A TRAITORS star from Essex has officially made it to the final of the hit BBC show after last night's cliff hanger saw a tie break between two other contestants.
Jack Butler, 29, a personal trainer from Essex, has sealed his fate in the final five of the latest series of the murder mystery game show, after Thursday night's episode ended with a jaw clenching cliff hangar that will see one of James or Rachel be banished by chance.
With a guaranteed place among the final five, Jack is on track with a good chance to win it all with fellow faithful's Faraaz and Jade if they can come together and topple Stephen in the endgame.
The fate of faithful James and traitor Rachel still hangs in the balance, as The Traitors is set to reveal its latest banishment in the series finale tonight.
Players are usually eliminated following a round of voting, but the tense episode saw the pair receive the same amount of votes after two rounds of voting.
Host Claudia Winkleman brought out the “chest of chance”, and she told James, 38, and Rachel, 42, that the player who selected the chest with a shield in it would make it to the final.
It came after a dramatic roundtable saw faithful's Faraaz, 22, and PhD student Jade raise suspicions over Rachel, who has remained largely under the radar during her time on the show.
Ahead of the roundtable, Rachel was seen during a confessional, and said: “Stephen knows he has every opportunity to throw me under the bus and sail to victory.
“I just hope I can trust him.”
The episode closed before the result of the “chest of chance” could be revealed, leaving viewers in anticipation of the final on Friday night.
If a traitor remains in the show at the end of the final episode, they will have the opportunity to steal the prize pot from the faithful's – which currently stands at £76,750.
The series finale of The Traitors kicks off on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Friday at 8.30pm.
As the series finale of The Traitors approaches, viewers have been left on a cliffhanger as the latest player to be banished has yet to be revealed.
The penultimate episode also saw faithful Roxy become the traitors’ latest victim, leaving four faithfuls in the game with two traitors in their midst, as the BBC One show creeps towards its conclusion.
Players are usually eliminated following a round of voting, but the tense episode saw traitor Rachel receive the same amount of votes as faithful James after two rounds of voting.
Host Claudia Winkleman brought out the “chest of chance”, and she told James, 38, and Rachel, 42, that the player who selected the chest with a shield in it would make it to the final.
It came after a dramatic roundtable saw faithfuls Faraaz, 22, and PhD student Jade raise suspicion towards Rachel, who has remained largely under the radar during her time on the show.
Rachel, from Newry, County Down, was chosen as a traitor by presenter Claudia Winkleman when the new series of the show kicked off earlier this month and largely remained under the radar before successfully seeing off two recent challenges.
A few weeks ago, Rachel, who works as a head of communications, was accused of being a traitor in front of the group by fellow traitor Fiona, who was later voted off the show after a dramatic confrontation between the pair.
She has also been accused of being a traitor by former barrister turned author Harriet, who was banished from the castle after leading the charge against her.
Meanwhile, James from Weymouth was voted for by Jack, a personal trainer from Essex, and traitor Stephen, who previously made a promise to his teammate Rachel to not write her name down during the roundtable discussions.
It comes after Stephen, 32, was seen stirring the pot earlier in the episode, raising suspicion for Rachel to the other players because he thought that his teammate was going to throw him under the bus.
During a confessional, he said: “I’ve been setting up that I’m suspicious of James and Rachel.
“I have to make sure my gameplay today and tonight has looked as faithful as possible. Otherwise, it could come back to bite me.”
Stephen, who works as a cyber security consultant, also said: “Rachel and I promised we would never write each other’s name on our slate, but what I’m realising is that didn’t mean we would never talk about the other person.
“I think I would be stupid not to try and stand up for myself.”
Ahead of the roundtable, Rachel was seen during a confessional, and said: “Stephen knows he has every opportunity to throw me under the bus and sail to victory.
“I just hope I can trust him.”
The episode closed before the result of the “chest of chance” could be revealed, leaving viewers on the edge of their seats ahead of the final on Friday night.
If a traitor remains in the show at the end of the final episode, they will have the opportunity to steal the prize pot from the faithfuls – which currently stands at £76,750.
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