The Traitors

TV series franchise

For other uses, see The Traitors (disambiguation).

"Faithfuls" redirects here. For other uses, see Faithful (disambiguation).

The Traitors

Created by| Marc Pos
Jasper Hoogendoorn
Original work| De Verraders
Years| 2021–present
Films and television
Television series| The Traitors (see international versions)
Miscellaneous
Genre| Reality television
First aired| 13 March 2021 (2021-03-13)
Distributor| All3Media[1]

The Traitors is a reality game show franchise created by the All3Media company IDTV which originally aired on RTL 4 in the Netherlands in 2021.[2]

## Gameplay

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The players are divided into two groups: the "Faithfuls" and the "Traitors," with only the latter group having knowledge of each other's group affiliation. The Faithfuls must work together to identify and eliminate the Traitors through banishment before the end of the game, while the Traitors' objective is to remain undetected and escape banishment.

On most nights, the Traitors come together and decide upon one Faithful contestant to "murder" – and that person will leave the game immediately. The remaining Faithful contestants will not know who has been eliminated until the following day when that person does not enter the room for breakfast. The group then take part in a mission to win money for the prize fund. In some versions, the missions offered an opportunity for players to visit the armoury – during which players will randomly and secretly be awarded the shield. In other versions, the shield is only available to obtain during the missions. Holding a shield awards a player immunity from being murdered, but not from the Banishment Vote. An attempted murder on the shield holder will result in no player being eliminated by Murder.

At the end of most days, the players will participate in a Round Table, where the players discuss who to vote out before individually voting for a player to be banished. Players cast their votes privately before revealing their votes in turn to everyone once all votes are locked-in and may give a brief rationale for their vote. The person who received the most votes for banishment is banished from the game and must reveal which group (Faithfuls or Traitors) they belonged to. During the game, if the number of remaining Traitors drops to two, they will be given the option to recruit a Faithful to join them in lieu of committing a murder. The Faithful will have the option to decline, and declining may or may not result in them being murdered immediately. If the Faithful accepts, they become a Traitor from that point on. After the final round table, the remaining players vote whether to end the game or to continue the game. A unanimous vote to end the game is required; if there is at least one vote to continue, another banishment vote is immediately conducted, before repeating the vote to end the game with the remaining players. When a unanimous vote to end the game occurs, or when there are only two players left, the remaining players reveal whether they are a Faithful or a Traitor. If the remaining players are Faithfuls, they will share the prize fund; but if any Traitors make it to the end, they will win the full prize fund instead.[3]

The number of players varies season to season and from franchise to franchise. The number of Traitors that start the game also varies season to season. In some versions, the players are celebrities.

## International versions

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Currently airing
Upcoming seasons
Unknown status
Awaiting confirmation
No longer in production
Country/Region  | Local title  | Network(s)  | Winners  | Host(s)

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Australia | The Traitors | Network 10 |

Season 1, 2022: Alexandra "Alex" Duggan (Traitor)
Season 2, 2023: No winner[a]

| Rodger Corser
Belgium (Flemish)  | De Verraders [nl] | VTM |

Season 1, 2022: Bart Kaëll, Kim Van Oncen [nl], Niels Albert and Ward Lemmelijn [nl] (Faithfuls)
Season 2, 2023: Bart Appeltans [nl] and Guy T'Sjoen [nl] (Traitors)
Season 3, 2024: Roman Van Houtven, Sean Dhondt and William Boeva [nl] (Traitors)
Season 4, 2025: Announced[4]

| Staf Coppens [nl]
Belgium (French)  | Les Traîtres [fr] | RTL-TVI |

Season 1, 2021–22: Philippe Scofield and Pholien Systermans (Faithfuls)
Season 2, 2023: Vanessa Matagne (Traitor)
Season 3, 2024: Toma Nikiforov (Traitor)[5]

| Frédéric Etherlinck
Canada (English)  | The Traitors Canada | CTV |

Season 1, 2023: Mike D'Urzo (Traitor)
Season 2, 2024: Neda Kalantar (Traitor)
Season 3, 2025: Upcoming season [6]

| Karine Vanasse
Canada (French)  | Les Traîtres | Noovo |

Season 1, 2024: Cédric Fofana, Chelsea Jones and Kim Hardy (Faithfuls)[7]
Season 2, 2025: Upcoming season[8]
Season 3, TBC: Upcoming season [9]

