More twists than Strictly's Jive week!

HAT A finish! The Celebrity Traitors ended with more great twists than Strictly’s Jive week - including the most irresponsible leak since Ozzy Osbourne at the Alamo.

- with GARRY BUSHELL

RATINGS HIT: Claudia Winkleman with Traitors finalists Cat Burns, Alan Carr, Nick Mohammed, David Olusoga and Joe Marler

Joe turned on Cat, Nick turned on Joe, leaving Alan Carr to romp to victory.

The shock on Nick and David Olusoga’s faces when he revealed he'd double-crossed them was true TV gold.

They couldn't have been more stunned if Labour had won a by-election.

The camp comedian survived despite making schoolboy errors.

He forgot he had a protective shield, he corpsed so blatantly his own shadow shuddered, and in his own words “I was useless at lying, I had no poker face”.

Carr's highlights - betraying pal Paloma Faith, engineering Celia Imrie’s wind-assisted exit in plain sight, double-crossing Jonathan Ross (and responding “Yabba dabba don't!” to his Flintstones’ jacket) - were some of the show's biggest joys, along with Ross's exit speech.

My winner though was rugby ace Joe, who was proved right about both traitors. Marler was shrewd, honest and funny; the show's other breakout star. Clued-up Nick (Nate in Ted Lasso) had a good run too, but stumbled at the final hurdle.

This ingenious format shows the flaws of groupthink and how easily paranoia kicks in. Unlike ripoffs like The Inheritance, BBC1's Traitors franchise has delivered huge audiences - and Lord knows they need them.