{"id":818991,"date":"2026-10-30T19:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T19:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/818991\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T19:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T19:48:09","slug":"anticipation-builds-for-the-celebrity-traitors-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/818991\/","title":{"rendered":"Anticipation builds for The Celebrity Traitors finale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;After episode eight, I said &#8216;this is a traitors&#8217; win, it&#8217;s going to be a slightly boring finale&#8217;,&#8221; Collier added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Now, she says she &#8220;cannot wait&#8221; for the finale: &#8220;It&#8217;s going to be a fabulous final.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ranganathan survived earlier elimination when his close friend and fellow comedian Rob Beckett was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cq4g17j1ej95o\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">picked off by the traitors in a face-to-face murder<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">After discovering his fate, Beckett said: &#8220;I know one thing &#8211; my boy Romesh will avenge my death and he will get them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Joe Marler, a former England International rugby player from Heathfield, East Sussex, made it to the final of the first celebrity series before being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cdjrny1m4rxo\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pipped to the prize by traitor Alan Carr<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Marler <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cvy0r8errpl2o\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previously told BBC South East<\/a> the latest season was &#8220;carnage&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Richard E Grant coming out like that, straight off the bat &#8211; I&#8217;m hooked.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dr Gemma Graham, head of the psychology department at the University of Brighton, told BBC Radio Sussex the series is a &#8220;perfect game of deception&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;As the viewers, we know who the traitors are so we&#8217;re screaming at the TV going what are you doing?&#8221;, she added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Collier agreed: &#8220;It&#8217;s really easy from the sofa, so easy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Not so much when you&#8217;re in there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 80-minute grand final of The Celebrity Traitors season two airs at 20:00 GMT on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/live\/bbcone\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BBC One<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episodes\/m002csng\/the-celebrity-traitors?seriesId=m002csng-structural-2-m0030pxs\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BBC iPlayer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Follow BBC Sussex on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BBCSussex\/\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook, external<\/a>, on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BBCSussex\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow\">X, external<\/a>, and on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bbcsussex\/\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram, external<\/a> and listen to BBC Radio Sussex <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/live\/bbc_radio_sussex\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on Sounds<\/a>. 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