It’s A Wicked Game | Traitors 2026 | Thread 9 | Spoiler Free!

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Welcome to Thread 9 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 <spoiler warning if you haven’t seen the start of episode 9>

Traitors
Hugo
Rachel
Stephen
Fiona (Secret Traitor)

Murdered
Netty
Ben
Maz
Reece
Adam
Jessie

Banished
Judy (Faithful)
Hugo (Traitor)
Ross (Faithful)
Amanda (Faithful)
Fiona (Traitor)
Harriet (Faithful)
Sam (Faithful)

The floor is yours…

Who would you give the double vote? Because if you give it to eg James he will then assume Matthew can’t be a traitor as that’s too stupid. If you give it to Rachel or Stephen it makes them look traitorish. I’d give it to Roxy.

I agree they aren’t joining the dots. They aren’t forming any alliances, they all just want to be liked and stay under the radar.

Because we are seeing a highly edited version. And we know she’s a traitor. You could say exactly the same about faraaz. But obviously we know he’s faithful.

I’ve said this on thread 1 but I do the same job as Rachel. We’re often the only people who do it in our company. That makes you pretty self-sufficient and you can sometimes feel a bit isolated (obviously you need a good network and to be able to get on with people, and to work in a team as well).

I’m not surprised she’s sometimes accused of being an ice maiden. Some of the things we have to be involved with would make you weep/angry if you couldn’t disassociate a bit.

Mainly I want to work with people who can do the job. Nice is nice but not if they cannot do the job.

Ugh, I hate the sob stories. I don’t care why you need the money, the best player should win. It’s so manipulative and shouldn’t be allowed in the game. I know we get to know them on a personal level, but there’s many things about a person other than the worst hardships they’ve been through and why that means they need 80k. I’d love for someone to say “I’m gonna spend the money on strippers and cocaine”.

If Jade sold some of those £400 cardigans she’d have a deposit for a flat up North!

I thought Rachel was actually saying it was a good thing for Jade, because Amanda had also suspected Sam and Sam was a faithful, so it indicated that Amanda hadn't a clue and Jade could well be a faithful as well despite Amanda's persistent accusations?

I don't think the point of the sob stories is about deserving the money. They always have a dinner party once the group is down to a size that gives time to humanise everyone a bit. The drama and tension is high by that point and it's exactly when you need something gentler and more touching. It isn't always heartbreaking stories. Faraaz just told us a bit about his faith and his dreams; in S1, Andrea talked about being gay as an older person and how glad she was to have had this opportunity at her age. It's just what you need by that point as the group is smaller, more intimate,, and everyone forgets the game a bit and just enjoys getting to know each other... and then of course Claudia always crashes it with some sort of game twist to break the spell again.

It's just good dramatics!

Yes - this is the point.

Do you really? The faithfuls have been well and truly duped too. Rachel keeps pushing the Amanda suspicions hoping that people will give it weight. After Sam’s banishment she could have said something like ‘well, so much for Amanda’s theories then’ to cast doubt but I believe she was just twisting the knife for Jade.

That goes without saying that you want to work with colleagues who are competent.
I’d rather work with someone who was good /competent and decent than someone who was brilliant but a snake.

Aside from second guessing people’s intentions to win the game, what makes you say Rachel is “judgey”? I can’t think of a time where she’s made a judgement about anyone.

HOLD UP why are people saying Rachel isn’t a ‘team player’? That is utter nonsense, surely. She has worked REALLY hard to think on her feet to cover Stephen’s hot mess several times and take the heat off him. She hasn’t ever voted for another traitor, until Fiona literally forced her hand and caused a huge big scene. Stephen has voted for both Fiona and Hugo?
Rachel’s team is the traitors! She’s not ‘on team faithful’ because that’s not the team she’s on. That’s like saying Harry Kane isn’t a ‘team player’ because he tries to tackle and take the ball off Albania and doesn’t let them score. Comeeeee on now.

How did he cheat and get away with it?

Rachel did vote for Hugo. She actually didn't vote for Fiona despite attacking her and orchestrating her exit.

Ah I must be misremembering that way round then. The rest of my point still stands!

Sudden influx of defence for Rachel..

Shes possibly marmite but I’d still love to know why Harriet lost the plot.

No. Rachel did NOT vote for Hugo but DID vote for Fiona.

Sorry but that table is incorrect. I remember what happened.

I think it's the usual dislike for a successful, powerful woman. 🙄
If Rachel was a man I bet everyone would love her and be saying how great she is & how well she's been playing the game.

It’s not that. People liked Amanda and Harriet.

You might need to change your username after you have watched it back. Stephen was the traitor who voted for Hugo.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/welsh-traitors-star-booted-out-33162204

The table is correct. Rachel did NOT vote for Hugo. She said she was absolutely delighted in the turret after he left, and in her diary room interview, she said she didn't have to do anything.

Like a pp says, Jade carried right on looking mortified, so Rachel's outwardly kind and supportive words in her shell-like did nothing at all to reassure her, but only served to remind Jade that everyone still remembered the accusation, and were still thinking about it.

It's a backhander, as in: "Of course nobody thinks your dress is hideous, I think you look lovely".

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