The Traitors champions are still waiting to receive their prize money despite their victory on the BBC programme, as is standard practice for the show.
The champions of The Traitors, Rachel and Stephen, are still awaiting their prize money, despite their victory on the programme. The BBC show concluded on Friday night with a surprising twist following an intensely dramatic finale.
However, the winners are unlikely to have received their winnings just yet. The programme is filmed months before it’s broadcast, so it can take a significant amount of time for the full payment to be processed by the show’s producers.
This was also the case for last year’s champions, Jake and Leanne, as well as the previous year’s winner, Harry. Jake and Leanne revealed: “We haven’t spent any of the prize money, none of it has gone yet.
“We apologised to Frankie and Alexander straight away for voting them out. We want Alexander to find a nice wife; everyone loves him.”
The same situation applied to Harry Clark, who claimed victory on the BBC programme the year before and didn’t receive his prize winnings until months afterwards.
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Reflecting on his triumph, he said, “I’d won, but then I had to go back to work, and I couldn’t tell anyone, so I sort of just wanted to forget about it. And now it’s like reliving it and being able to tell everyone that I’ve actually won The Traitors series two,” reports the Mirror.
“I felt like I was lying even more. I had a month where I had to lie to people and build connections on a lie and then I get home and then I’ve got to carry on lying for four months again, just even about being on the show – let alone winning it. So it’s been a relief, last night was a massive relief because it’s like, ‘Oh okay, I don’t need to lie for a bit now so I can chill out’.”
He also admitted he had yet to receive his winnings, despite being crowned champion. He joked: “It’s mad, isn’t it? I can’t really believe it. I can’t even explain it because, well, one: I haven’t got the money yet, so that’s probably why. And two: I just can’t believe it. Like I still can’t believe it.”
It’s fairly standard for contestants on BBC shows not to receive their prize money until considerably later. This series offered a substantial £120,000 pot, accumulated by completing missions.
Celebrity Traitors operated differently – offering £100,000 as the prize. Ultimately, victor Alan Carr secured an impressive £87,500 for Neuroblastoma UK, a charity supporting children battling the rare cancer.
The inaugural series winners – Aaron Evans, Hannah Byczkowski and Meryl Williams – each spent their share differently. Aaron entrusted his to his mother for safekeeping, whilst Hannah purchased a vehicle to support her career as a touring stand-up comedian.
Meryl opted to use her winnings for forehead surgery. Harry Clark, who triumphed in the second series, gave his parents a portion of the winnings and invested some of it in his first property, whilst also clearing some minor debts.
During the third series, Leanne Quigley and Jake Brown split the prize fund, with Jake using his share to treat his wife to a holiday and promote cerebral palsy awareness, while Leanne allocated her winnings to support her family and organise her wedding.
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