A STUDENT from Warwick just lost out on winning The Traitors after making it to the final.
Jade Scott made it to the last five in the hugely popular BBC One game show, which sees the Faithful tasked with weeding out the Traitors.
The 25 year-old PhD student was banished at the very last round table, missing out on pitting herself against the remaining contestants to win the prize pot of some £94,000.
The game was ultimately won by Traitors Stephen and Rachel.
Jade said of her near win, it was a case of ” so close and yet so far”.
The Warwick University student said she decided to apply to be on the programme as she plays a lot of video games which are similar to The Traitors.
She graduated from Warwick with a first-class Master’s degree in Biomedical Science. Her PhD involves research into women’s health and pregnancy. She also enjoys the gym and running.
Jade considers herself quite an observant person.
Speaking to the BBC ahead of going into the castle, she said: “I’m good with people and I pick up on things that a lot of people think I miss, but that might change if you ask me that at the end of the show.
“I have quite good problem-solving abilities, so that will hopefully help in trying to navigate through the game and missions. I think I can bring good teamwork to the table. I think I’ll also get along with everyone as well.”
Her game plan was to play everything that she does down.
She explained: “I’m going to say that I am a master’s student, rather than a PhD because this is my whole life. I can’t go in there and make up a whole new background as that’s too much effort to keep up, so I will just play down what I do. I have a resting mean face sometimes, which can kind of look like I’m just staring people out, so I need to watch myself as I can be quite blunt and direct as well.
“It’s a game, and I’m here to play the game. I signed up for the game and I’m a gamer by heart. I think everyone there is hiding something to a certain degree or trying to come off as a particular way. You don’t really know who these people are, so I am going to go in and be sceptical of everyone.”
Jade added if she had won the game she would have liked to buy a house.
