{"id":249695,"date":"2026-01-17T14:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T14:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/249695\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T14:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T14:42:08","slug":"traitors-contestant-reveals-family-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/249695\/","title":{"rendered":"Traitors contestant reveals family tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"

A contestant in The Traitors wept as she told of how she had to \u201crebuild\u201d herself after her mother and half-sibling were found dead.<\/p>\n

PhD student Jade, 25, told her fellow contestants of the tragedy as they gathered for a dinner party on Friday night\u2019s show on BBC One.<\/p>\n

The dramatic episode also saw the latest contestant to be banished \u2013 Ellie \u2013 shock the rest of the cast by admitting a revelation of her own.<\/p>\n

It began with viewers finding out that faithful Jessie had been murdered and would not be seen in the castle again.<\/p>\n

After the banishment, host Claudia Winkleman told the remaining contestants that they would be treated to a dinner party, and they took it in turns to say what they would like to spend the money on if they won.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I would really like to buy my own home,\u201d Jade said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy parents got divorced when I was seven. My mum moved back to Hong Kong. She had a kid and then in 2018 they were both found dead.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Jade,Jade (Cody Burridge\/BBC\/PA)<\/p>\n

Fighting back tears, she added: \u201cI\u2019ve had to really rebuild myself from that point onwards.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I\u2019m really proud of myself for getting here and getting this far. But I\u2019d actually just really like my own home. Somewhere I could call my own.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier psychologist Ellie, 33, received the most votes at the round table, and was told that she would be the next to leave the castle.<\/p>\n

She took the other contestants by surprise as she told them she had not come on to the show alone as her boyfriend was Ross, who was previously banished.<\/p>\n

\"Ellie,Ellie (Cody Burridge\/BBC\/PA)<\/p>\n

And Friday\u2019s episode of the hit show also ended with a twist, as Winkleman presented them with a ceremonial dagger.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhoever has this gets a double vote at the next round table,\u201d she told the shocked contestants at the dinner party.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only catch is, it\u2019s up to the traitors who has it.\u201d<\/p>\n

After Ellie was told she would be banished, she stood before the rest of the contestants to announce whether she had been a traitor or a faithful.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had the best time,\u201d she told them. \u201cI do have a confession that I\u2019d like to make before I go.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t come in here alone. I actually came in here with my boyfriend, Ross.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut don\u2019t worry, I was honest about what\u2019s important. I am a faithful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hairstylist Jessie, 28, became the latest victim to fall foul of traitors Rachel and Stephen.<\/p>\n

\"Jessie,Jessie (Cody Burridge\/BBC\/PA)<\/p>\n

Viewers had been left hanging as to whether it would be Jessie, Matthew or Faraaz who would become the next murder victim after they failed to win themselves protection in the previous episode.<\/p>\n

Rachel and Stephen were seen making the decision in the turret, with Stephen exclaiming: \u201cWhat have I become?\u201d<\/p>\n

Rachel told him: \u201cI know, you\u2019re a demon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rachel and Stephen had also discussed Matthew as an option, after he previously asked if the traitors would recruit him.<\/p>\n

The pair agreed that \u201che\u2019s dangerous\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Traitors continues on Wednesday at 8pm on BBC One.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A contestant in The Traitors wept as she told of how she had to \u201crebuild\u201d herself after her…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249696,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,282],"class_list":["post-249695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}