Krystle D’Souza and Rida Tharana emerged as the winners of The Traitors Season 2. The finale episode presented Krystle, who had played the traitor, with the final vote to choose between Shalini Passi and Rida Tharana. If she had written Rida’s name on the card, then Rida would be out of the game, and as a traitor, she could kill Shalini next and emerge as the sole winner! But, Krystle wrote Shalini’s name on the card, thereby evicting her. Hence, Rida (who was the recruited traitor), and she won the game jointly, claiming the title and sharing the ₹66 lakh cash prize.
Krystle reveals why she saved Rida
In an exclusive chat with HT, Krystle opened up about why she did not throw Rida under the bus at the finale and chose to share the win as traitors. Krystle said, “I had told Rida, ‘We are winning!’ I had never told her once that I am winning. And I kept my word. Yes, I had the option in my hands, and I manipulated it till the end, when I told Shalini ma’am that I would write Rida’s name and that she and I would be the last ones standing. Lekin nahi kar paayi! Bas nahi kar paayi (I could not do it, a reference to a dialogue from Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani)! (smiles) She deserved to win it also. My logic was that she played a great game as an innocent. She made such valid points on Kullu, and then on me, too. If I had not blackmailed, she would have taken me out, too! I think me making her win is also her making me win. I feel it is connected. If it were a boy, then I might have got rid of him (giggles)!”
