The Celebrity Traitors UK season 2 winners donate prize to refugee charities

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Romesh Ranganathan and Sebastian Croft won the Season 2 finale of the U.K. edition of The Celebrity Traitors, the episode now streaming on BBC iPlayer. Both winners pledged their prize money to refugee causes, naming Choose Love and the Refugee Council as their chosen organisations. Posts about the finale reported the pair each gave £41,500 to charity and described the decision as a feel-good ending to an unexpected finish. Commentary in sample posts praised the donation as heartwarming while a smaller number of posts said the choice annoyed some viewers. The outcome meant the series closed with its winnings directed to organisations supporting refugees and displaced people rather than to the contestants.

Otto English

@ottoenglish.bsky.social

What a fantastic message that the two winners gave their money to refugee and displaced people causes. And what a great and heart warming show #CelebrityTraitors

8242h ago

lizziec.bsky.social24

It was lovely that in the most crucial conversation in the episode, Ramesh listened and went with Bash’s rationale. Says great things about both of them. It was my quiet highlight of this series.

DarlingDee 💙💙💙💙💙💙20

My husband and I were so pleased it went to such a wonderful causes. Well done Bash & Romesh ❤️

Alick12

I went on X to witness the meltdown. And first up Julia Hartley-Brewer. She did not disappoint!

LeifH11

Agreed, great causes - but one thing that irks is they're playing for such pitiful amounts compared with what I expect they were all being paid.

redranger27.bsky.social10

Oh they’ll be the mother of all hissy fits on Jeremy Vine, by the right wing gobshite they have on 😂😂😂

Chris Kendall10

Their choice of charity causes makes up for a great deal but on balance it was a bit of a shitshow by both Faithful and Traitors!

Refugee Council

@refugeecouncil.bsky.social

We're beside ourselves with delight and cheering at the top of our voices to celebrate our Patron, Romesh Ranganathan winning BBC Celebrity Traitors. We've followed every minute and every laugh that Romesh has created in the Traitor's Castle, and we're so proud of the game he played.

4453h ago

Refugee Council78

We're delighted that Romesh chose Refugee Council, the nation's refugee charity, as his nominated choice. Our work supports refugees to rebuild their lives in Britain. We're here come rain or shine, helping refugees rebuild and thrive.

SusanGLH3

Great result. Two excellent causes chosen.

Mari2

Yay! Now Charlie show your dad some respect. And give him a big hug!

Elisabeth J. Hobbes author1

I’m so pleased he chose you.

Gill Godfrey1

Absolutely wonderful. Thank you for everything you do. ❤️

jchesh.bsky.social1

So pleased that all the money is going to support refugees 💚

MꙬse Allain

@mooseallain.bsky.social

I love that all the money from the Celebrity Traitors winnings is going to refugee charity/ies.

4873h ago

MꙬse Allain127

And wonderful to see others celebrating this too.

Elisabeth J. Hobbes author14

It’s great. And one of them is for queer refugees. Gammon will be exploding.

James Murgatroyd7

So many people are going to be upset and they are all the people I want to be upset. 👍🏻

John Matthews5

I'm sure that's gone down a treat on X

'Frightful' Ed Finch2

Huge congratulations to Homepage - Choose Love share.google/jH0rYEgbv2iX... Home - Refugee Council share.google/9I63ZLr7aI1J... But, lets face it, compared to the celebs' fees and the money BBC are making, it's not a lot of money. Shall we see.if we can double it?

Andy Shearing1

This makes me happy, thanks Moose.

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Smylers4

And, as well as the money, the refugee charities getting publicity on a prime BBC1 show. And supporting refugees being normalized, seen as a thing people do. Thank you, Romesh and Bash.

Marie Le Conte

@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com

I think they should do a Not Quite Celebrity Traitors where it's a horrible mix of like very online journalists and also small-time influencers and everyone's essentially a sociopath

1501h ago

Mollie Goodfellow13

pls let me called up I beg

James Wild5

Allison Pearson is at a loose end.

Matthew Powell4

But Amol got on celebrities

Bill Heywood4

Isn’t that called Celebrity Big Brother? 😄

Dan Davies3

The game doesn't work if everyone's a traitor

Owler Nook3

Filling the castle with posters and no access to their phones would lead to bloodshed within hours.

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Athena Kugblenu7

All celeb spinoff shows should be this imo

Ryan Love

@ryanjl7.bsky.social

Bash and Romesh's choice of charities as winners has really annoyed some people. Oh dear. Anyway. If you'd like to donate to either of them: Choose Love - chooselove.org Refugee Council - refugeecouncil.org.uk #CelebrityTraitors

702h ago

Migrant Voice

@migrantvoice.bsky.social

It has been difficult watching how demonised those supporting people seeking safety have become. To see all the winnings from #celebritytraitors supporting refugees is amazing. Please throw your support behind the "faithfuls" and help where you can👇 www.gofundme.com/f/migrant-vo...

412h ago

Steven Perkins

@stevenperkins.bsky.social

“Unfortunately due to both winners picking political causes we have had to blur their voices when they said which charities they were playing for” #CelebrityTraitors

452h ago

Dorian Lynskey

@dorianlynskey.bsky.social

Maybe I’m getting soft but there was only one celebrity on the Traitors this season that I didn’t like. My family have made up for it with thinly justified grudges against people who are basically fine

503h ago

Kirstie5

I would have loved Jerry, Romesh and Rob to have made it as the last 3 as they had me in hysterics. Loved the ending though, although I thought this was a Traitors game…. I had a little blub watching Romesh’s reaction at the end. Maybe, the first Traitors spin off/ sitcom 🤔

Chad Clifton4

My boy Rom was amazing, anything else is a double win

Chris Shaw2

Assume it's Amol. Maya wasn't great imo. The rest were fine. Romesh was a revelation!

Sheila the Thief1

I didn't dislike anyone. The biggest problem I had was with Joanne's neon nails

StephenB

@stephenmbooth.bsky.social

Says something about the state of the nation that we have to celebrate refugee charities benefitting from Romesh and Bash’s victory in the #celebritytraitors. But I am fucking rejoicing. And also relishing the discomfort of bigots and racists and fascists the length and breadth of the land.

352h ago

Greg Jenner (Historian)

@gregjenner.bsky.social

I hugely enjoyed Celebrity Traitors, a wonderful finale after a shock in the penultimate episode last night

361h ago

Alex

@marshallexi.bsky.social

Loved that the #celebritytraitors winnings went to organisations supporting refugees and displaced people. BBC couldn’t edit that out 😂

252h ago

Small Robots

@smolrobots.bsky.social

Well I liked Celebrity Traitors a lot because it was full of lots of people I'm a fan of playing a silly parlour game in an overly melodramatic way that sparks intrigue, and that's basically all I ask for in a TV show.

332h ago