SPOILER FREE PLEASE The Secret Traitor Big Reveal? Place Your Bets | Traitors 2026 | Thread 3

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Previous thread: https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/telly_addicts/5469362-red-cloak-dagger-were-all-being-played-traitors-2026-thread-2?page=1

Here we go, ready for the big reveal (maybe?) next episode - Wednesday 7 January.

Current Status

Confirmed Traitors
Hugo
Rachel
Stephen

Murdered
Netty
Ben

Banished
Judy (Faithful)
Hugo (Traitor)

Confirmed Faithful (still in)
James
Maz
Reece

Secret Traitor Suspects Remaining (in order of when named and who said it first)

Ross - *@maggieFS
Fiona - *@Empress13
Jessie - *@DandelionPockets
Roxy - *@CheerfulBunny
Jade - *@sleepeazie (technically it was CheerfulBunny who said it first, but you’ve already got one on the list!)
Amanda - @TokyoSushi
Sam - @lightanddreamy
Harriet - @Newgirls
Faraaz - @Ohcrap082024
Jack - *@Beachtastic
Ellie - *@Piggywaspushed

Only 2 players have not been named as ST suspects at this point (please provide screenshots if I’ve missed these being named!):

Adam
Matthew

It’s going to be a long 4 days!

I want to see much more of Harriet so I hope she is in whichever role keeps her in the longest. If she is a traitor she is probably less vulnerable

The producers could have been using that phrasing a lot when interviewing her until she used it back in a response. Fiona is more likely because of her saying things like she wasn't bothered about getting a shield.

Claudia when interviewed said that they would not pick someone as a Traitor who has said they don’t want to be one, so whilst it’s not a cast iron guarantee, I think jade is unlikely.
So many of them are giving away subtle and not so subtle clues.
Fiona right from the start, Sam and also the Ellie ‘secret Traitor’ comment also suss - but are they all red herrings?

I would love it to be Harriet.. her opening statement , delivery and conviction got lots of peoples’ buy in. It just goes to show you don’t need to faff around like Jazatha Christie worrying you won’t get the support. Just make sure you play a blinder in your delivery.

Of course if she is the ST her knowledge that Hugo was a traitor gave her that absolute confidence that we saw.. and her years as a barrister would have also helped enormously. However if she isn’t the ST then her galvanising was even more impressive.

I read her debut novel - brilliant. I thought the second was under par by some way, but seeing her on this has reminded me to read her third one.

At the moment my money is on either Fiona or Sam being the secret traitor. Fiona comes across as lovely and non threatening but I reckon she’s much cleverer than she seems. Sam seems ruthless and manipulative, so maybe too obvious?

I'd love it if ST was Harriet, just to see Rachel's face at the reveal. She's adamant that she and Stephen don't need anyone else, but I reckon Harriet will put her in her place.

I'm very pleased with myself predicting the tree picture was for use in a task. I'm not even going to bother waiting on the Who's Who being foreshadowing and just go ahead an apply to be on the production team. I'll be a shoo in, I'm sure 🤣.

As for the ST, heddging my bets with either Fiona or Ross - with a possiblity on Sam. Either way, or even another, I want them to come in and see off the two existing traitors quick sticks. Hugo was my favourite of them, and I never really took to him, so that tells you all you need to know.

Oh and if my genius (😃) doesn't stretch to the Who's Who's and it (with the tree) really is about everyone in the castle being related - I'm proposing the theory that there will be a big reveal at the end they all have the same father (none of them realised) and he's in Who's Who 1934.

I think Jade is standing out a bit this series because most of the cast is a bit older. In series 1 she would have fit right in with all their hissy fits. They seem to have decided to not have a many younger peeler toys time which does mean that some of the borderline bullying in 1 and 3 isn't happening which makes for a nicer watch.

A bit far fetched, but brilliant, although for some, it would have to be grandfather.

I still don't think it's Harriet but would love it if she was. Rachel wouldn't stand a chance because of Hs barrister skills. Being a woman she won't be too cocky with it. There is something about Rachel that I don't like. She will definitely eat Stephen alive

Fiona for me - in one of the challenges she said she wasn't bothered about a shield - either a red herring (entirely possible of course) or she doesn't need one.

Ooh. That could be a great twist for a future episode but perhaps they’ll let this play out as it’s new. I’m also Team Roxy.

New to the threads as have only just caught up.

If Harriet was the ST, why did she go for Hugo?
I can't really work out what the game plan of the ST would be - maybe she wanted to join the RTs?

Harriet would be a good choice besides that.... my money is on Amanda or Fiona.

And I like the idea of Harriet and Hugo being siblings. Makes more sense why one hid their profession and the other didn't. But again, would Harriet root out her brother like that?
But going in as a barrister is asking for trouble.

Agreed. Pretty sure it’s not Harriet. Too easy.

Am loving it !

Cant wait for Wednesday, disappointed the ST over so soon.

Would have liked Ben and Judy to stay longer not disappointed that Hugo went he was a bit full of it and shot himself in the foot!

All older peope out first which is a real shame would rather they got rid of some of the younger ones so it was more balanced.

Not keen on Jade she seems a bit odd.

That was a boob by Rachel and Stephen to get rid of Reece at the family tree as that will be noted I’d imagine.

😂😂 because that’s what brothers and sisters do. Itd be fun if they are siblings, at least one vaguely interesting link

I’d like production to make it harder for them all to keep secrets about themselves. One of the missions where people have to guess who entered with a relative, who is an ex-detective, who is a crime writer etc. Then the players hiding their secrets would need to decide between admitting the truth or not adding cash to the prize. Anything kept hidden would then have the others being more suspicious of each other as well.

It has been pointed out elsewhere that on last night’s Uncloaked they had pictures of the known traitors plus Harriet on the back wall. Could just be coincidence though.

We have to remember that The Traitors is a huge show and will have been edited with utter precision. Everything we see will be for a reason. And while Uncloaked is more of an informal show there will be some control and editing.

I'm going into work tomorrow and telling them I do not require middle management 🤣

I'm switching my ST suspects to Harriet or maybe Ellie. I have questions over Faraaz, Jack, Matthew or Adam. And will be blind sided if its Jessie!

My 7yo is convinced that the ST is Ross, she’s absolutely hilarious and likes to tell me, in detail, how she would manipulate and double bluff other players if she were a Traitor. She’s a tiny little Machiavellian genius and I love it! I think it’ll be someone insipid though, and maybe someone we’ve not seen much of yet…

As a lifelong gamer myself I do feel the need to point out that not all of us lack social skills as per the stereotype . Some people are just annoying😂

I think it's Ellie too for the same reason as mentioned above, she started talking about the ST out of the blue.

I was so happy to see Hugo go, he was an utter knob.

Will we definitely get to see the ST at the same time as the other traitors?

Fair enough - I bet you're older than she is though. Apologies if I seemed rude. Agree with you on Hugo!

I liked Hugo! He made a basic error though commanding the room at breakfast.

I don’t see why production would leave in Ellie mentioning ST unless she wasn’t one. If she was one I can’t see how it would be good for TV to leave it in and then the secret is instantly gone.

I will be very happy if it’s Harriet but I don’t think it’s her. Still think it’s Roxy and more so since her mum said she thought she was a traitor too.

I see where you're coming from, but If it's good for Al Pacino, then it's good for whoever everyone's father turns out to be.

He might even turn up for the final.