James Acaster was banished in Celebrity Traitors Season 2 Episode 9 after telling the table he had been recruited as a traitor and did not want the role. The penultimate episode narrowed the field again, and the final now follows with Maya Jama under fresh suspicion after Michael Sheen’s warning.
Claudia closed the vote with, “You got one!” as the contestants sent Acaster out. That line landed after a roundtable in which the game’s pressure turned on one player and left the remaining three-traitor setup even tighter heading into the finish.
Michael Sheen and Maya Jama
Earlier in the episode, Michael Sheen told everyone that if he was murdered that night they should think back to how Maya acted at the roundtable. That pushed Maya Jama to the front of the list, and the show made the shift feel immediate rather than speculative.
At the same time, Maya Jama had a murder to execute with Kenny, so the suspicion around her sat inside the mechanics of the game rather than outside it. The episode did not just remove a contestant; it redirected attention toward the person most exposed when the vote landed.
James Acaster’s second traitor move
Later in episode nine, the contestants voted for James Acaster, and he declared himself a traitor for a second time before leaving. He also admitted that he had been recruited as a traitor and said he did not want to be one, which gave his exit a different weight from a routine banishment.
That detail matters because this was the penultimate episode, and the series had already seen two other contestants banished for declaring themselves traitors, with Joe Lycett previously out after saying he really wanted to be one. Acaster’s exit fit a pattern the game had already established: if a player says too much about where they stand, the room turns on them fast.
Maya Jama and Kenny
By the end of episode nine, Maya Jama and Kenny still had a murder to execute, and the identity of the winner was set to be revealed the next day. That leaves the final in a narrow, unstable position: one banishment has gone, one murder remains, and Maya now enters the finish as the name the others are most likely to circle.
For viewers, the practical takeaway is simple. James Acaster is out, the field is tighter, and the last episode now runs through whether Maya Jama can survive the suspicion Michael Sheen put on her before the vote closed.
