r/TheTraitors

Hi everyone! I am new to The Traitors after watching season 4, because some of my favorites from Love Island are on the show. I didn't realize the show would be so fun and similar to the game Mafia that I often play with my friends. I plan to watch every season, but I wanted to ask what people's favorites are that are similar to the drama, anticipation, and gameplay shown on Season 4. Is the UK version also good to watch?

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Watching a certain someone (the last US winner) blow through fellow traitors without a care last season of US Traitors got me thinking how much better seasons are to watch when there are strong traitors working together. I said this at the time that season aired. I would say this even if they didn’t win—but I’m thrilled to finally see that happen!

Stephen and Rachel beautifully proved my theory in the UK. The game play gets deeper and the faithful have to be smarter when the traitors don’t give away the whole game with their own in-fighting. They didn’t just walk to victory either, they worked for it. They had to fight for the places in the game, multiple times!

The seasons where the traitors implode with so much time left are not as entertaining. I don’t want to see someone working solo controlling the whole thing, there is not a lot of entertainment in that for me. I like to observe the social games more than anything else.

as i ask in the title, is this common in all versions of the show?

is this something that happens in every season where a basic but attractive white guy wins the game?

Looking for the same type of production quality and genuinely 'normal' people. Would you be able to recommend any other series, or just stick with UK when it comes out annually?

These allegations have been a thing in the UK traitors for a while, but we’re really brought to the forefront in Series 4. Have any of the contestants commented on this situation?

Having exhausted the English speaking versions of the Traitors, I decided to check out these two seasons, and would like to highlight them for other Traitors fans. As well as sharing some thoughts in spoilers. Both are easy to find on streaming services using a VPN.

India Season 1

This is a really entertaining season. The production values are high (it also features the score from the US/UK versions) and host Karan is great. The venue, a grand palace is really amazing and a nice change from other Traitors settings. There's quite a bit of English used but you will need subtitles on as they slip between languages all the time. Hilariously in the version I watched, the subtitles censored the English swear words, it's pretty funny to hear someone say '**** you!' and the subtitles are like: 'I don't like you!'.

What makes this season so fun is the big personalities, it's a season full of celebs from actors to reality stars, and they make for a lot of funny moments and conflict, though there is some fun gameplay as well. I'd compare it a bit to US traitors where its a wild ride that's a lot of fun to watch.

India S1 spoilers:

>!I really liked the traitors in this season. Elnaaz's playing dumb was so fun to watch especially as she started to get suspicion, and Parav's slow descent into internal conflict was interesting. Of course the way the traitors get caught at the end was also pretty wild! And remember the murder in plain sight with the epic fountain throw! !<

>!The big characters were so entertaining with their conflicts, Apoorva, Uorfi and Sufi were really funny and provided never-ending one-liners and mayhem. Who can forget Ashish spending half his time sleeping :P!<

Quebec (Les Traitres) Season 1

I'd had recommendations on this subreddit about Quebec in general so decided to start at season 1, and it is a great season. It has long episodes that give plenty of time to conversations and player thought processes. The players are all civilian and there's a great mix. Some serious game players who have a lot of strategy, and some real agents of chaos who make for wildly entertaining scenes throughout the season.

There are a lot of good arcs in this season and it's a great watch from start to end. The editing seems better than Canada for some reason (even though I assume its the same production company), with my only complaint being the roundtable votes feeling a bit less dramatic than they could have due to the music/editing choices. Other than that though they do a really good job of giving you a good impression of most players thoughts.

Finally each episode (at least in the version I watched) ends with an 'Uncloaked UK' style interview with eliminated players. It's really good, host Karine asks exactly the kind of questions you want to know and you get the reactions to players seeing the traitors identities as well. There is a reunion episode at the end of the season that's really good as well, where all the questions really give good insight into the player's tactics and asking tough questions. This season is definitely up there in my upper tier of Traitors seasons now, and everyone says Quebec 2 is even better so I can't wait to get started on that.

