Emotions run high at the round table as Celebrity Traitors banish two players
In the third episode of The Celebrity Traitors, actor Richard E Grant became the first traitor to be identified and banished by the group. The episode featured high-tension gameplay and dramatic reactions from fellow contestants.
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Image caption, Actress Sharon Rooney was visibly shocked to find which players returned to breakfast during Thursday's episode
Spoiler warning: This article reveals details from the third episode of The Celebrity Traitors, series two.
We're used to raised voices, conflicting theories and lost tempers on Celebrity Traitors, where the round table normally results in a dramatic showdown. But as this year's first vote got under way, the writing was on the castle wall.
Viewers who often get frustrated with the faithful and root for them to uncover a traitor had their wish firmly Richard E Grant-ed on Thursday, as the actor was banished in a landslide vote.
His unusual strategy of revealing he was a traitor to the other celebrities in the bar led to the first time in the UK version of the show that a traitor has been identified at the opening round table.
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