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Romesh Ranganathan and Bash Croft win The Celebrity Traitors final

Comedian Romesh Ranganathan and actor Sebastian Croft have won the second series of The Celebrity Traitors after successfully banishing the remaining traitors.

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Comedian Romesh Ranganathan and Heartstopper actor Sebastian "Bash" Croft have won the second series of The Celebrity Traitors, BBC News reported on Friday. The faithful duo successfully banished the remaining traitors, identified as Love Island host Maya Jama and YouTuber King Kenny. The finale aired on BBC One after attracting 15 million viewers, according to BBC News. [1]

The show started with 21 original contestants, which was reduced to seven before the final episode, BBC News reported. BBC News and The Guardian both reported that the game featured tactics from players including comedian James Acaster and actor Michael Sheen during the run up to the final. King Kenny banished Maya Jama in the closing stages of the game, according to the Guardian. [1][4]

The Celebrity Traitors is a spin off of the British reality television series The Traitors, presented by Claudia Winkleman and first broadcast on BBC One in October 2025. As FTMQ News reported earlier, Irish comedian Joanne McNally was banished from the series during Thursday night's episode after King Kenny switched his vote at the round table. [13][14]

With high viewing figures for the season climax, The Guardian reported that the show is expected to return for another series next year. [4]

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In short

  • Romesh Ranganathan and Sebastian Croft won the second series of The Celebrity Traitors.
  • Maya Jama and King Kenny were the final traitors banished from the game.
  • The second series of the hit BBC One show attracted 15 million viewers.
  • The game started with 21 original contestants before being reduced to seven for the final.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]Celebrity Traitors comes to a climax in nail-biting finalBBC News, 2h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]Celebrity Traitors full line-up: Which players have left the game?The Telegraph, 3h ago
  3. [3]The Celebrity Traitors final review – more muted but still thrilling to the lastThe Guardian, 5h ago
  4. [4]The Celebrity Traitors final – as it happenedThe Guardian, 7h ago
  5. [5]Celebrity Traitors full line-up: Which players have left the game?The Telegraph, 17h ago
  6. [6]TV tonight: who will win Celebrity Traitors? It’s time to find outThe Guardian, 22h ago
  7. [7]TV tonight: who will win Celebrity Traitors? It’s time to find outThe Guardian, 22h ago
  8. [8]Celebrity Traitors comes to a climax in nail-biting finalBBC, 6h ago
  9. [9]Joanne McNally played a blinder on The Celebrity Traitors. Here are 15 of her best linesThe Irish Times, 1d ago
  10. [10]“He cracked”: James Acaster’s Celebrity Traitors “bombshell” just exposed how the game will end – here’s whyGood Housekeeping, 1d ago
  11. [11]‘The Celebrity Traitors’ Ratings Have Never Been Higher. So Why Has This Season Felt Unusually Flat?The Hollywood Reporter, 1d ago
  12. [12]James Acaster has made a mockery of The Celebrity TraitorsThe i Paper, 1d ago

Background

  1. [13]The Celebrity Traitors on Wikipedia
  2. [14]Joanne McNally banished from Celebrity Traitors ahead of series final FTMQ News, 20h ago
  3. [15]Celebrity Traitors cliffhanger leaves Joanne McNally and Sharon Rooney facing banishment FTMQ News, 1d ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 15 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

Earlier reports of ours on the same people and subjects.

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