It’s widely recognised that one of the standout TV moments of last year was Nick Mohammed’s shock banishment of his closest ally, Joe Marler, on The Celebrity Traitors.
By contrast, last night’s The Traitors reveal of Claudia’s red-cloaked “middle-management” fell flat. While there’s no doubt that season 4 needed to switch up the format to engage long-time viewers, the Secret Traitor twist proved more exciting in theory than in practice.
Had the Traitors held out for longer without being banished, the reveal might have carried more weight – instead, the mystery came to an abrupt end only four episodes into the season.
Internet theorists were driven to a frenzy dissecting every smirk and raised eyebrow; spreadsheets were constructed listing every Faithful up for murder. It felt like a disservice to end the fun so early. But would we have tired of it?
This year saw a vast number of players revealing they’d like to be a Traitor, and with good reason. You’re not up for murder, you hold a lot more power and, if you’re Alan Carr, you could even win.
So when the audience is cast in the role of the Faithfuls – equally blind, equally open to manipulation – you lose out on the conspiracy. We’re no longer in cahoots with the Traitors, laughing as the Faithfuls scramble for a half-formed theory and banish themselves in the process.
Either the reveal would be obvious (as it was) or, equally dissatisfactory, we would have been led astray. Neither options are particularly appealing.
Knowing that our ditzy, lovable Welshwoman (as season 3’s Charlotte can attest, a Welsh accent can hide a multitude of sins) was running rings around her fellow Traitors adds a delicious layer of irony to the turret discussions.
There’s little joy in the Secret Traitor working alone – now, we can expect the usual Traitor-on-Traitor betrayals we have grown to love. It seems that Fiona is already thinking along those lines, if her cosy chat with Amanda and Rachel is anything to go by.
The reveal was an anticlimax, but the real drama is only just beginning. For all its cloaks and daggers, The Traitors is a psychological experiment, not a whodunnit. As viewers, we gain our access back and can watch players cheat, lie and outwit one another once again.
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