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The Traitors crown three remaining Faithfuls as winners after tense final and finally banishing Traitor Wilfred Webster-Meghna Amin-Entertainment – Metro
What a final!
We can’t believe it’s over! (Picture: BBC/Studio Lambert Associates/Paul Chappells)
Claudia Winkleman’s new murder mystery game, The Traitors, has officially come to an end after having the nation hooked since the moment it hit our screens.
22 hopefuls were slowly whittled down to the remaining five finalists – three Faithfuls and two Traitors – after a series of brutal challenges, dramatic roundtables and ‘murders’.
And tonight, the programme crowned it’s first ever winner. Or rather, winners, as the three remaining Faithfuls took home the joint crown.
The nail-biting final left us with two savage banishings as Aaron Evans, Meryl Williams and Hannah Byczkowski were left with the £120,000 winnings, having successfully voted out the final Traitor, Wilfred Webster.
Wilf was left in tears after the final decision saying he was so ‘happy’ that the ‘money was going to people [he] liked.’
‘I’m so happy for you guys, I’ve found it really hard and have had to fight,’ the 28-year-old began after the secret was out.
He continued: ‘The more I’ve got to know you guys the more I’ve had to try and steal money from you, it’s really hard.
‘But honestly, I could not go through this process without people who make me happy.
‘You lot made me happy and made me enjoy being here.
‘Everyday I tried to play as a Faithful and enjoy my time here, and the only way I could do that was by having people like you around me, knowing that if this time ever comes at least the money was going to people I really like.
Through their tears, Meryl, Aaron and Hannah shared how much they loved Wilf, thanking him for keeping them in the game.
‘Wilf you have been the most amazing player,’ Claudia gushed, also tearing up.
Maddy Smedley was banished on Wednesday’s penultimate episode, leaving Traitors Kieran Tompsett and Wilf, and Faithfuls Aaron, Meryl and Hannah in the game.
The series began with Wilfred, Amanda Lovett and Alyssa Chan cast as Traitors before Wilf betrayed the two members of his team and recruited Kieran to join him.
However, in the final roundtable, Wilf turned on Kieran, while suspicions arose from the remaining Faithfuls, causing them to vote the 42-year-old out.
But the solutions consultant left with a savage message, voting for Wilf to be kicked out of the game, and cryptically telling the others he’d left them with ‘a parting gift’.
An explosive debate followed, as Hannah, Meryl and Aaron were left wondering what Kieran meant, and had to decide whether to banish Wilf and take the money, or end the game with Wilf included – which (unknowingly to the Faithfuls) meant he would win the game.
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And they clearly picked right – with Aaron, Meryl and Hannah all choosing to banish Wilf, before Claudia revealed that the remaining three were all Faithfuls, and therefore, all winners.
Over the weeks, the likes of Tom Elderfield and Rayan Rachedi had the finger pointed at them and were banished from the game, while contestants including Alex Gray and Andrea Addison were ‘murdered’.
The Traitors is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.
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