The Traitors season 3 episode 1 review: the winning formula strikes again
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A surprise success story based on the Dutch psychological game show De Verraders, The Traitors took everybody aback – even its own host Claudia Winkleman – when its first season became one of the BBC’s most popular new shows in years. Making a refreshing change from a procession of incredibly polished, identikit reality shows featuring a cast of intensely chiseled and preened influencers, The Traitors felt rather more down to earth.
In place of savvy social media gurus with sizable followings and a celebrity-focused gameplan, this show’s lofty castle is filled with estate agents, retired school teachers, uni students, and clairvoyants, all competing in an epic murder mystery in a bid to win £120,000.
By the end of the last UK season, which featured an epically traitorous victory for army engineer Harry Clark and a stand-out, fever-dream of an episode revolving around murdered contestant Diane Carson’s own funeral procession, 8 million people were hooked. Just over 1,000 applied to be on the first season; this time, producers had 300,000 applications to sift through.
Making a break from previous seasons, the majority of this year’s batch of contestants are deceitful from the second they board the show’s infamous steam train, ready to be whisked off to the Scottish highlands. Self-proclaimed “assassin Barbie” Leanne turns up dressed like Elle Woods from Legally Blonde, posing as a ditsy nail technician to keep her army background under wraps. Undercover vicar Lisa is also keeping her job a secret; “I’m a priest, not a saint,” she quips.
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