The Celebrity Traitors is heading into its finale tonight, and last night's episode was packed with drama. The Faithful managed to eliminate another Traitor when James Acaster outed himself to his co-stars, leaving fellow Traitors Maya Jama and King Kenny in a precarious position. But James might have done his fellow Faithful a favour, as they made some pretty big mistakes that seem to have gone under the radar for now.
Maya Jama's Breakfast Toast Slip
Maya Jama is the last surviving original Traitor, so you'd expect her to have mastered the art of going under the radar by this point. Sadly, it seems not. When the Love Island presenter was sat at the breakfast table, all the contestants raised a glass to hunting down the remaining Traitors. During the toast, though, Maya said: 'To killing 'em'.
The gaffe seemed to catch the attention of James and Kenny, who immediately shot a look at their murderous co-conspirator. Luckily, the Faithful either weren't listening to Maya or they presumed she had misspoken and meant banishing. Still, with Michael Sheen now on her case, this is one slip-up that might come back to bite Maya on her green-cloaked bottom.
Kenny's Roundtable Confession
There was clearly something in the breakfast croissants yesterday, as King Kenny also made a mistake during the roundtable. While discussing which of the celebs might be a murderous Traitor, Kenny began with an attack on Michael Sheen, basically arguing that he's been such a big figure in the game that it's weird he hasn't been murdered. Unfortunately, while presenting the argument, Kenny said: 'As a Traitor myself'.
The admission prompted gasps online as it seemed like Kenny had basically admitted to his co-stars he was spending his nights in the turret cooking up killer plots. Still, he quickly continued 'I would have gotten rid of you', which seemed to frame the confession as a hypothetical scenario rather than him doing a James and just telling everyone he's got a green cloak in his wardrobe.
Romesh's Chalkboard Editing Error
This last 'mistake' is probably the most interesting and the easiest to explain. Eagle-eyed viewers have spotted that in one scene you can see that Romesh Ranganathan has written James's name on his chalkboard and turned it to the rest of the table. The problem was that the vote hadn't actually happened at that point.
So did Romesh just have an itchy chalk finger? Probably not; it seems likely that the editors wanted a reaction shot of Romesh and chose one from after they'd voted. Unfortunately, they missed the continuity error on the chalkboard, which has led to some minor confusion online. The Celebrity Traitors comes to a dramatic conclusion at 8 pm tonight on BBC One.
