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CLAUDIA Winkleman revealed a shocking show first in tonight’s instalment of the hit murder-mystery series.

Traitors fans were left taken aback by the twist which will turn the game on its head.

Claudia Winkleman revealed the shocking twist on Friday night
Twelve individuals stand in a line on a grassy lawn.
The players were baffled by the twist – as were viewersCredit: BBC

For the first time ever, it was revealed that the Faithful players can communicate with The Traitors.

In today’s missions, all of the players were divided up into groups of three.

They had to answer questions about each other with mirrors dotted about in the woods.

The winning team then won the chance to ask the Traitors questions in the castle’s walled garden.

“In the walled garden, three people can win a power more valuable than gold.

“The opportunity to talk to the Traitors,” Claudia revealed.

“This could give you a massive advantage,” she teased before saying, “there is everything to play for”.

With fans shocked over the twist, they flocked to social media to discuss.A person walks past a church at night, illuminated by several ground-level torches.

The twist played out in a church
The Traitors, Rachel and Stephen, were behind a wall, and answered questions via written notes

The team headed to the walled garden and were presented with five mirrors.

The players were tasked with smashing the mirrors to see if smoke would emerge.

If smoke comes out of the mirror, then they would get the chance to ask the Traitors a question.

Traitor Rachel was one of the three to win the chance to speak to the Traitors.

Harriet and Matty were the other two players to have smoke emerge from the mirrors they smashed.

Fans were left baffled over how the twist would work given Rachel is a Traitor.

“Is this twist anonymous or something? This is weird,” said one person on X.

Later in the episode, after the earlier murder and subsequent banishment, Harriett and Mathew headed to the castle, separately, to speak to the Traitors.

Rachel then revealed to Stephen, as they were in the castle, that she was also able to ask some questions.

As the twist played out, Matty was the first to ask questions to Rachel and Stephen who were behind a wall.

He then asked the duo: “Who are you gonna kill next and why?”

The Traitors then responded, via a written note, which was posted through a hole in the wall.

They said they would murder Jessie next, to which Matty said that they would likely get asked to seduce soon.

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He asked the Traitors to turn down the seduction, murder her, and then when asked to seduce again, seduce him.

He asked the Traitors if they had a deal, and they wrote out their answer before the episode ended.