Celebrity Traitors’ Hannah Fry says Maya Jama and James Acaster ‘gave themselves away’
Joe Lycett and Hannah Fry on The Celebrity Traitors (BBC/Studio Lambert/Euan Cherry)
Hannah Fry has claimed Maya Jama and James Acaster have “given themselves away” as Traitors on Celebrity Traitors, after examining patterns that have emerged in past series.
Fry, 42, was banished at the roundtable in Thursday night’s episode. She started the competition as a Faithful before later being recruited as a Traitor by Acaster and Jama following Richard E Grant’s banishment.
Speaking to Ed Gamble on Celebrity Traitors: Uncloaked, Fry said she had done her homework before arriving at the castle. “So basically, I did all my work in advance. I went through all of the series before and this is me working out my calculations,” she said, showing her notes.
“I used the same technique that Alan Turing used to crack the enigma machine . I would have made such a good Faithful, you guys,” Fry added.
How to spot a Traitor
Fry then shared what she called her “giveaways” for identifying Traitors. “One, a Traitor will make a burn vote in the first three episodes,” she said. “James has done it, Maya has done it.” A “burn vote” would be a random vote, rather than one that may follow the crowd or suspicions.
She also suggested Acaster and Jama had “slightly given themselves away” by switching their vote so quickly from Julie Hesmondhalgh to Fry, describing it as a telltale move when Traitors “pile on” without having previously voted that way.
Another pattern, Fry claimed, is that Traitors avoid being seen as a group. “You’ll never see three Traitors in a car together, you’ll never see three Traitors sitting next to each other at breakfast,” she said.
Fry is a British mathematician, author and broadcaster known for making maths accessible to mainstream audiences, including through BBC documentaries and factual series about technology, data and everyday systems.
What’s happened on Celebrity Traitors so far?
The series is half way through, with the Faithful having banished two of their own (Julie Hesmondhalgh and Myha’la) and two Traitors (Grant and Fry). Three contestants have been “murdered” by the Traitors: Amol Rajan, Bella Ramsey and Rob Beckett.
Earlier in the run, Grant and fellow Traitor Maya Jama chose to recruit Acaster, a move that shaped the game’s alliances from the start.
In the latest episode, Jama and Acaster brought in content creator King Kenny as a Traitor, restoring the turret total to three.
Celebrity Traitors continues tonight at 8pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
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