Claudia Winkleman stunned fans of The Traitors on Wednesday when she revealed the major way this year’s show will change.
And viewers are now convinced that because of the shock twist, they know who’ll win this year’s show. The smash hit programme follows 25 strangers as they battle it out in the Scottish Highlands to win the £120,000 prize money.
But as the BBC1 show returned last night, Claudia revealed finalists will no longer know if they’re banishing Traitors or Faithful at the very last stage of the game. Traitors have to kill off fellow players without being caught, while the Faithfuls have to work out who the Traitors are and banish them, before becoming their next victim.
The final survivors have the chance of winning the cash prize. However, if a Traitor makes it through undetected, they will be able to claim the prize. Claudia said of the format tweak: “The final twist is so smart. At the end, I will thank somebody for taking part and they will just walk out.
“It underlines that you think you know how to play but you don’t. If you went to the castle, you might have a way of working it out – this change takes away all of that. It goes back to the main body of the show, which is trust and gut instinct.”
Taking to social media to discuss the switch up, some fans insisted the change was unfair and said that because of it, it’s easier to guess who will win.
One person wrote on X, formerly Twitter: “The odds are already so heavily stacked against The Faithfuls, this plot twist is going to make it impossible for the faithfuls to win.”
Another social media user echoed: “As if the game wasn’t massively stacked towards the #TheTraitors they have made it easier for them to win now.” “Why is it literally built for The Traitors to win? This feels kinda unfair,” tweeted another fan of the show.
Announcing the change, Claudia said she believes it’s important to add new elements. “In any entertainment format, you can’t repeat. You want to give the people playing and the people watching something new,” the Strictly star insisted.
Meanwhile, the first contestant to be ‘murdered’ on the new series has broken her silence after fans were left fuming by her exit. A twist just minutes into the episode saw three contestants forced to leave the game early.
Call centre manager Minah, 29, retired opera singer Linda, 70, and financial investigator Armani, 27, were then chosen by Claudia to be the Traitors. For their first ‘murder,’ the trio chose to eliminate communication scientist Yin, 34. Armani said: “She’s just got too much brains and I just see it being a big pain in the a*** down the line.”
Following her departure, Yin appeared on companion show the Traitors: Uncloaked. She said: “I never thought I’d be referred to as a pain in the a***. That phrase did not cross my mind.” When asked about hearing the reason for her elimination, she said: “It is [bittersweet]. Very devastating still but I think the funny thing is … I honestly don’t think I came across as that smart having now seen the episode. I think if anything I looked confused […] And that was deliberate.”
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