The Traitors: Wilfred and Kieran are rooted out in BBC One finale

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Watch: Moment victor revealed connected BBC One's The Traitors

By Daniel Rosney

Entertainment reporter

Faithfuls Aaron, Hannah and Meryl rooted retired the traitors successful the deed BBC One world amusement and volition divided the £101,050 prize money.

Viewers were gripped arsenic contestant Kieran's "parting gift" was to works suspicion connected chap traitor Wilfred.

For 3 weeks, implicit 12 episodes, "faithful" contestants tried to enactment retired who were the chosen "traitors", murdering competitors each night.

If a concealed traitor remained astatine the extremity past they would person scooped the money.

"I'm truthful blessed for you," a tearful Wilf told the winners, having kept his traitor individuality hidden since occurrence one.

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Kieran, Will, Hannah, Aaron and Meryl were the last 5 successful the caller world show

"I've recovered it truly hard and I've had to fight. The much I've got to cognize you guys... I've had to effort and bargain wealth from you... It's truly hard."

The faithfuls were stunned, particularly Hannah who was blindsided by immoderate proposition passim the amusement (mainly from Maddy) that Wilf was a traitor.

Earlier, Wilf had convinced the radical to banish (vote out) Kieran, who he'd converted from a faithful.

The Guardian described the final arsenic "so thrilling your bosom won't halt hammering successful your chest", giving it 5 stars.

"And of course, determination are tears - truthful galore tears - this clip adjacent from Claudia," wrote Alim Kheraj.

An mean overnight assemblage of 3.3 cardinal watched the finale, overnight ratings show.

That fig does not see catch-up viewing. A important fig of viewers person been watching the amusement connected iPlayer.

Host Claudia Winkleman has been praised for her enthusiasm for the contestants arsenic good arsenic her one-liners passim the series.

She announced the last 5 volition look connected her Radio 2 amusement connected Saturday morning.

As helium explained successful the Scottish Highlands castle, 24-year-old Aaron volition beryllium utilizing immoderate of his winning wealth towards a deposit for his Mum's house, portion 25-year-old Meryl volition usage it to spell travelling.

"I can't enactment into words... I can't rather judge what's happened," Hannah, 32, told the cameras aft uncovering retired she was portion of the winning team.

On Tuesday's programme Will gave Kieran an ultimatum, which became his downfall, by asking him to travel on-board arsenic a traitor, arsenic replacement for Alyssa and Amanda who'd been banished, oregon helium would beryllium murdered.

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Hannah, Aaron, Meryl and Will archer Claudia (centre) if they'd similar to extremity the crippled oregon banish 1 much player

The faithful's worked retired connected Thursday's last determination was astatine slightest 1 traitor inactive amongst them and Wilf had planted the effect it was Kieran, who was past banished. His ballot went to Wilf arsenic helium hinted to Hannah, done facial expressions, determination was inactive a traitor successful the group.

"I would ne'er bash it again," Wilf laughed connected Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James connected Friday. "The champion happening I did was lose. I don't deliberation I could person lived with the guilt successful the end."

He besides explained helium prefers Will and wasn't known arsenic Wilf until the amusement - but it's the sanction of Hannah's canine truthful the sanction stuck.

The BBC hasn't confirmed if determination volition beryllium a 2nd bid but Winkleman told Radio 4's Today programme she'd emotion to big it again.

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