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The Traitors: How the Show Works

  • With all the contestants arriving at the castle as “Faithfuls”, they will soon find out their fate in the game - whether they are playing as a “Faithful” or as a “Traitor. The role of the Faithfuls is to find the Traitors amongst the group and banish them all before the end of the game. Whilst the Traitors aim is to stay undetected and escape being banished.

  • If the Faithfuls successfully banish all the Traitors before the end of the game, the remaining Faithfuls are the winners and walk away with the prize money. If, however, there are any Traitors remaining at the end of the game, the remaining Traitor(s) will win and take it all.

  • In most episodes, the group gathers at the Round Table to discuss who they suspect of being a Traitor and have the opportunity to “banish” a contestant, eliminating them from the game. Will the Faithfuls successfully detect a Traitor amongst them or will the Traitors remain hidden? The contestant who receives the most votes is banished, leaving the Programme immediately but not before revealing to the rest of the group whether they are a Faithful or a Traitor.

  • Most evenings, the Traitors meet in secret and have the opportunity to choose a Faithful they wish to “murder”, eliminating them from the game. The Traitors together must decide on one contestant they wish to murder and leave the game. The chosen Faithful will find out they have been murdered when they receive the “death warrant” – a letter from the Traitors - with the rest of the group discovering the identity of the ‘murdered’ contestant at breakfast the next morning.

  • The total number of Traitors in the game at any time is never revealed to the Faithfuls but may change through banishment or recruitment. If a Traitor is banished before the end game, the Traitors may have the opportunity to recruit a Faithful to join them as a Traitor and if they agree, they become a Traitor from that moment on for the remainder of their time in the game.

  • The Faithful and the Traitors must work together as a group in a series of challenges and tasks known as “Missions” for the chance to earn money towards the prize fund, with a total prize fund of up to £120,000 (one hundred and twenty thousand pounds) available to be won.