Freddie Fraser: Four more divas down! Here are my Faithfuls to watch on The Celebrity Traitors (EXCLUSIVE)

Diva down. Richard E. Grant, you will be tremendously missed! Is it finally time to pass on my title as the worst traitor ever to him? I think so.

And Myha’la banished too??? You have got to be kidding me. I will be in mourning for the foreseeable future. She was the person I was most excited to watch; I am fuming!

The girlies this season are seriously mothering!! Two in particular have really shown up. I knew Maya Jama would be good, but this good?? Girl, did you have some secret Traitor lessons when you were in the Love Island villa? It’s Maya’s world, and we’re all just living in it! The queen is playing chess while everyone else is playing checkers. She’s running the game, playing it to perfection, and nobody suspects a thing.

Our second mother of the season award goes to Miranda Hart!

People online are questioning her picks, James Acaster and Hannah Fry, but I think they’re Maya’s perfect human shields. Neither wants to be a Traitor, and the guilt is practically doing press tours across their faces. But it’s simply genius: when Maya inevitably throws them under the bus, she’ll look even more like the ultimate Faithful.

And our second mother of the season award goes to Miranda Hart. I was not familiar with your game! My assumption when I found out Miranda was going into the castle was that she was going to be what Honey G was for The X Factor. Boy, was I wrong! It’s true what they say… never judge a book by its cover. Her one-liners are carrying the show, but she’s also seriously clocking the Traitors’ tea, especially Hannah’s. Miranda has found the little tangible evidence there is and run with it. And she’s right. She’s the only Faithful who has the slightest Scooby of what’s going on right now. I am very impressed!

I also think Kenny is one of my Faithfuls to watch. His strategy is spot on; he’s using actual evidence rather than voting someone out based purely on “vibes”. My magic ball and I will see him in the final.

I am missing the drama. We need some more cutthroat, high-tension arguments

Bella and Julie were murdered and banished for the same reason: both were very forthcoming with their theories. At the start of the game, you never want to be the loudest person in the room; it gets you nowhere! We’ve lost Amol, Richard, Myha’la, Bella and Julie. What do they all have in common? Big characters who just spoke too much.

I genuinely feel so bad for Hannah. She cannot catch a break. I think her opportunity to be the best Faithful we’ve ever seen was taken away from her, and now she’s been forced into a role she just isn’t comfortable with. I know the feeling completely, so I can really relate to her. I fear her days are numbered, but her move to state at the roundtable that she wouldn’t vote for Julie was genius. Her angle can now be: if I were a Traitor and knew it was between me and Julie, why wouldn’t I just pile my votes on Julie to give myself the best chance of surviving? I think it’s a very clever play, considering she’s been seriously backed into a corner. Hannah is on seriously borrowed time, but she has a brilliant brain, so I’m sure she can spin this somehow.

I will say, I am missing the drama. We need some more cutthroat, high-tension arguments. I want to see the celebrities properly go for one another. Hopefully, we’ll see that in due course; only time will tell.

How fun did that game of hide-and-seek look, though? (NOT.) Another face-to-face murder? Oh, the producers are not messing about this season. I think it’s sadly time to say goodbye to Rob Beckett or Romesh. It would be stupid to murder Ross Kemp, because he’s been acting a little suspiciously throughout, and Leigh-Anne has the protective key. So, Rob or Romesh, your time is up. My bet is on Rob. Guess we’ll have to wait and see.

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The Celebrity Traitors airs Thursday and Friday evenings on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.