De Verraders

For the international versions of the show, see The Traitors.

De Verraders (Dutch for 'The Traitors') is a Dutch television show broadcast by RTL 4 which premiered in 2021.^[2][3][4] The format of the show is similar to the party game Mafia and the show is presented by Tijl Beckand. The first and second season took place at and around Castle Erenstein in Kerkrade, Netherlands. The third and fourth seasons were filmed in France.

De Verraders
Created by	Marc Pos Jasper Hoogendoorn[1]
Presented by	Tijl Beckand
Country of origin	Netherlands
Original language	Dutch
No. of seasons	4
Production
Production companies	IDTV RTL Nederland
Original release
Network	RTL 4
Release	13 March 2021 (2021-03-13) – present

Overview

In the show, three out of eighteen contestants take on the role of 'Verrader' (Traitor/Betrayer) and all other contestants take on the role of 'Getrouwe' (Faithful). The faithful don't know who the traitors are but viewers of the show are made aware in the first episode. Each night, the traitors gather in secret to decide whom they wish to eliminate from the game; this contestant is said to have been killed and doesn't show up at the next day's morning breakfast.^[4] In each episode, the contestants take part in a challenge to earn silver bars which can be won in the end. In some challenges, contestants can also win a shield which protects them from elimination by the traitors that night. After completing a challenge, the contestants return to the castle to take part in the 'Raad' (Council) – a voting round in which all contestants cast a vote on who should be eliminated from the game. In this round, the faithful hope to eliminate a traitor from the game.^[4] The eliminated person reveals, before leaving, whether they were either a traitor or a faithful contestant.

In the first season of the show, the contestants played a game to decide the winner of the silver bars in the last episode.^[5] The two finalists independently wrote down either the word 'Verraad' (Betrayal) or 'Trouw' (Faithful). If both chose 'Trouw' then they split the prize but if one person chose 'Verraad' then that person won all the silver bars. If both chose 'Verraad' then the runner-up won all the silver bars. In the second season of the show, the team with the most players remaining played this game to decide the winner(s) of the silver bars.^[5] In the third season, the game was not played and instead the traitors would win if at least one traitor was remaining in the end.

Diederik Jekel, Kees Boot and Holly Mae Brood played the role of traitor in the first season of the show.^[6] In the first season, contestants managed to accumulate a total of 22 silver bars over the course of the show.^[7] In the final, Samantha Steenwijk and Chatilla van Grinsven ended up splitting the silver bars.^[7] After the show, they decided to share their winnings with the runner-up Loiza Lamers.^[8] Stefano Keizers, Ortál Vriend and Jamie Westland played the role of traitor in the second season of the show. In the third season, a total of five people ended up playing the role of traitor: the three traitors selected at the beginning, Maria Fiselier, Katinka Simonse and Sander Huisman, as well as Jan Slagter and Jordy Huisman. The faithful were the winners in both the second and third seasons of the show.^[9][10]

Contestants need to complete a psychological test before participating and the show also offers psychological help afterwards.^[11]

The show is produced by IDTV and PosVideo in collaboration with RTL Nederland.^[12]

Seasons

Season one (2021)

In season one and two, the show takes place at and around Castle Erenstein in Kerkrade, Netherlands.

The first episode of season one aired on 13 March 2021.

Name	Occupation	Outcome	Left show in episode	Role
Chatilla van Grinsven	Basketball player	Winner	Episode 8	Faithful
Samantha Steenwijk	Singer	Winner	Episode 8	Traitor[a] Faithful (episodes 1–4)
Loiza Lamers	Model, Businesswoman	Runner-up	Episode 8	Faithful
Francis van Broekhuizen	Opera singer	Eliminated by group	Episode 8	Faithful
Loek Peters	Actor	Killed by traitor	Episode 8	Faithful
Holly Mae Brood	Actress	Eliminated by group	Episode 7	Traitor
Barbara Sloesen	Actress	Killed by traitors	Episode 7	Faithful
Kees Boot	Actor	Eliminated by group	Episode 6	Traitor
Abbey Hoes	Actress	Killed by traitors	Episode 6	Faithful
Steven Kazàn	Magician	Eliminated by group	Episode 5	Faithful
Diederik Jekel	Science journalist	Eliminated by group	Episode 4	Traitor
Kim Lammers	Hockey player	Killed by traitors	Episode 4	Faithful
Sinan Can	Journalist	Eliminated by group	Episode 3	Faithful
Jörgen Raymann	Comedian and presenter	Killed by traitors	Episode 3	Faithful
Edson da Graça	Presenter	Eliminated by group	Episode 2	Faithful
Gertjan Verbeek	Footballer and manager	Killed by traitors	Episode 2	Faithful
Daan Nieber	Presenter	Eliminated by group	Episode 1	Faithful
Gaby Blaaser	Actress	Killed by traitors	Episode 1	Faithful

Season two (2022)

The first episode of season two aired on 1 April 2022.

