The Traitors series four ends with high drama - follow live reaction

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That's a wrap for the 2026 series of Traitors!
Stephen and Rachel have won the hefty £95,750 prize
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Thanks for being a faithful audiencepublished at 23:16 GMT 23 January
Imogen James
Live reporter, nervous faithful
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I guess I can calm down now. It's all over for another series.
There have been highs and lows, tears, friendships, lochs, peacocks and lots of rain.
Let's take a trip down memory lane, shall we?
There's Rachel's FBI training revelation, which I want on record I never believed. Harriet's insane exit, going out guns blazing. We had Stephen's now-iconic jumpsuit, burned into my retinas. And of course a secret traitor, who went out a lot earlier than I think most of us imagined.
But it all came down to tonight. Five people, one full fringe, and a fire that changes colour.
And the two traitors, they played a blinder.
In the end, £95,750 was won in a glorious tale of loyalty. There were gasps in the newsroom, and plenty at home too.
Rachel and Stephen, joined in a traitorous bond until their victorious end. Congratulations to them (I say through gritted teeth).
What next? Well, it could be you. Applications are open for the next season - enormous luck.
'I'd walk from Birmingham to the castle to help out!'published at 23:09 GMT 23 January
Guys, you absolutely smashed that series, thank you. How about next series you have the faithful who have been banished or murdered seeing the traitors for every single one? Another suggestion, you've got to stick heart rate monitor watches on them at the round table with a little table for viewers only at home to see who's really bricking it at the time. If you need any extras on set, I'd walk from Birmingham to the castle to help out! Honestly, this TV series is brilliant, thanks again.
Richard Simmonite
This was my first time watching Traitors. I really liked Faraaz because he never gave up and never said any negative things - only positive. He did very well to get to the final!
Bilal, 8, Leeds

'Well-deserved winners'published at 23:04 GMT 23 January
Literally enjoyed Traitors final. I genuinely thought Stephen would banish Rachel. But those two traitors were faithful to each other. It was heartbreaking to watch Jack going out with nothing in cash. But he is an amazing player. Well done Claudia! You are an amazing anchor. Well done everyone. Congratulations to the winners.
Aneesh
Omg, that was nail-biting, nerve-wracking, and full of suspense. Really thought Rachel and Stephen would turn on each other, but so glad they kept their promise. Wonderful series. A small part of me is gutted for Jack and Faraaz, but the traitors are well-deserved winners.
Max
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A question for Claudiapublished at 22:58 GMT 23 January
Thanks for providing us with another great season of The Traitors and well done to Rachel and Stephen! My question is for Claudia - if you weren’t hosting the show and had the chance to take part in the celebrity Traitors, do you think you would be better at being a traitor or a faithful?
Lauren in Huntingdon

Stephen's next step should be a fashion linepublished at 22:52 GMT 23 January
Annabel Rackham
Culture reporter and Stephen’s biggest fan
As Stephen's biggest fan, I'm glad his excellent fashion choices throughout the show were given some airtime during Uncloaked.
"Maybe if I wear clothes that are flamboyant and loud people will say 'Stephen don't you look great'," he joked, as host Ed Gamble asked him about how he managed to win the show despite looking so flustered throughout.
Now we know why he made such excellent fashion choices - surely he'll be snapped up by brands to bring out a line of his own, or at the very least, he certainly deserves a magazine cover spread.
Stephen's outfits were 'tactics' aimed at distracting peoplepublished at 22:42 GMT 23 January
Nabiha Ahmed
Live reporter, aspiring recruited traitor
Strategy was on Stephen's mind long before he was called a traitor.
The victorious traitor was speaking on Uncloaked about his striking outfits during the series.
No surprise if they were the downfall of those he eliminated during the competition.
He says he has "a very red face" and wanted to "distract people the neck-down" with his fashion.
"It was all just tactics," he says.

'I love Stephen's game play, and Claudia's hosting abilities'published at 22:39 GMT 23 January
I've watched every season of Traitors and I think Claudia is absolutely fabulous at presenting this dramatic game of murder and betrayal. I really like Stephen and believe he played a phenomenal game as a traitor!
Holly, 11, from Chiswick
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Listen to Extra Uncloaked on BBC Soundspublished at 22:37 GMT 23 January
So now we've finished watching the reaction on Traitors Uncloaked - but you can head to BBC Sounds for even more post-finale chat.
In the bonus episode, Ed Gamble joins Claudia Winkleman and all the players from the series as they react to the endgame in a bumper extended episode.
You can listen to the episode on the website.

