The second episode of Celebrity Traitors has seen Paloma Faith murdered with a slow-acting poison by Alan Carr – truly a sentence few would have anticipated reading this week.
Carr, who was selected to be a traitor alongside singer-songwriter Cat Burns and TV presenter Jonathan Ross, touched Faith’s face with pollen from a “dark lily”. However, Faith survived until the morning, with she and the rest of the faithfuls tasked with figuring out which one of their own had been killed via a game set in a graveyard.
Faith’s murder was met with a mix of sadness and shock by the rest of the faithfuls, with Kate Garraway exclaiming “I’m flabbergasted!” at the sight of Faith being shoved into a coffin.
This remark came back to bite Garraway, however, with Tom Daley and Tameka Empson both making note of her apparent “over-reaction” to Faith’s demise. As the episode continued, suspicion was cast on Garraway by multiple faithfuls, while YouTuber Niko Omilana also drew distrust.
The episode culminated with presenter Claudia Winkleman gathering the cast at the very first roundtable, which saw them voting to boot out the person they most believe to be a traitor – but only after some tense interrogations. There, Garraway defended her actions by proclaiming “I’m just a ham!”, but few seemed entirely convinced.
A cliffhanger ending saw Stephen Fry tasked with what could be the deciding vote, with Garraway receiving three votes (from actor Ruth Codd, Empson, and Burns), Omilana receiving three (from Carr, comedian Lucy Beaumont and rugby player Joe Marler), Empson receiving two (from Garraway and actor Mark Bonnar), and Daley receiving one (from Omilana).
Celebrity Traitors will continue next Wednesday at 9pm.
Key Points
- Celebrity Traitors 2025 lineup – full list of contestants for the first all-star edition of the game show
- When are the episodes released and how can I stream it?
- How much are Celebrity Traitors being paid and what prize will the winner get?
- The Celebrity Traitors review: It’s still the camp and menacing show we know and love – with a stonking all-star cast
- Why Alan Carr is all of us in The Celebrity Traitors
Let's talk money!
06:00 , Adam WhiteCurious how much the contestants of Celebrity Traitors are being paid? Greg Evans has the lowdown on the rumoured salaries...
How much are Celebrity Traitors being paid and what prize will the winner get?
Who was Paloma suspicious of?
05:00 , Adam WhiteOn Uncloaked, Paloma revealed who’d raised her suspicions during her time on the show, confirming that if she survived to the roundtable she would have voted for... Tom Daley!
“I felt like his outfit at the funeral was very serial killer-y,” she joked. “It was very American Psycho, with the buttons all the way down! I was like... oh my god, he’s a psychopath.”
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Katie Rosseinsky also shared her thoughts on Celebrity Traitors in a very positive review of the new series on Friday, writing: “Traitors diehards were fearful that a celebrity version would go against everything that made it so watchable. But, based on this opener at least, they don’t have anything to worry about – this new spin-off stays faithful to the show we know and love.”
The Celebrity Traitors review: It’s still the camp and menacing show we know and love
Why Alan Carr is all of us in The Celebrity Traitors
02:00 , Adam WhiteStill, it is undeniable that Alan is the runaway star of this series so far. Just ask Helen Coffey, who wrote this lovely piece published yesterday about the brilliance of choosing him to be a traitor...
Alan Carr... bad traitor?
01:00 , Adam WhiteWe should probably talk a little about Alan’s slight… loudness as a traitor.
Jonathan noted him giving him a wink at a very busy bonfire, Cat was worried about how loose he’s being with chatting all things traitorous while vaguely in the company of others. Come on, Alan, taper it down a little!
On Uncloaked, Paloma mentioned that she had picked up on Alan’s sweatiness, too, which she hadn’t noticed during their years of friendship.
Despite tabloid reports that Paloma was allegedly furious about being murdered by Alan Carr, she has expressed her forgiveness.
“I maintain to this day that, if the shoe was on the other foot, I wouldn’t have done that,” Paloma explained on Uncloaked, after being asked whether time has healed her sense of betrayal over being murdered by Alan Carr.
“I don’t think he should have done it to me, and I’m surprised that he did. But he is extremely loveable and I’ve spoken to him since and I do forgiveness quite an easy thing, so I love him.”
Paloma's thoughts on the exposed traitors!
