The Traitors
"May the best scheme win."
Plot Summary
The entertainment industry’s most competitive reality stars and famous faces play the ultimate murder mystery game. Hosted by award-winning actor Alan Cumming at an ancient castle set deep in the Scottish Highlands, contestants work together on a series of exhilarating missions to build a prize fund worth up to $250,000. Hidden amongst the Faithful are the Traitors, whose goal is to eliminate the Faithful and claim the prize for themselves.
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Seasons (4)
Season 1
11 episodes
Aired: 2023
Twenty of America’s most cunning contestants, a mix of famous faces and everyday Americans, play the ultimate murder mystery game. Hosted by award-winning actor Alan Cumming at an ancient castle in Scotland, they will work together on exhilarating missions to build a prize fund worth up to $250,000. But hidden amongst the Faithful contestants are the Traitors, whose goal is to eliminate the Faithful and claim the prize for themselves. Under the cover of darkness, the Traitors will murder the Faithful one by one in a treacherous spree while the players try to uncover the Traitors and banish them from the game. If the Faithful contestants banish all the Traitors, they will share the prize fund, but if a Traitor makes it to the end, they will steal all the money.
Season 2
12 episodes
Aired: 2024
Season 2 raises the stakes with an all-celebrity cast, adding layers of pre-existing rivalries and relationships to the game. With new challenges and settings, the season delivers heightened drama and strategic gameplay, as wells as some twists as the faithfuls and traitors clash.
Season 3
12 episodes
Aired: 2025
Season 3 continues the thrilling competition with an all-celebrity cast, filmed at Ardross Castle in the Scottish Highlands. This season introduces unique twists and challenges, as contestants navigate alliances and betrayals in their quest for victory.
Season 4
12 episodes
Aired: 2026
In its most treacherous season yet, The Traitors returns to Ardross Castle, where a fresh lineup of reality heavyweights descend into a game of secrets, sabotage, and psychological warfare. Host Alan Cumming presides over every twist with theatrical menace as Faithfuls hunt for hidden Traitors and Traitors quietly pick them off one by one. Alliances crumble, paranoia surges, and one shocking mid-season moment threatens to upend the entire game.
Production
Studio Lambert