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Wedding guests had no idea traitor was among them

BBC / STUDIO LAMBERT Claudia Winkleman stands side-on looking down at the camera with a conspiratorial smirk. She is wearing a black jacket and white shirt with big cuffs and her trademark long fringe. Ardross Castle stands moodily behind her with a Traitors flag flying on the flagpole.BBC / STUDIO LAMBERT
Claudia Winkleman fronts The Traitors, filmed at Ardross Castle in the Highlands

Warning: This article contains spoilers for series three of The Traitors.

Guests at the wedding of a banished Traitors contestant last year had no idea that a traitor was in their midst.

The BBC One show challenges contestants, known as "faithfuls", to identify a group of imposters within their ranks.

Those traitors attempt to secretly "kill off" the others while remaining undetected and directing suspicion elsewhere.

BBC/STUDIO LAMBERT Alex, (centre with pink hair) and four of his fellow contestants, carry a chest in one of the challenges - they are wearing trainers and safety gogglesBBC/STUDIO LAMBERT
Alex, (centre) and his fellow contestants, carries a chest in one of the challenges

Scottish "faithful" Alex Oleksy got married in between his appearance as a contestant on series three of BBC One hit the Traitors and the show being aired in January.

So he had to cook up a story about how they met to put people off the scent.

The 30-year-old told Traitors Uncloaked that opera singer Linda and Anglican Priest Lisa were invited guests.

"We had to come up with an elaborate back story - they holidayed one time in Scotland.

"We had this big story - but in the end no-one asked," he said.

BBC/STUDIOLAMBERT Alex, with blue hair and a beanie hat, sits on a brown leather Chesterfield sofa, smiling. He is wearing chinos and a jumper and white T-shirt.BBC/STUDIOLAMBERT
Alex was born and lived in Scotland until he moved to Whitby about four years ago.

The care home manager - originally from North Berwick but now living in Whitby - is the latest to be banished from the Traitors castle.

He reached episode eight of the current series before the finger of suspicion landed on him.

He told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme: "It's so intense. I had a feeling the tides were turning - from about episode six.

"As soon as your name comes up at the round table you go into a bizarre sort of survival mode and it stops being about the game - it's about how you can just survive until the next episode."

BBC/STUDIO LAMBERT Linda sits on a brown leather sofa, waving to the other side of the room. A podcast microphone sits in front of her. She is wearing a cream cardigan, white T-shirt and leaf-shaped earrings. Her hair is purple-toned and she is wearing black-rimmed glasses.BBC/STUDIO LAMBERT
Traitor Linda was a guest at Alex's wedding last year

Alex knew something was wrong when he would walk into a room - and people would walk out.

His fatal mistake was a comment in the kitchen.

"That kitchen scene explains itself," he said.

"Essentially, I was trying to apply a bit of logic and analyse the traitors voting pattern and I said from what we know, the traitors haven't voted another traitor.

And then Joe was like: 'Only a traitor would know that'.

"And that was it."

BBC/STUDIOLAMBERT The Traitors' Lisa sitting in a yellow chair in the castle library , looking off to the left and smiling - she is wearing a grey herringbone jacket, black shirt and brown glasses. There are shelves full of books behind her.BBC/STUDIOLAMBERT
Anglican priest Lisa was an ally in the castle

Alex admits he was shocked to discover who the traitors were.

"It's bizarre seeing it - I was with Minah and Linda every single day but seeing how much they enjoy a murder... sneaky."

And it was only after he came out of the castle that he realised he had nailed it from the start, but not acted on his instincts.

"Minah was one of my day one accusations that I put out and everyone said 'Not Minah' - and then I just forgot about it.

"I just didn't want it to be Linda."

He backs former diplomat Alexander for victory in the game - for his logic and good game playing.

Episodes of The Traitors are now on BBC iPlayer, and the series airs on BBC One at 21:00 GMT on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.