Nail-biting finale brings collection to dramatic finish

Warning: This text reveals the end result of The Traitors.

The third collection of The Traitors has been gained after a nail-biting conclusion.

The finale noticed faithfuls Francesca Rowan-Plowden, Alexander Dragonetti, Leanne Quigley and Jake Brown go up in opposition to traitor Charlotte Berman.

After weeks of challenges, murders, roundtables and banishments, the ultimate prize fund stood at £94,600 after the final problem of the collection.

Ex-soldier Leanne and venture supervisor Jake had been the ultimate two and cut up the cash after revealing they had been each faithfuls.

Leanne squealed and thanked Jake “for not letting me down”.

Jake mentioned: “I really feel like my physique appears like it will collapse however I am simply so blissful.”

The ultimate roundtable was completely different from earlier years in that gamers who had been banished didn’t reveal whether or not or not they had been a traitor or a devoted as they left.

That meant the remaining contestants needed to rely solely on their instincts about whether or not or not there have been any traitors left within the sport.

A late twist this yr noticed Francesca grow to be “the seer”, an influence that enabled her to search out out the true standing of 1 different contestant.

Sadly for Charlotte, the final remaining traitor, Francesca selected her, and was capable of finding out her fellow participant was not the devoted she had assumed.

The finale comes after a phenomenally profitable collection for the BBC, which has been watched by an viewers of greater than 9 million, a determine which can rise as extra viewers catch up.

That locations this collection above the earlier two and makes The Traitors one of many greatest hits presently on British tv.

As in earlier years, a number of of this yr’s contestants attracted devoted followings on-line because the collection progressed, with Linda specifically being one of many breakout social media stars.

Her delightfully appalling appearing prompted lots of of gifs and memes on social platforms in latest weeks.

Different stars of the collection have included the impressively crafty traitor Minah, the extraordinarily well mannered Alexander, the intuitive Fozia, and, after all, transformed traitor Charlotte and her faux Welsh accent.

The third season has had a notably completely different narrative arc to the earlier two.

Within the first season, three devoted contestants gained after rooting out the final remaining traitor, Wilf, through the finale. Within the second collection, unique traitor Harry made it to the ultimate, and gained.

The third season is completely different in that not one of the unique traitors chosen within the first episode made it to the top.

The differing routes of every collection counsel the present’s format has the potential to final for a number of extra years, as every finale has stored viewers guessing and been laborious to foretell.

Nevertheless, the contestants have gotten more and more conscious of the way in which the present is produced, speculating on the choices being made behind the scenes.

For instance, certainly one of this yr’s faithfuls, Elen, appropriately speculated in an early episode that there can be extra feminine traitors this yr, following a male-heavy line-up final yr.

As gamers grow to be progressively extra savvy, producers must preserve making adjustments to verify the present stays contemporary and unpredictable, maintaining gamers on their toes.

A celeb model of The Traitors will air later this yr, giving the format one other new spin. It has not but been confirmed who will participate.