Celebrity Traitors winner set to make fortune after shock win watched by 10m as they become ‘hottest property in TV’
COMEDIAN Alan Carr last night won The Celebrity Traitors in a stunning TV finale watched by millions.
Alan’s incredible run on the BBC murder mystery saw him romp from being the class clown to pulling off the win no one saw coming.
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Alan Carr won The Celebrity Traitors in a stunning TV finale watched by millionsCredit: PA
Alan took a prize fund of £87,500 to donate to children’s cancer charity Neuroblastoma UKCredit: BBC
Cat, then clockwise, David, Nick, Alan and Joe at tableCredit: BBC
He evaded detection despite murdering two Faithfuls in plain sight. And Alan’s time as a Traitor has made him the “hottest property in TV”, with his earnings set to double.
Alan, 49, had been a 6/1 outsider to win. Following his victory, he said: “I did it! All that lying, all that treachery, it was worth it wasn’t it? What a rollercoaster! How did this happen?
“Maybe I do exaggerate a showbiz story now and again but to lie to people’s faces was tough.
“I started this game a nervous wreck, I’ve thrown some really good friends under the bus, I’ve murdered national treasures in plain sight.
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“I’m clearly a better liar and Traitor than I thought I was.”
Around ten million people were thought to have watched Alan’s triumph last night.
It had been up to Faithfuls Joe Marler, Nick Mohammed and David Olusoga to root out Alan and singer-songwriter Cat Burns as the baddies.
They had been charged with committing “murders” and remaining undetected — which Alan carried out with aplomb when he successfully bumped off Paloma Faith and Celia Imrie.
But close pals Joe and Nick’s union unravelled and left the way clear for Carr’s win.
Cat had been banished at a round table earlier in the episode.
However, as it was the final she did not have to declare if she had been a Faithful or a Traitor.
She said: “I wouldn’t change a thing. I think I played the best I could. I’m proud of myself for keeping up a lie this long.
“I had the most fun ever but I started to feel quite sad having to murder people.”
Cat’s banishment left Joe, David and Nick having to work out if a Traitor was still hiding among them.
Nick turned on long-time ally Joe following the rugby player’s decision to banish Cat having previously said he would vote for David — and the furious former England rugby prop was then banished.
The show’s rules dictate that the players must continue until the group mutually agrees to end the game. But if a single baddie remains, that Traitor would be crowned the winner.
By this point Alan, who once had a hit talk show called Chatty Man, had convinced Nick he was also a Faithful and David agreed all three should vote to call time and share the prize pot.
I did it! All that lying, all that treachery, it was worth it wasn’t it? What a rollercoaster!
Alan
But of course treacherous Alan was the true winner as the sole remaining Traitor. He told the remaining players: “I am, and have always been, a Traitor. I’m so sorry. It’s been tearing me apart.”
It means he took a prize fund of £87,500 to donate to children’s cancer charity Neuroblastoma UK.
Joe, who had been on to Alan from day one, said: “Being in The Traitors final is way more stressful than playing for England.
“I never thought I’d make it past day one, let alone get to the final. But I read it so wrong, it hurts to be stabbed in the back last minute like that. Gutted.”
Alan’s victory means bookers will be desperate to get him involved in a string of new projects.
A source said: “Alan has always been incredibly popular but after The Celebrity Traitors he is now the hottest property in TV and top of every booker’s wishlist.
“He’s already doing well financially but could see his earnings double with the influx of work. Brands are banging down the door to work with him and are prepared to shell out six-figure sums.
“The Celebrity Traitors has taken Alan’s already brilliant career into the stratosphere.
“His one-liners have had Britain in stitches and the whole world is obsessed with our Chatty Man.”
But the bookers may have to wait a while as he already has six shows in the pipeline.
The Sun revealed earlier this week that he had filmed a top secret gameshow pilot for the BBC.
Quick to jump on his Traitors fame, the Beeb has also scheduled a third series of his quiz Picture Slam, which is expected to be shown on Saturday nights before Strictly Come Dancing.
His home improvement series with Amanda Holden, Alan and Amanda’s Greek Job, is expected to be shown in January.
And an insider has revealed the BBC is desperate to book Alan for further outings of Interior Design Masters. Meanwhile, his long-running tenure as guest on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK is on screens now.
ITV has the third series of Alan’s semi-autobiographical comedy Changing Ends hitting screens this month and a fourth series has already been filmed.
An insider said: “Alan is completely flat out working on various things. His availability for the next few months is virtually non-existent.”
Alan is completely flat out working on various things. His availability for the next few months is virtually non-existent
Insider
The Traitors’ host Claudia Winkleman is also a big winner from the hit series.
Viewers have lapped up her one-liners, too, and particularly the way she hounded the Faithfuls, who did not manage to root out a Traitor until the third week of the series.
Alan delighted in the Faithfuls’ foolishness. In one confessional, he said: “To be sitting there outwitting Stephen Fry is like outwitting Albert Einstein in chess or Cluedo.
“I have no faith in the Faithful. I am just bursting with confidence now. Can you imagine Alan in the first week? I was perspiring and my glasses were steaming up and look at me now.”
During last night’s 70-minute final, the players took part in one last epic mission set on a steam train in the Scottish Highlands.
The locomotive sped through the countryside with the team given just 20 minutes to find a series of keys before boxes of explosives combusted on board.
Alan’s victory wrapped up a stunning first series of the celebrity version of the show. Highlights included Paloma’s murder and Celia farting during a particularly tense moment.
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Other brilliant moments included the Trojan Horse mission, the Screaming Banshees task — and the beautiful Joemance between Joe Wilkinson and Joe Marler.
The Traitors returns in January with a new civilian series. Casting has already begun for a second series of The Celebrity Traitors.
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ANGER AT EARLY RELEASE
By Felicity Cross
THE Celebrity Traitors final was thrown into chaos when the episode was leaked online over 24 hours before it was due to air.
It revealed the show result to fans, with many rushing to share the outcome online.
Canadian site Crave and New Zealand’s ThreeNow — two of the Beeb’s international streaming partners — mistakenly uploaded the show on Wednesday night.
The full episode remained online for 90 minutes — allowing viewers to catch the action early.
The Beeb was scrambling to try to contain the leak and it was only taken down after fans starting discussing the error online.
One Canadian fan told The Sun: “I have been watching The Celebrity Traitors through Crave for the whole season.
“Having not realised that the finale was airing a day later, I logged on this afternoon and found it available.
“It was only brought to my attention part way through by a friend outside of Canada that the finale isn’t scheduled to air until Thursday in the UK.”
