The Traitors Final: Alexander discusses being in the final 5 in new interview

It’s the final day of the ultimate game of deception and trust! The Traitors series 3 final five contestants have survived every banishment and murder, but it all comes down to today.

Will the Faithful weed out all the Traitors and be victorious, or will the Traitors remain undetected, and take the life changing sum of money all for themselves?

Ahead of the thrilling finale (on iPlayer and BBC One from 8.30pm on Friday 24 January), Alexander shares his thoughts…

Alexander

How do you feel to have made it this far in the competition?

I thought I wouldn't mind if I went out on day one or day 12, but I'm really glad I made it back in after leaving the train, because I feel like that’s given me more of The Traitors experience. I'm glad to have seen the castle, I'm glad to have done all the Missions I could. I’ve had the full Traitors experience, I went in hoping to get as much from that as possible. And I've been super lucky to make it through all of that.

I have been really lucky that I've been under enough suspicion not to get murdered, but at the same time, I've not been under enough suspicion to get banished! I've also been lucky to find a crew of people at each stage of the game who've given me enough support, both emotional and votes at the table, in order to stay. It has been really fun, but also incredibly intense. It feels like threading a needle through the game to get to this point.

What has been the best moment of the experience so far and was it as you’d imagined?

I think the best part is the relationships that I've made inside the game, which I will take out the game, no matter what. There is an intensity to playing it, and a connection we have that I think is pretty unique, and that was one of the main things I've always wanted out of it, a sense of cohort collegiate-ness, and I've got it, so that's brilliant. I also feel like I've taken a lot of self-learning out of it. A day inside the game is worth a month of learning about yourself outside of it! I also look back with great fondness on the Death Match and the cages and the train, because I survived, and I'm proud of that.

What were your expectations coming into the show?

I didn't really have any, because I know how risky it is to think that you know what something will be like. I've been tripped up by that easily enough in life, working in conflict zones or working in the Middle East or Africa. I know that to remain open minded is incredibly important and to be able to adapt. I didn't really have that many expectations. What I hoped was I would get a community out of it with that shared experience and learn something about myself, and I did both of those.

Did you think you would make it to the final five in the competition?

I didn't really think about how far I'd get in the game. A friend of mine when I applied said to me that she thought I'd either go out in the first couple of episodes or make it quite far. I think she was pretty astute - I did both! In retrospect, I'm really glad I missed the first few days because we all have so little to go on that anyone can be targeted.

What would winning the show mean to you?

Winning the show would be the cherry on top of the cake. It would be a lovely thing to have, but either way I'm so happy I had the experience of playing the game. Don’t get me wrong, winning the money would be absolutely amazing, but if not, at least, I've had such a great experience here.

What’s been your favourite Mission?

The Missions were brilliant, I think the singing dolls Mission was really fun. It was so silly and a bit camp! I really enjoyed playing it with Frankie, who was equally up for having a bit of fun and singing nursery rhymes backwards to each other!

Then there were the Missions that were quite high pressure at the time but ultimately, I felt quite proud of, I enjoy looking back at, so things like getting out of the cages and giving a speech at short notice, getting out of the Death Match by finding the Life card and reading people. They were a bit like climbing a high mountain, it's hard work at the time but you look back on it fondly.

Throughout this experience have you learnt anything about yourself?

I think that my face is way more leaky than even I thought! It turned out it's even worse. I've always struggled to be somebody who shows their emotions, not least because when my brother died, it was so overwhelming, so deeply emotional, that I just I struggled to go back there. I try to shut all that off and I always think that if I make the best choices, I can avoid ever having to feel like that again. I think the game has really taught me of the importance of being vulnerable. I think that's something I learnt over the course of the game, that being messy and human and vulnerable is how you actually connect with people, and it's something I'll try to do more of.