23:00 , Adam WhiteOn spin-off show The Celebrity Traitors: Uncloaked, freshly murdered Paloma Faith said she had “no suspicions at all” about Jonathan Ross, after learning he was a traitor all along. She was more surprised by Cat Burns, proclaiming “oh my god, these people just killed me out of malice!”
But she reserved her most shock for Alan Carr. “Bang out of order! I hope they never call me again, and I mean that!”
“I feel even more betrayed now -- by Jonathan and Alan, and actually Cat because she’s on the same record label as me and she should have some loyalty.”
We’re gonna miss Paloma, aren’t we?
Cliffhanger ending!
22:01 , Adam WhiteOoh those little cheats! Stephen is up next, but we have cut to credits. Who will be eliminated? Find out next Wednesday, sigh.
Cat has voted for Kate, citing her “loudness”.
Three for Kate, three for Niko, two for Tameka, one for Tom.
Niko has voted for Tom, saying “The UK’s golden boy might have a good traitor streak in him.”
Poor, seemingly doomed Kate has voted for Tameka.
Joe has voted for Niko.
Lucy has voted for Niko.
This is tense!
The votes are in! Ruth has voted for Kate, citing her “changed behaviour” and “more animated” expressions whenever traitor-nonsense occurs.
Tameka votes for Kate, too. Citing the same.
Alan votes for Niko.
Mark votes for Tameka for “inconsistencies in behaviour”.
We’ve reached the part of the show where everyone’s just going around in circles a bit, aren’t they?
Kate, Tameka, Niko and Tom have all been marked for suspicion, but often due to “overreactions” or vague suggestions of game playing. Everyone’s just grasping at straws, which I suppose is how The Traitors has always functioned.
Anyway, now it is time for the votes...
Niko is doing a good job defending himself, by the way. Suspicion has fallen on him, with suggestion that he deliberately put himself in one of the coffins earlier to throw people off the scent. But this theory, as Niko correctly suggests, is pretty silly.
Next up for suspicion: Tameka, Mark saying that her reaction to the coffin task was over-the-top.
Perhaps these are all very dramatic famous people doing the absolute most because they’re very dramatic famous people?
Fashion interlude!
21:53 , Adam WhiteA quick interjection courtesy of our fashion writers!
Claudia has brought her sartorial A-game to compete with the starry – and stylish – A-lister contestants. In episode one, the presenter debuted a mega pair of Givenchy boots and an elegant Chloe military-style coat. But for this episode, Claudia’s stylist Sinead McKeefry has upped the ante with the punk-infused outfits – think black stomper boots, ruffled shirts and even a lace veil for the “funeral”. Find out the full outfit details from the first two episodes below.
After Stephen quotes Sherlock Holmes (naturally), we get to the good stuff. Kate addresses that she’s aware people are suspicious of her. Cat offers her two cents: “In the mission today, I didn’t know whether your larger response to Paloma’s [murder] was an overcompensation or a genuine feeling.”
“I’m a massive ham!” Kate replies.
“You’re celebrities. You’re used to people lying to you. ‘I loved that show’. ‘That’s a great jacket’. ‘I listened to that particular podcast twice’.”
At the first roundtable, Claudia continues to prove herself the best in the business with this show.
In conversation with Alan, Cat and Charlotte, Tom has mentioned Kate’s “I’m flabbergasted!” remark.
“You can’t just call someone a traitor because they have a better vocabulary than you,” Alan jokes.
Everyone is still a bit destabilised by Paloma’s untimely murder as they gear up for the first roundtable.
Also Tom may have missed a button.
More suspects, more problems
21:42 , Adam WhiteOoh, on the car ride back, Clare has turned her suspicion on Alan! ... Cat (naturally) goes along with this.
Meanwhile, Tameka is highly suspicious of Kate, Mark is highly suspicious of Tameka.
Could it be that everyone is throwing celebrity darts at a board full of celebrities and no one actually knows what they’re talking about? Celebs! They’re just like us!
Everyone's sad
21:39 , Adam WhiteThe cast must now choose which of Lucy, Paloma and Niko must be locked in their coffin permanently, in order to bank £4,00 more. They’ve guessed that Lucy is the person actually murdered -- but this is not true!
Claudia confirms that in fact Paloma has died, leaving everyone shocked and saddened.
Champion side-eye by Tom to Kate’s cry of “that was flabbergasting!” He’s got her (incorrect) number!
Paloma... dead??