The truth of that FBI trainingpublished at 22:34 GMT 23 January
Katie Williams
Live reporter, clueless faithful
"Let's talk FBI training," Ed Gamble says to Rachel over on Uncloaked.
Yes please. Can we get to the bottom of this?
"I was very careful with my words," says Rachel, who now reveals the "four-month online course was more like a one-day course and an e-book".
Treacherous to the very end.
Maybe the faithful just weren't quite strategic enoughpublished at 22:31 GMT 23 January
Katie Williams
Live reporter, clueless faithful
"I think we could have had a few more chats," Faraaz says to Jack over on Uncloaked.
"We were both going for traitors, but two different traitors," Jack replies.
It shows this is a game of strategy - not just a game about reading people.

Need even more Traitors content? The finalists are on Radio 2 tomorrowpublished at 22:29 GMT 23 January
BBC Radio 2
Superfan Romesh Ranganathan is live with all of the finalists on Radio 2 tomorrow.
The show will have all the gossip and will be answering your questions.
Listen live on BBC Sounds from 11:00 GMT or ask your smart speaker to "play Radio 2".
Winners give their first interviews on Uncloakedpublished at 22:23 GMT 23 January
We're now hearing from Stephen and Rachel for the first time since it was revealed they're the winners of this series.
Rachel says watching the final vote back, it seems "a lot more emotional than I remember".
She says she knew what she was going to do, but was nervous that Stephen didn't.
Stephen says he didn't know what he was going to do at the final. "I never knew I had an expressive face, so this is news to me," he says, with laughter from the audience.
He says he's so proud of the game he and Rachel played.

Rachel 'can't wait to hug her babies'published at 22:17 GMT 23 January
Chloe Gibson
BBC News NI
Rachel has made her first video call since it was revealed she won The Traitors crown.
Speaking to her sister Joanne who confessed earlier in the evening that her “nerves were wrecked”, Rachel thanks her family for all of their "love and support".
She says she "can’t wait to get home to hug her babies".
The emotions are pouring out of this room.
It's apology hour over on Uncloakedpublished at 22:14 GMT 23 January
Katie Williams
Live reporter, clueless faithful
"Jade, I apologise," Amanda says over on Uncloaked. "You played an absolute blinder... You just kept going."
When former detective Amanda aired her suspicions about Jade early on in the series, little did she know it would haunt Jade - a genuine faithful - until the end.

Team players until the endpublished at 22:06 GMT 23 January
Annabel Rackham
Culture reporter and Stephen’s biggest fan
Despite Rachel and Stephen being traitors, they have been faithful to each other from the start and I think that is one of the greatest things to have happened in this series.
Seeing the two of them win together, having been chosen as traitors on day one is a fantastic achievement for them both.
There were definitely points throughout the last couple of episodes where it looked like Stephen or Rachel may turn on each other with their round table voting, but seeing them keep their promise not to write the other's name was heartwarming.
Who says traitors can't be faithful?published at 22:03 GMT 23 January
Nabiha Ahmed
Live reporter, aspiring recruited traitor
To each other, at least.
Rachel and Stephen have proved anyone who thinks otherwise wrong.
They're like siblings. No strangers to the odd bickering match, but ultimately, no one else is allowed to mess with them except each other.

I must admit, the traitors deserve thispublished at 22:02 GMT 23 January
Jack must be so devastated!
It was so hard to banish as a faithful. So to banish as a traitor must have felt so difficult.
What an outcome. The traitors really deserve this!
Uncloaked begins, with winners interviews incomingpublished at 21:55 GMT 23 January
It's straight onto the BBC One Uncloaked finale now.
The BBC Radio Theatre is packed, with a mixture of traitors and faithfuls in the audience.
You can watch at the top of the page in our stream, and we'll bring you the key lines right here.

Humble to the very endpublished at 21:54 GMT 23 January
Imogen James
Live reporter, nervous faithful
"I can't believe I've just won The Traitors," Stephen says laughing, delirious.
"I'm just a wee boy from the Isle of Lewis. This kind of stuff doesn't really happen to me."
And I'm just a wee girl from Inverness, smiling watching you win.
Right in the feels.
Show ends with a shoutpublished at 21:54 GMT 23 January
Katie Williams
Live reporter, clueless faithful
And the show ends with the winners shouting: "We are the traitors!"
Glee has won out over guilt. And fair enough. They put in a valiant effort, and kept us entertained through these dark January weeks.
This clueless faithful doesn't begrudge them their winnings. At least not that much.