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Katherine Heslop

Inside the lives of The Traitors finalists, from podcaster to globe trotter

The Traitors has hooked the nation and tonight the final five are set to battle it out to win the £81,050.

Set in a Scottish castle with Claudia Winkleman acting as a host, 22 members of the public have been trying to work out who amongst them is 'a traitor' as they try to avoid being metaphorically 'murdered'.

After faithful Maddy Smedley was sent packing from the castle in Wednesday's episode, leaving Aaron Evans, Meryl Williams and Hannah Byczkowski battle against secret traitors Wilf Webster and Keiran Tompsett.

Ahead of the tense final of the BBC show this evening, we take a look at the real lives of the remaining contestants.

Aaron Evans

Hannah, Kieran, Meryl, Aaron, Wilfred are The Traitors finalists (BBC/Studio Lambert Associates/Paul Chappells)

24-year-old Aaron is a property agent from Portsmouth. According to his Instagram account, he follows a plant-based diet.

His account, which has 13,500 followers, is full of snaps of Aaron enjoying good times with friends at bars, festivals and horse racing.

The TV star appears to have a love for travelling as well, as he has shared pictures from island hopping in Thailand.

He also appears to be close with his family, having shared a group shot and jokey pictures of him and his brother baring their muscles.

Aaron on a holiday in Thailand (aaronevans97_/instagram)
Here he is pictured joking around with his brother (aaronevans97_/instagram)

In the caption, he wrote: "Realising your younger brother is bigger than you but not accepting it."

Aaron clearly has a sweet relationship with his mum, as when asked what winning would mean to him, he said: "It would mean a lot to me, as well as my mum because I’ll be able to put a deposit down on a house for her."

Meryl Williams

Meryl's Instagram account is full of snaps of her wearing glam outfits and on evenings out with friends.

Meryl often shares photos of herself on glam evenings out (MERYL WILLIAMS /instagram)
As well as her adorable dogs (MERYL WILLIAMS /instagram)

The 25-year-old call centre agent from Edinburgh also has a love for animals as she regularly shares pictures of her adorable dogs, and even fed an elephant at a sanctuary in South Africa.

Like Aaron, she seems to have the exploring bug and has shared pics of her on holiday Italy and Spain.

When asked what the winning the show would mean to her, Meryl said she would love to travel.

The TV star clearly has a love for animals (MERYL WILLIAMS /instagram)

She said: "Winning the show would actually be life changing. The money would be amazing.

"I’m thinking of changing my career and I’d love to do that so the money would give me the flexibility to explore that. I’d love to travel too. And talk about a once-in-a-lifetime experience – winning a BBC One reality game show!"

Hannah Byczkowski

Hannah is a 32-year-old comedian from London, and hosts a podcast called Ghost Huns where she tells spooky tales.

Her Instagram is full of snaps of her at comedy gigs and hanging out with friends.

Hannah co-hosts a podcast about spooky going-ons (Hannah Byczkowski /instagram)

She has spoken about how difficult is it to pursue a career in comedy, and the money worries that come with it.

When asked what the prize money would mean to her, she answered: "It would mean I could concentrate solely on my career for the next year.

"Being a comedian has always been my dream and it would mean making that happen without having to worry about how often the money is coming in.

Hannah is a stand up comedian (Hannah Byczkowski /instagram)

"It’s an incredibly difficult thing to start. It would just mean I could set myself up to really go for that."

Wilf Webster

28-year-old senior charity fundraiser Wilf originally hails from Peterborough but now lives in north London, with his wife Panayiota and his children.

"My motivation is many different things," Wilf said ahead of appearing on the BBC show.

"My children and my fiancée being number one, and I’d also like to see if I can persuade people and slowly manipulate them."

Wilfred and his wife Panayiota (wilfredwebsterofficial/Instagram)
The star says he hopes to open a gym one day (wilfredwebsterofficial/Instagram)

After filming the show, Wilf tied the knot with Panayiota – sharing a snap of them both on their wedding day with his Instagram followers in September this year.

"When you get married and the cake looked like sh**! STAB IT," Wilf jokingly captioned the cute shot of the newlyweds cutting their chocolate drizzled wedding cake.

"I have a vision and a dream of where I want to be in five or ten year’s time and that’s owning a gym and a safe space for young people to come to," Wilf admitted when speaking before the show aired in October.

"I also want to do a counselling and psychology degree so that I’m able to counsel young people through sports. That for me was the main reason why I came on the show. I will always achieve that; I’ll always do it, it will just be a fast forward that makes it a lot easier for me to do that."

Keiran Tompsett

Compared to his fellow finalists, not much is known about Keiran, 42, as he appears not to have an Instagram account.

However we do know that he is a solutions consultant from Hertfordshire and has children.

Keiran is a 42-year-old dad from Hertfordshire (BBC/Studio Lambert Associates/Paul Chappells)

When asked what winning the show would mean to him, he said: "It would be a great achievement. Obviously having my kids and getting married is right up there, that can never be rivalled but it would be a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

"The money would help me – name me one person it wouldn't have helped in the show, everyone deserved an opportunity to win. But it would be something I would cherish for the rest of my life and look back on and show my kids."

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