Scottish actress Sharon Rooney has become the latest star to be "murdered" on The Celebrity Traitors, falling victim to a strategic strike ahead of the final.
Rooney's exit came after she and comedian Joanne McNally both drew heavy suspicion during a tense roundtable clash. McNally was banished first after competitor King Kenny used a "double dagger" power to cast the deciding two votes against her. Rooney was subsequently targeted by the cloaked Traitors overnight.
Traitors' Strategic Strike
Seeking to destabilise the remaining Faithfuls and create disorder within the group, the covert trio—King Kenny, television presenter Maya Jama, and stand-up comic James Acaster—selected Rooney as their casualty in the penultimate episode.
Reacting to her elimination from the BBC reality series, Rooney immediately pointed suspicion toward one of the culprits, stating: "I think this was Maya Jama, I think that is her love heart and her kisses."
McNally's Farewell
After her fate was decided, McNally said: "I've had such an amazing time with all of you, it's been one of the best experiences of my adult life, I actually feel emotional…"
She added: "It has been amazing, thanks so much for all making it what it was, I'm premenstrual. I've had such a great time, I am a hardcore faithful."
Mission and Tension
During Thursday's show, Jama attracted heat when she toasted her fellow contestants by saying: "To killing them, banishing them even."
For the mission, the celebrities were tasked with matching the severed 'heads' of celebrities who had left the show with their buried bodies, with teams splitting into one in the lab, where the heads were, and one in the garden where the bodies were. Those in the lab had to relay screams to their contestants in the garden in order to match the heads and bodies.
The Celebrity Traitors continues on BBC One.
