Fans think they know who will win Celebrity Traitors as favourite makes huge 'mistake' in first episode

Fans reckon they know who will win Celebrity Traitors after just the first episode.

Oh yeah, if you didn’t catch last night’s (8 October) first episode of the star-studded series, I’d stop reading because there’s going to be plenty of spoilers ahead.

I mean, so much has happened already – some people believe we’ve already sealed our ‘worst traitor in history’ while another favourite made a hefty ‘mistake’ straight off the bat.

Our majesty Claudia Winkleman had quite the line-up when it came to picking her first celebrity Traitors, with the likes of Stephen Fry, Celia Imrie, Tom Daly, Niko Omilana, Paloma Faith and Kate Garraway all taking to the castle.

But when it came down to it, her choices were two talk show hosts and a pop star; Alan Carr, Jonathan Ross and Cat Burns.

The Chatty Man was almost instantly stressed, nervously giggling his way around while Ross took on an organiser role and self-confessed ‘observer’ Burns remained calm and composed.

And so while he was providing the laughs, Carr had already been dubbed as the ‘worst’ as he was left in panic towards the end of the episode with the task of murdering in plain sight.

But although viewers might think he’s going to be swiftly booted from the castle by the Faithfuls, there’s another star who made such a slip-up she’s facing quite a lot of heat.

Clare Balding raised suspicion when she accidentally locked in an answer during a challenge before her team was ready. As her fellow celebrities were trying to work out the code, she began dialling guesses into the lock and accidentally threw away their chance of trying again.

Balding balls'd up. (BBC)

She was quickly devastated and panicked as she apologised to the group, even seemingly looking off camera to see if she’d be given another chance by production.

But as Winkleman pointed out, there’s no special treatment on The Traitors, and Balding’s mistake meant one of her fellow Faithfuls had to surrender their shield and consequently give up immunity.

Charlotte Church volunteered as tribute while Balding remained in deep regret.

Daly even began to suggest it might have been a challenge for the Traitors to see 'how many shields you can strip from the group', which would point to the broadcaster.

Fans reckon Cat's in the bag. (BBC)

Carr quickly jumped on this theory to help shift attention from himself, while it seems one of his fellow Traitors is thought to be doing a far more successful job.

With Ross helping keep things in tact, some viewers reckon it’s Burns who is going to make it to the end, comparing her to Harry Clark from series two of The Traitors.

“Cat Burns winning Traitors - calling it now,” plenty agreed.

“Placing my bets now that cat burns is going to win,” a second echoed.

Meanwhile, others noted: “Very fun. Great cast and Alan Carr as a Traitor is legendary already. Very excited for Cat Burns, I reckon she’s gonna be excellent.”

The next episode of Celebrity Traitors airs tonight on BBC One at 9pm.