Is Traitors on tonight? When is The Celebrity Traitors final as 15 million viewers expected to tune in

It’s the most-watched TV show of the year and now fans are eagerly anticipating The Celebrity Traitors final. Audiences for the first four episodes of the tense BBC One game show averaged 12.6 million, according to official seven-day consolidated figures published by the research body Barb.

This includes all people who recorded or watched the programme up to a week after its transmission, along with those who viewed on tablets, PCs and smartphones, and is the standard measure of TV ratings in the UK.

Episode one had been seen by 12.5 million viewers after seven days, with 11.9 million for episode two, 13.2 million for episode three and 12.9 million for episode four, suggesting the show has been slowly gaining viewers over time.

If this trend continues – and consolidated figures for episode five onwards have yet to be published by Barb – then a figure of 14 or even 15 million for the final is not impossible. No other show this year has come close to matching either The Traitors or The Celebrity Traitors in terms of ratings.

Why is The Celebrity Traitors not on TV tonight?

While the series so far has played out every Wednesday and Thursday night, the final will not be shown on Wednesday (November 5), however, no reason for there not being an episode tonight has been given by the BBC.

It could be that given the date, there may be a lot of people expected to be out of the house at bonfire night events. It could also be just to make us wait that little bit longer to discover the conclusion of the hit reality TV show.

When is the The Celebrity Traitors final?

The final episode will feature one final mission to earn the last chunk of cash for the prize pot, which will go to the winner, or winners’ chosen charity. There will then be one last round table where the banished celeb will not reveal whether they are a traitor or a faithful.

The remaining four will then head to the firepit for the final decisions. Claudia will ask if they would like to end the game or vote again - if one opts to vote again, everyone will cast a vote until everyone agrees to end the game or there are only two left.

In the end, if all traitors are banished, the faithful will split the pot, if a traitor remains, they take the lot.

:: The Celebrity Traitors final is set to air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Thursday (November 6) at 9pm. It will be an extra long 70 minute episode, rather than the usual 60 minutes.