Reality TV's most murderous game returned with a new episode last night after taking a break last week. Season 5 of "The Traitors" premiered three weeks ago, with 22 new gamers embarking on a game of blind trust, backstabbing and betrayal.
As of Thursday, Oct. 8, there are now 16 players left in the game, with another murder to be revealed next week. There is only one Floridian left in the castle, Katie Fites from Jacksonville, and she is the third traitor in the turret. Katie narrowly missed banishment at the top of last night's episode, before attention turned to a faithful.
Here's the airing schedule for "The Traitors: New Blood," who has been murdered and banished so far, who the traitors are, how the game works and how to watch the show.
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When do new episodes of 'The Traitors' drop?
New episodes of "The Traitors: New Blood" air Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET on NBC and stream on Peacock the next day.
Who was banished on 'The Traitors' last night? See cast list, who's been murdered, banished on 'New Blood'
Originally, "The Traitors: New Blood" cast included two Floridians: Katie Fites, a marketing manager from Jacksonville, and Xavier Scruggs, an MLB analyst from Wesley Chapel. After facing off in a competition to become the third traitor on the third episode, Katie is the only Floridian left. Xavier was murdered and sent home after losing the competition to become the third traitor.
At the top of the fifth episode this week, Katie landed in the hot seat at the round table, with Dr. Jay Vinnedge accusing her of being a traitor. The tables turned, though, and the group ultimately banished Sherry Kuehl, a writer from Kansas.
After Sherry was banished, Katie said in a confessional that she felt "so horrible," and said the game was so much harder than she anticipated.
"I can't let emotion play into my decisions as a traitor on who to murder," Katie said in her confessional.
The traitors were then tasked to complete a "murder in plain sight" by giving a faithful a "poison apple" ahead of a "wake of the living dead." Those at risk of being murdered at the wake were sealed in coffins and then released one by one. What the faithfuls didn't know is that two of the three traitors were laying in coffins next to them, never at risk of being murdered themselves.
Tomica Adams (traitor), Kriste Lewis, Abby Lee, Morgan Cook and Victor Vollbrechthausen, were revealed as safe and released from their coffins. Still left in the coffins are Clyde Moser, Niyyah Hayes, Joe Vanella (traitor) and Mark Zgoda.
The last player in their coffin will be revealed as the murder victim at the top of the next episode next Thursday, Oct. 15. But since Joe is a traitor, the murdered player can only be Clyde, Niyyah or Mark.
Here's the full cast list:
- Abbey Benjamin, a nurse from Mangham, Louisiana
- Abby Lee, an astrophysicist from St. Paul, Minnesota
- Ben McDonnell, a barrel racer from Granbury, Texas
- Clyde Moser, a teacher from Charleston, South Carolina, at risk for murder next week
- Dr. Jay Vinnedge, a physician from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Joe Vanella, a funeral director from Wantagh, New York
- Katie Fites, a marketing manager from Jacksonville, Florida
- Kriste Lewis, a realtor from Hattiesburg, Mississippi
- Mark Zgoda, a personal trainer from Phillipsburg, New Jersey, at risk for murder next week
- Michael Foote, a lawyer from New York City, New York
- Morgan Cook, a content creator from Midland, Michigan
- Niyyah Hayes, a therapist from Indianapolis, Indiana, at risk for murder next week
- Shane Beatty, an iron worker from Staten Island, New York
- Tomica Adams, a pilot from Boston, Massachusetts
- Victor Vollbrechthausen, a business executive from New York City, New York
- Wyatt Gillespie, a designer from Ligonier, Pennsylvania
Sherry Kuehl, a writer from Leawood, Kansas, banished week threeLogan Smith, a realtor from Gatlinburg, Tennessee, murdered week twoArisa Thomas, a dog groomer from Los Angeles, California, banished week twoXavier Scruggs, an MLB analyst from Wesley Chapel, Florida, murdered week twoKim Daily, a lawyer from Houston, murdered week oneMadeline Kostopulos, a construction manager from San Diego, California, banished week one
Who are the traitors on 'New Blood'? Florida's Katie Fites is a traitor
There were two traitors selected in the premiere: Tomica Adams, a pilot from Boston, and Joe Vanella, a funeral director from Wantagh, New York.
In yet another deviation from the show's method thus far, two people were chosen by the traitors to complete a series of secret tasks to become the third traitor.
They chose MLB analyst from Wesley Chapel, Xavier Scruggs, and marketing manager from Jacksonville, Katie Fites, who also happens to be the youngest player this season. In the third episode, Katie Fites was chosen as the third traitor and Xavier was murdered and sent home.
How many episodes of 'The Traitors' Season 5 are out? See airing schedule for 'The Traitors: New Blood'
As of Friday, Oct. 9, there are five episodes of "The Traitors: New Blood" available to stream on Peacock. The sixth episode will air on NBC at 8 p.m. ET next Thursday, Oct. 15, and be available to stream Friday, Oct. 16.
September 17: Episodes 1 and 2 aired back-to-back starting at 8:00 p.m. ET.September 24: Episodes 3 and 4 aired back-to-back starting at 8:00 p.m. ET.October 1: No New Episode.October 8: Episode 5 airs at 8:00 p.m. ET.- October 15: Episode 6 airs at 8:00 p.m. ET.
- October 22: Episode 7 airs at 8:00 p.m. ET.
- October 29: Episode 8 airs at 8:00 p.m. ET.
- November 5: Episode 9 airs at 8:00 p.m. ET.
- November 12: Episode 10 airs at 8:00 p.m. ET.
- November 19: Episodes 11 and 12 air the finale at 8:00 p.m. ET.
What are the rules of 'The Traitors'? How the show works
Based on the original Dutch show, the U.S. version follows the same premise — a group of contestants must work together on "missions" to add money to their overall prize pot, which can climb as high as $250,000.
However, hidden amongst the "faithful" contestants are the "traitors," whose goal is to eliminate the faithful and claim the prize for themselves.
Think of the party game "Mafia," but with a quarter of a million dollars at stake. In Peacock's version, contestants stay in an ancient Scottish castle. Award-winning Scottish actor Alan Cumming has hosted "The Traitors" since its American debut in 2023 and is also an executive producer on the show.
Every night, the selected "traitors" of the group meet in the castle's turret after all of the "faithful" have gone to sleep and choose one person to "murder." Each day at breakfast, the contestants who "survived" the night enter the room in small groups. As the contestants enter, each traitor tries their hand at keeping it cool and minimizing suspicion, acting as surprised as a faithful would when it is revealed who was "murdered" the night before.
Every night after dinner but before the traitors meet in the turret, the entire group has a roundtable discussion in which they attempt to reveal and banish a traitor by casting votes. After they are banished, the player reveals whether they were a traitor or a faithful.
What makes this season different from past seasons, though, is that the contestants are all regular people. Previously, contestants were celebrities, public figures or reality stars, with a significant number of contestants coming from other gaming shows, like "Survivor" or "Big Brother." The first season of the U.S. version of "The Traitors" mixed regular people with reality stars.
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