The Traitors finalists REVEALED! Hannah, Arron and Meryl battle it out with traitors Wilf and Kieran

The Traitors revealed their finalists during Wednesday night’s penultimate episode in which the faithful Maddy Smedley was banished from the castle.

The 29-year-old receptionist, who recently confessed that she was a former EastEnders actress, was eliminated from the game after racking up votes from all of her fellow gamers.

Maddy’s exit left faithful Hannah Byczkowski, Aaron Evans and Meryl William battling secret backstabbers Wilf Webster and Keiran Tompsett for the £82K prize in Thursday’s thrilling final.

On the show, contestants sign up before Claudia Winkleman secretly selects a small number of players to be the traitors. The rest of the players are known as ‘The Faithful’ and none of The Faithful know who The Traitors are.

Players are then eliminated when the traitors meet in secret and decide to ‘murder’ one of the faithful. The next morning, when the group meets for breakfast, the ‘killed’ player does not appear.

Later in the day, all the players have to meet at the ‘Round Table’ and ‘banish’ the player they suspect to be a Traitor.

So, ahead of the grand finale, MailOnline takes a look at the finalists for the show…

Who are the finalists of The Traitors?

Wilf, 28 – Traitor

Occupation: Senior Fundraiser

Will, from north London, shocked viewers when he sensationally turned on the treacherous Amanda Lovett, leading to her banishment from the castle.

Speaking about his surprise at reaching the final without being caught, he said: ‘It’s very surreal, I didn’t think it would get this far at some point.. When all fingers were pointed at me, I never thought I would go this far.

However, he admitted that taking on the role hasn’t been easy and “stabbing in the back” with his new friends has been a “struggle”.

“I really didn’t think it would be as hard as it was to murder people, or watch people get banished knowing that you’re the one that should be banished.”

Moving on to discuss his strategy, he admitted: “I went in there with a game plan that I executed quite well and got me to the final, but at the same time there are moments where people look at you and point fingers at you.”

“When I went through that and managed to save myself, after that moment I knew I would be in the final.”

‘I knew from that moment during the [fellow traitor] alyssa [banishment] episode, where people hugged me afterwards, and I barely had a vote after that. I went from lots of votes all the time to almost none and I knew it the next day. I thought ‘I already have this’.

Hannah, 32 – Faithful

Occupation: Comedian

Hannah, who has never questioned the loyalty of her friend Wilf, revealed that she had “no idea” how she got to the finale and was convinced it would last “about five minutes”.

“I think you spend a lot of time guessing and planning the game, trying to put together a game plan and then it all goes out the window and you’re just happy to be there another day!”

When asked how it felt to make it to the final, she joked: “Like I’m incredibly sick, on the verge of death, but I’m having this incredibly weird and misleading fever dream!”

She went on to say that her hopes of taking home the prize fund would help her further her career in comedy.

“It would mean that I could focus solely on my career for the next year, being a comedian has always been my dream.”

Aaron, 24 – Faithful

Job Title: Property Agent

The faithful Aaron has found himself constantly fingered by other players and accused daily of being a traitor.

When asked if he thought he would make it to the final, he exclaimed: ‘No way! Are you kidding?

‘No, I didn’t think I would make it to the final five. I thought she would be out after the third day and that was before I knew what would happen on the third day.’

He went on to reveal his surprise at the rising tension and emotions of the players in the castle.

“I didn’t think there would be as much drama as there was or that it would be as chaotic, or that there would be as many emotions as there was.”

Having burst into tears on the show, she revealed that dozens of moms had offered her hugs via social media.

Meryl, 25 – Faithful

Occupation: Call Center Agent

Meryl, who has also been wrongly accused of being a traitor, said making it to the final was a real “pinch me” moment.

‘I never expected it in a million years. When I first got into the program, I just wanted to try and get through. I kept thinking about one more day, one more day. I never thought it would go this far, for sure. It feels surreal.’

She admitted that telling Wilf that she had received the shield [which saved her from being murdered] it was not the best decision.

‘There were so many funny memes and people asking why Meryl would do that!’

‘I was like oh my god! And my friends saw it and were like oh that’s just for you, you don’t think before you speak! It was like he knew!

Speaking about the social media response to her appearance, she laughed: “I remember pictures of me being posted and people saying ‘I want to be as happy as Meryl with her wheelbarrow!'”

Kieran, 42 – Traitor

Occupation: Solutions Consultant

Kieran found himself dramatically kicked off the show in episode one alongside Amos, before later returning as a faithful before joining the ranks of traitors alongside Wilf.

Recalling the early departure, he said, “And I was getting ready to move left, right, and center!”

“It was the most brutal twist on a game show and set the tone for the show perfectly – it had everyone hooked from the very first episode. But being at the end was tough.’

He went on to reveal how the producers told them about his return to the show after 15 minutes of being a broken man.

‘Then when the two ladies got in the car and told me how you feel. We were like “How do you think we feel?” then they said “we will bring you back”. And then me and Amos, basically, if someone was filming the car, you would have seen the car shaking from side to side where we were going crazy in the back of the car.

“It was probably one of the best lines I’ve ever heard in my life because it went from complete despair, to euphoria back to saying ‘Okay, that’s brilliant. Brutal, but thank you.’

Discussing his own strategy, he went on to say, “There’s no luck involved, it’s a tactical game with all sorts of scenarios – the twists and turns are ridiculous.” Everyone’s journey is unique, but mine is particularly unique.

So I’m very grateful, very happy to have survived that amount of time and to be alive and in the final.’

The Traitors final is December 1 on BBC December 22 at 9pm