Nail-biting finale brings The Traitors to dramatic end

The 3rd bid of The Traitors has been won aft a nail-biting conclusion.

The finale saw faithfuls Francesca Rowan-Plowden, Alexander Dragonetti, Leanne Quigley and Jake Brown spell up against traitor Charlotte Berman.

After weeks of challenges, murders, roundtables and banishments, the last prize money stood astatine £94,600 aft the past situation of the series.

Ex-soldier Leanne and task manager Jake were the last 2 and divided the wealth aft revealing they were some faithfuls.

Leanne squealed and thanked Jake "for not letting maine down".

Jake said: "I consciousness similar my assemblage feels similar it's going to illness but I'm conscionable truthful happy."

The last roundtable was antithetic from erstwhile years successful that players who were banished did not uncover whether oregon not they were a traitor oregon a faithful arsenic they left.

That meant the remaining contestants had to trust solely connected their instincts astir whether oregon not determination were immoderate traitors near successful the game.

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A precocious twist this twelvemonth saw Francesca go "the seer", a powerfulness that enabled her to find retired the existent presumption of 1 different contestant.

Unfortunately for Charlotte, the past remaining traitor, Francesca chose her, and was capable to find retired her chap subordinate was not the faithful she had assumed.

The finale comes aft a phenomenally palmy bid for the BBC, which has been watched by an assemblage of much than 9 million, a fig which volition emergence arsenic much viewers drawback up.

That places this bid supra the erstwhile 2 and makes The Traitors 1 of the biggest hits presently connected British television.

As successful erstwhile years, respective of this year's contestants attracted devoted followings online arsenic the bid progressed, with Linda successful peculiar being 1 of the breakout societal media stars.

Her delightfully appalling acting prompted hundreds of gifs and memes connected societal platforms successful caller weeks.

Other stars of the bid person included the impressively cunning traitor Minah, the highly polite Alexander, the intuitive Fozia, and, of course, converted traitor Charlotte and her fake Welsh accent.

The 3rd play has had a notably antithetic communicative arc to the erstwhile two.

In the archetypal season, 3 faithful contestants won aft rooting retired the past remaining traitor, Wilf, during the finale. In the 2nd series, archetypal traitor Harry made it to the final, and won.

The 3rd play is antithetic successful that nary of the archetypal traitors selected successful the archetypal occurrence made it to the end.

The differing routes of each bid suggest the show's format has the imaginable to past for respective much years, arsenic each finale has kept viewers guessing and been hard to predict.

However, the contestants are becoming progressively alert of the mode the amusement is produced, speculating connected the decisions being made down the scenes.

For example, 1 of this year's faithfuls, Elen, correctly speculated successful an aboriginal occurrence that determination would beryllium much pistillate traitors this year, pursuing a male-heavy line-up past year.

As players go progressively much savvy, producers volition person to support making changes to marque definite the amusement remains caller and unpredictable, keeping players connected their toes.

A personage mentation of The Traitors volition aerial aboriginal this year, giving the format different caller spin. It has not yet been confirmed who volition instrumentality part.