Celebrity Traitors: Scottish actress Sharon Rooney is brutally murdered ahead of the final - while Joanne McNally is banished

Published: 16:04 EDT, 29 October 2026 | Updated: 16:27 EDT, 29 October 2026 Sharon Rooney became the latest star to be brutally murdered by the Celebrity Traitors on Thursday night ahead of the final.Viewers also bid farewell to Faithful Joanne McNally, 43, who was banished during a tense roundtable after last week’s cliffhanger. Sharon, 38, and Joanne's fate was in Traitor King Kenny's hands at the round table, after the celebrities chose him to have the dagger, the deciding double vote.The game is set to be rocked by a 'sensational bombshell' which will 'alter the course of the series' with just hours to go until the show final. Last week, BBC viewers saw Maya boast that she and her fellow Traitors had already 'completed the game' because the trio were 'trusted most' in the trial and given a special power.However, things can soon change in the Scottish castle, with Michael Sheen previously suggesting the stars should flip their entire approach to the game after having a string of Faithfuls banished. Sharon Rooney, 38, became the latest star to be brutally murdered by the Celebrity Traitors on Thursday night ahead of the finalViewers also bid farewell to Faithful Joanne McNally, 43, who was banished during a tense roundtable after last week’s cliffhanger A TV insider said: 'Just when you think you know exactly how the series will play out, there's another sensational turn of events.'It's one which no one is likely to see coming – the producers of the show certainly didn't predict it. The likes of this has never been seen on the show before and may never be seen again.'The source added to The Sun: 'It all adds up to make the semi-final an absolutely unmissable episode and the perfect lead into the finale on Friday.'Viewers believe the Faithfuls don't have a hope in winning the jackpot after Friday's episode saw them vote for the three Traitors as the most trustworthy.The scenes unfolded when the stars entered a ‘field of screams’, where scarecrows bearing each of their names stood beside pitchforks.Working in pairs, one celebrity collected bags of gold worth £500 while the other hung them on the pitchforks to bank the cash.Three bags on one pitchfork blew up the scarecrow, knocking that celebrity out of the running for a secret power.Kenny was awarded a dagger carrying a double vote, while the stars added £13,500 to the charity prize fund, taking it to £59,500.Viewers wrote on X: 'As if they've picked the three actual Traitors to have the possibility of winning the special power. The worse set of Faithfuls of all time';Last week's episode was left on a cliffhanger as Sharon Rooney and Joanne McNally's fate was in Traitor Kenny's hands at the round table, after the celebrities chose him to have the dagger'No way the three they chose were the three Traitors'; 'Wow the Faithfuls are so bad at this game';'All three of the Celebrity Traitors were the most trusted of the group. Yeah it's definitely a Traitor win this year!'; 'By the end of this series, there won't be any Faithfuls left';'These Faithfuls haven't got a clue. The three they named the most trustworthy are the three Traitors?!'