Rayan Rachedi of The Traitors expected to be ‘stopped by a medic’ during a hard test.
The 26-year-old trainee lawyer was kicked out the competition, which saw Faithfuls Aaron Evans, Meryl Williams, and Hannah Byczkowski take home the prize after eliminating ultimate Traitor Wilfred Webster.
After a series of challenges throughout the gameshow in which Faithfuls and Traitors alike competed to add more money to the fund, the reward pool stood at £101,050.
Rayan and the others had to wheel big barrels across the Scottish highlands, the majority of which was uphill.
Reflecting on the mission, Rayan called it his ‘least favourite game’, saying: ‘Definitely the barrels mission – I was fighting for my life in there, they were so heavy and my task was to pull the biggest one (not push) to get it back on course every few metres, which really ruined my hands!
‘I genuinely thought the medic was going to stop me that day!’
In another challenge, Rayan was buried alive while his teammates had to find his grave and dig him out.
At the time, Rayan looked incredibly anxious, however while answering questions from viewers on social media, he’s since revealed: ‘What helped massively is hearing about all the safety mechanisms they had put in place and chatting to Claudia [Winkleman] off camera who really helped reassure me before it happened.’
Elsewhere, Rayan admitted his dream to return to the gameshow after rumours of a celebrity version, saying: ‘I think it’s highly unlikely to be more than a dream and I don’t think I would be called back for an All Stars version but I would sell my firstborn child’s kidney to do this again as a traitor,’ having claimed he would do it all over again but ‘pitch’ better to host Claudia so he could have been picked as a Traitor.
His remarks come after reports that the BBC is planning a celebrity version of The Traitors.
A TV insider has stated that the broadcaster is ‘thrilled’ with how much affection there has been for the show, and that a celebrity version would be ‘a natural next step’.
‘Viewers will get to see different sides of some big names as they try to manipulate others or uncover the truth about fellow players,’ they told The Daily Mirror.
The celebrity version is believed to be planned as a charity edition for either Children in Need or Comic Relief.
Host Claudia Winkleman has already thrown a few names into the ring for people she’d love to see involved, including Victoria Coren, Kirsty Young, Adam Woodyatt, Stephen Fry and Alison Hammond.
The Traitors is streaming on BBC iPlayer.
