Celebrity Traitors 2026 Week 4 saw Ross Kemp finally fall victim to a murder in plain sight, Jerry Hall banished as a Faithful and Miranda Hart murdered – while Maya Jama, James Acaster and King Kenny somehow remained completely under the radar.
Episodes 7 and 8 aired on Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd October, leaving us with just two episodes of Celebrity Traitors 2026 to go.
And honestly, how are we here already?
There are still 10 celebrities technically in the game, including three Traitors, as we head into the penultimate episode.
Spoilers ahead for Celebrity Traitors Episodes 7 and 8.
Need to go back a little further? Catch up with our Celebrity Traitors 2026 Week 3 recap, or head back to our full Celebrity Traitors 2026 cast guide to see everyone who originally entered the castle.
Ross Kemp was finally murdered
After weeks of Ross Kemp suspecting that practically every wink, touch and slightly suspicious interaction meant he was about to be murdered, it finally happened.
And naturally, it involved a yawn.
Week 3 had ended with Maya Jama and James Acaster attempting a murder in plain sight by deliberately boring their potential victims and trying to make one of them yawn.
Episode 7 revealed that Ross Kemp had yawned and was therefore murdered.
After all that paranoia, Ross had finally been right to worry.
James Acaster refused to risk the shield mission
The Week 4 mission gave the Traitors a particularly awkward challenge.
While everyone attempted to complete their own shield puzzle, the Traitors had a secret opportunity to add £9,000 to the charity prize pot by stealing pieces during periods when everybody was blindfolded and using them to complete a separate money shield.
Maya Jama and King Kenny got involved.
James Acaster did not.
Worried that the other contestants might hear him moving around, James refused to remove his blindfold, much to Maya and Kenny’s frustration. Maya and Kenny initially attempted the sabotage but ultimately decided it was becoming too risky and backed off.
The Traitors failed to complete their money shield, meaning the extra £9,000 was not won and the charity prize pot remained at £46,000.
James Blunt, Joanne McNally, James Acaster and Michael Sheen did successfully complete personal shields and earned protection from that night’s murder.
Jerry Hall was banished – and she was a Faithful
The Faithfuls then headed to another Round Table without a particularly strong consensus on who the Traitors actually were.
Eventually, the votes landed heavily on Jerry Hall.
Jerry received an almost unanimous vote and was banished from the castle.
She then revealed that she was, of course, a Faithful.
So while the Faithfuls had successfully caught Richard E. Grant and Hannah Fry earlier in the series, they were once again looking in completely the wrong direction.
Miranda Hart was murdered
Thursday night’s episode ended with Maya, James and Kenny choosing their next murder.
When everyone returned for breakfast on Friday, Miranda Hart was missing.
The Traitors had chosen to murder Miranda, making her the latest Faithful to leave the castle.
And that meant Friday began with yet another Faithful gone while all three Traitors remained safely in the game.
The Faithfuls handed all the power to the Traitors
And then we reached possibly the most ridiculous moment of Week 4.
During Friday’s mission, the group ultimately left Maya Jama, James Acaster and King Kenny in the position of being treated as the most trustworthy players.
Yes.
Every single one of them was a Traitor.
The three were then given the power to decide who would receive a special dagger carrying a double vote at the Round Table.
They chose Kenny.
By the time everyone returned to the castle, the Faithfuls were openly discussing just how trustworthy Maya, James and Kenny seemed to be, while the actual Traitors could barely believe their luck.
At this point, Maya could probably arrive at breakfast wearing a cloak and carrying Claudia’s portrait and somebody would decide it proved she was a Faithful.
Joanne McNally and Sharon Rooney face banishment
Friday’s Round Table became incredibly messy.
Suspicion landed heavily on Joanne McNally and Sharon Rooney, despite both women being Faithfuls.
The first vote ended in a tie, meaning the group had to vote again.
Joanne and Sharon were not allowed to vote during the second round.
That left Sharon with four votes and Joanne with three before one final person was left to decide the result:
King Kenny.
And thanks to the dagger he had been given, Kenny’s vote counts twice.
So a Traitor is effectively about to decide which Faithful leaves the game.
Naturally, Episode 8 ended before Kenny revealed his final vote.
Thanks, BBC.
Who left Celebrity Traitors in Week 4?
Three celebrities definitely left during Episodes 7 and 8:
- Ross Kemp – Murdered, Faithful
- Jerry Hall – Banished, Faithful
- Miranda Hart – Murdered, Faithful
The next banishment remains unresolved, with Joanne McNally and Sharon Rooney waiting to discover which of them will leave.
Whichever woman goes, we already know the Faithfuls have got it wrong again.
Who are the Celebrity Traitors going into the final week?
The three remaining Traitors are:
Maya Jama
James Acaster
King Kenny
There are currently 10 players technically remaining at the Episode 8 cliffhanger – three Traitors and seven Faithfuls.
And with just two episodes left, that feels like an awful lot of people still sitting around the Round Table.
Things are going to have to move very quickly.
When is Celebrity Traitors back?
Celebrity Traitors Episode 9 airs on Thursday 29th October 2026 at 8pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
It is the penultimate episode of the series, with Episode 10 – the Celebrity Traitors 2026 final – airing on Friday 30th October at 8pm.
So Thursday night will finally reveal whether Joanne or Sharon is banished before the race towards the final really begins.
Three Traitors.
Seven Faithfuls.
Two episodes.
And somehow the Faithfuls currently seem to trust the Traitors more than they trust each other.
This could get messy very quickly.
