On the (trendy) heels of his announcement {that a} civilian version of The Traitors will quickly come to NBC, host Alan Cumming has elaborated on this new spin on Peacock’s hit actuality competitors.
As Traitors “faithfuls” know, the Peacock collection debuted with a solid of each celebrities and civilians however began casting solely celeb contestants in Season 2. Now, that Peacock version is “on this trajectory of theatricality and insanity” as Cumming mentioned in a brand new interview with Individuals.
However NBC’s version of The Traitors will reopen the competitors to anybody, no matter fame, and that represents form of “a reboot” for the format, Cumming advised the journal. With the civilian version, The Traitors is “calming down somewhat bit and beginning once more, which is thrilling,” he mentioned.
Cumming additionally shared that he’s “actually trying ahead to” the upper stakes for the civilian version. Celebrities, he defined, don’t essentially want the Traitors prize cash. However these winnings will make “extra of a distinction” within the lives of on a regular basis folks.
“So there’ll be extra at stake,” he mentioned. “The stakes will probably be greater.”
Plus, Cumming added, the civilian contestants on NBC’s Traitors will probably be wildcards to the viewing public. “We received’t go in with preconceptions of the solid as a result of we don’t know them, and I feel that will probably be fascinating,” the Scottish emcee mentioned. “There will probably be extra of a gradual burn attending to know folks.”
The Traitors, based mostly on the Dutch actuality present De Verraders, premiered on Peacock in 2023, with “devoted” contestants making an attempt to establish which of their friends are traitors as each factions vie for a money prize. The collection has received Emmy Awards for Excellent Actuality Competitors Program, Excellent Host for a Actuality or Actuality Competitors Program, and Excellent Casting for a Actuality Program.
Now NBC is hyping up its version of the competitors, which is presently casting contestants forward of a 2026 manufacturing begin date.
“We’re excited to carry alongside The Traitors’ extremely addictive fan base as we uncover the following era of legendary players and schemers,” NBCUniversal unscripted programming boss Sharon Vuong beforehand mentioned in an announcement. “With our resident host and gameplay grasp of ceremonies, Alan Cumming, on board to introduce full strangers to new epic missions and twisted gameplay, this new model for NBC gives a novel alternative for the solid and viewers to fulfill one another for the primary time, and we all know it will likely be unbelievable to look at.”
The Traitors, Premiere, TBA, NBC
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