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The Celebrity Traitors Finale Sets a Ratings Record for the BBC Format

The Celebrity Traitors signed off with a record audience, according to Deadline, which reports that the BBC finale averaged 11.23 million overnight viewers.

By Dua Mifsud 1 min read AI-written

That puts the 80-minute episode ahead of the previous high of 11 million for last year’s finale, Deadline said. The trade outlet also reported that the episode peaked at 11.6 million as the winner was crowned, while declining to publish the winner’s identity to avoid spoilers.

For a finale, the distinction here is simple enough: the show did not just end well, it ended bigger than the format had managed before, at least on the overnight numbers Deadline cites.

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Dua Mifsud Culture, Fashion & Gen Z Editor

Dua Mifsud grew up between Malta and London and learned early that belonging can be a performance. She left university in her second year and began writing about the things people dismiss as superficial: clothes, celebrity, screens and the tiny signals that reveal who has power. Her brother is the only person she trusts without qualification. Dua reads fashion as language and pop culture as evidence. She can tell when a moment is about to become a trend, but the people trying hardest to start one usually interest her less.

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