Spoiler alert: This text mentions particulars from final evening’s episode of The Traitors UK.
The Traitors UK smashed its document score for a gap ep final evening, luring in additional than 5M viewers.
The present peaked with 5.4M, near its finest ever efficiency which was the finale of final season. It was probably the most watched present of yesterday within the UK, beating off competitors from the information and a Gavin & Stacey tribute.
The earlier opener was 2M down on final evening and demonstrates how a lot of an enormous draw The Traitors – which airs in a number of nations around the globe together with Peacock within the U.S. – has develop into for the BBC.
The Traitors launch is quick changing into one of many TV calendar moments of the 12 months and the BBC is aware of it, having put a good bit of selling would possibly behind the present and giving it a profitable New Yr’s Day slot earlier than releasing the following instantly on iPlayer. Episodes will air every week Wednesday to Friday till the top of this month.
With a recreation that feels it must be ever altering, the BBC instantly threw warning to the wind by ‘eliminating’ three contestants whereas they had been on the practice to the citadel earlier than the sport had even correctly began, though the destiny of Fozia, Jake and Alexander stays unknown. The quantity within the citadel was due to this fact whittled all the way down to the usual 22, with three then chosen as traitors by host Claudia Winkleman.
The largest format tweak is a change to the ultimate that may see the gamers not reveal whether or not they’re a traitor or trustworthy as they go away the citadel. The remaining gamers will due to this fact should depend on their instincts to know whether or not there’s nonetheless a traitor left within the recreation.
The following episode airs tonight.
