Forræder (Norway)/Season 2

***Forræder Sesong 2*** is the second season of *Forræder (Norway)*. Unlike its predecessor, it was released as a streaming-exclusive season on TV 2's online subscription platform TV 2 Play every Friday at 3:00am, beginning from April 28, 2023.

## Background

### Aftershows

TV 2 personalities and contestants Robin Hofset and Victor Sotberg hosted an aftershow titled ***Victor og Rob ser Forræder*** (or *Victor and Rob Watch Forræder* in English), where they reacted to and commented on the latest episodes with a fellow contestant. This was available on TV 2 Play, and then subsequently on YouTube.

### Episode Titles

 3-4
 5-6
 7-8
 9-10
 11-12
 13-14

## Unique Characteristics & Twists

* **Early Recruitment:** Due to the lower starting number of Traitors, they were allowed to Recruit a Faithful from the start of the game onwards, before any Traitors were Banished.
* **Dagger Dinner:** Instead of being located in the Armoury like in other versions, the Dagger was obtained through the Dagger Dinner instead. The contestants with Armoury access nominated two others they wished to see win the Dagger. The pair would then choose a box each and play a minigame: one person was allowed to look inside their box and describe its contents (and possibly lie about it), while the other decided if they wished to switch boxes. One of the boxes contained the Dagger; unlike in other versions, it was automatically played at the next Banishment.
* **Role Reveal Power:** During the final Mission, the contestants competed to manoeuvre a golden ball through a hole in a game board and into a red container. They had earlier drawn lots to determine a playing order, and the first contestant to successfully manoeuvre the ball during their turn won a power, allowing them to reveal the role of any contestant they chose at a one-on-one dinner later. In the event no one was successful, the contestant that went last won the power by default.
* **All Preexisting Relationships:** Unlike other iterations of the show where the cast was either entirely or mostly strangers to each other, this season featured eight pairs of players that all had preexisting relationships, but were competing as individual contestants.

## Contestants

 **Winner: Traitor**

 **Finalist: Faithful**

 **Finalist: Faithful**

 **Banished: Traitor**

 **Banished: Faithful**

 **Murdered: Faithful**

 **Banished: Faithful**

 **Murdered: Faithful**

 **Banished: Faithful**

 **Murdered: Faithful**

 **Banished: Traitor**

 **Murdered: Faithful**

 **Banished: Faithful**

 **Banished: Traitor**

 **Murdered: Faithful**

 **Banished: Faithful**

## Season History

1. ↑ Instead of the usual practice where Mission winners would enter the Armoury, the group instead nominated the three contestants they felt were most vulnerable to be Murdered. They would then compete against each other in a series of games for the Shield. In the first round, they had to match as many pairs of tiles as possible on a board, with each competitor being able to keep making matches until they made a wrong one, and the board rotated in between each competitor's turns. The winner immediately advanced to the final round. In the second round, the remaining competitors played a five-disk version of Tower of Hanoi against each other, with the faster competitor also advancing. In the final round, the finalists had to transport metal balls placed behind a grid using only their finger grip and coordination, dropping the balls into a scale until it was sufficiently weighed down to lift a cloche with the Shield underneath it. The faster competitor would win the Shield.

## Voting History

1. ↑ Hkeem and Torstein 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.
2. ↑ Aslak used the Dagger with his vote, making it count twice.
3. ↑ Emilie won a Role Reveal power through the final Mission. She opted to use it and discover Victor's role.
4. ↑ Katrine used the Dagger with her vote, making it count twice.
5. ↑ Lasse used the Dagger with his vote, making it count twice.
6. ↑ Serhat used the Dagger with his vote, making it count twice.
7. ↑ Serhat used the Dagger with his vote, making it count twice.

## Trivia

For the first time in the international franchise:

* All the contestants entered the game with preexisting relationships.
* Two original Traitors were chosen at the start. Other seasons, even those with smaller casts, have all started with at least three.
* The Traitors were allowed to Recruit without first losing a member, presumably because of the smaller starting number.
* A power was given allowing a contestant to find out someone else's role.
* The season ended with a solo male winner (the past three solo winners - Alex Duggan, Cirie Fields and Vanessa Matagne - were female).