The Celebrity Traitors: Who has been banished and murdered so far? Full list of celebs who have left the show

The Celebrity Traitors launched onto screens to huge success on Wednesday, October 8, with millions of viewers tuning in to see their favourite stars take on the biggest game on television.

Celebrities such as Jonathan Ross, Stephen Fry, Tom Daley, Celia Imrie and Alan Carr are among the stars that have retreated to the Scottish Highlands for a game of murder.

Drama and deception is already afoot as a handful of player have already been banished and murdered - here’s who has left the show so far.

Who has been banished from The Celebrity Traitors so far?

Niko Omilana - faithful

Youtube prankster Niko Omilana was hoping that he would be unknown enough to make the right first impression on the group, but his surprising notoriety amongst some of the celebrities appeared to hinder his time at The Traitors Castle.

Many of his fellow stars knew of his pranking ways, and immediately jumped to the fact that he would make a great traitor. Traitors Jonathan, Cat and Alan used this to their advantage and placed him in the coffins alongside Paloma and Lucy in a bid to make him look even more suspicious.

Niko did try to bat away these accusations, explaining to his fellow players that if he was a traitor, putting himself in the coffin would only bring him more scrutiny at a time when some were already questioning his status as a faithful. However, he wasn’t able to convince enough people, with the 27-year-old becoming the first celebrity to be banished from the Celebrity Traitors.

He spoke about his experience on the companion podcast The Celebrity Traitors: Uncloaked, telling host Ed Gamble: “The moment I got in the coffin I thought ‘this is going to be a long day for me’. It was me, Lucy and Paloma. Two people who everyone was saying were two of the most faithful people and me. I knew it was a set up from the jump, being a fan of the show, I know when someone is put in a coffin they’ll always go. They’ll always get axed at the roundtable.

Niko added: “It brings you to the front, instead of having 18 people other than you, it’s now you have an option of two. When it’s me against Lucy, who made it so clear she’s a faithful, that’s why it was such a smart move by the traitors.”

Tameka Empson - faithful

EastEnders actress Tameka Empson was taken by surprise when suspicion turned to her during episode three of The Celebrity Traitors. Actor Mark Bonnar has openly admitted during the first roundtable discussion that a perceived shift in behaviour after Claudia made her selection alerted him to the possibility that she could be a traitor.

He voiced this doubt again at the second roundtable and this time a few other celebrities appeared to be on-side with what the Guilt star was saying, including Ted Lasso actor Nick Mohammed, who also said he noticed a change in her attitude. Tameka also didn’t help herself as she tried to turn the tables on Mark and accuse him of being a traitor - to which mark said seemed retaliatory.

At the same roundtable discussion, Joe Marler voiced his ‘big dog’ theory, stating that he thinks that Claudia could be pitting two “leaders” of the group against each other, using Jonathan and Stephen as an example. However, not enough celebs were convinced of the theory just yet, and Tameka ended up earning the highest number of votes.

After leaving the show, Tameka told The Celebrity Traitors: Uncloaked she relished being a faithful, saying: “I think Claudia (Winkleman) saw the faithfulness in me. And now I think about it, being a Traitor is a headache. It's a lot of game playing, and you're going to be up later than anybody else.

“I think it was right for me to be a Faithful, and I really wanted to be a great Faithful. I had plans to lead the Faithfuls to victory, but that was cut short.”

Clare Balding - faithful

Sports presenter Clare Balding came under suspicion in episode four, with a few of the celebrities pointing out her overt glee at receiving a shield. While the audience at home knew that faithful Clare was just celebrating another safe night’s sleep, some of her fellow celebs believed she was playing up the importance of her getting a shield.

Jonathan was clinging on to life after he came under suspicion from stars such as Joe Marler and Ruth Codd, but shoved this doubt onto Clare after telling the players that she was lying about ‘alliance-gate’ (in which Ruth told Jonathan he had made an alliance to stick by Niko in the car before voting for him at the roundtable, and Clare corroborated this story).

He was able to survive by the skin of his teeth after another tense roundtable with the celebrities voting Clare out by majority. Talking about her experience, the broadcasting legend said: “I wish I'd had longer at it. I made a big error in suddenly thinking that I had a strategy the morning of my demise.

“I thought, I know what I'll do. I've got to stay alive as well as identify the Traitors. So, the best way to stay alive is to get close to a Traitor and have them as your friend. And I thought that was Charlotte for me. It’s really interesting to me to see group thinking in action, and most interesting when it's against you and you know you're innocent because you lose the ability to defend yourself. And as I said, attack is much, much easier. It’s why so many politicians do it!”

Mark Bonnar - faithful

In what turned out to be one of the most tense moments in Traitors history, Scottish actor Mark Bonnar was banished from the roundtable by fate. The group were split between him and historian David Olusoga during the first vote at the round table in episode five. A second vote between just Mark and David also ended in a deadlock, with Claudia revealing that the banished celebrity would be left up to fate.

