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One of TV’s most gripping series has returned, and it’s already brought some serious shade from some of The Traitors.
One contestant that fans were sad to see go was Sonja, 66, who looked dramatically different before appearing on the BBC show, following her staggering five-stone weight loss.
Sonja became the first star to be banished from the castle after her co-stars wrongly suspected her to be a Traitor.
On her exit, she told her fellow contestants: “Well guys, facts are important to me as they obviously are to you. So here’s a fact I would now like to confirm to you, and that is that I am a Faithful.”
The Traitors star Sonja underwent a “major diet” and lost a staggering five-stone
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The 66 year old has now revealed the dramatic transformation she underwent before the show while appearing on the official BBC podcast, The Traitors: Uncloaked. She said: “For the last year I’ve been on a major diet and lost nearly 30 kilos.”
Viewers are familiar with the morning ritual of the show which sees the contestants gather around a large breakfast buffet as they eagerly wait to see who remains in the competition. While it looks as though the breakfast is rather luxurious, Sonja and fellow co-star Aubrey revealed it was not while on the podcast.
Aubrey said: “It was disappointing, isn’t it? One of the things I was expecting, ‘Oh this lovely buffet in the morning’.
Stars of the show said the breakfast spread isn’t as impressive as it looks on TV
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“You were lucky if you got a cup of coffee. When you got it it was cold.” Aubrey went on to say that there were “lots of melons” on the breakfast spread to which Sonja replied, reflecting on her weight loss: “I thought I am only going to eat melon on this programme.
“Yeah, because it looked like there’s lots of nice breakfasts though, and then melon became my secret weapon.”
Following her early exit, Sonja has expressed regret over the way she played the game, saying she should have concentrated more on her “strategy”. The business mentor admitted: “What I should have done is concentrate on a strategy for how to be a Faithful and then execute on it instead of thinking ‘I’ll have a house party for a couple of days and then I’ll get round to it'”.
The Traitors is back on our screens for a second series
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She also admitted she wanted to be selected to be a Traitor and “wasn’t happy” with being chosen as Faithful by host Claudia Winkleman.
Sonja said: “I wasn’t happy with the idea of being a Faithful, I really wanted to be a Traitor but it’s a good job I wasn’t because I got voted out.. On the other hand, I think if I had been a traitor I would have tried harder. I kind of relaxed and let my guard down and became a very chilled out faithful.”
Despite being the second contestant to be banished, Sonja said she made some “great friends” and feels her departure was “really quite nice” with her co-stars giving her a good send-off.
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