The Traitors' Maia is murdered right after her sister Armani was banished in 'savage' move: 'Both gone in one day!'

The Traitors kicked off with a bang as Maia Gouveia was murdered - right after her sister Armani was banished.

Armani, 28, became the first traitor to be banished on this year's series after the other contestants became suspicious of her.

Maia, 25, broke down in tears after her sister left on Friday's episode and she hardly had a moment to recover before finding out she was murdered.

The remaining traitors Linda and Minah decided to murder Maia because it would put suspicion on Freddie after Minah accused him of being a traitor on Friday.

When Maia learned she had been murdered, she looked in the camera and said: 'Freddie, I know it's you,' still none the wiser about Linda and Minah. 

Many viewers thought it was a 'savage' move by the traitors to get rid of Maia only hours after her sister was sent home.

Taking to X, they wrote: 'Poor Maia, murdered becuse her sister was a mouthy traitor!'

'The traitors murdering Maia after her sister just banished as a traitor'... 'Maia has been murdered, both sisters gone in one day, savage and epic.'

'Maia?! That's BRUTAL'... 'Anyone else think getting rid of Maia is really stupid?'

'If they recruited [Maia] she'd also have more chance of winning than those two because absolutely no one would think Maia was a traitor lol they had to get rid of her.'

It comes after Maia was caught apparently using a company credit card after being sacked from her job for going AWOL on holiday in Trinidad.

The BBC contestant was employed by gifting company Bubblegum Stuff as their social media manager last year but was fired after three months when she suddenly stopped showing up to work.

Maia failed to notify her bosses of a holiday to Trinidad in February 2024, which led to her contract being terminated.

It was six months after she left the business, which is owned by Apprentice 2016 runner-up Courtney Wood, 38, that Maia apparently used the company credit card without authorisation to make several purchases having saved the details to her personal Apple Pay.

The credit card was immediately blocked and the incident reported to the police, with Maia later claiming the charges to the card were made accidentally.

Maia was stunned after discovering co-star and sister Armani had been working in secret to murder fellow game players.

A source close to Maia said: 'Maia is deeply regretful for the mistakes she made during her employment with Bubblegum Stuff and her actions afterwards.

'She was going through a tough time as a new mother and wishes she behaved differently.

'Maia's father visited the Bubblegum Stuff offices to make amends after the credit incident was exposed while Courtney decided against taking the matter any further.'

The mother, who's pregnant with her second baby, is one of 25 contestants on The Traitors this year competing for a potential £120,000 prize pot.

Her older sister Armani worked undercover as one of three Traitors but was banished during Friday night's instalment.

Armani's fate was sealed after Maia admitted she was 60 per cent sure her sister was a Traitor and the cast voted to eliminate her from the competition. 

Speaking ahead of her appearance on the show, Maia confessed to being a 'natural liar' and was inspired to sign up after watching previous series and feeling she could do better. 

She said: 'I binge watched the last series when it aired, and I was so invested. I always thought to myself, I could do it better. I literally was thinking you guys aren't lying properly, you're not lying correctly, there are too many emotions going on, this is money.

MailOnline has contacted a Traitors' spokesperson for comment.