A Dagger to the Heart | Traitors 2026 | Thread 10 | Spoiler Free!

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Welcome to Thread 10 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
Reece
Adam
Jessie

Banished
Judy (Faithful) - Roxy’s mum!
Hugo (Traitor)
Ross (Faithful) - Ellie’s boyfriend!
Amanda (Faithful)
Fiona (Traitor)
Harriet (Faithful)
Sam (Faithful)
Ellie (Faithful)

The floor is yours…

She did do that, but she was also quite mean. I found it very uncomfortable to watch, I guess anyone has experienced similar behaviour in a work or school environment would have felt for the guy she picked on (was it Kas?)

Yes he definitely misunderstood - same in uncloaked

Rachel was saying it will be suspicious if we don’t join in the conversation - she wasn’t saying she was going to slag him off

she’s right - it would look suspicious if she or he stayed silent and People
would spot it (or maybe not 😂)

couldnt stand Leanne - agree she was bully and I hate cliques - and so disrespectful at round tables

Thanks for organising the hangout, @CaveMum. Watching alone tonight, so good to have company.

I deleted all social media a little while back so I only see Uncloaked and the bits of social media I see posted on here or on Reddit. We see such an edited view on the show but Uncloaked lets them relax and talk through what they were thinking and laugh at themselves so we see a more rounded view of them IMO. There are very few that I don’t immediately like more after seeing them on Uncloaked.

Oh Faraaz. You should have waited until the morning to say that...

Agree. He wore a baseball hat a few episodes ago and I thought he looked like George Michael, the hair is definitely hiding a good looking guy

Oooo I just really wanted to wash the make up off her face and mess her hair up - looks so much like a dolly and still does

I didn’t think she played a good game at all - I think people don’t want the agro if going up against her - and all this “I say what I see” was rubbish - she was a bully

What about when Alexander tried to forge a bond with Leanne and her reaction?

I really didn't like Leann either, she was very forthright in accusing others but extremely personally offended when others accused her. I also hated the end of that series because I felt they voted out Alexander for no reason other than they wanted more money - he was so clearly a faithful

There is such a stupidity premium to the people who make it to the end of the traitors as faithfuls, which is the massive flaw in the game. James,Jade and Roxy are some of the least astute players we've seen in this series. Faraaz has only made it this far because he's really young and has waited until the right moment to accuse anyone with any social capital.

Across the formats ive generally preferred the series where traitors win for this reason.

But its part of the game to accuse each other and I wouldn’t over interpret it. Every series one or two people get hung up on accusing a particular other because they think they are traitors. Leanne was no “meaner” in her accusations than the men in that group or anyone else convinced they have identified a traitor. It was at odds with her fluffy appearance which was where she was clever. I was astonished that even after she forgot to dumb down her physical performance and ran uphill carrying weights passing several fit young men they still didn’t think to themselves “nail technician - really?"

He needed to put it out there, they don’t have much time left.
He’s hoping they won’t murder him but he’ll be aware of the double bluff.
If they do him in, hope people won’t fall for it.

I hope so too but I thought that was very clever to say to Rachel please don’t murder me tonight.

So I think there's a small chance that Jack and Faraaz could win against the traitors.

But that depends on them murdering Roxy, which I don't think they will do.

Oh I think he looks like he needs a good wash

and shave!

Who do you think they will murder then? Not Jack or Faraz. Don’t think James or Jade as they have the heat on them. So just leaves Jade.

I think they have to get rid of Faraaz.

I don't think Rachel has a choice.

If she doesn't he will have all day to convince people she's a traitor.

Wheras if they kill him she can try and style it out as being too obvious.

If Roxy goes then they're getting rid of someone who completely trusts them. This late in the game they need to keep the ones that trust them for the end game.

They did the same for Stepehn when Stepehn was in trouble and they had to bluff their way through and in the end Stephen ending looking more like a faithful.

She believed he was a traitor and neither trusted the other fully in the context of the game. They’ve both said they get on really well and I do believe them both because if you look at the episode (possibly penultimate one, I can’t remember now) where they’re just playing badminton and not engaged in any conversations about the game they seem really relaxed and friendly with one another. I’m not saying she’s an angel but I don’t think she’s the bully she’s made out to be either.

Sorry should say it just leaves Roxy to murder,

It's becoming number game, I don't think they can afford to kill off the faithful that trust them completely.

So I think they'll go for Faraz.

At the end they said it was between Faraaz and Roxy

I’m not sure Roxy actually does fully trust either of them. She wouldn’t have questioned them both if she did. She seems to be currently allowing her heart to rule her head but her head is definitely telling her to be suspicious of both. They might think they can rely on her but I’m not sure they’d be so wise to do so.

I can’t help but have a soft spot for James and his remorseful nature. He was the same over the taking the shield thing. It makes him very human in his flaws!

Alexander, Matty and Jack would make a lovely team…

Think you are right. Don’t think they will get rid of Jadevas she is not a threat and is pretty clueless as to who might be a traitor.

There’s no reason not to murder faraaz. He won’t be banished. And he won’t take Rachel to endgame. So either he’s murdered it looks suspicious and rachel is banished or he’s left alive he points and Rachel and she’s banished. Her only play is murdering him.