Overview
- Fiona Hughes was revealed on Wednesday as the previously anonymous player and immediately joined Rachel and Stephen in the turret as a regular Traitor.
- An early roundtable led to the banishment of Ross Garshong, who declared he was a Faithful, after which Ellie Buckley disclosed she is his girlfriend.
- BBC figures show the reveal episode averaged about 7.3 million viewers and peaked at roughly 7.5 million.
- The season’s new mechanic placed a hidden player in charge of nightly murder shortlists until the unmasking, after which the role converts to a standard Traitor.
- Viewers, pundits and betting markets had been parsing handwriting, edit cues and body language, with wider scrutiny of contestants’ hidden backgrounds and pre-existing ties.