21:36 , Adam WhiteSo the cast have successfully deduced that Paloma may have been murdered. “I feel so bad seeing Paloma get in the coffin,” Alan says. “I popped you in that coffin.”
They’ve banked £2,000 extra, but everyone’s quite bummed out.
Back to the graveyard
21:33 , Adam WhiteSo the players have been called to the foreboding celebrity graveyard that opened the first episode. This week’s challenge involves the cast having to figure out which celebrity has been murdered using a series of clues. The murdered faithful and two other players — who have been chosen by the traitors, twist! — must lie in their coffins, too.
So far they have deduced that Nick and Niko are potential murdered-in-waiting...
Also can we have a (further) conversation about this please?
Debrief!
21:22 , Adam WhiteI feel like I had so little interactions yesterday for me to be ‘got’,” Paloma suggests during a post-breakfast debrief. However, “Niko hugged me!” she suddenly remembers.
Niko’s name is coming up a lot, isn’t it?
Later, Jonathan takes Kate aside and tells her that her name has been “coming up” too. What a dastardly, terribly dressed man!
Tom and Charlotte are also a bit suspicious of Niko now. Tom, this show’s compact little armchair detective, also has a theory: that the Traitors may have been surprised by the twist this morning, too.
Separately, Celia is suspicious of Charlotte because she gave up her shield yesterday. Oh Celia, don’t cast doubt on my sound bowl queen, yeesh.
So Paloma is… still here. So is she dead? Or imminently dead? Everyone is confused. But this is a “slow-acting poison” apparently, whatever that means. Once Claudia arrives, she clears everything up. “By the end of today’s mission, [the murdered person] will be dead,” she tells them.
Meanwhile, when it comes to suspects, Jonathan has thrown a cat among the pigeons here, suggesting Niko has been behaving “differently” since Claudia selected her traitors.
Clare, meanwhile, has a “sneaking suspicion” about Kate Garraway, claiming to Cat (lol) that Kate had an “overreaction” after taking her blindfold off. And Tom echoed this, suggesting Kate is being “a bit louder” than he imagined at the breakfast table.
The morning after...
21:11 , Adam WhiteDid I curse Paloma with my “inexplicably loud outfit” remark? I’m slightly sad. Lovely Paloma Faith, dead at the hand of bespectacled murderer Alan Carr.
The next morning, the faithfuls (and secret traitors) are slowly gathering for breakfast. Alan has explained that he hopes to maintain his “dithery” persona to the rest of the cast, while everyone awaits to see who hasn’t survived the night.
Also, separately, can we have a quick conversation about this, please?
Alan has murdered Paloma Faith!
21:08 , Adam WhiteGood god, that was a shock
“I’ve murdered one of my best friends,” Alan explains to the other traitors.
And we're off!
21:05 , Adam WhiteSo we kick off tonight with Alan walking around the house with a mug of tea... and a hand full of poisoned pollen!
“I’m really up against the clock,” he says. “How am I gonna touch someone’s face?”
Suspects!
20:30 , Adam WhiteSo going into tonight, there already seem to be a few faithfuls who’ve been targeted for suspicion. One seems to be Good Morning Britain stalwart Kate Garraway, whose whole “look me in the eyes and tell me you’re not a Traitor” game seemed to backfire a little.
Also on watch is Clare Balding, with many seeming to believe her oopsie involving a big mechanical lever in a challenge involving a giant horse on wheels (Context? Where we’re going, we don’t need context!) was in fact a big traitorous ruse designed to screw everyone over.
Poor Clare, doomed by her very relatable inability to read clear instructions before smashing and breaking things.
With this in mind, though, Clare is likely the most safe from tonight’s ‘flower dust of evil’ murder – because why kill off the most useful of your fellow celebrities at this point?
Night two is imminent!
19:59 , Adam WhiteHello faithfuls! Adam White here to guide you through another evening of camp murder nonsense and inexplicably loud Paloma Faith outfits. As recapped above by my colleague Greg, we’re currently stranded in a cliffhanger ending that involved Alan Carr slathering his fingers in the flower dust that kills you, with tonight’s episode presumably beginning with Alan planting said dust over the doomed albeit recognisable face of one of his fellow celebrities.
Who will meet their dusty fate? Sound bath queen Charlotte Church? Vaguely patronising helper of the elderly Nick Mohammed? [Checks notes] YouTube prankster (?) Niko Omilana?
We’ll know all in about an hour...
