When is The Traitors final and how does it work?

19 January 2024, 15:19

The Traitors will end on Friday 26th January with a special final episode. Picture: BBC

When does The Traitors end, when is the final and how does the last episode work?

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The Traitors series two, hosted by Claudia Winkleman and set in the Scottish Highlands, has turned out to be as dramatic and popular as the first series with millions of viewers tuning in on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights across the UK.

Sadly, we've passed the halfway mark of the show and the final is a matter of days away as people wait to find out who will walk away with the cash prize.

Following the banishment of traitor Paul and the recruitment of faithful Andrew, there are now two traitors left in the game; Harry and Andrew.

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But with the final still says away, with the faithful be able to detect the remaining traitors or will they steal all the money in the final episode?

These are the 22 contestants who took part in this year's series of The Traitors. Picture: BBC

When is The Traitors final?

The Traitors final will air on BBC One on Friday 26th January at 9:00pm.

The show kicked off on the 3rd January and has run for 12 episodes, like series one, with the outcome of the game taking place in the extended finale.

Unlike other episodes of The Traitors, which run for one hour, the final will be one hour and 10 minutes long and end at 10:00pm.

The Traitors episode schedule

We have four episodes of The Traitors left. The schedule is as follows:

Friday, 19th January | BBC One | 9:00pm - 10:00pm
Wednesday, 24th January | BBC One | 9:00pm - 10:00pm
Thursday, 25th January | BBC One | 9:00pm - 10:00pm
Friday, 26th January | BBC One | 9:00pm - 10:10pm

Claudia Winkleman will host the final episode of The Traitors on Friday 26th January. Picture: BBC

What happens in The Traitors final?

After weeks of eliminations and murders, the game will be left with its finalists after they decide that there are not anymore traitors among them.

The final contestants will then all be up to win the cash prize with the hopes that they have eliminated all the traitors in the game.

If all members of the finalists are faithfuls, they will split the cash equally among themselves. However, is there is a traitor still among them during the final, the traitor will win the entire cash prize.

The finalists decide whether they believe there is a traitor still among them using ceremonial pouches which light up green or red when thrown in the fire. If they light up red, it means the contestant believes there is still a traitor in the group which means they go to a vote to eliminate someone.

When all players vote green with the ceremonial pouches, the game ends and the traitors (if there are any) and faithfuls are revealed as well as the fate of the prize money.