Maya Jama gives £83,500 to Action for Children after Celebrity Traitors exit
Entertainment · First reported 31 Oct, 16:17 · Updated 17:07

Maya Jama donated £83,500 of her own money to Action for Children after being voted out of Celebrity Traitors before the final. The amount matched the prize share she could have won; finalists Sebastian Croft and Romesh Ranganathan won and shared the show’s £83,000 prize pot.
- Jama donated £83,500 to Action for Children after she was voted out of Celebrity Traitors at the final stage.
- Her donation matched the amount she could have won; the charity confirmed it received the money.
- Sebastian Croft and Romesh Ranganathan won the £83,000 prize pot and split it between their chosen charities.
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- Donation
- £83,500 to Action for Children
- Donation timing
- Jama shared her decision after the final aired on Friday night; Action for Children confirmed receipt shortly afterwards.
- Prize pot
- Croft and Ranganathan shared the £83,000 prize pot.
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- 11.2 million average overnight viewers, according to official figures cited in the report.
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- An earlier Lux story reported that Romesh Ranganathan and Sebastian Croft won the 2026 series as Faithfuls and were the last two contestants at the firepit. [fe66676f-64a6-44d9-b8ea-0f03f23675e4]
- An earlier Lux story covered King Kenny describing his betrayal of Jama as a high-risk move. [76f7e7da-c2c4-4a73-bb9b-31cbc2034543]
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