Spoiler warning: This summary reveals events from episode seven of The Celebrity Traitors.
Episode seven served up one of the most dramatic palace coups of the series when Jonathan Ross tried to save himself by throwing his fellow traitors under the bus — and spectacularly misfired. His bid to deflect suspicion onto Cat Burns and Alan Carr was picked up by both, and at a tense round-table they turned on him, voting Ross out of the game. Burns even managed to spell his name wrong on the ballot, adding insult to injury.
With the traitors’ alliance fractured, Ross received the most votes and left the castle in scenes fans are already calling one of the franchise’s most memorable exits. The talk show host delivered a stinging farewell, telling the group he had no idea what they were doing wrong and calling them “idiots”. He then claimed he had been “completely Faithful… to the traitors,” a line that left players and viewers stunned.
Joe Marler, visibly shaken, described Ross’s send-off as “the most ridiculous bow out,” and the remaining faithful erupted into celebration — finally catching one of the traitors, and a high-profile one at that. Ross, wearing his trademark green jacket and sunglasses during his time in the game, accepted his fate with good grace on camera, saying he felt relieved and was glad Alan had targeted him. On the Celebrity Traitors Uncloaked podcast he advised would-be traitors to “don’t be too loud, don’t be too quiet,” praising Alan and Cat for their balanced approach.
Earlier in the episode the traitors carried out another face-to-face murder: comedian Lucy Beaumont, who had been on the losing chess team, was taken out at the giant chess board. Beaumont appeared genuinely shocked when the hood came off and she realised the three were the traitors. She told them, “I’m not happy with you at all — you played this really, really well.” The reveal also prompted the familiar surprise reaction to Alan Carr’s identity under the hood.
Carr reflected on the rawness of the moment, saying killing in person had been “so harsh, and so raw,” and joking that he felt like the Grim Reaper. Kate Garraway, who had been on the losing team with Beaumont, escaped being murdered but admitted she was hurt by the cool reception she received at breakfast the next morning. “Nobody’s pleased to see me,” she complained, lamenting that she didn’t come up with many theories to defend herself. “I’m so useless, I can’t bear it,” she added with rueful humour.
The episode also featured one of the show’s signature challenges, with Alan Carr providing comic relief as he negotiated a rickety bridge. He shrieked his way across to victory, prompting Garraway to offer supportive (and lightly patronising) encouragement. On finishing, Carr delivered one of the episode’s more memorable lines: “God my testicles. I feel like a winner and a eunuch.”
Entertainment reporter Indigo Stafford summed up the night: the traitors’ alliance was undone, and the game had turned ruthlessly in favour of the faithful. As the contestants regroup, it’s clear alliances are fragile and that a single bold move can upend the whole field.
The Celebrity Traitors airs on BBC One on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:00 BST and is available on BBC iPlayer. There will be nine episodes in this series.
