Peacock released the first three episode of The Traitors season 3 on January 9, 2025. The new season has a total of 21 contestants from various parts of Hollywood, including former reality TV stars, Survivor and Big Brother legends, Bravo icons and villains, and even a British royal.
Of the 23 cast members, four members of the cast were chosen during the first episode as Traitors, meaning that those three will work together throughout the season to try to blend in with the Faithfuls, pick them off one by one, and hopefully not get voted out.
While the Faithfuls have no idea who the Traitors are and it's their job to spend the season trying to vote them out before they get "murdered" by the Traitors, viewers are told who is on each side of the season.
To find out which four cast members were named Traitors in the season premiere and find out who was either banished or murdered during the first three episodes, keep reading!
Who are the Traitors in season 3 of The Traitors?
1. Rob "Boston Rob" Mariano (Survivor)
Rob "Boston Rob" Mariano was one of the surprise players added to the season and also made one of the traitors. Although Boston Rob was offered to the rest of the contestants as someone who could be added to the game if they sacrificed a contestant, they didn't take Alan Cumming up on the offer. Because of this, the other contestants assumed that Boston Rob was the first player to be banished, but he was kept as a Traitor and one of the surprise players, with the others being Wes Bergmann from The Challenge and Derrick Levasseur from Big Brother.
2. Bob the Drag Queen (RuPaul's Drag Race)
Along with Boston Rob, the three players chosen by Alan Cumming to be the Traitors this season include Bob the Drag Queen, the first Black drag queen to reach 1 million followers on Instagram and winner of season 8 of RuPaul's Drag Race.
3. Danielle Reyes (Big Brother)
Danielle Reyes, regarded by Big Brother fans as one of the best players to never win the series is the next person named as one of the Traitors this season.
4. Carolyn Wiger (Survivor)
With a total of four Traitors, this season has the most Traitors of any season so far of The Traitors. The final person picked by Alan Cumming to be one of the Traitors this season was Carolyn Wiger, second runner-up of season 44 of Survivor.
Who was eliminated during The Traitors season 3 premiere?
5. Banished in episode 2: Wells Adams (Bachelor in Paradise)
Despite being one of the Faithfuls, the second episode of The Traitors season 3 saw Bachelor in Paradise star Wells Adams eliminated by banishment. Because it was so early in the series, there wasn't a lot to go on in order to try to suss out the Traitors, but Traitor Bob the Drag Queen named Wells Adams as the target and Dolores Catania from The Real Housewives of New Jersey went along with it, leading to Wells' banishment.
6. Murdered in episode 2: Dorinda Medley (The Real Housewives of New York City)
While Dolores Catania spent the second episode of The Traitors helping to get Wells Adams sent home, her fellow Bravo alum Dorinda Medley was the first person to be murdered by the Traitors in episode 2. Danielle and Bob picked her as the target, despite Carolyn thinking she would be an easy banishment target later on in the season, because they felt like it would shake things up and confuse the other Faithfuls.
7. Banished in episode 3: Tony Vlachos (Survivor)
With one of his fellow Survivor legends named as a Traitor, Tony Vlachos had quite a season ahead of him. Unfortunately, he was banished in the third episode of The Traitors season 3 after multiple other players, including Boston Rob, deemed him suspicious. After Tony was banished, he called Rob Mariano a "sell out" for betraying him and getting him banished from the game.
8. Murdered in episode 3: Chanel Ayan (The Real Housewives of Dubai)
The second murder that took place on The Traitors premiere night was Chanel Ayan of The Real Housewives of Dubai. Considering her show was recently put on pause by Bravo, it seems like reality TV luck is just not on this supermodel's side.
The first three episodes of season 3 of The Traitors are currently streaming exclusively on Peacock. The next nine episodes in the season will air every Thursday at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT on the streaming service.