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It was another bad day for the Faithfuls as they banished one of their own just days before Friday’s final.
During Wednesday’s episode of The Traitors, Matthew Hyndman was voted off during an explosive roundtable, leaving just seven players remaining.
And there was a major twist at the roundtable, as Rachel Duffy and Stephen Libby – both Traitors – had to pick a Faithful to give the ceremonial dagger to.
Whoever possessed the dagger got a double vote, and with the final only days away, it had the potential to change the game.
They gave the dagger to James Baker, and as the Traitors had hoped, he went for Matthew and led the majority of the group in that direction.
After Matthew announced he was a Faithful, the remaining contestants became suspicious of each other. And with the final in touching distance, and a chance to win up to £120k, tensions began to rise.
While Traitors Rachel and Stephen have been getting away with murder, Faraaz Noor was finally on to them.
He said to Rachel: ‘I think it might be Jade or Stephen, and I think the other might be you. I think it was Traitor on Traitor with Fiona, and you’ve got rid of her. Listen, suspect all you want, throw everything at it.’
She calmly brushed it off, and jokingly said: ‘If I was a Traitor, I would have killed you on the first night.’
The episode ended with the Traitors deliberating their next move, which will be to murder either Faraaz or Roxy Wilson, and viewers will discover the outcome during Thursday’s episode.
It was tense in the Traitors turret, with both Rachel and Stephen on edge about the pact they made early on in the series.
While committing a murder in plain sight at the family tree, they promised to not betray one another or vote for each other at the roundtable, in the hopes of winning the series as a duo.
But in a game based on lies, deception, and psychological strategy, it is no wonder they were both on edge.
Stephen said to Rachel: ‘I just need to know now that we are going to make it to the end.’
She responded: ‘I’ve made one promise since I got here and I’ve told you I’m not breaking it. Please remember, no one can stick up for anyone at this point, and if you hear anyone repeat that I’m talking about you, it is because I have to protect our alliance.’
But still left with doubts, Stephen then said to the camera: ‘Right now I’m worried. Maybe I’ve been blind because I have been actively not discussing Rachel if anyone brought her up.
‘She might not write my name on her slate, but that doesn’t stop her from sowing seeds of doubt against me.
‘If I did find out that she was going against me behind my back, then game on.’
The Traitors continues on January 22 at 8pm on BBC One and iPlayer.
