The Traitors (Australian TV series) season 2
Australian television series season
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The second season of the Australian television series The Traitors premiered on Network 10 on 13 August 2023. In a franchise first, the season did not have a formal winner. Camille Chicheportich, Sam McGlone and Blake Willoughby made it to the final round as Traitors but lost the prize money following the Traitors' Dilemma.
- Camille Chicheportich
- Sam McGlone
- Blake Willoughby
| The Traitors | |
|---|---|
| Season 2 | |
Promotional poster | |
| Presented by | Rodger Corser |
| No. of contestants | 20 |
| Winner | None |
| Runners-up |
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| Location | Robertson Hotel, Robertson, New South Wales |
| No. of episodes | 9 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Network 10 |
| Original release | 13 August – 10 September 2023 |
| Season chronology | |
Production
The second season of The Traitors Australia featured celebrities competing alongside members of the general public.
Format
The contestants arrived at the castle and are referred to as the "Faithful". Among them are the "Traitors", a group of contestants secretly selected by the host, Rodger Corser. Each night, the Traitors would decide who to "murder" and that same contestant would leave the game. After the end of each day, where the contestants participated in various challenges to add money to the prize fund, they would participate in the Round Table, where they must decide who to banish from the game, trying to identify the Traitor.
If all the remaining players are Faithful, then the prize money is divided evenly among them. However, if any Traitors remain, they win the entire pot.
Contestants
| Contestant[1] | Age | Home State | Occupation / Original Series | Affiliation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anjelica Whitelaw | 26 | NSW | Lawyer | Faithful | Murdered (Episode 1) |
| Corinne Martell | 61 | QLD | Nurse | Faithful | Banished (Episode 1) |
| Elias Nohra | 27 | NSW | Insurance Disputes Manager | Faithful | Murdered (Episode 2) |
| Gyton Grantley | 42 | VIC | Actor | Faithful | Banished (Episode 2) |
| Paeden Bennetts | 30 | SA | Graphic Designer | Faithful | Murdered (Episode 3) |
| Ash Pollard | 37 | VIC | My Kitchen Rules 6 | Traitor | Banished (Episode 3) |
| Paul de Gelder | 46 | LA | Shark Attack Survivor & Motivational Speaker | Faithful | Murdered (Episode 4) |
| Ian Zaro | 27 | QLD | Content Creator | Faithful | Banished (Episode 4) |
| Roha Taiapa | 27 | WA | Creative Director & Luxury Fashion Rep | Faithful | Murdered (Episode 5) |
| Annabel Fidler | 30 | VIC | Customer Success Manager | Faithful | Banished (Episode 5) |
| Luke Toki | 36 | WA | Australian Survivor 2017 | Faithful | Murdered (Episode 6) |
| Simone Williams | 32 | QLD | Wrestler | Faithful | Banished (Episode 6) |
| Keith Banks | 65 | VIC | Police Officer | Faithful | Banished (Episode 7) |
| Hannah Ferrier | 36 | NSW | Below Deck Mediterranean | Faithful | Murdered (Episode 8) |
| Gloria Rono | 25 | VIC | Disability Support Worker | Faithful | Banished (Episode 8) |
| Liam Davern | 23 | TAS | Apprentice Electrician | Faithful | Banished (Episode 9) |
| Sarah Short | 44 | SA | Psychotherapist | Faithful | Banished (Episode 9) |
| Camille Chicheportiche | 53 | ACT | Former Federal Agent | Traitor[a] | Loss (Episode 9) |
| Sam McGlone | 27 | QLD | Marketing Consultant | Traitor | Loss (Episode 9) |
| Blake Willoughby | 35 | VIC | Beer Sales Manager | Traitor | Loss (Episode 9) |
- Notes
- Chicheportiche was recruited as a Traitor in Episode 7.
Elimination history
Key
- The contestant was a Faithful.
