Traitors viewers went wild on Wednesday night when fan favourite Diane was ‘killed’ in what was deemed the ‘best piece of TV in history’.
Flooding Twitter, fans of the show, which returned to screens earlier this month, gushed over the former school teacher, 63, after she was ‘murdered’ by Traitors Paul, Harry and Miles via a ‘poisoned’ chalice on last week’s show.
In the episode, contestants, including Diane’s son Ross, had to attend a funeral where they had to work out who had been murdered by the Traitors, before Diane was evicted from the show at the end of the challenge.
Amid utters of heartbreak from fans, hilarious memes and jokes surfaced online, in which Diane was branded a ‘gay icon’ and the nation’s Princess.
Diane was even likened to Princess Diana, with a hilarious tweet reading: ‘Every generation loses their Princess Di. RIP, candle in the wind’, while others called for her to scoop a place on Celebrity Big Brother’s comeback series.
Traitors viewers went wild on Wednesday night when fan favourite Diane was ‘killed’ in what was deemed the ‘best piece of TV in history’
Flooding Twitter, fans of the show, which returned to screens earlier this month, gushed over the former school teacher, 63, after she was ‘murdered’ by Traitors Paul, Harry and Miles via a ‘poisoned’ chalice on last week’s show
Goodbye England’s rose. Diane you will always be the queen of our hearts RIP #TheTraitors… Please check in with your gay friends,. We are 100% shook, mourning, and fed by that state funeral. #TheTraitors…
‘This is absolutely unhinged television. Incredible stuff. #TheTraitors… this is the high camp ending Diane deserved. Black dress code. A choir. Gravestones. Spectacle! Drama! A funeral befitting of TV royalty… This is brilliant…
‘Diane is just the best. She needs her own slot as an agony aunt on This Morning, telling people straight what she thinks. Love her… diane leaving in the most iconic way and getting rid of a traitor in her wake…yeah that’s mother #TheTraitors…
‘One of the campest things I’ve ever seen!! LOVE… Diane from the traitors get her in either big. Brother or celebrity big brother…
‘That was one of the best episodes of The Traitors omg will miss Diane and her iconic moments #TheTraitorsUK… [Say something nice about the UK] It gave us Diane from The Traitors… Claudia at Diane’s funeral on traitors.’
Viewers had an agonising five-day wait to discover if Diane had been ‘murdered’ after she was handed the dreaded chalice by Miles.
The Traitors had selected Diane as their target, but her lips had to touch the selected chalice for her to be ‘killed’, with Friday’s episode left on a tense cliffhanger as fans remained hopeful that she would refuse to drink from the cup and stay in the game.
Viewers took to Twitter to share their upset that Diane had been struck down by the Traitors, posting gifs featuring people crying and storming off.
Diane was shut in a coffin by Claudia in a savage and terrifying exit from the BBC competition
However, a huge twist meant that Diane still turned up for breakfast the next morning, as host Claudia Winkleman revealed she wouldn’t be killed straight away.
She confirmed: ‘What the Traitors don’t know is the poison doesn’t work with immediate effect, breakfast tomorrow is going to be very interesting.’
The Traitors then had quite a shock as they turned up the next morning and saw Diane sitting around the breakfast table, despite thinking they had murdered her.
Speaking to camera, Miles said: ‘When I saw Diane sitting there, I thought, “aren’t you dead?”‘
While Harry said: ‘Diane is still sat there, did we murder the wrong person?’ and Paul added: ‘Massive shock, Diane is just sitting there, I did not expect that!’
Claudia then shared: ‘Yesterday, one of you was poisoned. Whilst their target is alive and well, sitting here now, by the end of today’s mission, they will be dead.
‘Think of today as a slow march to certain death. Please dress appropriately to pay your final respects.’
Theories quickly circulated about how the Faithfuls could have been poisoned, with Diane immediately sharing her suspicions. She said: ‘I got kissed by somebody yesterday, and I thought that was weird.’
The Traitors had selected Diane as their target, but her lips had to touch the selected chalice for her to be ‘killed’, with Friday’s episode left on a tense cliffhanger as fans remained hopeful that she would refuse to drink from the cup and stay in the game
Diane then quizzed Miles – who is a Traitor and condemned her with the poisoned chalice – asking him: ‘You gave me a glass of sparkling rose.’
However, he defended himself as he said: ‘I just didn’t want the fizzy rose.’
Believing him, Diane added to camera: ‘Evie and Miles both gave me a drink last night, I completely trust them, I would be quite upset if I found out they are Traitors.’
The contestants then had to attend a funeral where they had to work out who had been murdered by the Traitors, before Diane was evicted from the show at the end of the challenge.
After answering a series of questions, they narrowed it down to Diane, Paul and Evie who might have been murdered, with the trio then having to climb into coffins.
The group then correctly guessed that Diane had been murdered by the Traitors, with her being shut into a coffin by Claudia, marking her elimination from the show.
