This time it’s personal! Traitors 2026 | Thread 5 | Spoiler Free!

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Welcome to Thread 5 of Traitors 2026.

This thread runs at TV pace so do not read any further if you are not up to date with the live broadcast. Whilst most discussion will be on the current series, inevitably people will refer to previous series/players/winners so reader beware if you’ve not seen the 3 previous editions, or the celebrity version.

While we welcome posters discussing their theories and speculating on relationships/connections between players, please don’t post spoilers from elsewhere that may ruin things for those of us who like to see things unfold over the course of the series.

The story so far:

Traitors
Hugo
Rachel
Stephen
Fiona (Secret Traitor)

Murdered
Netty
Ben
Maz

Banished
Judy (Faithful)
Hugo (Traitor)
Ross (Faithful)
Amanda (Faithful)

Candidates for murder in Episode 6: Ellie, Faraaz, Jade, Matthew, Reece and Sam (Amanda was also a potential but was banished beforehand and Fiona and Stephen cannot be murdered).

The floor is yours…

A Daily Fail story that doesn't make sense?

No surprises there then.😂

She said she was a lesbian

Production can't 'interfere' with gameplay directly, they can't rig it.

But they can and do influence things. Eg:

-The questions players are asked can put a thought in a player's head.

-Putting a certain combo of players in one car together is a way of indirectly steering conversation

-Choosing who the 2-3 players allowed into breakfast first are and how long they are left in there before more players are Added. These players get the chance to have a private conversation; we saw Harriet and someone else have a one-on-one conversation at breakfast last week.

I didn't take to Rachel at the beginning and I thought her attack on Ross at the round table was awful, but I think I loathe Fiona more than any contestant I've ever seen.

Apologies if this has been mentioned but I re-watched the drahhhhma and wondered what James is doing as Fiona goes into the kitchen. He sort of ducks down and I'm into sure if he actually went into the kitchen. It's about an hour in.

That was Amanda! Fiona’s mentioned her husband more than once.

fiona isnt a lesbian

She might be if it helps her win

IMO both Rachel and Fiona are stupid.

Rachel has put her head about the parapet by saying what she did about Amanda. If they all take her word for it and banish Jade and whoever else Amanda suspected, after a couple of days they would start to suspect Rachel for leading them down that path to banish faithfuls. She has drawn attention to herself just to save her bacon for an extra day, but jeopardised her long term game.

Fiona let her envy and insecurities get the better of her by lashing out at Rachel the way she did. It’s too early to do this - and if Rachel goes down she will surely take Fiona down with her.

I’m hoping they both get banished.

Well, their eyeshadow match!!

Totally agree with this. Most of the contestants seem very nice and there are quite a few that I would be happy to see win (I really liked Ross, Ben and Maz too)..

I'm also #TeamAnyoneExceptFionaAndRachel

It's not actually a family tree though is it? There are no connecting "branches" worked into as there is on a family tree

It's just a drawing of a tree with the contestants printed on it. The endless speculation about possible relationship is daft. Especially for those that have now been banished or left - if there were relationships it would have been made know to the viewer when they went, as it was when Ross went.

The two relationships that were there have made absolutely no difference to the game at all!!

We know, but it’s polite to say hello to our thread friends.

I disagree. Rachel should have considered how she was going to use the Amanda info, perhaps consulted with the other traitors first.
Even if not, revealing it in a small group setting would have been better.
Fiona, spoke with her privately and again, rather than considering next steps Rachel chose to tell a large audience that Fiona said she was lying. Why? What was the purpose of that?
I can understand Fiona losing the plot a bit at that stage, thinking Rachel was throwing her under the bus.

If Rachel and Fiona make it up in the turret, after a big row obviously, they could fake a public reconciliation if Fiona comes in to breakfast saying she's thought it over overnight and now believes R. She could say she doesn't necessarily believe Amanda told the truth though

Oh gosh sorry I had Amanda stuck in my head!

But Fiona didn't take her to one side and tell her that she felt that perhaps Rachel should have shared that news with the other traitors first so they could come up with a game plan. She took her to one side in order to tell her she thought the whole thing was total rubbish, that Rachel was talking a complete pack of lies, and that she, Fiona, didn't believe a single word of it.

If Rachel had consulted with the other traitors first and then told the faithfuls about amanda the next day, she would have been accused of being too secretive. She was right to come straight out with it.

She's acting like she's a faithful and so obviously can't consult with the traitors.

This is what made me think they were connected and then he approached her a little later but I can see a strong resemblance between Ben and James.

Yes I think she had to say it last night.
I think she called everyone together to try to look less suspicious and like a good faithful.
Fiona freaked out because she could sense it was going to work so decided to sabotage it.

I don't think Rachel did it for her own sake though, I think it was to protect all three traitors and to encourage the faithful to look at the wrong people that hopeless detective Amanda had flagged up

I think that was Amanda

@Bryantpark Exactly.

@Bryantpark& @helplessbanana - exactly! If Amanda had told an actual Faithful, what would they have done? I imagine they’d have done what Rachel did - if you leave the secret too long it looks contrived.
I wonder how Fiona would have reacted if Amanda had told Harriet??

Amanda from S1 is on Uncloaked tonight which makes me think they may get a traitor at tonight’s banishment.

Rachel has put her head about the parapet but saying what she did about Amanda. If they all take her word for it and banish Jade and whoever else Amanda suspected, after a couple of days they would start to suspect Rachel for leading them down that path to banish faithfuls.

I honestly don't think they'd suspect Rachel on that basis because Rachel wouldn't be telling them anything they didn't already know about who Amanda suspected. Amanda was very open she suspected Jade, and also Sam, and had said so at the roundtable just an hour or so before Rachel told everyone about Amanda's profession.