Traitors tears! Stars crying over shock banishment on eve of nail-biting final

Season two of The Traitors has officially come to a close, and what a dramatic and eventful series it has been. Following the grand finale last night, viewers watched Army Engineer Harry Clark take home the £95,000 cash prize as he was revealed to be a Traitor.

After four nail biting weeks of intense subterfuge and skilful gameplay, The Traitors finally found their winners, as Harry took home the win in a surprise turn of events. At the start of the grand final, just five contestants remained in the competition, Faithfuls Evie, Mollie and Jaz — alongside Traitors Harry and Andrew that had been hiding in plain sight - but which of them would come out triumphant? The final night before the banishment kicked off, the group sat down together one final time to enjoy a last meal together, where they each opened up about what they would spend the prize money on, should they win.

The Traitors returned for a second season this year.Hosted by Claudia Winkleman, the reality series sees 22 contestants compete for a prize fund worth up to £120,000 at a castle in the Scottish Highlands.As they arrive at the castle, a small number are selected to be “Traitors” who have to eliminate the “Faithful” contestants to claim the prize. However, if the latter manage to work out and banish the deceitful contestants through daily roundtable meetings, they win the cash prize instead.The show’s second season began on Wednesday January 3 and concluded on Friday January 26 after twelve episodes.After a tense and dramatic finale, traitor Harry was revealed as the winner of season two of the show.Evie was banished first in the final after the remaining contestants voted that she was a traitor before it was revealed that she was in fact a faithful.

Tonight is finally the night we get to see whether the faithfuls or the traitors will come out on top as the second series of BBC’s The Traitors reaches its final episode, and although we’re just as keen to see who will walk away with the prize money, we’re just as eager to see what outfit Claudia Winkleman will be pulling out of the bag for her grand finale look. The presenter has served up many an enviable ensemble throughout the series thanks to her stylist Sinead McKeefrey’s keen eye for oversized kits and statement accessories, but if there’s one look that’ll go down in history, it’s Claudia’s oversized red jumper and khaki scarf combo.

As the grand finale of The Traitors creeps ever closer to its dramatic conclusion, host Claudia Winkleman has revealed the one moment on set that left her and the crew “physically shaking.” The 52 year old host, who swapped the Strictly Come Dancing ballroom for the presenting gig on the whodunnit-inspired gameshow for the second year running, opened up about her time on set on Thursday evening’s edition of The One Show, 25 January. While chatting to hosts Lauren Laverne and Alex Jones, Claudia admitted there wasn’t too much she could say about the show while it was still airing, as she didn’t want to ruin the magic for viewers at home so close to the final - or to give the game away to viewers who may not even have started watching the show yet at all.

Fans of The Traitors can't get enough of the backstabbing, mistrust and betrayal lurking around every corner, not to mention the fingerless gloves and Fair Isle jumpers that Claudia Winkleman, 52, can't get enough of.The BBC1 hit show is keeping viewers hooked until the bitter end when we'll see who finally takes home a cash prize of up to £120,000 but with the final looming, we're keen to dive in a bit deeper to see what really goes on behind the scenes and what secrets lurk behind the murder mystery show. Does Claudia have any real say in who she chooses as a Traitor? Are the game players under lock and key? And do they really sleep in the gigantic Saltburn-esque Scottish Ardross Castle? Contestants are banned from the real world No access to the outside world is allowed - whether you're a Faithful or a Traitor you can't have access to a mobile where the contestant could easily Google the others and gain unfair advantages.

Since The Traitors kicked off earlier this month, we've been getting to know the contestants hoping to walk away with the huge cash prize. Jasmine Boatswain is one of the Faithfuls hoping to weed out the last of the remaining Traitors ahead of the final on Friday, 26 January. Away from the show, hosed by Claudia Winkleman, it looks as though Jasmine goes by a different name.

The Traitors star Brian has mocked his "stupid moment" which saw him banished from the show. Brian was eliminated despite being a Faithful after a comment he made aroused suspicion among his fellow contestants.

BBC producers are going all out for the Traitors on Friday with a new reunion special. The final episode of the BBC One murder show will see the remaining Traitors and Faithfuls battle it out to win the prize fund.

A celebrity edition of The Traitors is allegedly being considered by the BBC, following the huge success of series two of the murder-mystery reality show. The Traitors, hosted by Claudia Winkleman, 52, returned to screens in January with a second series, which has proven to be even more successful than the first series, with around four million people tuning in to watch each episode.

