New twist will have everyone quessing until the very end

Traitors 3 excites Claudia

- NICOLA METHVENT

CLAUDIA Winkleman says the format tweak being introduced for series three of The Traitors will help keep it fresh.

As the BBC1 show returned last night, its host praised the move to stop the finalists knowing if they are banishing Traitors or Faithful at the very last stage of the game.

Traitors have to kill off fellow players without being caught, while the Faithful have to work out who the Traitors are and banish them, before becoming their next victim.

The final survivors have the chance of winning the cash prize. However, if a Traitor makes it through undetected, they will be able to claim the prize.

Claudia said of the format tweak: "The final twist is so smart. At the end, I will thank somebody for taking part and they will just walk out.

"It underlines that you think you know how to play but you don't. If you went to the castle, you might have a way of working it out - this change takes away all of that. It goes back to the main body of the show, which is trust and gut instinct." The presenter believes it is important to add new elements. "In any entertainment format, you can't repeat. You want to give the people playing and the people watching something new."