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The Traitors fans hailed a brutal twist minutes into the first episode before host Claudia Winkleman revealed another major change to the game.
On Wednesday night the third series kicked off in the Scottish Highlands as the first three Traitors were picked.
But the drama began before they even arrived when they were heading to the castle on the train.
The 25 players were split into three carriages and each carriage were met with a huge shock when the train stopped suddenly.
The train then started moving backwards as Claudia told them each carriage had to pick one person to leave the train and the show.
Jack, Alexander and Fozia eventually volunteered to leave but it remains to be seen if they will later return to the show or if they are actually gone for good.
The Traitors fans hailed a brutal twist minutes into the first episode before host Claudia Winkleman revealed another major change to the game
On Wednesday night the third series kicked off in the Scottish Highlands as the first three Traitors were picked
Later in the show Claudia revealed another huge change to the show as she told the contestants that when people are eliminated they will no longer reveal if they are a Traitor or Faithful.
The show sees several Traitors be picked at the start of the series while the other contestants are Faithfuls.
Over the course of the game the Traitors have to convince the rest of the players that they are Faithful in order to try and steal the whole prize pot for themselves at the end.
At the first round table Armani, Minah and Linda were selected as the first three Traitors. On the first night they murdered Yin who was then eliminated from the show.
Reacting to the first twist fans wrote on X: 'three folk eliminated before they’d even set foot on the castle grounds, crying within the first five mins, someone pretending to be welsh for NO reason… we are so back #TheTraitors.',
'This series is going to be absolute chaos, 3 gone before they even reached the castle (or have they), tears in the first 5 minutes, someone trying to keep up a fake Welsh accent as it sounds trustworthy plus one Traitor already throwing another under the bus.',
'A twist before they even get to the castle #TheTraitors!!!',
'So there will be some sort of twist, right? The three who got off the train will end up coming back at some point?? #Traitors.',
But the drama began before they even arrived when they were heading to the castle on the train
Jack (seen), Alexander and Fozia eventually volunteered to leave but it remains to be seen if they will later return to the show or if they are actually gone for good
Reacting to the first twist fans wrote on X: 'three folk eliminated before they’d even set foot on the castle grounds!'
'It'd be a great twist if the 3 who got off were actually made the traitors! #TheTraitors.'
It comes after Claudia dropped a huge new clue over how The Traitors are chosen as the fan favourite show returned.
Claudia said this week of how The Traitors come about: 'I'm not a goddess and I don't choose them by myself.'
Claudia added her chats with each player on the first episode - which viewers see on screen - are only the beginning of picking.
Afterwards, she and a group of five to six others deliberate who to pick - which Claudia has described as 'very stressful'.
When asked if she believed the correct Traitors were chosen for series three, Claudia replied: 'I have faith and whether I was correct or wrong, we will find out.
'They're always the right three.
'It could have been a different three, but it was those three and after you've spoken to them all that felt like the right three.'
It comes after she revealed her terror at the hit show returning.
Speaking ahead of the first episode, she said she's 'totally terrified' about it doing as well as the first two series.
'I don't exhale until January 24, I wake up at 4am, even on Strictly Saturday's,' she said.
'I was talking about people's Cha Chas, but in my head, I'm thinking, well, 'do they like The Traitors?'
'We're totally terrified, because the success of the first one blew our socks off. We didn't expect it.
'And I just love making it so much. It is such an honor to be in that round table and to see how it unfolds.
'So I feel incredibly lucky. I love it, and you just don't want people to be disappointed.'
She went on to say how she stays in contact with ex-contestants from the first two series, and that by the end of filming, most call her 'mummy'.
'They're like my children, who I am sometimes incredibly mean to,' she said. I love them, each and every one of them. I was texting Maddie from series one the other day.
'I sent a message to Charlotte's aunt, Matt from series one, wanted to show me his new skill. It was Skateboarding. They call me Auntie Claude or mummy by the end, it's weird.
'So I stay in touch with all of them because, yeah, I'm so grateful for them for playing and playing the way they do. I really cried when somebody was banished this year, but properly cried and in a way that I thought was probably but unhealthy.
'And two of them came out, and they were awesome. Three of us just cried together. We go deep.'
Claudia teased a 'new format' for the third series, which will have people on the 'edge of their seats'.
After such success of the UK series, which is filmed at Adross Castle in the Scottish Highlands, an American version was also launched.
Hosted by Alan Cummings, she said she struggles to watch it because she's territorial over the castle.
'I'm not saying anything bad, but I can't watch him, because he's in my castle,' she said.
'Like, what are you doing? It was so weird. He's not weird. He's absolutely magical. But I watched a bit, and no.
At the first round table Armani, Minah and Linda were selected as the first three Traitors. On the first night they murdered Yin who was then eliminated from the show
'He's so much better. And I love his outfits, but it's a different way of doing it, because it's the same location, I'm like, 'get out of my castle'.'
Last week Claudia revealed to The Midpoint podcast that she initially turned down presenting the show because she didn't want to spend more than three weeks filming in Scotland.
The star was offered the job but turned it down because she didn't want to be away from her family.
But, after watching the original Dutch version, she became 'obsessed' and quickly fired off an email to BBC bosses changing her mind.
Meet the cast of The Traitors 2025
Elen
Age: 24
Occupation: Translator
Location: Cardiff
Lisa
Age: 62
Occupation: Anglican Priest
Location: Cornwall
Jack
Age: 24 (at time of filming, 25 now)
Occupation: Market trader and landscaper
Location: Yorkshire
Alex
Age: 29
Occupation: Care Manager
Location: Whitby
Alexander
Age: 38
Occupation: Former British Diplomat
Location: London
Anna
Age: 28
Occupation: Swimming Teacher
Location: County Wicklow, Ireland
Armani
Age: 27
Occupation: Financial Investigator
Location: London
Charlotte
Age: 32 (33 now)
Occupation: Business Director
Location: London, recently moved to Hampshire
Dan
Age: 33
Occupation: Bank Risk Manager
Location: Liverpool
Fozia
Age: 50
Occupation: Community Development Manager
Location: Birmingham
Francesca
Age: 44
Occupation: Interior Designer
Location: East Sussex
Freddie
Age: 20
Occupation: Politics Student
Location: Peterborough
Jake
Age: 28
Occupation: Project manager
Location: Barrow-in-Furness
Joe
Age: 37
Occupation: English Teacher
Location: Southampton (Originally Yorkshire)
Kasim
Age: 33
Occupation: Doctor
Location: Cambridge
Keith
Age: 65
Occupation: Window cleaner
Location: Bournemouth
Leanne
Age: 28
Occupation: Veteran
Location: Holywell, North Wales
Leon
Age: 40
Occupation: Retail store manager
Location: East Midlands
Linda
Age: 70
Occupation: Retired opera singer
Location: Hertfordshire
Olivia (Livi)
Age: 26
Occupation: Beautician and Model
Location: Horsham
Maia
Age: 25
Occupation: Full-time Mum
Location: Essex
Minah
Age: 29
Occupation: Call Centre Manager
Location: Liverpool
Nathan
Age: 39
Occupation: Property Consultant
Location: London
Tyler
Age: 29
Occupation: Barber
Location: Leicester
Yin
Age: 34
Occupation: Doctor of communication
Location: Berkshire