- The contestant was a Traitor.
| Episode | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traitor's Decision |
Anjelica | Elias | Paeden | Paul | Roha | Luke | Camille | Hannah | None | |||||
| Murder | Murder[a] | Offer[b] | Murder | |||||||||||
| Shield | Simone | Liam | Blake | Sam | Keith | None | ||||||||
| Banishment | Corinne | Gyton | Ash | Ian | Annabel | Simone | Keith | Gloria | Liam | |||||
| Vote | 9–8–1–1 | 15–1–1 | 8–2–2– 1–1–1 |
8–4–1 | 8–2–1 | 6–3 | 5–2–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | |||||
| Blake | Corinne | Gyton | Ash | Liam | Annabel | Sam | Keith | Gloria | Liam | |||||
| Camille | Corinne | Gyton | Ash | Sarah | Annabel | Sam | Keith | Gloria | Liam | |||||
| Sam | Sarah | Gyton | Ash | Ian | Annabel | Simone | Keith | Gloria | Liam | |||||
| Sarah | Corinne | Gyton | Camille | Ian | Annabel | Simone | Keith | Gloria | Liam | |||||
| Liam | Corinne | Gyton | Ian | Ian | Annabel | Simone | Keith | Gloria | Sam | |||||
| Gloria | Corinne | Gyton | Ash | Ian | Blake | Simone | Blake | Sam | Banished (Episode 8) | |||||
| Hannah | Sarah | Gyton | Sarah | Liam | Annabel | Simone | Liam | Murdered (Episode 8) | ||||||
| Keith | Sarah | Gyton | Ian | Ian | Annabel | Simone | Liam | Banished (Episode 7) | ||||||
| Simone | Corinne | Gyton | Ash | Ian | Annabel | Sam | Banished (Episode 6) | |||||||
| Luke | Sarah | Gyton | Ash | Ian | Sam | Murdered (Episode 6) | ||||||||
| Annabel | Corinne | Gyton | Ash | Ian | Sam | Banished (Episode 5) | ||||||||
| Roha | Sarah | Gyton | Sam | Liam | Murdered (Episode 5) | |||||||||
| Ian | Paeden | Luke | Ash | Liam | Banished (Episode 4) | |||||||||
| Paul | Sarah | Gyton | Keith | Murdered (Episode 4) | ||||||||||
| Ash | Sarah | Gyton | Sam | Banished (Episode 3) | ||||||||||
| Paeden | Corinne | Gyton | Murdered (Episode 3) | |||||||||||
| Gyton | Corinne | Ash | Banished (Episode 2) | |||||||||||
| Elias | Sarah | Murdered (Episode 2) | ||||||||||||
| Corinne | Annabel | Banished (Episode 1) | ||||||||||||
| Anjelica | Murdered (Episode 1) | |||||||||||||
- End game
| Episode | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decision | Sarah | Traitors' Dilemma[c] | Game Over No Winner | ||||||||||||||
| Vote | 3–1 | 3–0 | |||||||||||||||
| Blake | Sarah | Steal | Loss | ||||||||||||||
| Camille | Sarah | Steal | |||||||||||||||
| Sam | Sarah | Steal | |||||||||||||||
| Sarah | Sam | Banished | |||||||||||||||
- Notes
- Following this Banishment, the remaining Traitors were given the choice to either recruit or murder a Faithful. The Traitors chose to murder.
- Following this Banishment, the remaining Traitors were given their final opportunity to invite one Faithful to become a Traitor. Should they accept, they would switch allegiances immediately and become a Traitor.
Missions
| Episode | Mission description | Money available | Money earned | Total pot | Shield winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Players were split into two teams and tasked with pulling a wooden horse up a hill, lighting it on fire, and rolling it through a door at the bottom of the hill. Each team to finish would add $20,000 to the prize pot, and the first team to finish would win access to the Armoury.
|
$40,000 | $40,000 | $40,000 | Simone |
| 2 |
Players were split into two teams, designating two players each to paddle a boat onto a lake to retrieve puzzle pieces. Once all pieces were retrieved, the remaining players would assemble a puzzle on the shore. Each completed puzzle would award the players $16,000, and the first team to finish won access to the Armoury.