Croatia | TBA | RTL |

Season 1, TBC: Announced[10]

| TBA
Czech Republic | Zrádci [cs] | Prima |

Season 1, 2024: Nicole Šáchová[11] (Traitor)
Season 2, 2025: Upcoming season

| Vojtěch Kotek[12]
Denmark | Forræder [da] | TV2 |

Season 1, 2023: Johannes Nymark [da] (Traitor)
Season 2, 2024: Emil Trier, Mikkel Trier and Melissa Bentsen (Faithfuls)[13]
Season 3, 2025: Upcoming season [14]

| Lise Rønne
Forræder - Ukendt Grund | TV 2 Echo |

Season 1, 2024: Marc Karaket Bach Nielsen (Traitor)[15]
Season 2, 2025: Upcoming season[16]

| Martin Johannes Larsen [da]
Finland | Petolliset [fi] | Nelonen[17] |

Season 1, 2023: Heikki Sorsa and Sita Salminen [fi] (Traitors)
Season 2, 2024: Fatim Diarra, Miisa Nuorgam [fi] and Ramses II [fi] (Faithfuls)[18]
Season 3, 2025: Upcoming season[19]

| Christoffer Strandberg [fi][20]
France | Les Traîtres [fr] | M6 |

Season 1, 2022: Clémence Castel [fr] and David Douillet (Traitors)
Season 2, 2023: Juju Fitcats [fr] (Traitor)
Season 3, 2024: Hugo Manos [fr] and Laurent Ruquier (Traitors)[21]
Season 4, 2025: Upcoming season [22]

| Éric Antoine
Les Traîtres: Nouvelle Génération  | M6+  | Season 1, 2024: Andy Raconte [fr], Briac Glaud & LeBouseuh (Faithfuls)
Germany | Die Verräter [de] | RTL |

Season 1, 2023: Anna-Carina Woitschack [de] and Vincent Gross [de] (Traitors)
Season 2, 2024: Jessica Haller [de] and Oana Nechiti [de] (Traitors)[23]
Season 3, TBA: Upcoming season[24]

| Sonja Zietlow[25]
Greece | Οι Προδότες
(Oi Prodótes) | ANT1 |

Season 1, 2023: Giorgos Talias[26] (Traitor)

| Konstantinos Markoulakis[27]
Hungary | Az Árulók – Gyilkosság a kastélyban [hu] | RTL |

Season 1, 2023: Ágnes "Ági" Szabados [hu], Orsi Tapasztó and Tamás "Moha" Mohai (Faithfuls)
Season 2, 2024: Enikő Muri, Izabell "Iza" Url and Krisztina "Kriszta" Hadas [hu] (Faithfuls)
Season 3, 2024: Gáspár Róka (Traitor)[28]
Season 4, 2025: Upcoming season

| Attila Árpa [hu][29]
India | The Traitors | Prime Video[30] | Season 1, 2025: Upcoming season | Karan Johar
Ireland | The Traitors Ireland | RTÉ One |

Season 1, 2025: Upcoming season[31]

| Siobhán McSweeney[32]
Israel | הבוגדים [he]
(Habogdim) | Channel 12 |

Season 1, 2025: Upcoming season[33]

| Assi Azar and Rotem Sela[34]
Italy | The Traitors Italia | Prime Video[35] |

Season 1, 2025: Upcoming season

| Alessia Marcuzzi[36]
Mongolia | TBA | Edutainment TV | Season 1, TBD: Upcoming season[37] | TBA
Netherlands | De Verraders | RTL 4 |

Season 1, 2021: Chatilla van Grinsven (Faithful) and Samantha Steenwijk [nl] (Traitor)
Season 2, 2022: Dionne Slagter [nl], Steven Brunswijk [nl] and Toine van Peperstraten (Faithfuls)
Season 3, 2023: Billy Dans, Chahid Charrak [nl] and Noor Omrani (Faithfuls)
Season 4, 2024: Tristan Eisank (Traitor)
Season 5, 2025: Upcoming season[38]

| Tijl Beckand
Netherlands (special)  | De Verraders | Videoland |

Videoland Edition, 2021: Britt Scholte [nl] and Iliass Ojja [nl] (Traitors)
Halloween Season 1, 2022: Bastiaan Ragas, Bobbi Eden and Famke Louise (Faithfuls)
Halloween Season 2, 2023: Bente Fokkens [nl] (Traitor)
Halloween Season 3, 2024: Niels Oosthoek [nl] (Traitor)

| Art Rooijakkers (Videoland Edition)
Frank Evenblij [nl] (Halloween)
New Zealand | The Traitors NZ | Three[39] |

