A STAR of The Traitors season three has revealed she’s expecting her second baby.
The contestant – who is one of host Claudia Winkleman‘s Faithful contingent on the BBC One reality TV show – announced the happy news on Instagram.
Maia Gouveiax, 25, who “back stabbed” her sister Armani, 27, during last week’s episode – helping to expose her as a Traitor – told of the “crazy” turn of events.
The full-time mum held up a positive pregnancy test to the camera in a video taken in August, and compiled in her 2024 round-up montage in Instagram.
Maia was seen with her hair pulled back into an up-do as she held the test to the lens.
Meanwhile, in a clip taken in December, she sported festive pyjamas and showcased the hint of a baby bump as she danced with her toddler before showing off her bump in a cream knit dress.
In her caption The Traitors star – who remains in the game show at the time of writing – gushed: “It’s crazy how much one year can turn your whole life around.
“I won’t lie— change isn’t easy. It’s scary. But my life has a way of stitching itself back together, no matter the chaos.
“As the new year starts, my biggest goal is to stay hopeful, even when these pregnancy hormones & the post partum try to bring me down.
“Goodbye, 2024 you pushed me to my limits, both in my mind and my body.
“Hello, 2025 bring it on, because I’m ready to take on whatever comes my way! (I.e. 2 kids).”
One fan was quick to share in the celebrations and put: “Awww so cute.”
A second added: “Happy New Year family.”
It came after Maia turned on sister Armani in one of the show’s most shocking scenes.
The mum wrote sibling Armani’s death warrant by correctly identifying her as a Traitor at the table vote.
In the show, contestants dubbed “Faithfuls” must try to figure out the “Traitors” trying to kill them off.
The Traitors first launched in the UK in 2022, after the Dutch format was acquired by the BBC.
Claudia Winkleman is the show’s host, and has now hosted all three series to date.
How does it work?
It is a reality game show that involves 22 contestants, and some of them are chosen to be The Traitors.
The Traitors sees a group of contestants taking part in “the ultimate game of truth and deception”.
The group of contestants are competing for the chance to walk away with a huge cash prize.
While navigating through a series of challenges, the team are also tasked with figuring out who the Traitors are in the group (usually three contestants).
Each night, the Traitors gather to “eliminate” one of the Faithful, removing them from the competition
Meanwhile, the traitors can be “banished” if they’re successfully outed as a traitor by a faithful.
The winners of the show are either the Traitor who remains undetected or the Faithfuls if they successfully eliminate all the Traitors.
The prize sees the winner could get £120K.
Armani, 27, had been one of the three Traitors selected by host Claudia Winkleman in Wednesday’s first episode.
At the time, Claudia hinted at the conflict between the pair, saying: “Two sisters . . . yeah, we’ll see how that works out.”
And Maia was quick to latch on to her big sister’s role, sharing in the private video confessional booth that Armani was acting strangely.
Asked for her opinion, Maia said: “On Armani, I have no actual evidence that she is a Traitor.
“I did think she was a Traitor, for a time. I’m still not 100 per cent . . . but something is just not feeling fully 100 per cent [right].”
Pressed, Maia hammered the final nail in Armani’s coffin by saying: “Yeah, maybe like 60 per cent.”
Trying to defend herself, Armani said: “I appreciate that the statistics would make it more likely that one of us is a Traitor but I know for a fact I’m not a Traitor, so either she is or we’re both Faithful.”
Yet she was ultimately given the boot, leaving the three-strong female Traitors one woman down.
Retired opera singer Linda, 70 and call centre manager Minah, 29, currently remain in the show as Traitors, at the time of writing.
Armani’s exit came around after her “cocky” attitude was flagged by her fellow Traitors.
