Who is the secret Traitor? Viewers believe they know who

For this series, barrister Hugo, 51, head of communications Rachel, 42, and cyber security consultant Stephen, 32, will be the titular Traitors.

However, that was not all, as a huge twist for the BBC reality game show was also revealed.

Claudia announced that for the first time on the UK version of The Traitors, there would be a secret fourth Traitor that viewers at home will have to suss out, along with the rest of the cast.

The identity of the final Traitor, who wears a red cloak in contrast to the famous green cloaks worn by the others, will not be revealed to viewers or the original Traitors.

And after last night’s episode, viewers believe they know exactly who it is.

not seen much of him yet, but I feel Simon is kinda giving secret traitor vibes #TheTraitors pic.twitter.com/WeRqlFK5Rt

— 𝑆𝐼𝐴𝑁 𝑇𝐻𝑌𝑀𝐸𝑆 🫧 (@SianThymes) January 2, 2026

Who is the secret Traitor?

In a strange turn of fate…a lot of people seem to think that host Claudia Winkleman is in fact her own secret Traitor.

A viewer wrote on X: “The plot twist when the secret traitor isn’t any of the faithful and it’s revealed to be Claudia finally getting to play.

“I HAVE MORE THEORIES ON CLAUDIA BEING THE RED TRAITOR

– it eliminates the risk of the red traitor being banished early and ruining the twist

– doesn’t fully effect the game

– won’t be given away with who the red traitor puts forward for murder

– IS HIGH CAMP”.

Someone else agreed: “Yup, that was my thought, there is no secret traitor and its Claudia railing them up to paranoid level 10.”

Another said: “do you know , that thought had crossed my mind too – but that would be too conflicting and I hope its not the new game plan.”