Season 1, 2023: Anna Reeve and Sam Smith[40] (Faithfuls)
Season 2, 2024: Bailey Kench (Traitor)

| Paul Henry[41]
Norway | Forræder [no] | TV2 |

Season 1, 2022: Cathrine Fossum [no] and Karina Hollekim (Traitors)
Season 2, 2023: Aslak Maurstad [no] (Traitor)
Season 3, 2023: Jon Martin Henriksen [no] and Marlene Stavrum [no] (Faithfuls)
Season 4, 2024: Gaute Berg Næss [no] (Traitor)
Season 5, 2025: Upcoming season

| Mads Hansen
Poland | The Traitors. Zdrajcy | TVN |

Season 1, 2024: Justyna Kąkol and Stanley Olatunji Ayọmo (Faithfuls)
Season 2, 2025: Current season

| Malwina Wędzikowska [pl][42]
Portugal | Os Traidores [pt] | SIC |

Season 1, 2023: Carolina de Brito Palma and Júlio Ferreira (Traitors)

| Daniela Ruah
Romania | TBA | Pro TV[43] | Season 1, TBC: Announced | TBA
Russia[b] | Наследники и самозванцы [ru]
(Heirs and Pretenders) | TV-3 |

Season 1, 2022: Igor Oznobikhin (Faithful) and Svetlana Romashina (Traitor)

| Lyasan Utyasheva
South Africa | TBA | TBA | Season 1, TBC: Announced[43] | TBA
South Korea | TBA | TBA | Season 1, TBC: Announced[45] | TBA
Spain | Traitors España [es] | Current
Antena 3 (2-)
Former
HBO Max (1)  |

Season 1, 2023: Joana Pastrana and Leo Margets (Faithfuls)
Season 2, 2025: Upcoming season[46]

| Current
Juanra Bonet (2-)
Former
Sergio Peris-Mencheta (1)
Sweden | Förrädarna [sv] | TV4 |

Season 1, 2023: Katia Mosally [sv] (Traitor)
Season 2, 2024: Kelda Stagg [sv], Nadim Ghazale [sv] and Thomas Bodström (Traitors)
Season 3, 2025: Upcoming season
Season 4, 2025: Upcoming season [47]

| Dragomir Mrsic
Ukraine | TBA | SWEET.TV  | Season 1, TBD: Upcoming season[37] | TBA
United Kingdom | The Traitors | BBC One |

Series 1, 2022: Aaron Evans, Hannah Byczkowski and Meryl Williams (Faithfuls)
Series 2, 2024: Harry Clark (Traitor)
Series 3, 2025: Jake Brown and Leanne Quigley (Faithfuls)
Series 4, TBD: Upcoming series

| Claudia Winkleman
United States | The Traitors | Peacock |

Season 1, 2023: Cirie Fields (Traitor)
Season 2, 2024: Chris "CT" Tamburello and Trishelle Cannatella (Faithfuls)
Season 3, 2025: Dolores Catania, Dylan Efron, Gabby Windey and Ivar Mountbatten (Faithfuls)
Season 4, TBA: Upcoming Season[48]
Season 5, TBA: Upcoming Season[48]

| Alan Cumming

## See also

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* Mafia (party game)

## Notes

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1. ^ While there were three Traitors who made it to the final round, they subsequently lost the prize money after the "Traitor's Dilemma."
2. ^ An unofficial version of the format is broadcast in Russia (the show is produced despite the fact that the Russian broadcaster nor production company haven't purchased a licence – which is a repercussion of the Russian invasion of Ukraine).[44]

## References

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40. ^ "'The Traitors NZ' winner shares all the never-before-heard goss and strategies from the final". morefm.co.nz. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
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44. ^ "Startdatum en locatie van nieuw seizoen De Verraders bekend" [Start date and location of new season De Verraders announced]. RTL Boulevard (in Dutch). 12 January 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
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47. ^ "Nu får vanliga tv-tittare vara med i "Förrädarna"". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 16 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
48. ^ a b "'The Traitors' Renewed For Seasons 4 & 5 At Peacock". Deadline. 14 August 2024.

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