Unfortunately, time was up for Mark, whose enthusiasm and expressive anger at failing to catch a traitor is what initially piqued the suspicions of his fellow players.

Speaking about his time on the show, Mark said: “I would have played it slightly differently with hindsight; not being quite so involved, not being quite so enthusiastic, wide eyed and forthcoming with theories. Claudia said, ‘you know, remember, keep your eyes open at all times,’ or something like that. I was certainly doing that in observing everyone, not sure I was subtle enough about that which possibly put a massive target on my back!”

Stephen Fry - faithful

The run of bad luck the faithfuls have had continued as they banished yet another one of their own at the fifth round table of the series. Sir Stephen Fry had been singled out alongside Jonathan Ross as a ‘big dog’, with Joe Marler adamant that at least one of the big dogs was a traitor.

However, the majority of the group made the wrong decision, and landed on Stephen being a traitor instead of Jonathan, with the star banished during episode six of the show.

After he was banished, Stephen said: “It’s frustrating that the Traitors have done so well and there is no technique. Of course, we fool ourselves, which is unbelievably stupid, because you have to accept the fact that human beings cannot read lies and that human beings are brilliant dissemblers and pretenders, and there's no way of telling.

If some people are accused at the roundtable, they sometimes go off into these complicated, ridiculous excuses as to why they are irrefutably a Faithful. When I was accused, I just laughed. There is nothing I can say if you think that, but I warn you, if you do, it's another Faithful going, and the Traitors would have triumphed again. That's the best I can come up with.

Jonathan Ross - traitor

It only took the faithfuls seven episodes, but they finally caught a traitor when they banished Jonathan from the roundtable. With only three episodes remaining until the final, episode seven saw the pressure turned up as the group remained in hot pursuit of their first traitor.

Jonathan had survived multiple scares during previous roundtables but escaped with his traitor cloak in tact. But his luck run out when Joe Marler’s campaign against Jonathan picked up enough support from the group, including his fellow traitors Cat and Alan who turned on Jonathan to save their place in the game.

He said: “I thought I'd be happy to be a Traitor, but I actually found it really hard just lying to people but that is what makes it such compelling viewing. Around the second day I began to think ‘oh, I really wish I'd said I'd like to be a Faithful’.

Talking about what he thinks is coming in the final two episodes for his fellow traitors: “I don't think Alan's going to survive, but I think Cat will make it to the end. I think Cat will win, and she deserves to win. Out of the three of us, she had the best tactical brain.”

Kate Garraway - faithful

On the penultimate episode of the series, the remaining traitors - Cat and Alan - went more or less undetected at the roundtable, with much of the conversation revolving around Kate and David. Kate tried her hardest to explain her behaviour throughout the game after her fellow faithfuls picked up on the Good Morning Britain star failing to bring much to the table in terms of names or theories. Instead, she was fixated on clearing her name, which ultimately led to her downfall at the final hurdle.

She received the majority of votes and became the seventh player to be banished from the Traitors Castle, and was the last player who would reveal their status as a traitor or faithful to the group. It was unfortunate for the remaining players then when she revealed that she had in fact been a faithful.

After her banishment, Kate said: “ It was more fun than I expected. It was more involving than I expected. It kind of gets in your head, and before you know it, you’re going through everything and over analysing.

“Everything was bigger and better than I expected. The thing that you really don't realise when you watch the show is that, of course, as a viewer, you have the wonderful advantage of knowing who the Traitors are.”

Who has been murdered on The Celebrity Traitors so far?

Paloma Faith

Poor Paloma Faith was the first celebrity to leave The Traitors Castle after she was betrayed by close pal Alan. The first murder of the series came as a shock to everyone, as the traitors were tasked with killing a fellow player in plain sight.

Jonathan, Cat, and Alan were told they would need to use the ‘slow-acting poison pollen’ from a lily plant in the bar to touch the face of the star they wanted to murder. Jonathan and Cat both tasked Alan with the deed, saying he would be the most naturally person to touch someone’s face. Alan almost crumbled under the pressure, but eventually (perhaps in a panic) pretended to pull a hair out of his good friend’s face and mark her with death.

With the slow-acting poison, Paloma still turned up to breakfast the next day but was put in the coffins alongside Lucy and Niko before Claudia slammed the lid shut on her. The singer-songwriter was shocked to find out her friend Alan was responsible for her early departure.

Paloma said: “If the shoe was on the other foot, I would not have touched Alan’s face. Categorically, he had a choice – maybe it was the easiest option, but it was the choice he made and I don’t think it was very nice.” She added: “I’ve spoken to him since, and I do find forgiveness quite an easy thing, just as a person, so I love him.”

Tom Daley

Olympian Tom Daley impressed a little too well in the game as the traitors decided he was the second star to be murdered. The gold medal-winning diver was targeted by Jonathan, Cat and Alan after they picked up on his keen intuition.

Tom had harboured theories about Clare and Kate throughout the first few episodes of the series, although admitted that he regretted being swayed by mod mentality in voting for Niko on the first roundtable.

