By Grace Henry

Published: Wednesday, 11 January 2023 at 12:00 am


Fans fell in love with The Traitors overnight when the reality TV show launched on BBC One in November.

Based on the Dutch series De Verraders, the show saw 22 contestants live in a castle in the Scottish Highlands hoping to share a prize fund of up to £120,000. However, there’s a twist – amongst them are the ‘Traitors’, a group of contestants selected by host Claudia Winkleman on the first day.

Their goal is to “murder” (eliminate) the other ‘Faithful’ contestants and claim the prize money for themselves.

If the Faithfuls are able to successfully banish all the Traitors from the show during the roundtables, they will share the prize fund – but if there’s at least one Traitor left in the final round, they’ll go home with the entire prize pot.