The Traitors' 8 biggest conspiracy theories debunked: CLAUDIA CONNELL gives her verdict secret pacts, couples and plot holes - and reveals the clue staring the Faithfuls right in the face
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The Traitors, a show in which contestants must deceive and manipulate to win a £120,000 cash prize, has the nation gripped once again. Now in its third series, it divides participants into 'Faithfuls' and 'Traitors', with their identities kept secret. It's then up to the Faithfuls to sniff out the Traitors and boot them off the show.
![[Now in its third series, it divides participants into 'Faithfuls' and 'Traitors', with their identities kept secret. It's then up to the Faithfuls to sniff out the Traitors and boot them off the show]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/15/01/94102907-14285671-Now_in_its_third_series_it_divides_participants_into_Faithfuls_a-a-12_1736906358475.jpg)
If any Traitor is left standing at the end, they take home the prize money – so it's vital the Faithful unmask them all before the final. Tonight the series reaches its halfway point, with nine million viewers expected to watch live and on iPlayer, making it one of the BBC's biggest shows.
![[Business director Charlotte Berman, from London, is a Faithful. In the first episode she revealed she was pretending to be from Wales because research showed people with a Welsh accent were seen as being more trustworthy]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/15/01/94102557-14285671-Business_director_Charlotte_Berman_from_London_is_a_Faithful_In_-a-10_1736906358473.jpg)
One of the reasons the series, presented by Claudia Winkleman and filmed in the Scottish Highlands, is so popular is that it is full of twists and surprises – sprung on the contestants and audience alike. The biggest shock came in series two when it was revealed players Diane and Ross Carson were actually mother and son, while in the first series couple Alex Gray and Tom Elderfield initially kept their relationship secret.
![[Well-spoken former diplomat Alexander Dragonetti, 38, also a Faithful, was 'evicted' in the first episode when he and two other contestants volunteered to get off a train taking everyone else to the castle]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/14/23/94102563-14285671-image-a-11_1736899076100.jpg)
Little wonder that social media and online forums are teeming with conspiracy theories – some plausible, others totally bonkers –about this year's crop of contestants. Superfan Claudia Connell puts some of the online theories under the microscope...
![[Dan Bird, a risk manager from Liverpool, was banished last week despite being a Faithful]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/15/01/94102713-14285671-Dan_Bird_a_risk_manager_from_Liverpool_was_banished_last_week_de-a-11_1736906358474.jpg)
The Traitors, a show in which contestants must deceive and manipulate to win a £120,000 cash prize, has the nation gripped once again. Now in its third series, it divides participants into 'Faithfuls' and 'Traitors', with their identities kept secret. It's then up to the Faithfuls to sniff out the Traitors and boot them off the show.
![[Frankie, 44, and Freddie have formed a close bond. He says she is like his 'mum' in the castle, while Frankie says he reminds her of her sons]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/15/00/94102703-14285671-image-a-25_1736900629845.jpg)
