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Joe Lycett banished as Celebrity Traitors episode ends on cliffhanger

Published 17 October 2026

Joe Lycett was banished from The Celebrity Traitors on Friday, October 16, as the sixth episode ended with the Traitors’ attempt to make a Faithful yawn still unresolved. The comedian later guessed the wrong contestants when shown the Traitors’ identities, while the episode’s cliffhanger left the attempted murder’s outcome to be revealed in a subsequent broadcast. Lycett was the eighth player to leave the game, which had reached its halfway point with 13 contestants remaining, according to episode coverage. In a post-exit appearance on The Celebrity Traitors: Uncloaked, he named Romesh Ranganathan, James Blunt and Michael Sheen as Traitors. Maya Jama and James Acaster, both Traitors, were among the contestants he identified as Faithful. King Kenny had recently joined the group. The episode’s final mission involved trying to prompt a Faithful to yawn after spraying perfume from a peacock-shaped bottle. The intended target was either Jerry Hall or Ross Kemp, but the broadcast ended before confirming whether the attempt worked or who, if anyone, yawned. The next episode was scheduled for Thursday at 8 p.m. on BBC One. The BBC reported that the sixth episode drew 9.3 million...

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