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It’s the end of the first series of Celebrity Traitors – five celebrities have been surprised by their own callous murders, their cold-blooded banishments, and the intense fan reactions.
Alan Carr, 49, has giggled his way to the end – living up to the Gemini he is as a two-faced Traitor.
Some could argue he got off to a shaky start, with intense sweats and steamed-up glasses nearly giving him away at the very beginning.
But now he’s in the final and is as shocked as anyone. He told the BBC: ‘I think me and the entire nation didn’t believe I would get through the first roundtable let alone be in the final five.’
However, one opinion caught him off guard: ‘Someone sent me a clip of a psychologist on a local radio station saying I wouldn’t do well on the show because I’m playing a role and I’m not the ‘real’ Alan Carr.
‘That’s quite a statement considering I’ve never met this lady. It seems everyone has an opinion!’
He went as far as to say some of the theories had been ‘quite bizarre’, but that he’d found them ‘interesting to read’.
‘I guess when you have such huge ratings this analysis of your every move comes with the territory.’
Alan said his family had been behind him all the way: ‘The strange thing is, weirdly even though we’ve been murdering and banishing national treasures, Olympians, intellectuals and popular entertainers, my family are still strangely proud of me, which is frankly quite odd.’
Despite some of the more intense theories, the comedian said: ‘I’ve 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.’
Alan’s not the only one whose family have been getting behind him.
Cat Burns, 25, recalled her family were ‘screaming’ during the first episode, before adding: ‘They’re all really proud of me.’
She told the BBC: ‘They knew how hard I’d find filming the show because it’s quite intense.’
Cat has spoken on the show about being neurodivergent. And in one episode, she told the group that as somebody with autism and ADHD, being around people a lot can make her tired.
Joe Marler’s family weren’t quite so supportive at first.
‘My family and friends were nervous that I might end up ruining their favourite show with my awkward character,’ Joe, 35, admitted to the BBC.
As a Faithful he’s not held back at the round table, putting forward theories that have been controversial but ultimately successful.
He’s ‘proud’ of the ‘big dog theory’ and how ‘it resulted in the toppling of the first Traitor’.
His loud theories, big reactions, and love for a cosy pink blanket mean he’s not stranger to memes being made about him.
And one resulted in an unexpected follow…
When asked if he’d had any surprising messages from fans of the show, Joe replied: ‘My highlight would be getting a follow from Dawn French off the back of one of the memes on Instagram!’
Cat’s also been paying attention to the online reaction.
Despite being an incredibly talented and popular singer-songwriter, she said: ‘It’s so funny and surreal to see people talking about me and making edits!’
David Olusoga has been surprised too… at how hard the game actually was.
The historian, 55, explained to the BBC: ‘I was surprised it was so difficult, but I was surprised most of all that the players who are trying to banish and kill one another just all had a wonderful time together.
‘I didn’t go up to Scotland thinking I would come back with 18 friends.’
He doesn’t back his own gameplay, and said he thinks he didn’t ‘deserve’ to get there: ‘It’s so random but an amazing game because so much of it is chance as well as strategy.’
And Nick Mohammed, 45, is equally as stunned to find himself in the final five.
When asked if he thought he’d make it this far, he said: ‘I think the answer is no.
‘I always hoped I’d make it to the final but no I think it’s dangerous to anticipate that.’
He’s been a solid Faithful from the beginning, showing his brains from the first challenge which involved some intense puzzle-solving, right through to the end.
Nick described the reaction from family and friends as ‘sort of phenomenal’, acknowledging that he ‘slightly underestimated the reach of the show.’
The Celebrity Traitors’ final episode will air on Thursday at 9pm.
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