The Traitors (Season 1) (US)

## Season 1

The **first season** of *The Traitors* was officially announced on October 5, 2021. The contestants were announced between on December 7, 2022.

The 20 contestants, made up of both celebrities and civillians, stayed in Ardross Castle, Scotland. During the first Round Table, Christian de la Torre, Cirie Fields and Cody Calafiore were made Traitors. Arie Luyendyk Jr. was also recruited as Traitor in Episode 7, after Cody's banishment. At the end of the season, Cirie Fields took home the win.

## Season overview

█ The participant was a Faithful
█ The contestant was a Traitor
█ The contestant won *The Traitors*.
█ The contestant was banned in the final round.
█ The contestant was originally a Faithful, but was recruited as a Traitor.
█ The contestant was immune to being killed.
█ The contestant was immune to being killed, but was recruited as a traitor.
█ The contestant was immune to being killed, but was a traitor themselves.
█ The contestant was banished during the Conclave.
█ The contestant was killed by the Traitors.
█ The contestant was quit the competition.
### Round Tables

█ The Faithfuls banished a fellow Faithful.
█ The Faithfuls banished a Traitor.
## Episodes

### Episode 1: The Game is Afoot

*Synopsis: "Twenty contestants arrive at a castle in Scotland to play the ultimate murder mystery game."*

* **Task Synopsis:** The contestants are split into two teams, and each team must set fire to a giant wicker beast within 30 minutes. Some of the team members row out to the loch and retrieve a flame using torches, while others search through and organise materials to build the fuse to ignite the beast. If one team succeeds, $20,000 is be added to the prize monet; if both teams succeed, $30,000 is added.
* **Prize Earned:** $30,000 (out of $30,000)
* **Access to the Armoury:** N/A
* **Dagger:** N/A
* **Shield:** N/A
* **Traitors:** Christian de la Torre, Cirie Fields & Cody Calafiore

### Episode 2: Buried Alive

*Synopsis: "The first murder raises suspicions as the contestants are buried alive; a player is banished."*

* **Murdered:** Reza Farahan
* **Task Synopsis:** Six volunteering contestants are led to an undisclosed location to be buried alive. The remaining contestants are split into three teams, tasked with finding two buried contestants each. The buried contestants can communicate with their teammates using a walkie talkie, and direct them to locations within the castle grounds using clues within their coffin. Each contestant rescued before the 40 minute time limit will add $5,000 to the prize money.
* **Prize Earned:** $20,000 (out of $30,000)
* **Access to the Armoury:** N/A
* **Dagger:** N/A
* **Shield:** N/A
* **Banished:** Geraldine Moreno (11/19 votes)

### Episode 3: Murder They Wrote

*Synopsis: "The next murder shocks everyone; while a player is banished, another makes a dramatic discovery."*

* **Murdered:** Robert "Bam" Nieves
* **Task Synopsis:** The contestants divide themselves into two groups, with one team in charge of ringing bells at the castle's chapel to play five famous tunes. The other team stays in the castle and has to match music from the bells to one of many music boxes in the castle. Each box represents an item in the castle; the team that stayed at the castle has to find these items and bring them back within the five minute time limit. Each successful round adds $5,000 to the prize money.
* **Prize Earned:** $25,000 (out of $25,000)
* **Access to the Armoury:** N/A
* **Dagger:** N/A
* **Shield:** N/A
* **Banished:** Brandi Glanville (8/17 votes)

### Episode 4: Life or Death Situation

*Synopsis: "Cracks start to show in the treacherous trio as the game's pressure begins to weigh on one of them."*

* **Murdered:** Azra Valani
* **Task Synopsis:** For each round, five contestants are randomly selected and strapped to a revolving wheel, with the remaining contestants having to answer questions with the name of a contestant on a wheel. The contestants on the wheel also have to answer the questions; for each matching answer, $300 is added to the prize money. The players on the wheel are also able to add an extra $5,000 to the prize money if everyone stayed on the wheel for the entire round. A total of two rounds were conducted.
* **Prize Earned:** $19,900 (out of $22,000)
* **Access to the Armoury:** N/A
* **Dagger:** N/A
* **Shield:** N/A
* **Banished:** Michael Davidson (11/15 votes)

### Episode 5: Getting Away with Murder

*Synopsis: "A Traitor raises suspicions; a mission gives players a chance to raise the prize pot over $100,000."*

* **Murdered:** Ryan Lochte
* **Task Synopsis:** The contestants are divided into two teams. Each round, one representative from each team enters a confession booth, where Alan gives them a paragraph and line from a book their team has to find. The representative then communicates this information to their team, finding the line and receiving a clue to locate a specific clothing item only one member of a masked congregation possesses. Each team has one guess per round, and the first team to guess the correct item earns $5,000 for the prize money. A total of four rounds were played.
* **Prize Earned:** $20,000 (out of $20,000)
* **Access to the Armoury:** N/A
* **Dagger:** N/A
* **Shield:** N/A
* **Banished:** Kyle Cooke (9/13 votes)
* **Quit:** Amanda Clark

### Episode 6: Suspicion and Sabotage

*Synopsis: "The game has a new lifeline, but for three players, being On Trial puts them closer to murder."*