The Traitors host Claudia Winkleman has hit out at 'misogyny' among this year’s Traitors as Faithful Charlotte was sent home and yet another male, Ross, was recruited into the fold. Clearly unimpressed by the choice made by remaining Traitors Harry and Andrew, Claudia even wryly joked that their decision to recruit another male was "just like the olden days".The unexpected recruitment happened during Friday's show (19 January), when tensions were already at an all time high due to the high number of players that had already been eliminated.

Since The Traitors kicked off earlier this month, we've been getting to know the contestants hoping to walk away with the huge cash prize. Andrew Jenkins, 45, is currently working alongside his Faithfuls to weed out the Traitors and take home the money. During his time on the show, hosted by Claudia Winkleman, viewers have been able to see very distinctive scars around the back of Andrew's head, leaving many wondering how he got them.The scars on Andrew's head were caused by an almost fatal car accident he was in, where he was pronounced dead on the side of a road.

Fans of The Traitors appear to have already picked their winner, and are hoping he'll win "solo", after Wednesday's edition of the thrilling BBC show saw fan-favourite Diane 'murdered' and Traitor Miles uncloaked and banished. The unexpected development came after his fellow Traitor Paul orchestrated the discovery of his poisoning, something which lead to Miles being voted out of the Scottish castle. As the players thanked Paul for revealing Miles as a Traitor, Paul broke down in tears and put on an Oscar- worthy show - however, fellow Traitor Harry wasn't impressed.

If there's a stand-out star from series two of The Traitors, it's Diane Carson - the 63-year-old retired teacher who's charmed fans with her no-nonsense attitude on the show, her secret family relation to fellow contestant Ross and her abrupt copper bob. Viewers of the BBC One show watched last night as Diane became the latest of the Faithful contestants to be 'killed' by the Traitors in the game, being 'murdered' in plain sight by Miles in a fittingly camp fashion - with a glass of fizzy rosé. While the fan-favourite loved filming the show over several weeks, she revealed in an exclusive chat with OK! that her friends grew concerned during her time away - as she'd left her husband to respond to her texts.

The Traitors viewers have been left pondering whether there is another secret relationship within the Scottish castle following the latest fiery banishment. It had been an intense day for the traitors and faithful following a "slow march to certain death" for fan-favourite Diane.

After last week’s nail biting cliffhanger that saw The Traitor ’s star Diane’s fate hanging in the balance, viewers at home finally revealed the truth about her fate during Wednesday’s episode. The 63 year old from Lancashire looked set to be killed during last week’s finale, when Traitor Miles was tasked with murdering the next Faithful with a ‘poisoned chalice’. Whoever drank from the goblet would be sent home from the competition, but in a surprising twist the episode ended on a cliffhanger that showed the goblet in Diane’s hand - but crucially didn’t show the star drinking from it.

The Traitors is back on our screens for another week of deception and lies, but amongst the shocking twists and turns of the series so far, there has remained one constant – Claudia Winkleman’s wellies. Each week we – and everyone else watching – have been obsessing over the host’s chic country-ready outfits, and amongst the array of oversized knits, tailored coats and skinny jeans, her black Hunter wellies reign supreme as the understated hero of her cosy outdoor ensembles.

Whether you’re team Traitors or team Faithfuls, there’s one thing viewers of BBCs The Traitors can agree on – Claudia Winkleman’s outfits are what dreams are made of. Despite the series being filmed at the end of summer (contestants are often spotted in T-shirt and shorts commenting on the heat), Claudia’s stylist was two steps ahead when she was planning her outfits, dressing her in some seriously enviable winter-appropriate looks that have got us all clamouring for details during each episode.

The second series of The Traitors is currently on our screens and has gripped viewers yet again after the success of the first season. Throughout the show, a select few 'Traitors' picked by presenter Claudia Winkleman 'murder' one Faithful every night so they can try and walk away with all of the £120,000 prize pot earned in the team's daily missions. In turn, at round tables each evening, the whole group votes individually to 'banish' one of the cast members, hoping that they will discover it was a Traitor to whom they gave their marching orders.

The Traitors began last week, and, only three episodes in, the contestants are already starting to turn on each other and cause drama.However, the mind-games, deceiving and sabotaging required in the show will likely have psychological effects, say experts.The programme, hosted by Claudia Winkleman, involves a group of 22 ordinary people. Of the group, some are selected to be ‘traitors’ who must lie to the others, hide their identity and try and sabotage the rest of the group’s chance at winning the prize fund, all while trying to not get caught.