The nation is gripped by the goings on in the new series of The Traitors – and now the ten rules have been revealed which cannot be broken on the hit BBC show
TV viewers seem to have Traitors on the brain at the moment – and there are ten very strict rules every star – whether they’re a Traitor or Faithful – must follow, or they risk getting the boot.
The show, hosted by former Strictly presenter Claudia Winkleman, is a masterclass in the art of deception – and has had audiences gripped since the first series debuted in 2022.
And the rules each contestant must follow, some on camera and some off, are very rigorous indeed.
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The contracts the stars sign take in their time in Ardross Castle in the Highlands, as well as the months leading up to the show being aired, once filming is over – to stop any spoilers ruining the show.
1. No time-telling
The first rule is that nobody is allowed to know the time – so there are no clocks in the castles, or in players’ rooms. They are wholly reliant on producers to tell them where they need to be and when.
2. Mobile phones are banned
Similarly, mobile phones are also a massive no-go,as are laptops. Opening up previously on the logic behind the move, executive producer Mike Cotton said: ‘They don’t have access to the internet or telephones. They can’t communicate with one another or the outside world in any way.’
3. No interaction away from the cameras
When contestants aren’t actively filming, they are not allowed to interact with each other, and must return to their individual lodgings for the remainder of the evening. If they want to leave they must ask a security guard for permission.
On the celebrity version, stars all stay on one floor of the same hotel – but even then, security guards are still on shift to make sure the stars don’t visit other rooms, with only short walks permitted.
4. Secret lodgings
Contestants are also not fully aware of where they are staying – they don’t see what happens and neither do the other players.
Series one Faithful Maddy Smedley previously confessed: ‘You aren’t allowed to know where you are staying. ‘It’s about a 30-minute drive from the castle but you’re blindfolded as you approach, so you can’t see the car in front or figure out exactly where you are.’
5. Traitors must not expose each other
Another strict rule is that Traitors are not allowed to reveal fellow Traitors by exposing their own identity.
Traitors make an oath, agreed with Claudia at the start of the series, with separate rules they must follow. They include not revealing their own status in order to unmask another player.
Under the oath a select chosen few promise to murder every night and keep the identities of their fellow Traitors under wraps. They are able to accuse other Traitors – just as long as they don’t use their own role to do so.
6. Strict NDAs
Filmed months before it is broadcast, contestants – both civilians and celebrities – also sign NDAs to make sure they don’t reveal any fiercely-protected show secrets before it goes on air.
Series two fan favourite – a Faithful and finalist, Jaz Singh has said: ‘You have to get a ton of stuff prepared, how you’re going to deliver this information to various family members to keep this a secret, because you’re under an NDA, and they will sue you for hundreds of thousands of pounds of TV damages if this gets leaked.’
Series two winner Harry Clark expressed his regret at having to sign the NDA, admitting, “I wish I could have run around the streets and told everyone I won some money but I wasn’t allowed to do that. I wish I could have done.”
7. Keep to designated castle areas
As for the castle, though contestants can be seen in various areas another rule states there are specific areas which are out of bounds.
Matt Harris – a Faithful in series one – previously said the players are only allowed to be in areas where cameras are set up, telling the BBC: ‘You’re not allowed out of sight from the cameras so you can’t walk around the grounds.
‘They set up the rooms like the library and bar especially for the show and you’re told by producers which rooms you can go into.’
8. Personality tests
Before singing up for the hit show, potential contestants agree to undergo a personality test with casting producers – who then work out whether hopefuls are the right fit, in order to have a wide variety of personalities in the final line-up..
9. Kicked out of the castle by night
There is strictly no sleeping overnight in the now-famous Adross Castle. Every contestant is brought back to their own private lodgings after filming – after moving to a different part of the property first.
This is so individual scenes of them talking to the camera can be filmed – and importantly, it means it’s impossible for players to know who is destined for the Traitors’ turret that night.
10. Alcohol limits
While viewers see the stars glugging from goblets every night, there is a limit on how much booze they can consume.
Meryl Williams – a joint winner of series one – previously said they did not get to drink alcohol every night they were in the castle.
“We only got it every couple of nights, and it was rationed, not rationed but we got like one glass or two glasses each. We couldn’t literally have a whole bottle to ourselves,” she said.
The Traitors continues tonight at 8pm on BBC One and iPlayer.
Source: Mirror
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