Grant Admits Traitor Role on Opening Night

Winkleman had opened the episode by rising from a coffin carried into a church, and model Jerry Hall compared Winkleman herself to Cleopatra. Hall, Grant's neighbour of 30 years, refused to believe him. She said he often behaves strangely and was probably acting out because he had not been chosen. Former BBC journalist Amol Rajan called him the Lord of Chaos, yet Winkleman told a press launch that the slip came from excitement rather than a plan. Viewers on X compared Grant with series-one winner Alan Carr, who, the BBC noted, had removed singer Paloma Faith by touching her face. That memory rattled actor Ross Kemp. After he and former army captain James Blunt led a pirate-ship task that raised £15,000, Bella Ramsey set a captain's hat on Kemp and singer Leigh-Anne Pinnock touched his arm. Kemp feared both gestures were a murder.

A new rule ended the episode. Grant and Jama had to summon two celebrities, hear each argue for a place beside them, and murder the one they rejected. They chose Rajan, 43, and comedian James Acaster, 41, both of whom had pressed Grant about his confession. Acaster, who had wanted to stay faithful, warned that removing him would make Grant the first suspect. Rajan said his work detecting lies could draw suspicion away from the actor. Each man then lay in a coffin while the pair decided. The programme withheld the result. The Daily Mail said the reveal would air on Friday, as fans asked the producers not to eliminate Acaster first.