From its score to its melodramatic styling, we get the behind-scenes scoop on why The Traitors has become a hit amongst LGBTQIA+ audiences.
WORDS BY BARRY LEVITT HEADER DESIGN BY YOSEF PHELAN There’s no stopping The Traitors. For the uninitiated few, the concept is simple: it’s essentially the most dramatic version of wink murder imaginable.
The game unravels thus: a group of 22 people are brought to a Scottish castle – Andross Castle in Ross-shire, to be specific – and either designated faithful or traitors.
The Traitors objective is to gradually “murder” the faithful, while the faithful have to band together to eliminate the traitors through banishments at the Round Table.