The Traitors (NZ) - General Discussion

[Meredith Quill]

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Calling all fans of The Traitors - New Zealand has just finished airing its first season of the show.

If you're not a kiwi or don't live in that part of the world, you'll need to go hunt down this treasure for yourself out there somewhere on the web.

[LakeGal]

I have watched half the episodes of the season.  I am watching it on Crave in Canada.  I am enjoying it.  

[Meander]

just finished it, same as LakeGal on Crave. 

it was enjoyable, but it did show some of the trouble of people playing the game who obviously knew it, i assume they would have had access at least to the Australian version prior to playing.    It will be interesting to see how seasons 2 in other countries go, and how production adapts. 

Edited September 23, 2023 by Meander

[LakeGal]

I have watched the entire season.  I too thought how the participants must have seen the other shows from other countries.  When they were first told to line up I did wonder if they knew in the past that the 2 last people were told to leave and then came back.  But they did change that part.  

I also found it interesting that after the last seduction they all kept talking about the person that was blackmailed to join the Traitors.  We know that Colin was not given a choice or he would be murdered.  But I was surprised that they all talked about being blackmailed to be the Traitor.  Did they just assume that because they had watched other series?  I kept wondering if Brooke or Colin had slipped up and mentioned the blackmailing.  Earlier when others were seduced they were given a choice to join the Traitors or remain a Faithful.  How did they all know that the last one was blackmailed?

I was quite surprised that Dan turned on a fellow Traitor at the very first banishment.  I would not have trusted him.  I was quite delighted that Robbie tried to out him on her way out.  It also worked.  I also felt that both Dan and Brooke wanted to get rid of the women.  That irritated me a bit.   

I find it interesting when I watch this show that I get torn between cheering for the Traitors and cheering for the Faithful.  At the end I was happy with the result.  I did not want a Traitor to win at the end.  I did notice that Sam wrote an E at the end of the name so I knew he did not write Anna on his board.  I was surprised that Sam finally got over his attachment to Brooke.  

It was a nice assortment of players.  I realize several of them were minor celebrities in NZ.  But they were all unknown to me.  

[Meander]

On 9/24/2023 at 4:06 PM, LakeGal said:

It was a nice assortment of players.  I realize several of them were minor celebrities in NZ.  But they were all unknown to me.  

I knew Matt Heath as a contestant on season 2 of Taskmaster NZ where he was really fun. but that was all. 

On 9/24/2023 at 4:06 PM, LakeGal said:

I also found it interesting that after the last seduction they all kept talking about the person that was blackmailed to join the Traitors.  We know that Colin was not given a choice or he would be murdered.  But I was surprised that they all talked about being blackmailed to be the Traitor.  Did they just assume that because they had watched other series?  I kept wondering if Brooke or Colin had slipped up and mentioned the blackmailing.  Earlier when others were seduced they were given a choice to join the Traitors or remain a Faithful.  How did they all know that the last one was blackmailed?

what i figure is they obviously knew how many Traitors there was, and that when you come down to one you don't have a choice. UK had an "Ultimatum" like that, but they didn't use the word "blackmail". 

On 9/24/2023 at 4:06 PM, LakeGal said:

I find it interesting when I watch this show that I get torn between cheering for the Traitors and cheering for the Faithful.  At the end I was happy with the result.  I did not want a Traitor to win at the end.  I did notice that Sam wrote an E at the end of the name so I knew he did not write Anna on his board.  I was surprised that Sam finally got over his attachment to Brooke.  

probably should have done this in one post 🤣

I saw the writing by Sam also, i figured this was the producer giving us a wink to Brooke previously saying he was watching other players motion when writing names at banishment 

[65mickey]

Ok so i signed up for Peacock just for the Traitors. Now i am getting Season 1 first 6 episodes and then nothing.  Does anyone know what's up with this? 

[SoMuchTV]

18 minutes ago, 65mickey said:

Ok so i signed up for Peacock just for the Traitors. Now i am getting Season 1 first 6 episodes and then nothing.  Does anyone know what's up with this? 

They’ve been releasing S1 NZ two episodes each Thursday, so that’s all there is so far. Have you already caught up with US, UK, and AUS?

[65mickey]

Yes I've watched US, UK and AUS both seasons 1 & 2. Season 2 of AUS ending was awesome!. I started watching New Zealand season 1 last night and I was wondering what was up. Thanks for the info!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7Season 2 ending of AUS was epic!

[NeenerNeener]

OK, that challenge when it got down to the last 5 was really diabolical. I hope they do that for the other countries!

[LakeGal]

They are showing season 2 on CraveTV.  I have watched the first 6 episodes.  I have enjoyed it so far.  

[LakeGal]

I finished watching season 2.  I enjoyed the season.  I was never quite sure how it would end.  

[RoseAllDay]

I am currently watching this, and I am ALL IN. This is my favorite of all The Traitors franchises. Paul Henry is great, and I’m in love with Colin. Just love his personality.

The shadiness of these people is epic. Love it.