BBC The Traitors winner admits she still hasn’t received £47k winnings eight months after filming series
The Traitors winner Leanne Quigley has revealed she is still waiting to receive her £47,300 prize money, despite filming the BBC show eight months ago.
Speaking on This Morning on Monday, the 28-year-old contestant was asked by host Ben Shephard about her winnings.
“You have to wait for the show to air before you get your winnings – has it arrived yet?” Shephard queried, to which Quigley responded: “No, not yet. No.”
The former soldier, who posed as a nail technician during the show, secured her victory alongside fellow Faithful Jake Brown in Friday’s dramatic finale.
The pair split the total prize pot of £94,600 after successfully identifying and banishing the last remaining Traitor, Charlotte Berman.
The revelation about the delayed payment came during Quigley’s appearance on the ITV morning show, where she spoke with hosts Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley about her experience on the hit BBC series.
The show was filmed last May, meaning Quigley has had to keep her victory under wraps for eight months while waiting for the series to air.
When asked about her plans for the prize money, Quigley shared her hopes for expanding her family through IVF treatment.
“I mentioned that I would love to have another baby, I’d love to try for IVF again and give my little boys a sibling,” she told This Morning.
The winner also revealed plans to put the money towards her upcoming wedding, following her engagement to partner Sophie in August.
“We have got wedding planning to do. We have just started. We haven’t set a date yet but yeah we can get a wedding going,” Quigley said.
The couple are already parents to twin boys Hudson and Harley, who were born prematurely in January 2023.
Quigley previously described their birth as the “scariest” day of her life, with the twins arriving three and a half months early.
“They are the most precious, beautiful, tiniest little babies I have ever seen in my life and I’m so proud of how much they are fighting every single day,” she wrote at the time.
The reality show winner also expressed her desire to “treat her family,” noting that her “mum deserves it.”
Quigley’s victory came alongside Jake Brown after they successfully navigated the final roundtable with Francesca Rowan-Plowden, Alexander Dragonetti and Charlotte Berman.
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The finale drew an impressive average audience of 7.4 million viewers.
The delayed payment timeline mirrors that of previous winners, with series 2 champion Harry Clark also having to wait until days after the final aired to receive his £95,000 prize.
Series 1 similarly saw team Faithful emerge victorious, with Meryl Williams, Aaron Evans, and Hannah Byczkowski each taking home £33,000.
Fellow winner Jake Brown has revealed plans to spend his share of the prize money on a holiday with his wife Shannon, whom he described as his “biggest supporter.”
The BBC has already confirmed The Traitors will return for a fourth series.
A celebrity edition is also in development, with Sir Stephen Fry, Clare Balding, Tom Daley, and Jennifer Saunders rumoured to be heading to the Scottish Highlands.