Fans of The Traitors plan outraged as hit show fails to scoop any BAFTAs awards
Fans of The Traitors were up in arms on Sunday night when the hit BBC show failed to win a single award at the 2025 TV BAFTAs. The reality game show sees contestants competing for a cash prize while trying to avoid being eliminated by non faithful members of the group.
On Sunday night, the show was nominated for three gongs - standing to win the Best Reality award, Best Entertainment Performance award, and the public-voted Memorable Moment award. But - to the outrage of devoted fans - the series failed to win a single gong.
Channel 4's The Jury: Murder Trial proved triumphant in the Best Reality category - while show host Claudia Winkleman failed to bring home the Best Entertainment Performance award, losing out to Joe Lycett for his Channel 4 show Late Night Lycett.
Despite having a loyal fanbase, the series also failed to win the public voted Memorable Moment award - and Strictly Come Dancing waltzed off with it instead for a powerful dance performed by Dianne Buswell and Chris McCausland. After realising that the Traitors had not managed to secure any wins, fans took to social media to complain - and plot a revolt.
Over on X, the fan page The Traitors HQ was quick to realise that betrayal had taken place at the hands of the voting experts. Unleashing a post over the failure to secure one of the top gongs, they raged: "The Traitors just LOST the award for Best Reality Show at the 2025 #BAFTATVAwards. We ride at dawn."
The message spurned motivated other fans to express disappointment - with one asking "HOW" in response, while another raged: "Robbed , absolutely robbed . Never heard of the winner."
There soon followed complaints over the fact Diane's "iconic" line "Paul isn't my son... but Ross is!" was overlooked in the memorable moment category - with one fan blasting: "RIGGED" in protest.
And then when Claudia lost the Best Entertainment Performance award to Joe Lycett - who did not even attend the awards - anger reached volcanic levels. One fan exclaimed: "Oh man! The Traitors are the best! You still a winner in my eyes!"
With the final results unveiled, The Traitors HQ recapped the unfortunate affair, typing: "Despite being the most watched and most talked about reality TV show of the past year, The Traitors UK walked away with ZERO awards at the 2025 #BAFTATVAwards. Thoughts?"
The fans did not hold back, with one writing: "ROBBED & UNDESERVED... Claudia deserved Best Presenter at the very least!" And another branded the outcome as: "Absolutely ridiculous".
Other fans were more considered, however, with one reasoning: "They can't allow one show to win everything every year." While another pondered: "If the viewers don't vote in the public votes it doesn't help. Also sometimes super popular programmes don't get voted for by the panel."
Fans of The Traitors will have more devious episodes to watch over the coming year as the show will return for a fourth season - while the first ever UK celebrity version of the show began filming last month. A string of stars signed up to stab each other in the back on camera.
Comedy cutie Alan Carr, sports expert Clare Balding, national treasure Stephen Fry, and actor Nick Mohammed are among those taking part in the series - with the celeb edition expected to air at some point later this year.
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