* **Murdered:** N/A
* **On Trial:** Anjelica Conti, Kate Chastain & Rachel Reilly
* **Task Synopsis:** The contestants have 90 minutes to transport whisky barrels to an old distillery on the top of a nearby hill. Along the path are 15 barrels valued between $600 and $10,000 - the heavier the barrel, the harder it is to transport. All barrels that make it across the finish line at the distillery before the time is up count towards the prize money based on their valuation. There are also three special barrels en route to the distillery, representing Armoury Passes. The contestants have to ensure all three special barrels cross the finish line in order to give out three Armoury Passes.
* **Prize Earned:** $16,800 (out of $30,000)
* **Access to the Armoury:** Anjelica Conti, Arie Luyendyk Jr. & Rachel Reilly
* **Dagger:** N/A
* **Shield:** Arie Luyendyk Jr.
* **Banished:** Cody Calafiore (7/11 votes)

### Episode 7: The Mask Is Slipping

*Synopsis: "A Traitor’s mask begins to slip; ghosts of former players return; a plot twist unfolds."*

* **Murdered:** Anjelica Conti
* **Task Synopsis:** The contestants divide themselves into three teams. Each team takes turns to enter the billiards room, which is cluttered with an assortment of items. They are given a short amount of time to memorise the items in the room and their placement, before the lights are cut and the voices of eliminated contestants play. A total of three items are swapped, and a team only has one minute to identify these changes. If a team manages to identify one, two or three swapped items within the time limit, they earn $1,000, $5,000 or $10,000 correspondingly. The team that identifies the most items correctly (or within the fastest time, in the case of a tie) also earn Armoury Passes.
* **Prize Earned:** $2,000 (out of $30,000)
* **Access to the Armoury:** Arie Luyendyk Jr., Christian de la Torre & Quentin Jiles
* **Dagger:** N/A
* **Shield:** Arie Luyendyk Jr.
* **Banished:** Shelbe Rodriguez (7/9 votes)

### Episode 8: Cabins in the Woods

*Synopsis: "One player must make the ultimate decision; a Traitor raises suspicion; a brutal round table ensues."*

* **Recruited as new Traitor:** Arie Luyendyk Jr.
* **Murdered:** N/A
* **Task Synopsis:** The contestants are divided into two teams. Each team is locked in a cabin and given 30 minutes to escape from it. Within the cabin, they are divided into two sides, with one side counting rats of different colours to obtain a first lock combination, while bugs rain down on the other side. Once the other side unlocks themselves, they then had to stick their heads into boxes filled with disgusting living creatures that contain numbers comprising the second lock combination, allowing their teammates to also escape. Each team that escapes within the time limit earns $17,500 for the prize money, and the fastest team also obtain Armoury Passes.
* **Prize Earned:** $35,000 (out of $35,000)
* **Access to the Armoury:** Andie Vanacore, Arie Luyendyk Jr., Rachel Reilly & Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick
* **Dagger:** N/A
* **Shield:** Arie Luyendyk Jr.
* **Banished:** Rachel Reilly (6/8 votes)

### Episode 9: Trust No one

*Synopsis: "During the penultimate day, alliances are broken and trust between the Traitors is questioned."*

* **Murdered:** Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick
* **Task Synopsis:** The contestants take turns to make their way across a laser-filled room, full of artifacts each assigned a different value. They have 15 minutes to transport as many valuable artifacts as they can across the room; however, an extra laser is added after each attempt. Additionally, if someone sets off a laser, they will be eliminated from the mission, and one minute is taken off the clock.
* **Prize Earned:** $13,000 (out of $25,000)
* **Access to the Armoury:** N/A
* **Dagger:** N/A
* **Shield:** N/A
* **Banished:** Christian de la Torre (4/6 votes)

### Episode 10: The Grand Finale

*Synopsis: "After a last mission and round table, either the Traitors or Faithful will win the prize pot."*

* **Murdered:** N/A
* **Task Synopsis:** The contestants were taken to Loch Glass, where they had one hour to locate three bags of money scattered across various locations. Two contestants would jump out of a helicopter and swim to buoys containing a lock combination which allowed the others access to a speedboat. The speedboat team would then use a map to navigate around the loch and find the bags. Meanwhile, once the other two contestants swam back to shore, they were given a second lock combination to solve via a riddle, obtaining a bonus map with the location of a fourth bag of money they then communicated to the speedboat team.
* **Prize Earned:** $68,000 (out of $68,000)
* **Total Prize Money:** $250,000
* **Access to the Armoury:** N/A
* **Dagger:** N/A
* **Shield:** N/A
* **Banished:** Kate Chastain (3/5 votes)
* **Quit:** Arie Luyendyk Jr.
* **Winner of The Traitors Season 1:** Cirie Fields
* **Runner-Up:** Andie Vanacore & Quentin Jiles

### Episode 11: The Traitors Reunion

*Synopsis: "Alan Cumming invites you into The Traitors Reunion. The Season One cast settle the score on all of the deceptions, murders, banishments, and treachery. Hosted by none other than Andy Cohen."*

## Videos

The Traitors US S1 TrailerThe Traitors US S1 - Alan Cumming Chooses the TraitorsThe Traitors US S1 - Christian’s Sneaky New StrategyThe Traitors US S1 - Most SAVAGE Moments
## Sources

1. ↑ NBCUniversal, BBC Order U.S., U.K. Adaptations of Studio Lambert Format ‘The Traitors’ | Variety — October 5, 2021
2. ↑ ‘The Traitors’ Cast Photo Gallery | Deadline — December 7, 2022
3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 Watch The Traitors (2023-) | Peacock