While he hadn’t specifically picked out any of the traitors yet, the trio were well aware that he may be able to pick up on clues further down the line. Alan also noted that as a big character within the group, getting rid of Tom would unsettle the dynamics of the faithfuls.

Speaking about being murdered by the traitors, Tom said: “It was so sad when I saw the letter on the chair and I instantly knew I’d been murdered. Because we haven't found a Traitor yet, I thought there’s no way it can be a recruitment.

“I was firstly sad and then very confused about what The Traitors are doing because I clearly would be someone that would get banished at the Round Table. If any of the Traitors just planted that seed at the Round Table, I'm sure I would be banished. They could have murdered someone that they know would never have gotten banished at the Round Table. Maybe they thought of me as a threat. Maybe I was getting too close to the right answers.”

Ruth Codd

Irish actress Ruth Codd was the third celebrity murdered in episode four of the series. She had begun the show fairly quietly, but after mustering her strength and standing up to Jonathan at the roundtable, the traitors took notice of what a formidable payer the Netflix star actually was.

Jonathan was insistent that Ruth would not drop her issue with him over alliance-gate and posed too much of a threat in her pursuit of him. However, the traitors had to weight up whether murdering a player who so audaciously accused an actual traitor in front of the group would push suspicion onto Jonathan, or whether the move was so obvious that it would look like someone else trying to set Jonathan up. The Traitors ended up taking the risk and, for the most part, convinced the group that it was a set up.

Talking about her experience, Ruth said: “I think at the first one [roundtable], I didn't say enough, and I kind of held back, because that's what everyone else was doing. Even though I didn't vote for Niko, I also didn't stand up for him. I do really regret that. I didn't think everyone else would be as easily swayed. I really didn't think it was going to go that way.

“After that, I was ready and determined to always voice my opinion. I knew it was probably going to get me murdered, but the guilt after Niko left made me think that I’m not going to go through the rest of the game feeling like this. I played honestly, true to my opinions and leave with no regrets.”

Charlotte Church

The Traitors plotted the demise of the Welsh singer in the previous Thursday’s episode and carried out their plan in episode five.

Reacting to her murder, Church, 39, said: “I thought I was going to be murdered. I’m outspoken at the round table, and I’m outspoken with my opinions, not that I was successful in being much of a threat to the traitors.

“But as the game progressed, I hope that I would’ve been. I hope that that’s why they’ve gotten rid of me. Well played traitors.”

Joe Wilkinson

Comedian Joe Wilkinson was murdered in episode six after offering more and more theories as the series went along, with the traitors flagged as a potential issue if he started theorising on them.

Joining in a strong alliance with Joe Marler, the traitors sought to break up the two Joes and they ability to convince the group.

While he was a good faithful, Joe admitted that he regretted not getting the full Traitors experience during his time on the show. He said: “Yeah, it was great. Only downside was I didn't see the turret.”

Lucy Beaumont

In a dramatic cliffhanger to last week’s episodes, we saw Nick, Kate, and Lucy stand alone on the chess board ahead of a dramatic face-to-face murder. If they turned around and Claudia was standing, they had been spared while the person who had been chosen to be given the chop was confronted by the three traitors.

Unfortunately, it was Lucy’s unlucky night as she faced the traitors before being murdered and leaving the game. Being able to see who the treacherous trio were, Lucy was shocked that Cat, who she had grown close to during the show, was part of the group.

Lucy said: “I was so surprised about Cat [Burns], I just couldn’t believe it. I think they did the right thing by murdering me because I had an idea about Jonathan and I’d have been trying to get the other Faithfuls to look at him still if I were still in the game. It might be that they now actually go off the scent of Jonathan [Ross], which I suppose is the point, because they may think, ‘no, he wouldn't just keep murdering people who voted for him’, but yes, he is!”

Celia Imrie

Celia Imrie was one of the stand-out player for Traitors fans this series. From her well wailing to farting in the cabin, there had been no shortage of entertaining moments from the esteemed actress.

Her Traitor radar was also among the sharpest in the group, becoming a vital key to finally sniffing out Jonathan at the sixth roundtable. After this she voiced her concern that Alan, who she had grown close to, may also be a traitor, she made the mistake of telling Alan about her suspicions.

Feeling her hot on his heels, the Traitors made a daring move to off Celia - and were instructed to do it in plain sight at a dinner party. Alan’s toast of ‘parting is such sweet sorrow’ to celia meant that she was the seventh star to be murdered.

Following her murder, Celia said: “It was sort of unbelievable when I saw that envelope - I wasn't ready for it at all. But then I thought ‘well, you shouldn't have shouted, you shouldn't have spoken up so clearly’, but I knew that we had to really join forces. In my last roundtable, I knew we had to gather together otherwise we'd never get a Traitor out, and so I was quite forceful.”

The Celebrity Traitors airs at 9pm on Wednesday and Thursdays on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. You can catch up on the series so far on the BBC iPlayer.