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Chaos, coffins and Richard E Grant's blunder feature in The Celebrity Traitors premiere
Overview
The second series of The Celebrity Traitors kicked off with host Claudia Winkleman arriving in a coffin to greet 21 celebrities. Actor Richard E Grant was selected as a traitor but immediately blurted out his role to others in a moment of excitement, leading to chaos and suspicion. Meanwhile, former journalist Amol Rajan and comic James Acaster were placed in coffins at the end of the episode to discover who would become a traitor and who would be the first murder victim.
Key points
- Host Claudia Winkleman made a gothic entrance, carried in a closed coffin by druids to greet 21 celebrities in a church.
- Model Jerry Hall compared Winkleman's appearance to Cleopatra, dubbing her 'Claudiapatra'.
- Actor Richard E Grant and presenter Maya Jama were chosen as traitors, but Grant immediately and accidentally admitted his role to fellow contestants.
- Ross Kemp and James Blunt successfully led a team task on a pirate ship to secure £15,000, though Kemp later grew paranoid about being murdered after being touched on the arm.
- Amol Rajan and James Acaster were chosen by the existing traitors to plead their cases from inside coffins to determine who would join the traitors and who would be murdered.