The final episode of Celebrity Traitors has been leaked online a day before the official grand final in a catastrophic scheduling error.
Millions of viewers will be tuning into the BBC on Thursday night to see if Traitors Cat Burns and Alan Carr will be able to outwit remaining Faithfuls Joe Marler, David Olosuga, and Nick Mohammed for the £100,000 prize.
However, the result was spoiled for many as the streaming platform Crave in Canada uploaded the episode on Wednesday evening (UK time) and hundreds of people watched it.
This means many fans know the outcome of the show and detailed what happened online, although The Standard has chosen not to reveal the result.
Crave realised their mistake and took the episode down 90 minutes later, according to The Sun.
One fan commented on Reddit that the episode was “really good” and another said they “didn’t think this would be the ending”. Someone else said it “totally shocking”.
A Canadian fan told The Sun: “I have been watching Celebrity Traitors through Crave all season long. Having not realised that the finale was airing tomorrow [in the UK], I logged on this afternoon and found it available.
“It was only brought to my attention part-way through by a friend outside of Canada that the finale isn’t scheduled to air tomorrow [Thursday in the UK].”
Fans in New Zealand have also watched the final early as it was streaming on ThreeNow, which is the streaming site for Channel 3 where the BBC show airs in New Zealand.
The BBC told The Standard: “We kindly ask anyone who thinks they know the outcome of The Celebrity Traitors to keep whatever they believe they know to themselves.
“Please avoid sharing potential spoilers so that the millions of fans who have been faithfully following every twist and turn of the series can enjoy the final this evening.”
The Standard has contacted Crave for comment.
Thursday’s final will be a 70-minute episode where the winners will be unveiled. The stars are playing for £100,000 to donate to their chosen charities.
After the final, there will be an extra special extended edition of The Celebrity Traitors: Uncloaked on BBC Two and Sounds.
Host Ed Gamble will welcome an all star cast, the finalists and Traitors presenter Claudia Winkleman to unpack the final episode and dish details about their time in the castle.
Only one traitor has been ousted through the course of the series, which has been a record-breaking ratings hit for the BBC, when talk show host Jonathan Ross was unable to deflect suspicion any longer.
Comedian Carr and singer Burns have “murdered” a string of Faithfuls, including actress Celia Imrie, comedian Lucy Beaumont and Olympic diver Tom Daley, while Faithfuls including actor Sir Stephen Fry, presenter Clare Balding and actor Mark Bonnar have fallen under suspicion and been banished.
Former rugby player Marler has proved to be a worthy adversary to the traitors and was the instigator of the “big dog theory” that one of the leaders of the group must be a Traitor, that led to the banishment of Ross, as well as Sir Stephen.
He has formed an alliance with Ted Lasso star Mohammed, who he describes as a “hundy” – a person he is sure is “100%” faithful.
However, historian Olusoga has come under suspicion and he has struggled to convince his fellow faithfuls he is one of them.
Good Morning Britain star Kate Garraway was the final faithful to be banished ahead of the finale.
In the final, players will not reveal their true identities when they exit the game and the five remaining contestants will be required to base their final decision on trust alone.
The final airs on BBC One on November 6 at 9pm.
