Celebrity Traitors theory reveals how James Blunt and Michael Sheen have 'sealed the fate of faithfuls' after shock Joanne McNally banishment

Warning: This story contains spoilers from Thursday's show (29 October).

A Celebrity Traitors theory has now revealed just how James Blunt and Michael Sheen have 'sealed the fate' of the Faithfuls after the latest banishment.

It comes after a leak earlier this week indicated that the penultimate episode of was set to have a ‘bombshell’ revelation which would completely change the show.

Last Friday's episode ended with a re-vote after reaching a roundtable deadlock, with faithfuls Sharon Rooney and Joanne McNally both facing the chop.

It all came down to the vote of King Kenny, who was awarded a dagger in the previous mission, giving him the privilege of a unique double-vote.

However, the last episode ended before he had revealed the name on his chalkboard.

Joanne was banished (BBC)

Now, as it resumed on Thursday night (29 October), his two votes completely flipped and went on Joanne, in a shock twist that booted her out of the show.

But it was far from smiles at the roundtable as she announced she had been a faithful all along.

There had been shock with viewers last week after all three Traitors, who still somehow remain beyond any real suspicion, had actually been elected the most trustworthy trio during the scarecrow mission.

The mission in which Sheen and Blunt selected their most trustworthy (BBC)

This meant that it was between them to conspire about who would get the dagger and be awarded a double vote - putting maximum power in their hands.

But now fans have suggested that it was actually the actions of James Blunt and Michael Sheen that have sealed the fate for the faithful and slashed their chances of winning, and that they had 'led the charge'.

This is because all three Traitors, who currently have the least heat on them, have sailed through to the final episode on Friday night (30 October).

K|ing Kenny sitting at that Round Table holding the entire fate of Sharon Rooney AND Joanne McNally in his double-voting hands while James Acaster and Maya Jama just watch on like proud supervillains... the sheer stress of tonight," one user said on X ahead of the episode.

The roundtable on the penultimate episode (BBC)

The theory suggests that this is down to the Blunt and Sheen, who were extremely vocal in the challenge about nominating Maya, Kenny and James Acaster as the three most trustworthy players.

In nominating the trio, Sharon had appeared exhausted with attempting to battle with the pair who had somewhat railroaded the discussion, and said she had nothing else to say when questioned at the roundtable.

Will the Traitors manage to take the crown? (BBC/Studio Lambert/Euan Cherry)

One user on X said the pair had 'been loud and wrong all season but never get heat simply because of their reputations outside of the show' as another said: "A big factor seems to be that James Blunt and Michael Sheen are big voices but have been wrong about everything!"

Another user hit out at Michael's reaction on X and penned: “It brings me no pleasure to report that Michael sheen doesn’t come across that well in Celebrity Traitors in regards to how he treats Leigh-Anne and Sharon.”

A Reddit Traitors forum also questioned the decision making between the pair, which left the Faithful's particularly vulnerable going into the final episode.

"I thought Blunt had learned his lesson after earlier missteps and admitting that he had it wrong," a viewer suggested. "Now he’s back to his old tricks: blindly leading the charge."

As another said: "It's hilarious when they're saying that Michael is so good that they can't believe he's still here."

However Sharon's survival was short lived, as she was the next contestant to be murdered.

With three traitors remaining as the show nears the end as of the penultimate episode, there are only five Faithful left to contest them.