After The Traitors, Alan Carr Ends The Year By Choosing Love
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BusinessRetailAfter The Traitors, Alan Carr Ends The Year By Choosing LoveByKate Hardcastle,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. AKA The Customer Whisperer: advisor, broadcaster, Science of ShoppingFollow AuthorDec 10, 2025, 10:41am ESTXInstagram / Paloma Faith / Choose Love At the end of a year defined by noise, contradiction and cultural fatigue, the moments that linger tend to be the ones that feel intentional. Alan Carr’s appearance on Paloma Faith’s Instagram, wearing a personally signed Choose Love x Virgin T-shirt, is one of them. What might easily have been a light, playful nod to the fallout from The Traitors instead revealed something more substantial about how audiences now interpret public behaviour.King of the Traitors: The Celebrity Traitors was a massive hit for the BBC in late 2025, with its finale reaching over 15 million viewers within 7 days, making it the UK's biggest show of the year so far, averaging around 14.8 million viewers per episode across the series, and dominating viewership, especially among younger audiences. The final episode alone had an overnight average of 11.1 million and a peak of 12 million, with total reach expected to surpass 20 million. (Photo by Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/Getty Images)Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/Getty ImagesAlan Carr’s villainous move on The Celebrity Traitors, saw him swiftly “kill” good friend, Paloma Faith and go on to win the show. But for audiences, and particularly for Paloma herself, it was a very early end to the game and her appearance on the hit-TV show. The cultural weight of that moment is amplified by the scale of the programme itself.
The Celebrity Traitors was one of the BBC’s standout successes of late 2025, with its finale watched by more than 15 million viewers within seven days, making it the UK’s biggest show of the year so far. The series averaged around 14.8 million viewers per episode, with particularly strong engagement among younger audiences. The final episode alone drew an overnight audience of 11.1 million, peaking at 12 million, with total reach expected to exceed 20 million. When moments happen at that level of scale, they move quickly from entertainment into shared cultural reference.In today’s entertainment environment, viewers rarely separate behaviour on screen from values off it. Reality television may reward tactical brilliance, but audiences now watch through a wider lens, one that looks for alignment, humanity and continuity of character once the episode ends. MORE FOR YOUHis ‘apology’ arrived as a quiet, visual gesture: Carr pictured on Paloma Faith’s Instagram wearing a personally signed Choose Love x Virgin T-shirt. The T-shirt forms part of the Choose Love ‘Remastered’ Collection, created with Virgin and available both online and at Choose Love’s annual Regent Street pop-up. The Return of the Purpose-Led PurchaseDJ to the Stars: DJ Fat Tony attends the Choose Love 10th Birthday Shop Party on Regent Street on November 26, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Dave Benett/Getty Images)Dave Benett/Getty ImagesWorking with designers Casey Roarty and Ross Atkins, the range draws from Virgin’s music archives, imagery from Fatboy Slim’s You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby, Groove Armada’s Vertigo, Rankin’s portrait of Neneh Cherry, and a rare artwork by Roger Dean, reframing this history through a humanitarian lens.Every purchase supports Choose Love’s global work across 51 countries, partnering with more than 600 local organisations to deliver frontline assistance, from daily essentials to search and rescue, reaching more than 8.5 million people since 2015. In an era where many charitable mechanisms feel complex or opaque, the clarity here is powerful.Quiet Gesture That Reflects a Bigger ShiftAs the year closes, consumers reassess not just what they buy but what their purchases represent.
The Remastered Collection speaks directly to that moment: culturally rich, socially focused and anchored in transparency. It allows individuals to participate in something bigger without requiring grand gestures or polished declarations.And for anyone wishing to see the work firsthand, or to choose love in the most practical sense, the collection is available at Choose Love’s Regent Street pop-up at 245 Regent Street, London, open through Christmas Eve. A small act, perhaps, but one that carries meaning in a season when intention matters.Editorial StandardsReprints & PermissionsLOADING VIDEO PLAYER...FORBES’ FEATURED Video