Celebrity Traitors Banishes Grant and Myha'la — SkimNews
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- Richard E. Grant was banished in a landslide vote after confessing to the other celebrities in the bar, marking the first time a traitor has been identified at the opening round table in the UK version of the show.
- Maya Jama and James Acaster recruited mathematician Hannah Fry in the turret to replace Grant as the third traitor; Fry reacted with "I had both of you down as faithful!" upon learning their identities.
- Myha'la became the second player banished after a mission in which she grabbed a shield and debated keeping it with Fry — a decision Fry later used against her by asking why she would "scrabble for the shield, and then be keen to give it away."
- James Acaster compared the rotating traitor lineup to the Sugababes, saying "It's changing a lot, this Traitors," as the cast absorbed the unprecedented double-turnover within a single episode.
- Miranda Hart grew increasingly suspicious of Fry after recognizing that the mathematician had steered the round table toward Myha'la, declaring "Miss Marple is so on" about her own detective instincts.
- The traitors' next shortlist for murder consists of James Blunt, Bella Ramsey, and Sebastian Croft — with Acaster pushing for Blunt because "every time someone says 'James,' I'm turning around, and half the time, it's for him."
Why it matters: Grant's early self-exposure broke new ground as the first time a UK traitor was identified at the opening round table, while Fry's covert recruitment — already flagged by Hart as suspicious — gives the traitors a hidden insider who helped engineer Myha'la's exit, reshaping the trust dynamics for the next murder shortlist of Blunt, Ramsey, and Croft.
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