After Harry Clark successfully tricked the Faithfuls and charmed the nation in 2024, the latest instalment of The Traitors had a lot to live up to. The dull repetitiveness and sheer self-superiority of the cast this year made it a hard watch at times. I actually hoped that nobody would win! It was only at the finale that the show found its feet again.
There were fewer misspellings at the Round Table this year, but what did spill over from last season was everyone religiously opting to say ‘yourself’ instead of ‘you’ when voting for fellow contestants – Harry Clark, I blame you. After a while, it just became an annoying trait of each episode.
But what was even more blood-boiling was the arrogance of many players, most notably Leanne and Joe. Ironically, neither hit the nail on the head with their accusations. Remember Joe gunning for Kaz? Oh dear. It seems these players – only in the third season of the show – seem to think they understand the inner workings of the game. But as host Claudia Winkleman always reminds us – there’s always a twist, and it’s never that simple.
But what was even more blood-boiling was the arrogance of many players, most notably Leanne and Joe. Ironically, neither hit the nail on the head with their accusations.
When so many players thought they got it right when they were so far from the truth, it became painful to watch. Not because they were wrong – that is part of the game, after all – but because they were so sure in their accusations that they stooped to low levels and made it personal. Even Fozia, who returned in episode four after choosing to leave the train in episode one, noticed how insufferable the cast had become.
Gone was the supposed unity upon which the Faithfuls rely, and in its place was a self-centred cast who seemed to be picked for the show based on their inability to work as a team. In the missions, they struggled to build up the prize pot, with most of them on a mission of their own, scurrying off to find a shield all for themselves.
But all is not lost – all hail the Seer! Are they taking ideas from Among Us modifications? Anyway, the Seer was a game changer: Francesca was given the power to reveal if someone is a Traitor or a Faithful. Charlotte – the last Traitor remaining – was picked, so the finale became a tense cat-and-mouse chase between the two former best friends. It was their word against the other.
But all is not lost – all hail the Seer! Are they taking ideas from Among Us modifications? Anyway, the Seer was a game changer: Francesca was given the power to reveal if someone is a Traitor or a Faithful.
After a quarrel at the Round Table, Charlotte was successfully banished, but so too was Francesca. In their wake, Alexander was also kicked out of the castle. It was Faithful against Faithful, and our two winners, Leanne and Jake, seemed more like stunned bystanders rather than active participants.
