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Celebrity Traitors Crowns Joint Winners Sebastian Croft And Romesh Ranganathan After £83,000 Finale
“Croft managed to convince Ranganathan to side with him – banishing Kenny and securing a victory for the Faithful.”
“Following a deadlocked vote, where James Blunt appeared to be on the verge of tears, Kenny was finally exposed as the last Traitor”
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Romesh Ranganathan and Sebastian Croft jointly won Celebrity Traitors season 2. They shared £83,000 prize for Refugee Council and Choose Love.
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Final crowns two winners
The Celebrity Traitors crowned Faithfuls Sebastian Croft and Romesh Ranganathan as joint winners on Friday, and the pair split the £83,000 prize pot while each chose a charity to receive their share. Croft selected Choose Love, and Ranganathan selected the Refugee Council, as the finale left the remaining contestants with no Traitors left to claim the money instead. The finale began with Michael Sheen being murdered by the Traitors overnight, and the episode then featured Jama’s banishment after fellow Traitor Kenny turned against her.
The show’s final banishment sequence ended with Kenny being exposed and banished, leaving Croft and Ranganathan to vote out James Blunt and finish as the last two contestants standing. Ranganathan later described his feelings after the win as “happiness tinged with a little bit of embarrassment,” while Croft explained his decision-making process behind his “wild” finale.
Claudia Winkleman, split votes
Claudia Winkleman hosted the finale as Croft and Ranganathan decided among themselves who to banish, after the game left them with James Blunt as the final third. Croft told the BBC that he was “split between whether I was going to go with James until the end or with Romesh and Kenny,” and he said he wrote lists of what he thought James, Romesh, and Kenny had done “that was Faithful since Hannah’s banishment.” Croft said that when the game reached four and Kenny voted to end the game, he “just knew he was a Traitor,” and he described banking on James voting for Kenny.
Ranganathan said he appealed to his mother, “I hope she’s proud,” and he credited his masterstroke as trusting Bash. Ranganathan also told the BBC that “What wasn’t a possible outcome was a nemesis,” and he added, “The better news is he’s been military trained!”
Charity stakes and fallout
The winners’ charity choices framed the prize as philanthropy, with Croft’s share going to Choose Love and Ranganathan’s share going to the Refugee Council. Digital Spy said viewers were left “reeling by the tense conclusion,” and it quoted Romesh saying he was happy but that his win was “tinged with embarrassment.” Bash said he was “not usually speechless,” and he described being shocked by the decision to banish again in the endgame, after which he said Romesh was also stunned.
The finale’s charitable outcome also drew attention to how the game ended, because the format required Faithfuls to eliminate all Traitors to win the prize pot, while a Traitor remaining at the end would claim the money instead. Even as the season closed, the BBC’s Claudia Winkleman remained central to the finale’s emotional moments, with Croft breaking down in tears in front of her and saying, “This could easily be the best day of my life,” as the show reached its final verdict.