We’ll Meet You At The Fire Pit | Traitors 2026 | Thread 13 | THERE WILL BE SPOILERS

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Thread to continue discussions of Traitors 2026 (UK Version)

If you haven’t seen the Final of this year’s Traitors then stop right there and get yourself over to iPlayer.

Don’t say I didn’t warn you!

Players, the floor is yours…

But it's months later when it's aired I'd like to think people will have got over it by then and if they haven't they shouldn't have been on the show in the first place. I mean cut to the studio live with winners walking in.

That's lovely because she was awesome and I'm betting the crew really appreciated her choice.

That's a great idea, hope a producer is watching!

They couldn't possibly do the editing in time for that.

True, it's nice that she is trying to protect them but the thought that they need protecting is a bit patronising in itself. She could say - 'It's been great having you' or something like that.

And of course men don't have any such label. It's good that Fiona hasn't come out of the series as the star of the show which I feared might happen :)

https://thetab.com/2026/01/28/the-traitors-season-four-casts-instagram-follower-counts-prove-who-the-real-winners-are

I see what you mean, sorry 🤡 I thought you meant in real time i.e. immediately after the big final fire ceremony! (which actually would make great telly, but not in a good way 🫢)

I hope Faraaz’s family go too.

A colleague whose a trustee on a charity which raises funds for the Hajj suggested this might happen. Their charity mostly raises funds through small donations but they have a few wealthy donors who having done well like to sponsor a family they consider to be good role models in the modern UK. Faraaz came across as a likeable, friendly lad who loves his family, works hard, has a decent (and respectable!) job who just happens to be Muslim. Exactly what the sponsors like to support.

Have you watched Australia S2? No anticlimax there...

Good on them!

I thought this thread had died and then realised I’d unwatched it by mistake 😊

I have been looking back over old episodes pending a new series (from anywhere). Comparing them makes me realise:

• I much prefer the Caudia/Roger style of dead pan wit in my presenters to the pantomime presenter style of Cummings and McSweeney. The latter are fun but I find them a bit OTT (especially Cummings’ cod Scots accent).
• The Irish one is the only one which makes Irishness/Irish culture a big part of the content. Perhaps the others could pick up a trick from this to vary the tasks. I liked some of the backstories.
• I don’t much like the US and Aus S2 packing of the contest with d-list celebs touring the reality shows. I’d rather have clear distinctions of civilian contests and celeb contests (but with proper celebs) as the UK has done.
• I really, really, really miss the equivalent of Uncloaked from the US/Aus and other versions. It adds so much to the show and especially I like seeing the contestants as “themselves” rather than edited to death. I’ve warmed to pretty much all the contestants on Uncloaked (except for Fiona). I found Eamonn on the Irish version to be as big a twat as on the show but in an eye rolling way.

I really took against Sam from Aus S2, his refusal to join the party seems in keeping with my perceptions of him. I’d be interested to know if he is as big an arse in real life as on the show (and his comments about Camille suggest that he is).

Yeah, she didn't defend Anthony who I thought came across much better on Uncloaked than in the show.

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/finale-listener-q-a-the-traitors-uk-s4-e12/id1667045755?i=1000747058984 They agree with our views of the Guardian reviewers who they say don't seem to like the show.

This is bonkers, you know nothing about him at all. He could be horrible in real life.

"came across as"

Faraaz came across as an immature misogynist to me.

Fancy calling a woman in her early 40s, presumably around the same age as his mother "grandma".

Let's brush it off though as he's such a lovely lad! 🙄

I got the impression it was a joke between them. I seem to remember her laughing with him and saying something like, 'Not bad for a grandma, eh?'

Me too and why is it lovely to pay for someone to go somewhere that their religion considers "holy" rather than donate to a worthwhile cause, maybe for people/children who are suffering from a serious illness or going through a hard time?

People can give to whoever they want.

Haaj is incredibly important to a lot of people.

If it means so much to you, donate some money to a "more worthy" cause.

Stop trying to find offence when there is none to be found.

I know people can donate to whoever they want, as I do already, thanks. I can also comment on whatever I want and I think it's unbelievable that some random young man will get this sort of thing paid for, just because he's been on a reality show, churned out a sob story and some people think he "comes across" as nice.

'this sort of thing' might not mean anything to you (it doesn't mean anything to me either, incidentally, as an agnostic who's not close to family), but hajj is deeply important to a lot of people. For him it was clearly an experience he felt would be important and meaningful for him and his family.
And I'd bet that a lot of people go on it because they're having a hard time, or they or someone they love is facing a serious illness, or maybe for other reasons that you would deign to deem 'worthwhile', and they feel it will help them in some way.

Saying he 'churned out a sob story' is inaccurate, not to mention pretty offensive. He didn't say he wanted to go on hajj because it was his granddad's last opportunity before he got too old, or that they couldn't otherwise afford it because they had a Dickensian landlord who was charging them an arm and a leg to rent a slum; he talked about it with his usual big smile and just said it was something he would love for him and his family to do.

Stop continuing to normalise sexism.

Interesting that the responses on here are so different to the usual MN comments about religion, like it's all a fairy tale, same as believing in the tooth fairy and father Christmas.

Well, often those discussions are actually 'about' religion in itself, IYSWIM, with the starting post being either something like 'If you believe in God, why?' or 'Why do people continue to follow religions?'
I do happen to think religions of all stripes are basically a fairy tale, like the tooth fairy or Father Christmas. But the point of this thread is not to discuss what we think about religious beliefs or behaviour. It is possible to be an atheist or agnostic and still understand how much people's religion can mean to them, and why things like the hajj, or getting your child baptised, or whatever, are so important to some people.
It's interesting that you don't address my actual points, about the idea of people going on the hajj because they're having a hard time/facing a serious illness/other 'worthwhile' reasons; and about the accuracy or otherwise of describing Faraaz as having 'churned out a sob story'.

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