The Traitors 2026 final live: Stephen and Rachel win after banishing all Faithfuls in final roundtable

The Traitors’ fourth season has come to a dramatic end, with the prize pot being split between contestants Stephen and Rachel.

Traitor dream-team Stephen and Rachel managed to dodge banishment until the very end, despite multiple Faithfuls making strong cases against them both.

Friday’s (23 January) episode began with James being banished. Jade became the next Faithful to be erroneously voted out, after a tearful exchange at the roundtable.

The remaining contestants then turned on Faraaz, leaving Rachel, Stephen and Jack remaining in the game.

With just one Faithful remaining and victory for the Faithfuls now an impossibility, Rachel and Stephen nonetheless opted for a final banishment. Using their two votes to eliminate Jack from the game, they maintained their pact with each other.

Claudia Winkleman praised the duo for their loyalty, describing them as “Traitors, but faithful”.

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Right, let’s look back at some of the big moments from the final episode.

First, we had the cliffhanger resolution, with Rachel being spared through sheer dumb luck.

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Nick Hilton awards the finale four stars in his review:

The Traitors finale was dazzling, but the BBC must heed this warning – review

By the end of its fourth series, the BBC reality show had everyone entranced once again. But the Beeb must be wary about over-exposing its winning formula

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The Traitors cast react to historic result in show finale:

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Two Traitors make history:

Two Traitors make history in nail-biting final episode

Traitors Stephen and Rachel have made history, batting off suspicion in the eleventh hour to win the £97,750 cash prize in the fourth season of The Traitors. It is the first time that two Traitors have won the UK series together. Their victory came after the late-stage banishment of Faithfuls Jade, Jack, and Faraaz, with Stephen and Rachel avoiding being voted off despite multiple Faithfuls making strong cases against them. Host Claudia Winkleman praised the pair during Friday’s episode for remaining “faithful” to their pact, despite being Traitors.

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Rachel being quizzed on the “if I was a Faithful” slip-up.

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Harriet: “I’ve been beaten by the master.”

(She means Rachel.)

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Stephen, speaking now on Uncloaked: “Watching it back, I’m just so proud of the decision I made.”

“It’s so hard to trust someone in there whose job it is to lie. I was really struggling to see how Rachel could hold onto that pact for the whole came. Which is why towards the end I was wobbling big-time.”

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A look back at that moment.

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“At least I got one right.”

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Lots of people sharing variations on this sentiment on social media...

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