|
$32,000 | $16,000 | $56,000 | Simone |
| 3 |
Split into two teams, the mission was played in rounds. Each round teams would designate a player to retrieve a riddle clue pertaining to an accessory worn by a person among the parish in a church; the first team to find the correct parishioner would receive $2,000 for the pot, and the team who won the most rounds won a trip to the Armoury.
|
$16,000 | $16,000 | $72,000 | Liam |
| 4 |
Teams would send 2 players at a time into a minefield, with each mine having a true or false statement pertaining to the players. If the players chose a true statement, they would receive $2,000 for the pot; if they chose a false statement, they received nothing. The team with the most correct statements chosen were allowed to play in a mission for a shield. Shield Mission: The winning team was pitted against each other, using a flaming crossbow to shoot at model ships on a lake bearing their names; once a player's ship was hit by a bolt, they were eliminated. Last player standing won the shield.
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$16,000 | $14,000 | $86,000 | Liam |
| 5 |
Players were split into two groups, one answering collectively, and the others answering individually. Players were asked opinion questions about the remaining players in the game; if the collective group answered the same as the individual being asked the question, the players would add $2,000 to the pot and the individual would win access to the Armoury.
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$22,000 | $12,000 | $98,000 | Blake |
| 6 |
Players were given a weighted backpack with 20kg and tasked to climb up a 2km hill. Every trip, they would bring a silver bar up the hill, and each successful trip added $2,000 to the pot. Midway up, players were tempted to anonymously give up their bar of silver for either access to the Armoury, or a luxury item. Each offer taken would reduce the money banked by $2,000.
|
$48,000 | $18,000 | $116,000 | Sam |
| 7 |
Two players were chained up in a cabin and given a map of the surrounding area; the remaining players needed to find barrels at the listed locations on the map, smash them open, and find keys hidden inside them. Once eight keys were collected, the players in the cabin needed to remove their chains and escape the cabin. Succeeding in thirty minutes or less won $30,000. Shield Mission: Targets were set up with one player's face printed on each. One at a time, players took turns throwing axes at the targets; once a target had been hit twice, the designated player was eliminated from the mission. Last player standing won a shield. |
$30,000 | $30,000 | $146,000 | Keith |
| 8 | $20,000 | $16,000 | $162,000 | N/a | |
| 9 | $46,000 | $46,000 | $208,000 |
Ratings
| No. | Title | Air date | Timeslot | Overnight ratings | Consolidated ratings | Total viewers |
Ref(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viewers | Rank | Viewers | Rank | ||||||
| 1 | Episode 1 | 13 August 2023 | Sunday 7:30 pm | 216,000 | 17 | 232,000 | 12 | 448,000 | [2] |
| 2 | Episode 2 | 14 August 2023 | Monday 7:30 pm | 250,000 | 21 | 209,000 | 20 | 459,000 | [3] |
| 3 | Episode 3 | 21 August 2023 | Monday 7:30 pm | 268,000 | 20 | 50,000 | 19 | 476,000 | [4] |
| 4 | Episode 4 | 22 August 2023 | Tuesday 7:30 pm | 218,000 | 23 | 45,000 | 19 | 422,000 | [5] |
| 5 | Episode 5 | 27 August 2023 | Sunday 7:30 pm | 207,000 | 16 | 58,000 | 13 | 420,000 | [6] |
| 6 | Episode 6 | 28 August 2023 | Monday 7:30 pm | 265,000 | 20 | 48,000 | 19 | 494,000 | [7] |
| 7 | Episode 7 | 3 September 2023 | Sunday 7:30 pm | 211,000 | 15 | N/a | N/a | 211,000 | [8] |
| 8 | Episode 8 | 4 September 2023 | Monday 7:30 pm | 275,000 | 19 | N/a | N/a | 275,000 | [9] |
| 9 | Episode 9 End Game |
10 September 2023 | Sunday 7:30 pm | 265,000 322,000 | 13 11 | N/a | N/a | 265,000 322,000 |
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