The Traitors continues to boost the stakes with each season, and the Season 3 opener of the Peacock actuality TV competitors collection featured a twist that examined the format like by no means earlier than to indicate how dynamic it may be.
During the premiere, the trustworthy have been greeted with a call as they arrived at Andross Castle. Survivor legend Boston Rob needed in on the sport, however solely the trustworthy would determine if he would be a part of them or be banished.
Knowing the mastermind of a recreation participant that Rob is, the trustworthy finally opted to not vote him in; nonetheless, he would later present up inside a cage and enter the sport as a traitor.
“I think that’s the thing about this show [that] there’s such intricate planning that goes into all of this, and we’ve thought through every different scenario that could spread throughout it,” govt producer Rosy Franks mentioned on a panel for Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary, Unscripted & Variety occasion. “What we really loved about it was this idea of cause and effect, and the idea that immediately any decision that any of the players made could affect the game. And it did, because they banished him, which then made him a traitor. Now that could have been someone else, but it so happened that it was Rob, and they sort of, in that way, sealed their own fate in that [decision].”
Franks, who was joined on the Contenders panel by collection director Ben Archard and DPs Siggi Rosen-Rawlings and Matt Wright, defined that whoever the trustworthy had swapped for Rob within the opening would have finally turn into a traitor and “completely changed the game,” including, “Boston Rob being a traitor was the thing that then catapulted the whole turret into this kind of chaotic betrayal that they ended up in. So it would have been a completely different season. And I think that’s what’s so exciting for us.”
The format of The Traitors is dynamic and modifications relying on the strikes the gamers make within the recreation. One of the thrilling features of the present is the roundtable debates, the place members vote one another out of their quest to establish a traitor. Alternatively, if a traitor is feeling the warmth, they’ve the chance to divert consideration elsewhere. These deliberations go on for hours however are edited for his or her last presentation and producers don’t assume it could be a good suggestion to indicate prolonged cuts of those moments.
“We can’t show everything that happens because we’re filming like 12-hour days and we’ve got to get [the episode cut] down to an hour-ish, but I think [the roundtables] are very fairly represented,” Franks mentioned. “I also think that the cut really helps it. We built that in the edit, we score it … I don’t know if that is something that would be interesting.”
Peacock’s The Traitors cut up the forged between civilians and celebrities for its first season however leaned into celebrities for the 2 subsequent seasons. With the recognition of the format and viewers wanting extra, Franks was requested if there was a chance of a civilian collection being produced.
“I mean, who knows, maybe one day that would be great, wouldn’t it?” Franks mentioned.
Check again Monday for the panel video.