{"id":557630,"date":"2025-11-08T17:00:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T17:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/557630\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T17:00:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T17:00:21","slug":"the-celebrity-traitors-winner-announced-as-star-bursts-into-tears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/557630\/","title":{"rendered":"The Celebrity Traitors winner announced as star bursts into tears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Viewers said it was the &#8220;TV moment of the year&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>22:08, 06 Nov 2025Updated 11:41, 08 Nov 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/3_p0kl36fc-1.jpg\" alt=\"The fingerless gloves are on as Claudia Winkleman returns to The Traitors castle \" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Claudia Winkleman returned to The Traitors castle for a jam-packed celebrity series(Image: BBC)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"liverpoolecho\">The winner of Celebrity Traitors has finally been revealed as the star was in floods of tears. Viewers have enjoyed tuning into The Celebrity Traitors every Wednesday and Thursday on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/bbc\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a> One. The finale episode aired on Thursday after an exciting series filled with drama, suspense and<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/news\/tv\/traitors-2025-what-time-finale-32821867\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" iconic moments.Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"> iconic moments.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"liverpoolecho\">Hosted by Claudia Winkleman, the celebrity edition of the popular TV show has seen <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/tv\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"a batch of famous faces Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">a batch of famous faces <\/a>make their way into the castle with the chance to prove themselves as either a Faithful or a Traitor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"liverpoolecho\">Last month, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/the-traitors\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">19 celebrities descended on the Scottish castle<\/a>. The finalists were Faithfuls David Olusoga, Nick Mohammed and Joe Marler, as well as Traitors Alan and Cat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"liverpoolecho\">The iconic game of deception and betrayal <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/news\/showbiz-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"has featured a huge list of starsLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">has featured a huge list of stars<\/a> including actor and broadcaster Sir Stephen Fry, Olympian Tom Daley, singer Charlotte Church and<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/the-traitors\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" TV presenter Kate Garraway.Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"> TV presenter Kate Garraway.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"liverpoolecho\">From<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/news\/tv\/celebrity-traitors-viewers-say-same-32693775\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" Celia Imrie finding an unexpectedly hilarious wayLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"> Celia Imrie finding an unexpectedly hilarious way<\/a> to ease the tension during one of the show\u2019s supposedly spooky challenges, to the glorious chaos brought by<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/news\/tv\/celebrity-traitors-viewers-angry-upset-32685508\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" Alan CarrLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"> Alan Carr<\/a> &#8211; a man completely unfamiliar with the concept of a &#8220;poker face&#8221; &#8211;<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/the-traitors\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" Celebrity Traitors Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"> Celebrity Traitors <\/a>has turned out to be one of the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/tv\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"year\u2019s TV highlights.Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">year\u2019s TV highlights.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2_JS386339784.jpg\" alt=\"Alan Carr &quot;murdered&quot; Celia Imrie on The Celebrity Traitors\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>It&#8217;s been an exciting and jam-packed series(Image: BBC)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"liverpoolecho\">A tense finale episode saw Cat Burns and Joe Marler banished from the game, leaving Nick, David and Alan as the final three. In the end, it was Alan Carr who took home all the winnings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"liverpoolecho\">As he was the only Traitor still in the game, he was able to steal the whole \u00a387,500 jackpot for his own charity. If Alan was a Faithful, he would&#8217;ve been able to split the money with his co-stars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"liverpoolecho\">Alan burst into tears and was quick to apologise to his co-stars. Taking to social media, one fan said: &#8220;TV moment of the year! Alan Carr ultimate traitor!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"liverpoolecho\">Another said: &#8220;I fear no traitor will ever be quite as iconic as Alan Carr ever again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"liverpoolecho\">Alan Carr has been a fan-favourite contestant as one of the most unlikely Traitors the show has ever seen. Cat and Jonathan were in stitches when the 49-year-old comedian lifted the hood down on his green cloak to reveal he was the third Traitor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"liverpoolecho\">He kicked off the series by &#8220;murdering&#8221; his good friend Paloma Faith. But Alan didn&#8217;t stop there, later getting rid of Celia Imrie, again in &#8220;plain sight&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"liverpoolecho\">He made a toast and said: \u201cParting is such sweet sorrow\u201d, followed by <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/news\/tv\/celebrity-traitors-finale-episode-after-32776220\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"the star&#039;s name.Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">the star&#8217;s name.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"liverpoolecho\">Alan and fellow Traitor, singer Cat Burns were the first to arrive at breakfast the next morning. Meanwhile, the other stars patiently <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/news\/tv\/celebrity-traitors-finale-episode-after-32776220\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"waited to learn who had been &quot;murdered&quot;.Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">waited to learn who had been &#8220;murdered&#8221;.<\/a> When Celia failed to appear, Joe Mahler said: &#8220;My darling Celia is gone, I&#8217;m heartbroken&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"liverpoolecho\">Speaking to PA news agency, Alan said he would do the show again in a &#8220;heartbeat&#8221;. He said: \u201cI think me and the entire nation didn\u2019t believe I would get through the first roundtable let alone be in the final five. What a journey. I would do it all again in a heartbeat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"liverpoolecho\">\u201cThe strange thing is, weirdly even though we\u2019ve been murdering and banishing national treasures, Olympians, intellectuals and popular entertainers, my family are still strangely proud of me \u2013 which is frankly quite odd.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"liverpoolecho\">Speaking about the fan reactions, Alan Carr added: \u201cI\u2019ve been bathing in the love, it really has put a spring in my step, and I am loving the constant flow of memes that pop up on my feed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"liverpoolecho\">\u201cThe public scrutiny and all the theories, some actually quite bizarre, have been really interesting to read, but I guess when you have such huge ratings this analysis of your every move comes with the territory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"liverpoolecho\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/news\/showbiz-news\/alan-carr-would-celebrity-traitors-32812798\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"The finale episode Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">The finale episode <\/a>was originally due to air on Halloween, Friday, October 31. But a change to BBC&#8217;s scheduling meant the last episode in the series aired on Thursday, November 6 instead. The Celebrity Traitors Finale was broadcast on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/bbc\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"BBCLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a> One from 9pm until 10:10pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Viewers said it was the &#8220;TV moment of the year&#8221; 22:08, 06 Nov 2025Updated 11:41, 08 Nov 2025&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":557631,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3937],"tags":[192,77,6365,382,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-557630","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-bbc","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-the-traitors","11":"tag-tv","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115515151868066604","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}