The Traitors
Also known as	The Traitors US
Genre	Reality Game show
Based on	De Verraders by Marc Pos Jasper Hoogendoorn
Presented by	Alan Cumming
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	44
Production
Production locations	Ardross, Highland, Scotland
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Production company	Studio Lambert
Original release
Network	Peacock
Release	January 12, 2023 (2023-01-12) – present
Related
The Traitors UK International Versions

The Traitors (also known asThe Traitors US outside of the United States) is an Americanreality competition series based on theDutch seriesDe Verraders.

Following the premise ofDe Verraders, the show features a group of contestants participating in asocial deduction game similar toMafia or Werewolf, set in and among the grounds ofArdross Castle in Scotland. During the game, a small group of contestants become the titular "Traitors," and must work together to eliminate the other contestants to win a grand prize, while the remaining contestants become "Faithful" and are tasked to discover and banish the Traitors by voting them out to win the grand prize.

It is hosted by the Scottish actorAlan Cumming.^[1] The first season was released onPeacock on January 12, 2023. In February 2023, the series was renewed for a second season, and the first three episodes were released on January 12, 2024.^[2][3] In February 2024, the show was renewed for a third season.^[4] In August 2024, the show was renewed for two additional seasons taking it through season 5.^[5] In August 2025, an all-civilian season was announced to air onNBC, with Cumming as host.^[6]

The American show is a sister show to theBritish version, with both being produced byStudio Lambert for theBBC and Peacock. They share the same location, props, and missions, with the main difference being the hosts.^[7]

A group of contestants arrive at a castle in theScottish Highlands with hopes of winning a large cash prize that is built up through missions. The players are referred to as the "Faithful" but among them are the "Traitors" – a group of contestants selected by the host, whose goal is to eliminate the Faithfuls and claim the prize for themselves. Should the Faithful contestants eliminate all the Traitors, they will share the prize fund, but if any Traitors make it to the end, they steal the money.

Most nights, the Traitors come together and decide upon one Faithful contestant to "murder" and that person leaves the game immediately. The remaining Faithful contestants do not know who has been eliminated until the following day when that person does not enter the castle for breakfast.

Every day, the murders usually take place after the banishments. The group then takes part in a mission to add money to the prize fund. Some challenges also offer an opportunity for players to visit the Armory where one player is secretly awarded the shield which gives the 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.

At the end of each day, the group will participate in the Banishment Ceremony – where the players gather at the Round Table to discuss who they wish to vote out before individually voting for a player to banish. Players cast their votes privately beforerevealing their vote in turn to everyone, as they provide a reason for the vote. The person obtaining themost votes is banished from the game and must reveal their affiliation. In a tied vote, a run-off vote occurs between those tied with the highest vote tallies.

When a Traitor is eliminated, the remaining Traitors are given the opportunity to recruit another player.^[9][10]

Once the game has reached the final four, the remaining players participate in the final challenge. The players are given a choice to "Banish Again" or to "End Game." A unanimous "End Game" vote concludes the game, while a single vote to "Banish Again" results in another banishment vote, followed by another choice between "Banish Again" or "End Game." When the game ends, if all remaining players are Faithful, then the prize money is divided evenly among them. However, if any Traitors remain, they win the entire pot.

In the United Kingdom, the series was acquired by the BBC as a companion to itsBritish version, with episodes released onBBC iPlayer the day after the American release, January 13, 2023, and linear television airings forBBC Three andBBC One.^[17][18] However, since 2024, the series was moved to air in late January onwards as the BBC moved the UK version to January, typically airing in the same slot onBBC Three as the UK version.

InAustralia, the series was made available to stream on10 Play in March 2023, as a companion to theAustralian version broadcast byNetwork 10.^[19]

InCanada, the show is available to stream onCrave.^[20] TheCanadian version of the series premiered on October 2, 2023 onCTV.^[21]

In The Netherlands (where the show is originally from), the US, UK, Belgium and Australia versions are available to stream onVideoland.

It was announced that during thesecond season that a newweb program namedThe Traitors Postmortem would be introduced, an after-show program featuring additional footage and interviews with eliminated contestants that would air onPeacock and on Peacock's YouTube channel.^[22]

The Traitors became the number one original reality series on the streamer,^[2] with the premiere of the season being BBC Three's most-watched show since the relaunch of itslinear television.^[23]

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