When is the traitors finale? The latest episode of Celebrity Traitors made the answer feel easier to read, because only 1 celebrity is actually playing the game. James Acaster’s refusal to take part in the blindfolded shield-building task left the endgame looking thinner, not tighter.
James Acaster and the shield task
James Acaster refused to play during the blindfolded shield-building task and later said, “I was too scared,” in the turret. That single choice matters because the task was supposed to force decisions under pressure, and instead it exposed how little resistance the game is getting from the cast.
Kenny was not much help during the same task, while Miranda said, “The floorboards were creaking next to me,” before later telling James Blunt she suspected Joanne McNalley. The episode kept pushing movement through the castle, but the gameplay stayed loose enough that suspicion drifted more than it landed.
Miranda, Sharon Rooney, Jerry Hall
Miranda later said, “The bouncing floor theory. It’s debunked. It doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the person next to me,” at the Round Table. Sharon Rooney then told the camera, “My good friend Ross Kemp was murdered in plain sight last night,” before adding, “When I saw the perfume, I thought, ah maybe Ross was murdered in plain sight by perfume.”
Jerry Hall was banished after the Round Table, but the broader problem stayed in place. Celebrity Traitors has been missing the backstabbing, Round Table showdowns and ruthless gameplay that usually make the final stretch hard to read, and the latest episode leaned even more toward dance routines, dirt moustaches and murder by yawning than strategy.
Fire of Truth ending
That is why the endgame now looks so predictable: if 1 celebrity is truly driving the game, the path to the Fire of Truth narrows fast, and the show stops feeling like a contest between 3 players. The smartest read from here is simple — the final run is more about watching who keeps up the act than wondering whether the act still works.
