After a season of shocking twists and turns, The Traitors season four has come to an end.
Our six finalists: Traitors Stephen and Rachel, and Faithfuls James, Jack, Jade and Faraaz were battling it out to secure the £95,750 prizepot and eternal glory in the Traitors hall of fame – so the stakes were high.
It’s certainly been a journey to get here from the early secret Traitor reveal through to the explosive Church confessional confrontations to the final episode, stacked full of suspicion and backstabbing.
The 75-minute finale included James and Jade getting banished, but in the end, it was Traitors Rachel and Stephen who won the prize pot and split it in half after a genius gameplay.
They’ve made history as the first dual Traitor winners in the UK version of the show – in the end ‘the two Traitors were faithful to each other.’
After the mammoth success of Celebrity Traitors, the civilian Traitors has also grown in popularity year on year, with the first episode securing over 12.1million viewers to date.
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Goodbye, goodbye!
Well, it may only be January, but The Traitors season four final will surely remain a contender for best TV moment of 2026.
Stephen and Rachel take a bow! You’ve wooed the nation and secured your place in the Traitors hall of fame right alongside fellow Traitor winners Alan Carr and Harry.
We’re just sad we won’t be able to see this epic duo conniving their way around the castle anymore!
The Traitors fans left delighted after history-making final
Traitors Rachel and Stephen have made history on the UK show as the first-ever Traitors duo to win.
Their impressive gameplay and ability to hold their nerve made all the difference in the end and, despite the doubt, they pulled off the win.
Fans have called the victory everything from ‘incredible’ to ‘phenomenal’ and the final the ‘best in the show’s history’.
The Traitors season four crowns victors
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With £95,750 up for grabs, the scenes around the firepit were absolutely nail-biting as Faraaz, Jack, Rachel and Stephen went head to head.
After scheming their way to the very end, Rachel and Stephen have secured the first-ever dual Traitors victory!
Jade is the next contestant be banished
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After a tenser-than-tense final ever roundtable, with accusations flying everywhere, Jade was banished.
It truly could have been anyone’s last moment, given how much distrust there is between absolutely everyone, but for Faithful Jade it wasn’t meant to be.
Despite her best efforts, after weeks of suspicion, her time was up with the final blow made by Stephen’s vote.
The Traitors fans tell Metro share their finale predictions
With the final well underway, Metro is on the streets asking some of the millions of viewers exactly how they think it will pan out.
With watch parties happening across the nation – we attended the Clapham Grand, where fans revealed their best theories.
From a Faithful win to a shock Traitor victory – betrayals and twists and everything in between.
Who do you think will win?
Rachel leaves fans shocked at her Traitor faux-pas
The Traitors fans were left with their jaws on the floor after Rachel almost revealed her true identity in a mistaken moment.
After returning from the roundtable, she was speaking to her co-stars when she said: ‘If I was a Faithful then I would murder me… I mean if I was a Traitor, I would murder me.’
Time will tell if Faithful Faraaz might pick up on her mistake and question her on it later – especially as her number on sceptic.
Faithful James is banished from the castle after chests of chance loss
After an agonising wait, we finally know who was out of luck and got banished after opening their chest of chance.
As the episode kicks off, we’re saying goodbye to James!
He put up his best fight, but in the end, he didn’t receive the shield and revealed that he was, in fact, a Faithful to the rest of the roundtable.
Goodbye James! As for Rachel, are her minutes numbered?
Who is left on The Traitors?
With half-an-hour to go, here’s your refresher on who is left in the game.
Season four started with 22 contestants, but now we’re down to the final six.
On one side, we have Traitors Rachel and Stephen, who have been working together in the turret since the very start. But could this treacherous duo finally be broken up? Time will tell.
On the other side, we have Faithfuls James, Jack, Jade and Faraaz. With James and Jade under the most heat, they’ve got this far by the skin of their teeth.
Meanwhile, Jack and Faraaz have been throwing accusations out left, right and centre, but could they be hoodwinked at the very end?
The Traitors star Harriet reacts to the Faithfuls ignoring her Rachel theory
Fallen Faithful Harriet shared that she tried her very best to convince everyone in the castle of Rachel’s treachery, even if she wasn’t successful.
Psychological thriller author Harriet went all in on Rachel before getting banished but the Faithfuls almost entirely dismissed her theory until last night.
Discussing the situation on The One Show tonight, host Alex Jones asked her: ‘Are you frustrated no one listened?’
‘I mean, you can take a pigeon to water, but you can’t make it drink,’ she joked, which caused the rest of the studio to laugh.
She added: ‘I did my best but I think we’re all in our heads with our won theories and it’s very hard to convince people. She’s played such a good game. I am proud of the confessional moment, I will say.’
Who left The Traitors last night?
Thursday night’s episode of The Traitors started with the reveal that Faithful Roxy had been murdered.
After a day of heated discussion which put all of them under the harsh spotlight, Traitor Rachel was under pressure from the rest of castle as they entered the roundtable.
Meanwhile, Faithful James was still under suspicion after receiving the ceremonial dagger the night before which gave him a double vote at the roundtable.
In the end, it came down to a tie between James and Rachel with the episode ending on a cliffhanger as the pair opened up their chests of chance to see if they would be banished or not.
As for Roxy, Traitors fans were left disappointed when Uncloaked didn’t show her reaction to finding out who the Traitors are – especially since she’s been backing Rachel and Stephen all the way.
How long is The Traitors finale?
The Traitors finale kicks off at the slightly later time of 8:30pm on BBC One tonight.
Luckily, viewers are in for a treat as this will be an extended episode with a runtime of 75 minutes, concluding at 9:45pm when we’ll discover who has won season four.
This will be immediately followed by The Traitors: Uncloaked, hosted by Ed Gamble, on BBC One. This airs until 10:35pm.
The behind-the-scenes talk show will feature exclusive chats with our finalists (and the lucky victor or victors), so it’s not one to be missed.
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