline founder is expected to take place at a later date, with details yet to be announced.
🔮 Pleading his case as he fell under suspicion, Lycett said it would be “too obvious” for the traitors to recruit him.
🔮 Acaster spoke to Hesmondhalgh soon afterwards and told her that at that stage in the game, before the traitors knew who each other were, they would not be sharing theories because they might inadvertently incriminate an ally.
🔮 They announced their engagement in May 2026, sharing a video of the scenic proposal, showing Clarke getting down on one knee on the beach at sunset.
🔮 Lord Archer previously said Adam & Eve, a historical fiction novel set during the Second World War, would be his final book.
🔮 They came face to face with traitors Richard E Grant and Maya Jama and had to make their case to join their ranks, rather than face certain death.
🔮 The veteran actor left the Celebrity Traitors stars shocked when he blabbed in the show’s opening episode, just minutes after the first roundtable, leaving many to believe it could not possibly be true.
🔮 “This museum will be the largest exhibit of my life and career, filled with the stories, songs, and memories I’ve carried.
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BBC One Little Mix

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Paloma PERSON · 2× Ross Kemp PERSON · 2× Bella Ramsey PERSON · 1× Ed Gamble PERSON · 1× Leigh-Anne Pinnock PERSON · 1× Maya Jama PERSON · 1× Paloma Faith PERSON · 1× Paloma Faith’s PERSON · 1× Richard E Grant PERSON · 1× Sarah Fay PERSON · 1×

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Comedian Ed Gamble, who hosts spin-off show Uncloaked said: “It’s so fun being in a room and watching that moment happen, and being reassured that it is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen on TV. “The moment he gets touched on the arm, having already thought Bella Ramsey putting a captain’s hat on him is a murder in plain sight during the first mission. “What a variety of man lives within the Ross Kemp sphere.
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🔮 They came face to face with traitors Richard E Grant and Maya Jama and had to make their case to join their ranks, rather than face certain death.
2026-10-01 · Evening Standard
Celebrity Traitors producer on cliffhanger ending: Nobody wants to go home first · assertive framing

Claims (16 extracted, 1 hedged)

Paloma Faith’s early death in the first series of Celebrity Traitors inspired the dramatic cliffhanger at the end of the first episode of the new series, the show’s executive producer has said. asserted
producer → inspire → series
They came face to face with traitors Richard E Grant and Maya Jama and had to make their case to join their ranks, rather than face certain death. asserted
They → come → death
The episode concluded before the traitors made their selection and viewers will have to tune in to episode two to find out who gets murdered and who gets a cloak. asserted
who → conclude → cloak
The move was inspired by the early death of singer Paloma Faith, who was the first star to be murdered in the first series of the hit show. asserted
who → inspire → show
Celebrity Traitors producer Sarah Fay said: “I think no-one wants to go home first, I think Paloma showed that last year. asserted
Paloma → say → that
“What we wanted to do this year is, wouldn’t it have been interesting if Paloma would have had the chance to have plead for her life? asserted
Paloma → want → life
How would that have changed last series? asserted
that → change → series
“So that sprung the little seed of an idea of what we wanted to do with the twist at the end of this episode. asserted
we → spring → episode
“Going home first is a massive thing, but if you can slightly put the power back in their hands and see how they can plead for their lives, plead to become a traitor. asserted
they → go → lives
Read More After Little Mix star Leigh-Anne Pinnock touched his arm, he was nervous again that he had just had his death warrant signed. asserted
warrant → read → arm
Comedian Ed Gamble, who hosts spin-off show Uncloaked said: “It’s so fun being in a room and watching that moment happen, and being reassured that it is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen on TV. “The moment he gets touched on the arm, having already thought Bella Ramsey putting a captain’s hat on him is a murder in plain sight during the first mission. “What a variety of man lives within the Ross Kemp sphere. asserted
variety → host → sphere
He’s a big hard man running that mission, and then immediately terrified of a member of Little Mix touching him on the arm. asserted
member → ’ → arm
That’s incredible. asserted
That → ’ → ?
“But I think that’s something we don’t even think about really when we’re watching it, the amount of paranoia that must be in there, especially if you’ve watched the game and you know going in there things could be different this time. uncertain
things → think → game
“The fact it’s Ross Kemp is just perfect.” asserted
it → ’ → ?
Celebrity Traitors continues on BBC One on Friday at 8pm. asserted
Traitors → continue → pm
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