Ross Kemp eliminated in Celebrity Traitors yawn challenge

Ross Kemp was eliminated from The Celebrity Traitors after he yawned during a staged challenge by the show’s Traitors, an episode that drew a large overnight audience on October 22. The challenge required Traitors Maya Jama, James Acaster and King Kenny to get a Faithful contestant to yawn after spraying perfume in a room. Kemp yawned first while with Jama and Acaster, sealing his elimination. The episode then showed the remaining contestants discussing the murder at breakfast. The BBC said the episode averaged about 10 million viewers, peaked at 10.3 million and had a 59.9% audience share. Separately, BARB-supplied overnight figures reported for the episode put its audience at 10.03 million on BBC One. Those figures describe different measures: the average and peak are not the same as the reported overnight audience total. The episode matched the series’ previous high audience share, according to the BBC, which said the third episode also drew a 59.9% share. That instalment ended with actor Richard E. Grant being banished. The BBC figures for the latest episode placed it among the programme’s most-watched instalments so far. The episode’s ending left the game’s next murder...