Celebrity Traitors fans are convinced they have spotted the 'game-breaking' moment that left producers scrambling, after the Faithful handed an unknown power to three Traitors in last night's episode.
Early in the season, rumours surfaced that producers were forced to react to a supposedly 'game-breaking twist' no one had seen coming. The exact source of the rumour is unclear, but speculation has been rife on Reddit and social media about what this moment could be.
The Dagger theory
Theories have ranged from James Acaster's filming break to Richard E. Grant's admission as a Traitor, while some fans think it is yet to come. Others, however, believe the moment arrived in last night's episode, when the Faithful decided to give an unknown power to James Acaster, King Kenny, and Maya Jama – all of whom are Traitors.
More specifically, they think the power of The Dagger, which allows a person to double-nominate someone for banishment, was a last-minute switch, and the original ability was going to be a lot more powerful.
'I read a rumour that the game-breaking power was supposed to be the Power of the Pardon, same as the US series, which is the ability to reverse the result of the roundtable by giving a banished person a second chance to come back,' wrote Reddit user eliarbss.
'But when the three Traitors were chosen as the three people to decide on the power, they changed it to a dagger with a double vote. Obviously pure speculation,' they added.
Fan speculation
Other fans echoed the theory. 'It seems to be all 3 Traitors being chosen for what ended up being the double vote power,' agreed keepitupstairs2. 'The exact same task in the US series that shoots around the same time had a much more thrilling power, so it seems the producers had to scrap it for UK Celeb when all 3 were picked.'
'Yeah, it likely was the producers having to change the
