Warning: spoilers ahead for The Traitors US.
While most candidates on The Traitors have to worry about getting murdered, the surprising departure of a contestant on the US edition leaves viewers perplexed.
The American version of the series, hosted by Alan Cumming, premiered this week and was rushed to our screens by the BBC after British viewers couldn’t get enough of the recent local season.
While the UK version featured regular folks, the US version had celebrities such as reality personality Brandi Glanville, Below Deck’s Kate Chastain, and Olympian Ryan Lochte.
Amanda Clark, an emergency room nurse, mysteriously vanished five episodes into the season.
Alan announced at the end of the programme, following a roundtable discussion, that she had been forced to withdraw from the competition.
‘The Faithful have been dealt another blow,’ he told audiences, following the loss of another Faithful during a banishment.
‘Amanda has had to leave the castle for reasons beyond her control, but the game must go on,’ he said.

With no additional explanation, fans have undoubtedly had many questions about why she had to step down.
‘What happened to Amanda?! Why did she leave so abruptly?!,’ one person posted on Twitter.



Amanda, a Faithful, reacted on her Instagram profile to an inquiry about why she had quit on Friday, but stated it would be revealed in due course.
‘I’ll post about it soon,’ she replied.
Other celebs on the show include The Bachelorette’s Arie Luyendyk Jr, Cirie Fields from Survivor, Big Brother competitor Cody Calafiore, and Reza Farahan from Shahs of Sunset.
When the British version was released last month, the country seemed to come to a halt, and Traitors fever seized hold.
While Traitor Wilfred Webster appeared to be the one to make it to the finish and walk away with the entire prize money, he was eventually unmasked in the last seconds of the season, leaving Faithfuls Aaron Evans, Meryl Williams, and Hannah Byczkowski to take home the £120,000 prize money.
The Traitors US is streaming on BBC iPlayer.