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Season 1 – The Traitors

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Twenty of America's most cunning contestants, a mix of famous faces and everyday Americans, play the ultimate murder mystery game. Hosted by award-winning actor Alan Cumming at an ancient castle in Scotland, they will work together on exhilarating missions to build a prize fund worth up to $250,000. But hidden amongst the Faithful contestants are the Traitors, whose goal is to eliminate the Faithful and claim the prize for themselves. Under the cover of darkness, the Traitors will murder the Faithful one by one in a treacherous spree while the players try to uncover the Traitors and banish them from the game. If the Faithful contestants banish all the Traitors, they will share the prize fund, but if a Traitor makes it to the end, they will steal all the money.
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Hosted by Alan Cumming with theatrical relish, The Traitors deploys a rogues' gallery of reality television stars to make for a compelling murder mystery party.

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Geordie Gray The Australian This prime cut of reality TV is like slathering a general anaesthetic on your brain. Jan 13, 2024 Full Review Fiona Sturges Financial Times [This] US version, however, favours more cartoonish characters, half of whom have been plucked from shows such as The Bachelor and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. The result is a more confrontational spectacle... Jan 25, 2023 Full Review Alex Abad-Santos Vox Traitors combines the acute pain of a corporate team-building exercise with some of the most emotionally fragile reality show celebrities that have ever been on television... and it’s perfect. Jan 24, 2023 Full Review Alicia Gilstorf Cool Girl Critiques Call me a Faithful because I am all in on Traitors. May this glorious bloodbath of insults carry us triumphantly into the cover of night and shower us in petty housewives-themed puns for seasons to come. Rated: 4.5/5 Jan 20, 2025 Full Review Collin Garbarino WORLD Perhaps future seasons of The Traitors won’t be so twisty and turny as contestants learn to manipulate the game, but this first season offered real entertainment. Rated: 4/4 Feb 10, 2023 Full Review Lissete Lanuza Sáenz Fangirlish There’s a lot of reality TV out there these days. The Traitors isn’t exactly reinventing the wheel, but it’s entertaining, it might surprise you a time or two and it’s really, really easy to watch. Feb 1, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Amy S I LOVE this show! As a self proclaimed reality tv obsessed person I love the wide range of personalities from different shows. Like legendary survivor Cirie Fields?! sign me up! (and season two with Parvati Shallow!). As a game it definitely has some flaws like how the traitors have a very lob sided advantage! but who cares cause it’s dramatic and fun! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/12/25 Full Review Mike P More reality show garbage. Alan Cummings, you're a Tony Award Winning Actor; you're better than this. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/11/25 Full Review Ed R A VERY unique game with plots and twists of faithfuls and traitors! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/16/25 Full Review Audience Member Campy, over-the-top, ridiculous! These are the words that will be flying out of your mouth in the first 10 minutes of Traitors. And then BAM! You've fallen down the rabbit hole and binged every season from every country. This is reality TV at its finest! Half the cast is playing 4D chess while the other half is playing checkers... and they don't even know it! Great gameplay mixed with tear inducing betrayals. Drop everything you're doing and binge this show now. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/07/25 Full Review Dane H This show is better in the other renditions where normal people compete Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/08/24 Full Review Maria J I’ve watched the U.K., AU and Canadian versions of this show and they are much much better than the U.S. version. Show is much more interesting and fun to watch when they’re regular people or at least a mix of reality stars and unknowns. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/08/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Alan Cumming

Host

Brandi Glanville

Contestant

Reza Farahan

Contestant

Ryan Lochte

Contestant

Cody Calafiore

Contestant

Kyle Cooke

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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Jan 12, 2023 The Game Is Afoot Twenty contestants arrive at a castle in Scotland to play the ultimate murder mystery game; the Traitors are chosen as the prize pot starts building, but one Faithful player won't make it through the night when the Traitors plot their first murder. Details Episode 2 Aired Jan 12, 2023 Buried Alive With suspicion rife after the first murder, the Traitors attempt to keep their cover; the mission sees some players meet an early grave; the first player is banished at the round table. Details Episode 3 Aired Jan 12, 2023 Murder They Wrote A surprising victim is next on the Traitors' murder list; the bells toll to make money for the prize pot; another player is banished in a fiery round table; one Faithful makes a dramatic discovery. Details Episode 4 Aired Jan 12, 2023 Life or Death Situation Cracks start to show in the treacherous trio as the pressure of the game begins to weigh on one of them; home truths are told in the Carnival of Chaos; two more players are murdered and banished. Details Episode 5 Aired Jan 12, 2023 Getting Away With Murder One Traitor brings suspicion on themselves; an ecclesiastical mission gives the players a chance to raise the prize pot over $100,000; murder and banishment hit two very unexpected victims. Details Episode 6 Aired Jan 12, 2023 Suspicion and Sabotage The players are thrown a vital lifeline, but for three of them, being on trial puts them even closer to murder; Kate rallies against the others during a mission that pushes everyone to the limit; suspicions mount on one Traitor in particular. Details Episode 7 Aired Jan 12, 2023 The Mask Is Slipping A Traitor's mask is at risk of slipping, with suspicions flared at the round table; the mission sees the ghosts of former players return to the castle; the ultimate plot twist is revealed in the Traitors' turret. Details Episode 8 Aired Jan 12, 2023 Cabins in the Woods One player has the ultimate decision to make; a tall tale brings suspicion on one Traitor; the players engage in a harrowing mission while on a trip full of creepy cabins; the most brutal round table so far. Details Episode 9 Aired Jan 12, 2023 Trust No One During the penultimate day in the castle, the players can add to the current prize pot of $168,800; with the end in sight, alliances are broken and trust between the Traitors is questioned. Details Episode 10 Aired Jan 12, 2023 The Grand Finale On the final day, the players are steps away from the prize money; the ultimate mission and the final round table banishing occur; the surviving players gather at "The Fire of Truth," where either the Traitors or the Faithful will win the prize pot. Details Episode 11 Aired Jan 12, 2023 The Reunion Alan Cumming and the cast of "The Traitors" settle the score on all of the deceptions, murders, banishments and treachery in a reunion hosted by Andy Cohen. Details

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Season Info

Director
Martyn Bon, Jelena Fahey, Jonathan Hales, Becky Harrington, Ben Archard
Executive Producer
Jack Burgess, Toni Ireland, Stephen Lambert, Sam Rees-Jones, Mike Cotton, Tim Harcourt
Screenwriter
Lee Gant, Christine Rose
Network
Peacock
Rating
TV-14 (L)
Genre
Reality
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jan 12, 2023
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