Celebrity Traitors: Julie Hesmondhalgh is the third star banished during intense round table after traitors murdered their 'biggest threat'

The Traitors suffered an early setback after losing one of their own, Richard E. Grant, at the first roundtable. But Maya Jama, James Acaster and Professor Hannah Fry had something to celebrate during last night’s episode of Celebrity Traitors, as Faithful Julie Hesmondhalgh became the latest contestant to be banished.Julie, 56, and Hannah, 42, both found themselves in the firing line during the tense roundtable discussions, but it was the Coronation Street legend who ultimately received the most votes.Speaking after being booted out of the castle, Julie shared: 'You know how much I have loved every second of this experience. It has been immense, even chuffed to bits standing here because it is iconic. Alas, it may mean that I am not a phenomenal actor. I am indeed a Faithful.' The celebrities reacted in complete shock at Julie's exit, with Miranda Hart admitting she's 'so angry', while James Blunt apologised for leading the charge against her. Claudia Winkleman said after the vote: 'Faithful, you have just banished an innocent victim. You are doing the Traitors' work for them. I'd say enjoy your evening, but I think that is going to be a little bit tricky.'Celebrity Traitors saw Julie Hesmondhalgh become the third star to be banished on Friday night following a tense round table Julie, 56, and Hannah, 42, both found themselves in the firing line during the tense roundtable discussions, but it was the Coronation Street legend who ultimately received the most votesIt comes after Bella Ramsey was brutally murdered after being branded the 'biggest threat' to the Traitors. Celebrity Traitors picked up where Thursday's cliffhanger left off, with the murderous trio – Maya Jama, James Acaster and Professor Hannah Fry – choosing who to kill between James Blunt, Sebastian Croft and Bella. Hannah's recruitment has already roused suspicion from the Faithfuls and so the pressure was on to try to take the heat off the mathematician when it came to the round table. 'I think we should murder Bella. That is our biggest threat,' Maya, 32, told her fellow Traitors as they plotted their next move.After learning their fate, Bella, 23, admitted they understood why they had been targeted. They said: 'Oh yes, I thought this might be occurring. This is a clever move by the Traitors because I was going to reset and start from the beginning.Julie shared: 'You know how much I have loved every second of this experience. It has been immense, even chuffed to bits standing here because it is iconic' It comes after Bella Ramsey was brutally murdered after being branded the 'biggest threat' to the Traitors on Friday After learning their fate, Bella, 23, admitted they understood why they had been targeted'I got it so wrong with Myha'la so I think that they were right to murder me because I think I would have maybe figured it out. I hope the Faithful win, I feel very attached to them. Goodnight, this is the end.'Watching the scenes unfold, divided Celebrity Traitors fans were quick to share their thoughts on Bella's exit.They penned: 'Heartbroken for Bella getting murdered, leader of the Faithful.' ' I am soooooo glad Bella has been murdered. Magnificent decision by the Traitors!!!!''Still mad over them getting rid of Bella.''The nation is currently in mourning over Bella''Aww, I wanted Bella to stay a little longer'; 'Wow gutted #Bella's been murdered!!''Bella being killed instead of recruited is one of the biggest blunders of the traitors EVER, they are such an amazing player I'm so #fuming.' They said: 'Oh yes, I thought this might be occurring. This is a clever move by the Traitors because I was going to reset and start from the beginning' Hannah's recruitment has already roused suspicion from the Faithfuls and so the pressure was on to try to take the heat off the mathematician when it came to the round table During the latest episode of the hit BBC show, James becomes at risk of being murdered by Traitors Maya Jama, James Acaster and Hannah Fry, after they began to worry he would suss them out Watching the scenes unfold, divided Celebrity Traitors fans were quick to share their thoughts on Bella's exit Following Bella's exit, suspicion soon turned to Hannah, with Julie Hesmondhalgh leading the charge against herFollowing Bella's exit, suspicion soon turned to Hannah, with Julie Hesmondhalgh leading the charge against her. As she aired her suspicions to secret traitor Maya, the Love Island host later told the camera: 'I'm doing GCSE level acting here! I'm a little bit worried about Miranda, she has theories and all the things to sniff out someone suspicious.'Meanwhile, the next challenge saw the celebrities heading to a haunted cabin, where they were tasked with granting the dying wishes of spirits.Claudia Winkleman told the stars: 'You'll need to split into two groups. Each group will take it in turn to pay my cabin a visit. If you're in there you could have the opportunity to find yourself a shield. This is how it is going to work. 'Half of you will be outside summoning the spirits, the other half will be inside waiting for contact. The spirit will then tell you about a treasured item they want to be reunited with. You only have three minutes to find that treasured item and then the spirit will come knocking. 'You will know the spirit is on their way because the lights will flicker in the cabin. You will have to elect one player to greet the spirit and hand over the treasure item.'If you've got it right, well done, £1,500 added to the prize fund. If you get it wrong, the spirit will take you. You will be out of the mission. There are four haunted spirits so £6,00 to be won today plus two shields.'The celebrities added £4,500 to the prize pot, while Sebastian Croft and King Kenny won the shields. Meanwhile, the next challenge saw the celebrities heading to a haunted cabin, where they were tasked with granting the dying wishes of spirits The celebrities added £4,500 to the prize pot, while Sebastian Croft and King Kenny won the shieldsDuring the challenge, Hannah hesitated to grab a shield after being desperate for one in the last challenge and didn't want to raise too much suspicion, but in doing so raised a lot of suspicions. On Thursday night, James sent viewers wild with a 'hilarious' shower scene as the Traitors discussed who to murder. The 52-year-old singer stripped off and exfoliated himself while wearing a shower cap. Fans took to X to share their thoughts on the brief clip, penning: 'what is this James blunt shower scene,''NOT JAMES BLUNT IN THE SHOWER LMAO','James blunt in the shower with a shower cap and a huge brush was not on my 2026 bingo card,' Celebrity Traitors sent viewers wild as James Blunt enjoyed a 'hilarious' shower scene in Thursday night's episode'Let's murder James Blunt, cuts to him in the shower with a loofah,''that james blunt shower scene SENT me','Seeing James Blunt in the shower is not something I expected tonight, and I'm now scarred for life,''James Blunt got the shower shot I'm screamingggggg.'Professor Hannah's new recruitment has not gone unnoticed by the Faithfuls, with comedian Miranda Hart clocking a change in her behaviour at breakfast the night after she switched sides.