The Traitors fans were left in utter shock as Joe was the latest faithful to be murdered during the intense BBC series on Wednesday night. 

As the stars arrived at the castle for breakfast, Joe was the latest contestant not to be axed causing shock among the other players. 

Frankie couldn’t hold back her emotions as she broke down in tears as she revealed she ‘really wanted him more than herself’ to stay in the compeтιтion. 

She said: ‘I really wanted for him, maybe more than me, to stay in the game until the end and I’m gutted for him that he hasn’t’. 

Meanwhile Freddie added: ‘That is such a personal lost’. 

Despite the contestants being devastated by the loss of Joe, BBC viewers were left thrilled and quickly took to X – formerly known as Twitter – to celebrate by sharing memes.

The Traitors fans are left in utter shock as Joe was the latest faithful to be murdered during the intense BBC series on Wednesday night

As the stars arrived at the castle for breakfast, Joe was the latest contestant not to be axed causing shock among the other players

They wrote: ‘JOE’S FINALLY GONE!!!! WORST PLAYER IN TRAITORS HISTORY!!!!!;

‘This means we’ll get to see Joe’s reaction to Minah and Charlotte being the traitors on uncloaked , he was so wrong the entire time;

‘Joe has finally been murdered!!’

It comes as the first episode of The Traitors series three, has been watched by over 10m viewers to date.

The latest series of the BBC show saw 2.2m 16-34 year olds tuning in, breaking its own record for most viewed episode of the programme.

This makes the third series debut of The Traitors the biggest BBC unscripted episode since the first episode of Planet Earth III and the biggest BBC audience for an Entertainment programme since the 2023 Eurovision Grand Final.

It also had the biggest on demand audience for an unscripted show since at least 2022 (when the new BARB audience measurement system began).

In addition, Episodes 2 and 3 have been watched by over 9m each so far.   

Frankie couldn’t hold back her emotions as she broke down in tears as she revealed she ‘really wanted him more than herself’ to stay in the compeтιтion

She said: ‘I really wanted for him, maybe more than me, to stay in the game until the end and I’m gutted for him that he hasn’t’. Meanwhile Freddie added: ‘That is such a personal lost’ 

Despite the contestant being devastated by the loss of Joe, BBC viewers were left thrilled and quickly took to X – formerly known as Twitter – to celebrate by sharing memes

Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment at the BBC said: ‘Series 3 of The Traitors has brought together an overwhelmingly faithful and growing audience, with more viewers being recruited for that appointment to view watching, already at 10m watching episode 1 so far. 

‘It’s the perfect order for January viewing and this series has brought even more twists and turns to keep us all guessing. Claudia Winkleman and the brilliant team at Studio Lambert have delivered a masterpiece again!’  

The much-anticipated final week is set to be rocked by an earth-shatting twist, as all-powerful villains Charlotte Berman and Minah Shannon step up their plot to win the prize fund.

There are just three episodes of the beloved BBC show left before Minah and Charlotte try and steal up to £120,000 in prize money from the Faithfuls in a dramatic final showdown.

But it’s now been reported by The Sun that in a jaw-dropping twist, one Faithful will be able to stop the pair in their tracks.

The twist was teased at the end of Friday’s episode, with host Claudia Winkleman revealing: ‘Someone will win an extraordinary power that could turn the entire game on its head.’

A teaser at the end of Friday’s episode showed a bookshelf inside the famous castle, with one book тιтled The Seer.

The Seer is a character from the 1980s party game Werewolf – which The Traitors is based on.

In the party game of Villagers and Werewolves, The Seer is able to discover one person’s true idenтιтy in secret to help the Villagers.

There are just three episodes of the beloved BBC show left before Minah and Charlotte (pictured) try and steal up the prize money from the Faithfuls

A source said: ‘ᴀssigning one Faithful as The Seer could mean ripping the power from Charlotte and Minah’s hands and flip the entire game on its head.

‘If one player is able to have a Traitor’s idenтιтy secretly confirmed, that would make all the difference at the final round table.

‘All will be revealed tomorrow, but installing The Seer would be an amazing twist.’

Heading into the Final Week, Traitors Minah and Charlotte join Faithfuls Alexander Dragonetti, Francesca Rowan-Plowden, Freddie Fraser, Jake Brown, Joe Scott and Leanne Quigley striving to add to the prize fund.