A yawn trap in plain sight

On Thursday, 22 October, Ross Kemp became the latest celebrity to be murdered in the game, with Maya Jama, James Acaster and new recruit King Kenny acting as the traitors. The 62-year-old EastEnders star had spent much of his time in the castle wary of being killed in plain sight, and he had become especially sensitive to anyone coming close to him. The trio sprayed a perfume from a peacock bottle into a room and then tried to get a faithful player to yawn so they would breathe it in. Kemp was the one who yawned, and Acaster sealed the kill by asking "Sorry, am I boring you?" Kemp reacted to the news in his own words.

“Oh no, it had to happen at some point.”

Kemp said that a cheer, a hug or any other close contact could have meant anything, and he quoted Polonius's advice from Shakespeare as the guide he had tried to follow. In a closing message he addressed the traitors directly.

“Well played traitors, but you're always going to be traitors, and I know where you live.”

Jerry Hall banished at the roundtable

Jerry Hall, the 70-year-old American model and actress, received the most votes from the other players and was forced to leave the Scottish castle. Fellow contestants had turned their suspicions on her after she was accused of stirring the pot and behaving a little chaotically, and the confused Faithfuls at the Roundtable landed on her. The reveal of her banishment was met with groans, followed by a round of applause from the celebrity contestants. Host Claudia Winkleman told the players that they had just banished a legend. Hall admitted to making some mistakes but insisted she had always been a Faithful, and she said:

“I've loved being with you all. I've had the most fun. I haven't laughed so much in years.”

Acaster's refusal and the prize pot

The episode's riskiest challenge asked the Traitors to creep across creaking floorboards while blindfolded Faithfuls were building shields, and the Traitors were also responsible for building the prize pot. Shields built by Faithfuls protected whoever completed them from that night's murder. James Acaster refused to take part at all, convinced that even the slightest noise would give him away. He kept his blindfold on and did not communicate with Maya Jama and Kenny, who were on the other side of the room. Jama and Kenny attempted to sabotage the shield-making exercise but panicked at the very end, and the team secured no cash for the prize pot. Acaster's refusal frustrated his fellow Traitors.

The cliffhanger and what comes next

The Traitors selected their next victim from Romesh Ranganathan, Bash Croft and Miranda Hart, and the episode ended on that cliffhanger. Celebrity Traitors continues on BBC One on Friday, 23 October. Kenny, a new recruit, filled the vacancy left by Hannah Fry, who was banished at the roundtable and exposed as a traitor. Earlier in the series, comedian Joe Lycett was banished from the Scottish castle after his plea to be recruited backfired and he fell under suspicion. Lycett had been vocal about his hopes to join the traitors but remained faithful until the end.