Quebec 1 spoilers:

>!First of all Meriem, what an absolute goldmine of a player for drama. Out of all the seasons I have seen, she is probably the most disruptive that lasted the longest, she's the Kate Chastain but even wilder. What makes her so entertaining and fascinating to watch is quite a lot of the time her intuition is spot on yet her incredibly agressive nature turns everyone off. !<

>!Then we have traitor Axel who seems to go on some sort of wild journey of self discovery and emotional turmoil throughout the game, he's such an interesting character. Michel who is an actual spy hunter and uses controversial tactics, which makes for really interesting discussion in the post-interviews and reunion, I love how the show dealt with it without actually casting blame on him for his moves.!<

>!And of course there is Etienne who plays a really unique game that hardly any players usually get away with in this show. Where he brings the 'real' strategy of the format to the forefront (which thankfully the editors don't hide from us), rides a tightrope of suspicion to the end, confronts people with questions everyone else is afraid to ask, and is geniuinely interested in the game itself and the strategy element. He reminds me a lot of Mark from New Zealand 2. What a great character, who even in the reunion acknowledges he knew he was very unlikely to win but was just enjoying exploring the strategies of the game and social experiment and seeing how it would play out. Tons more I could talk about in this season but these players really made it shine for me. !<

Anyway, do check out these seasons if you fancy dipping your toes into non-English season, I'm really glad I did!

I watched all of the American version of the show, then started on UK, and it really made it stand out how often they say “a hundred percent”! If you made a drinking game out of it you’d be in trouble lol.

I’m curious if it’s like a new trend or if it’s been around for a while. Like if they think someone could be a traitor they even say “they’re not my hundred percent”

Is this exaggerated because it’s TV or do people from the UK really say hundred percent this much in day to day life?

Are y’all aware you say it 100% more often than Americans? 😆

It's like people play the game for fame or ego but not to win it. I think it'd be much more interesting and ambitious if the money actually had a value for them.

I must preface this by saying that this is completely my opinion. I'm sure lots of people enjoyed this season and that's great! But sadly it just wasn't for me.

I do think Rob was the deserved winner and he played an excellent game but sadly the season for me at least was a let down in every other aspect.

This group of Traitors aren't exactly the worst we've ever season (cough cough Ireland) but they're pretty down there I'd consider Donna, Candiace, and Lisa to all be on the lower end of Traitors and gameplay wise Rob was the only saving grace. It did get a bit better when Eric was brought in but definitely one of the weakest groups of Traitors we've seen.

I have absolutely no idea who Michael is outside of the show but he's a Bottom 3 contestant of all time for me. One of the absolute worst players I've seen based on both gameplay and watchability. Colton wasn't much better however and I can't say I was particularly huge on Dorinda or Maura either (although the latter is likely because I'm familiar with her outside of the show).

While I thought Rob was a great winner in terms of gameplay. He got a strangely villainous edit in the second half of the season and it made him backstabbing Eric just seem a bit unnecessarily harsh (at least for me). I like it when the Traitors backstab but when there's a stratgic gain.

I quite liked Natalie, Kristen, Mark, Johnny, and Tara but I can't say they're among my favourites. Natalie had a good solo game but she just couldn't argue her points very well at the round table. Johnny and Tara seemed nice and their friendship is very sweet!

I thought poor Ron was treated terribly and to a lesser extent Yam Yam (primarily by Michael). It just seemed like Ron gave up in the end after her made one mistake on the first day.

I will say that I absolutely loved US2 and US3 so it's a shame this was a bit of a let down! I'd love to now if others share my thoughts or preferred it to me but lets keep it nice in the comments!

I had heard about how bad the faithful were on this season, but I always thought "maybe the traitors were just that good that they made the faithful look bad?"

No...they were that bad. I'm sure most of them are decent people IRL, but Sam was playing so messy and just got away with it?

Other than Annabelle and maybe Luke, it really didn't feel like any of the others had their head on straight. especially Sarah and Liam.

It's not even like Sam was that good at words. Then when he went after Blake for voting him *while they were still seated at the roundtable?* How did that not clue anybody in?

I don't think I have ever been that frustrated watching a group of people on one of these shows.

I guess there is the saving grace of him now winning any money.

Also side note, he seemed very clearly narcissistic to me, but was there a hint of sociopathy as well? He seemed to take a bit too much pleasure in being a nuisance (like when he was convincing his group to lie on the torture challenge *just* so the others could be tortured.)

What type of TV appearances do you think is a no go for the show ? I know the obvious big reality ones eg love island etc are definite NO, but what other show appearances do you think casting would stay away from ?

Not sure if any previous contestants have been on TV prior to being on the traitors, I know there have been actresses with small cameos before but surely there’s not much out there that would stop someone from potentially being on the show ? Thoughts?

While the 6th season is currently still airing, The Traitors France is already preparing for the next season. According to report there will be 20 celebrities playing for the 7th season, 8 of which have been revealed by Télé-Loisirs.

The Traitors France first aired in 2022 with one season annually but in 2025 they decided to air two seasons in a year; one in spring and one in fall. It seems like this year they will follow the same schedule again with the 6th season currently airing and the 7th season prepared for the fall.