De Verraders

De Verraders (Dutch for 'The Traitors') is a Dutch reality game show broadcast by RTL 4 which premiered in 2021.^[2][3][4] The format of the show, presented by Tijl Beckand, is similar to the party game Mafia. The first and second seasons took place at and around Erenstein Castle in Kerkrade, the Netherlands, while the third, fourth, and fifth seasons were filmed in France. The sixth season was filmed in Belgium.

The show's premiered on March 13, 2021 on RTL 4, currently has 6 seasons and is hosted by Tijl Beckand. Between December 5, 2021 and November 2, 2024, four Halloween-themed seasons aired exclusively on Videoland, hosted by Art Rooijakkers (season 1) and Frank Evenblij (season 2-4).

In the show, three of 18 contestants take on the role of Verrader (Traitor/Betrayer), and all other contestants take on the role of Getrouwe (Faithful). From the second season onward, the amount of traitors is not known to the faithful. The faithful do not know who the traitors are, but viewers of the show are made aware in the first episode. Each night, the traitors gather in secret to decide whom they wish to eliminate from the game; this contestant is said to have been murdered and does not show up at the next morning's breakfast.^[4] In each episode, the contestants take part in a mission to earn silver bars, which can be won in the end. In some missions, contestants can also win a shield, which protects them from elimination by the traitors that night. After completing a challenge, the contestants return to the castle to take part in the Raad (Council) – a voting round in which all contestants cast a vote on who should be eliminated from the game. In this round, the faithful hope to eliminate a traitor from the game.^[4] The eliminated persons reveal, before leaving, whether they were either a traitor or a faithful contestant.

In the first season of the show, the contestants played a game to decide the winner of the silver bars in the last episode.^[5] The two finalists independently wrote down either Verraad (Betrayal) or Trouw (Faithful). If both chose Trouw, then they split the prize, but if one person chose Verraad then that person won all the silver bars. If both chose Verraad then the runner-up won all the silver bars. In the second season of the show, the team with the most players remaining played this game to decide the winner(s) of the silver bars.^[5] In the third season, the game was not played, and instead the traitors would win if at least one traitor were remaining in the end.

Diederik Jekel, Kees Boot, and Holly Mae Brood played the role of traitor in the first season of the show, with Samantha Steenwijk being offered the role of a traitor later on in the season.^[6] In the first season, contestants managed to accumulate 22 silver bars over the course of the show.^[7] In the final, Chatilla van Grinsven and Steenwijk ended up splitting the silver bars.^[7] After the show, they decided to share their winnings with the runner-up Loiza Lamers.^[8] Stefano Keizers, Ortál Vriend and Jamie Westland played the role of traitor in the second season of the show. In the third season, five people ended up playing the role of traitor; the three traitors selected at the beginning, Maria Fiselier, Katinka Simonse, and Sander Huisman, as well as Jan Slagter and Jordy Huisman. The faithful were the winners in both the second and third seasons of the show.^[9][10]

Contestants need to complete a psychological test before participating, and the show also offers psychological help afterwards.^[11]

The show is produced by IDTV and PosVideo in collaboration with RTL Nederland.^[12]

The first season aired from 13 March until 1 May 2021.

The second season aired from 1 April until 27 May 2022.

In episode 6, Stefano received a shield as a traitor, and suggested to the other traitors to kill kimself, thereby no one was killed that night.

The third season aired from 3 March until 5 May 2023.^[13]

The fourth season aired from 16 February until 3 May 2024. This was the first (and currently only) season with civilians as contestants instead of celebrities.^[14] Tristan (a gym owner, who was a faithful from the start until episode 9, and a traitor from episode 9 onwards), won the season.

The fifth season aired from 9 May until 4 July 2025.^[15]

The sixth season began on 10 March 2026.^[16]

Four seasons were produced to air exclusively on Videoland. They were all filmed at De Havixhorst in De Schiphorst, Meppel, Netherlands.^[18] Art Rooijakkers presented the first season. From the second season onwards, Frank Evenblij (who was a contestant in the second RTL 4 season) replaced Rooijakkers as host, and the Videoland editions were Halloween-themed.

Art Rooijakkers presented a season of De Verraders which aired on exclusively on Videoland from 5 December 2021 until 9 January 2022.^[19]

In episode 3, Thijs received a shield as a traitor, and suggested to the other traitors to kill kimself, thereby no one was killed that night.

The second Videoland season (the first to be Halloween-themed) aired from 27 until 31 October 2022.

The third Halloween season aired on Videoland from 30 September until 28 October 2023.^[20] Frank Evenblij returned to host.^[21]

The fourth Halloween season aired from 28 September until 2 November 2024. Frank Evenblij returned to host. Unlike the previous seasons which were aired exclusively on Videoland, this season was also broadcast on RTL 4.

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