The Traitors (Australian TV Series)

''The Traitors'' (also known as ''The Traitors Australia'' outside of Australia) is an Australian reality television series broadcast on Network 10, based on the Dutch series ''De Verraders'', which premiered on 16 October 2022.

Following the premise of other versions of ''De Verraders'', the show features a group of contestants participating in a game similar to the party game ''Mafia'' as they stay in a historic luxury hotel. During their stay, small group of contestants become the titular "Traitors," and must work together to eliminate the other contestants order to win a grand prize, while the remaining contestants become "Faithful" and are tasked to discover and banish the Traitors by voting them out, in order to win the grand prize.

In April 2023, the show was officially announced for renewal for a second season. The second season would include both civilian and celebrity contestants.

Format

A group of contestants arrive at a historic luxury hotel in the Southern Highlands as "Faithful" contestants – hoping to share a prize fund worth up to A$250,000. Among them are the "Traitors" – a group of four contestants selected by host Rodger Corser on the first day, 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. If a Traitor makes it to the end, they steal the money.

Each night, 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 they will not arrive for breakfast. The group then take part in a mission to win money for the prize fund (awarded in the form of silver bars), in some episodes, also participate in a Shield challenge to win individual player immunity from elimination (both from Murder & Banishment).

At the end of each day, the group will participate in the Banishment Ceremony - where the players discuss who to vote out before individually voting for a player to banish. Players cast their votes privately before revealing their vote in turn to everyone. The person obtaining the most 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.

At the end of the game, the remaining players participate in the Endgame. The players can choose to "Vote" or "Share". A majority Share vote would conclude the game, while a majority vote to Vote would result in another Banishment Vote. This voting process “Vote” or “Share" continues until the players have voted to conclude the game or if two players remain. If any Traitors remain when the game ends, they will steal the entire pot.

Occasionally, twists will impact the course of the game - most notably with Traitors being given opportunities to recruit new Traitors among remaining Faithful players.

Production

The series was distributed internationally by All3Media International and Endemol Shine International. It was broadcast in the United Kingdom by the BBC
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