The Traitors’ Tom: ‘I knew it was Alyssa from an unaired clue but this is the reason I would never have guessed Amanda’-Meghna Amin-Entertainment – Metro

Tom has become the latest Traitors star to be banished (Picture: BBC/Studio Lambert Associates/Mark Mainz)

The Traitors star Tom Elderfield has revealed how he knew which one of his co-stars were lying, and why he would never have guessed another.

On Wednesday’s episode, Tom was banished from the group, but revealed himself to be a Faithful, which his girlfriend Alex Gray had known all along.

Suspicions grew when Tom shockingly revealed he and Alex had been in a secret relationship to the rest of the group, in dramatic scenes which left many of the contestants convinced either Tom or Alex must be lying to them.

However, Tom then began to plant ideas that Ivan Brett was a Traitor, meanwhile he remained convinced (but silent of his suspicions) about Alyssa, who really is a Traitor.

Claudia Winkleman’s murder-mystery game show sees 22 contestants move into a Scottish castle, and take on challenges to try and win £120,000.

But, lurking between them are three Traitors, who will try and kill off one of the other group, The Faithful, but no one is sure who is who.

Tom and Alex have been keeping things a secret (Picture: BBC)

Alex wasn’t ready for the secret to come out (Picture: BBC)

In an exclusive interview with Metro.co.uk, Tom revealed which clue made him certain that Alyssa was one of the Traitors.

The 24-year-old magician said: ‘One thing is that we asked her to do an impression of Claudia, and she said, “Hello Traitors,” and we all just were like, “I’ve never heard her say Hello Traitors, have you?”’

Tom had been referring to Claudia’s signature line when she joined the three Traitors at night, so something only Alyssa, Amanda and Wilfred would have heard her say.

Tom’s suspicions about Alyssa may be correct (Picture: BBC)

The roundtables have become even more dramatic (Picture: BBC/Llara Plaza)

He continued: ‘And then also, she was clearly struggling to talk to people directly, even at the roundtables, the final triggering factor was that she got so emotional around the roundtables.’

While his suspicions may have been correct, Tom had no inkling that Amanda was another of the Traitors, and revealed that after voting Nicky during the first eviction, he wasn’t going to make the same mistake.

No one yet suspects Amanda (Picture: BBC)

He told us: ‘In the first ever roundtable, for about an hour, everyone is coding the other person, and I had no idea, and the moment Nicky’s name was dropped honestly it hit me quite hard, because she is super lovely and I was getting close to her, and I even said I don’t care if she’s a Faithful or a Traitor, I want her to win.

‘Writing Nicky on that board to blend in with the herd is so much easier said than done, and it was from that moment that I would never, ever have guessed Amanda.

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‘Because there was no way I was putting another mother on that board. I felt awful, I felt really, really bad.’

While Tom may have guessed Alyssa to be a Traitor, she along with Tom’s girlfriend Alex, remain in the game, but for how long until the other contestants grow suspicious?

The Traitors continues tonight at 9pm on BBC One.

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