"Did he play a blinder? Or did the faithfuls just play really I mean sensationally, phenomenally, mindbogglingly badly? We will argue over this on social media feeds galore, but either way the winner of the first but surely not the last series of The Celebrity Traitors is the treacherous Alan Carr. When first anointed by that collection of cloaks, cuffs and curt instructions we have come to know as presenter Claudia Winkleman, we thought he wouldn't last an hour. Nor did he."
"Surrounded, however, by some of the daftest players of the game since records began (2022 here, 2021 in its native Netherlands), he made it through, having grown into the role with terrifying ease. He finished with a flourish, bursting into semi-crocodile tears about how hard it had been for him to bear the murderous burden. The two surviving faithfuls, Nick Mohammed and David Olusoga, rushed to comfort him (It's been tearing me apart!). At home, Paloma Faith raises her face to the heavens and screams."
"After one last group mission, involving a steam train, 20,000 in padlocked caskets, keys and clues dispersed throughout the carriages, and two chain-wrapped coffins (I took the lead a bit there, says Joe Marler of the unwrapping. Because I was happy to lose a finger), they assembled for their last round table. Cat and Alan cast their votes for David, despite the historian's impressive record of reasoning himself to every wrong conclusion possible."
Alan Carr emerged as the winner of the first series of Celebrity Traitors after surviving elimination despite doubts about his suitability and difficulty keeping secrets. Carr displayed visible distress, sweating and struggling to whisper, and at times could not remember game details. The final included a group mission on a steam train with 20,000 in padlocked caskets, dispersed keys and clues, and two chain-wrapped coffins, with Joe Marler leading an unwrapping. At the final round table Cat and Alan voted for David, Cat was banished, and surviving faithfuls Nick Mohammed and David Olusoga comforted Carr.
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