A short history of The Traitors

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00:00Are you a faithful or are you a traitor?

00:03Hi, I'm technology and TV writer Matt Morne-Hickson

00:06and today we're going to be taking a bit of a deep dive

00:09through the history of the game show The Traitors

00:12which has become quite the worldwide phenomenon in the 2020s.

00:16So, The Traitors first started out in the Netherlands, Holland

00:20and that premiered in 2021, that was the first version of the show

00:24and it's quickly become a massive, massive franchise around the globe

00:29for those who aren't as familiar with the show

00:32basically it splits a group of contestants who are competing to win money

00:37into traitors or faithful.

00:40It's a bit like Secret Werewolf, Secret Mafia, Secret Hitler

00:44all those games that you might have played over the years

00:47it's a bit like that but with, you know, played on the TV

00:50with challenges and all sorts of fun stuff

00:53but yeah, so the traitors have to go around and murder the faithfuls

00:58try and avoid being banished and survive to the end and win

01:02the faithfuls have to try and uncover the traitors

01:05and, yeah, if they don't then they don't win the money at the end of the show.

01:10The UK version premiered in December 2022

01:14it was around Christmas time, you know, the reluctant Christmas

01:17and then after that for seasons 2 and 3 it's moved to a January slot

01:22so the second season was January 2024, so last year

01:25and then the third season was January 2025

01:29this year it's just ongoing currently

01:32the US version is a bit different than the UK version

01:35they have a mix, well, the first season of that

01:39which is also filmed at the same place, Arbroath Castle in Scotland

01:44near Inverness, it's filmed at the same place

01:48and it has Alan Cumming, a mix of celebs

01:52it has a mix of one, it has a mix of celebs and non-celebs

01:57at least the first season had celebrities and non-celebs

02:00since then it's just been celebrities going forward

02:03the first season of the US had a bit of a problem

02:06because the celebs know how to play the reality game

02:09and the normal people are not as familiar

02:11so a bit of an unfair balance

02:13so I think having it either be all non-celebs or all celebs

02:18is probably the way to go forward

02:20Ireland, as mentioned, are having a show

02:23their own version coming later this year

02:26it will be hosted by the actress who plays Sister Michael in Derry Girls

02:31will be the host of that

02:33don't know about the details of when it will air yet

02:37it's still unconfirmed

02:39there's also a celebrity version of the UK one coming

02:43this year, 2025

02:45we'll obviously get more on that as it comes out

02:48the UK version is on BBC

02:51it's on BBC iPlayer and it airs on BBC Terrestrial TV

02:55BBC have also acquired rights for other versions of the Traitors

03:00so there's both seasons of Traitors Australia

03:03which has been sadly cancelled

03:05there's Traitors New Zealand they added recently

03:07I believe they've got the rights for Traitors Ireland

03:10when that comes out but that's TBC when that comes

03:16and also the Traitors US

03:19that usually comes after it's finished in America

03:22so I expect that later in 2025

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