Die Verräter/Season 1

***Die Verräter Staffel 1*** is the first season of *Die Verräter*. It airs every Wednesday at 8:15pm on RTL starting from September 20, 2023, although episodes were released a week in advance on RTL's streaming service RTL+ beginning September 13, 2023.

## Background

On February 13, 2023, it was announced that rights for *The Traitors* had been sold to three countries: Denmark, Finland and Germany. It was further reported that the All3Media subsidiary Tower Productions would produce the show for RTL in Germany. During RTL's presentation for Screenforce Days on June 13, 2023, some details about the program were discussed: it would be hosted by veteran RTL personality Sonja Zietlow and feature 16 celebrity contestants 'from the worlds of drama, music, sports and journalism' competing in the Château de Béguin, of which three would be selected as Traitors at the start.
 A sales deck pitched to potential advertisers further revealed that the program would be broadcast over six episodes, with a maximum prize of €50,000 for contestants.

The first official teaser for the show and some reporting on it appeared on August 16, 2023. The official airdate of the first two episodes on RTL was later confirmed as September 20, 2023, with these episodes being uploaded onto RTL's streaming service RTL+ September 13, 2023. The first seven contestants were then revealed on August 28, 2023.

On October 19, 2023 a reunion special was announced featuring some of the contestants, to be aired on RTL's YouTube channel on October 25, 2023, and then on RTL+ on October 27, 2023..

### Aftershows

The official aftershow consisted of podcast episodes uploaded as part of the *Aftershow – der Reality-TV-Podcast* series on RTL+, where recently-eliminated contestants provided more insights into the game.

## Unique Characteristics & Twists

* **Murder in Plain Sight:** At the end of Episode 3, there was no Traitors' Conclave. Instead, the Traitors had to select someone they would choose to Murder at a cocktail party, by dropping a vial of 'poison' into their drink.
* **Traitors' Ultimatum:** At the end of Episode 4, there was only one Traitor left. They had the option of offering an Ultimatum to a Faithful of their choice, who would either be obliged to accept Recruitment or be Murdered otherwise.
* **The Bribe:** During Episode 5, each contestant took turns to choose someone else in the game they trusted the most. This chain continued until only one contestant was left; they were then offered €9,000 from that previous episodes' unearned winnings to leave the game.

## Contestants

 **Winner: Traitor**

 **Winner: Traitor**

 **Banished: Faithful**

 **Banished: Faithful**

 **Banished: Faithful**

 **Banished: Faithful**

 **Murdered: Faithful**

 **Banished: Faithful**

 **Murdered: Faithful**

 **Banished: Traitor**

 **Murdered: Faithful**

 **Banished: Traitor**

 **Banished: Traitor**

 **Murdered: Faithful**

 **Banished: Faithful**

 **Murdered: Faithful**

## Voting History

1. ↑ There was no Traitors' Conclave in the previous episode. Instead, Sonja threw the remaining contestants a dinner party, while instructing the Traitors to give a Faithful a poisoned drink.
2. ↑ Anna-Carina & Sabrina were tied for the most plurality of votes. They were ineligible to vote again in the tiebreaker, while the other contestants voted to Banish one of them.
3. ↑ Vincent used the Dagger with his vote, making it count twice.

## Season Overview

### Episode 1

*Airdate: September 13, 2023*

* **Traitors Selected:** *Anna-Carina, Florian & Jalil*
* **Murdered:** *Susan*
* **Mission Synopsis**: Catapult
* **Prize Earned**: €10,000 out of €10,000
* **Banished**: *Sebastian* (10-3-1-1)

### Episode 2

*Airdate: September 13, 2023*

* **Murdered**: *Timothy*
* **Mission Synopsis**: Church Match
* **Prize Earned**: €2,000 out of €2,500
* **Armoury Access**: *ChrisTine, Claude, Florian, Irina, Mariella, Shermine*
* **Shield**: *Irina*
* **Banished**: *Florian* (10-3)

### Episode 3

*Airdate: September 20, 2023*

* **Recruited Traitor**: *ChrisTine*
* **Mission Synopsis**: Clocktower Prison
* **Prize Earned**: €5,000 out of €5,000
* **Armoury Access**: *Anna-Carina, ChrisTine, Friedrich, Jalil, Mariella, Shermine, Vincent*
* **Shield**: *Friedrich*
* **Banished**: *ChrisTine* (10-1-1)

### Episode 4

*Airdate: September 27, 2023*

* **Murdered**: *Shermine*
* **Mission Synopsis**: Barrel Rallye
* **Prize Earned**: €8,500 out of €12,500
* **Mission Synopsis**: Scarecrow Throw
* **Armoury Access:** *Claude, Friedrich, Mariella, Pascal, Sabrina, Ulrike, Vincent*
* **Shield**: *Friedrich*
* **Dagger**: *Vincent*
* **Banished**: *Jalil* (7-3-1)
* **Recruited Traitor**: *Vincent*

### Episode 5

*Airdate: October 4, 2023*

* **Murdered**: *Pascal*
* **Mission Synopsis**: Treasure Hunt
* **Prize Earned**: €6,000 out of €6,000
* **Armoury Access:** *Anna-Carina, Friedrich, Ulrike, Vincent*
* **Shield:** *Ulrike*
* **Dagger:** *Vincent*
* **Mission Synopsis**: The Bribe
* **Prize Earned**: €9,000 out of €9,000
* **Banished**: *Ulrike* (7-1)

### Episode 6

*Airdate: October 11, 2023*

* **Murdered**: *Claude-Oliver*
* **Mission Synopsis**: The Heist
* **Prize Earned**: €6,000 out of €9,500
* **Banished**:
	+ *Irina* (3-2-1)
	+ *Sabrina* (2-2-1; 2-1 in the revote)
	+ *Friedrich* (3-1)
	+ *Mariella* (2-1)
* **Winners: *Anna-Carina & Vincent***

## References

1. ↑ ‘The Traitors’ to Be Adapted in Denmark, Finland and Germany, Board Game Set for Fall Launch (EXCLUSIVE) | Variety February 13,
2. ↑ (DE) Season 2023/24: Die Highlights bei RTL | RTL — June 13, 2023
3. ↑ (DE) DIE VERRÄTER – VERTRAUE NIEMANDEM! 2023 - Ad Alliance | RTL — June 13, 2023
4. ↑ (DE) Teaser: Die Verräter - Vertraue niemandem! 🤫 | RTL — August 16, 2023
5. ↑ (DE) „Die Verräter“ Die geheimste RTL TV-Show des Jahres! Kandidaten & Ablauf | Promiwood — August 16, 2023
6. ↑ (DE) „Die Verräter!“: Ab September geht es in der neuen RTL-Show auf die Jagd | RTL — August 22, 2023
7. ↑ (DE) Das sind die ersten Promis der neuen RTL-Show „Die Verräter“ | RTL — August 28, 2023
8. ↑ (DE) Das sind die ersten Promis der neuen RTL-Show „Die Verräter“ | RTL — August 28, 2023
9. ↑ (DE) Die Verräter | TV Movie — October 19, 2023