Who won The Traitors? Nail-biting finale brings UK series 3 to dramatic close

Warning: This text reveals the result of The Traitors.

The third sequence 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 towards 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 sequence.

Ex-soldier Leanne and mission 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 stated: “I really feel like my physique looks like it should collapse however I am simply so glad.”

The ultimate roundtable was totally 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 recreation.

A late twist this 12 months noticed Francesca turn out 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.

That led to her being voted off however, regardless of the 4 remaining gamers all being devoted, Alexander and Francesca adopted Charlotte in being voted off – leaving Jake and Leanne to separate the pot.

After being informed their fellow finalists identities on companion present Traitors: Uncloaked a teary Francesca stated “I suppose we did not belief one another sufficient”, whereas Alexander noticed the humorous facet saying it was “completely good”.

The finale comes after a phenomenally profitable sequence 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 sequence above the earlier two and makes The Traitors one of many greatest hits at the moment on British tv.

As in earlier years, a number of of this 12 months’s contestants attracted devoted followings on-line because the sequence progressed, with Linda specifically being one of many breakout social media stars.

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

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

Talking on BBC Breakfast the morning after the finale, Jake stated the entire expertise “nonetheless looks like a dream”, including: “I am ready to get up.”

He stated he was himself the entire recreation, and was grateful for messages from individuals who stated he impressed them after speaking about his cerebral palsy.

“Despite the fact that I am disabled, it does not outline me as an individual,” he stated. “However I’m happy with it. It makes me who I’m.”

Leanne stated her family and friends had been “completely made up” for her after her win, including: “It has been a very long time protecting it a secret.”

And regardless of the on-screen backstabbing, former diplomat Alexander stated: “What you do not have (watching) at house is you’re feeling this relationship between individuals.”

However he added whereas contestants do bond, “it’s a must to throw individuals underneath the bus”.

Francesca agreed that she had a “sense of paranoia” whereas filming, however watching again on TV she might see conversations she hadn’t been aware about.

She stated: “We had a extremely beautiful time collectively and actually bonded.”

Talking of her faux Welsh accent, Charlotte stated she “dedicated on day one and needed to go along with it”, as if she revealed her actual voice, she would have been banished.

“Possibly it did work.”

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

Within the first season, three devoted contestants gained after rooting out the final remaining traitor, Wilf, in the course of the finale. Within the second sequence, authentic traitor Harry made it to the ultimate, and gained.

The third season is totally different in that not one of the authentic traitors chosen within the first episode made it to the tip.

The differing routes of every sequence recommend the present’s format has the potential to final for a number of extra years, as every finale has saved viewers guessing and been onerous to foretell.

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

For instance, considered one of this 12 months’s faithfuls, Elen, accurately speculated in an early episode that there can be extra feminine traitors this 12 months, following a male-heavy line-up final 12 months.

As gamers turn out to be progressively extra savvy, producers should hold making adjustments to ensure the present stays recent and unpredictable, protecting gamers on their toes.

A celeb model of The Traitors will air later this 12 months, giving the format one other new spin. It has not but been confirmed who will participate.