Who would have thought that sending 19 beloved British personalities to a gothic castle in Scotland would be so damn fun? And so very watchable? The first season of Celebrity Traitors was nothing short of an absolute treat. From Alan Carr’s profuse sweating to tittering over Celia Imrie’s utterly iconic fart (there are some words I never thought I’d type), it’s been a riot. But who won Celebrity Traitors?
In addition to all of the memeable moments through the series, there has been plenty of gripping gameplay, too. Let’s remind ourselves of the roller coaster ride: the 19 celebs rocked up to the castle in cars only to be swiftly driven to a makeshift graveyard where they dug their own graves searching for the first six shields. Later, Jonathan Ross, Cat Burns and Alan Carr were selected as the three Traitors.
In an unusual twist, it took the Faithful celebs a very, very long time to hunt one of them down. In the meantime, countless Faithful were murdered or banished. Annoyingly, everyone was kind of onto Jonathan Ross thanks to the popular Big Dog theory — but he wasn’t banished until last week.
After Alan murdered Celia Imrie in plain sight by quoting a few lines of Shakespeare at her (again, something never thought I’d type), the remaining group banished Kate Garraway. This left us with our five finalists: Traitors Alan Carr and Cat Burns, and Faithfuls David Olusoga, Joe Marler and Nick Mohammed.
In the final, players did not reveal their true identities when leaving the game, meaning the five remaining contestants were forced to make their final call on pure instinct.
So what happened in the final and who won Celebrity Traitors?
What happened in the Celebrity Traitors final?
In the penultimate episode, Joe Marler came up with yet another theory. But this time, he was right: he was convinced that Alan and Cat were the two Traitors in their midst and he sought out Nick and David to get them on side. (It didn’t help when Alan burst out laughing while saying “I’m a Faithful” — let’s face it, he was doomed.)
In the tense Celebrity Traitors finale, the group completed their sufficiently stressful escape room-esque train task before running through a lush green field to Claudia.
The tone quickly turned though, after the celebrities had to carry out their final banishments.
Nick and David made an alliance, agreeing to vote for Cat in an attempt to seal her fate. Meanwhile, though, Joe did an amazing job of flying undercover with the traitors by forming his own alliance with Cat and Alan and agreeing to vote for David.
Ultimately, however, when it came time to vote, while Cat and Alan voted for David as planned, Joe successfully pulled the rug out from under the traitors, with Joe voting for Cat too. Bravo on your poker face, sir. Immaculately executed on your part. But did Alan make it out alive and win it for the traitors?
At the end of the finale, the group gathered around the fire pit to cast their final judgement, with each of them voting to banish again in the belief that there were remaining traitors in their midst.
So who won Celebrity Traitors? Did Joe Marler’s hunch pay off?
Who won Celebrity Traitors?
First up, meet our runners-up…
The runners-up
Cat Burns: banished at the round table
PHOTOGRAPHER:,Paul Chappells