Name	Occupation	Outcome	Left show in episode	Role
Steven Brunswijk	Comedian	Winner	Episode 9	Faithful
Toine van Peperstraten	Journalist	Winner	Episode 9	Faithful
Dionne Slagter	YouTuber	Winner	Episode 9	Faithful
Stefano Keizers	Comedian	Eliminated by group	Episode 9	Traitor
Frank Evenblij	Presenter	Killed by traitor	Episode 9	Faithful
Jamie Westland	Drummer	Eliminated by group	Episode 8	Traitor
Babette van Veen	Actress	Killed by traitors	Episode 8	Faithful
Ortál Vriend	Actress	Eliminated by group	Episode 7	Traitor
Frank van der Lende	Radio DJ	Eliminated by group	Episode 6	Faithful
Sylvia Geersen	Model	Killed by traitors	Episode 6	Faithful
Irene Moors	Television personality	Eliminated by group	Episode 5	Faithful
Esmée van Kampen	Actress	Killed by traitors	Episode 5	Faithful
Robbie Kammeijer	News reporter	Eliminated by group	Episode 4	Faithful
Carolina Dijkhuizen	Singer	Killed by traitors	Episode 4	Faithful
Aran Bade	Reporter	Eliminated by group	Episode 3	Faithful
Joep Sertons	Actor	Killed by traitors	Episode 3	Faithful
Stella Bergsma	Singer	Eliminated by group	Episode 2	Faithful
Giel de Winter	YouTuber	Killed by traitors	Episode 2	Faithful

Season three (2023)

The first episode of season three aired on 3 March 2023.^[13]

Name	Occupation	Outcome	Left show in episode	Role
Chahid Charrak	Influencer	Winner	Episode 10	Faithful
Billy Dans	Artist	Winner	Episode 10	Faithful
Noor Omrani	Hockey player	Winner	Episode 10	Faithful
Jordy Huisman	Musician	Eliminated by group	Episode 10	Traitor[b] Faithful (episodes 1-6)
Sander Huisman	Musician	Eliminated by group	Episode 10	Traitor
Nathan Rutjes	Footballer	Killed by traitors	Episode 10	Faithful
Betty Glas	News reporter	Eliminated by group	Episode 9	Faithful
Pernille La Lau	Presenter	Killed by traitors	Episode 9	Faithful
Jessie Maya	YouTuber	Eliminated by group	Episode 8	Faithful
Ferri Somogyi	Actor	Killed by traitors	Episode 8	Faithful
Jan Slagter	Director Omroep MAX	Eliminated by group	Episode 7	Traitor[c] Faithful (episodes 1–5)
Selma Omari	YouTuber	Killed by traitors	Episode 7	Faithful
Katinka Simonse	Artist	Eliminated by group	Episode 6	Traitor
Maria Fiselier	Opera singer	Eliminated by group	Episode 5	Traitor
Thomas Cammaert	Actor	Killed by traitors	Episode 5	Faithful
Noël van Kleef	Actress	Eliminated by group	Episode 4	Faithful
Herman den Blijker	Chef	Killed by traitors	Episode 4	Faithful
Giorgio Hokstam	Radio DJ	Eliminated by group	Episode 3	Faithful
Sunny Bergman	Documentary maker	Killed by traitors	Episode 3	Faithful
Irene van de Laar	Presenter	Eliminated by group	Episode 2	Faithful

Season four (2024)

The first episode of season four aired on 16 February 2024.^[14]

Videoland

Season one (2021–22)

In December 2021 and January 2022, Art Rooijakkers presented a season of De Verraders which aired on Videoland.^[15] This season of the show was filmed at De Havixhorst in De Schiphorst, Meppel, Netherlands.^[16]

Name	Occupation	Outcome	Left show in episode	Role
Iliass Ojja	Actor	Winner	Episode 6	Traitor
Britt Scholte	Actress	Winner	Episode 6	Traitor
Romana van Baaijen	Reality TV personality	Runner-up	Episode 6	Faithful
Ellen Hoog	Former field hockey player	Eliminated by group	Episode 6	Faithful
Tisjeboyjay	YouTuber	Killed by traitors	Episode 6	Faithful
Henk Grol	Former judoka	Eliminated by group	Episode 5	Faithful
Shelly Sterk	Presenter	Killed by traitors	Episode 5	Faithful
Thijs Zeeman	Journalist	Eliminated by group	Episode 4	Traitor
Tim Senders	Presenter	Eliminated by group	Episode 3	Faithful
Envy Peru	Drag queen	Killed by traitors	Episode 3	Faithful
Bettina Holwerda	Actress	Eliminated by group	Episode 2	Faithful
Amara Onwuka	Meteorologist	Killed by traitors	Episode 2	Faithful

Halloween (2022)

In October 2022, a Halloween season of the show was aired on Videoland and was presented by season two contestant Frank Evenblij [nl].

Name	Occupation	Outcome	Left show in episode	Role
Bobbi Eden	Adult film actress	Winner	Episode 6	Faithful
Famke Louise	Singer	Winner	Episode 6	Faithful
Bastiaan Ragas	Actor	Winner	Episode 6	Faithful
Soundos El Ahmadi	Comedian	Eliminated by group	Episode 6	Traitor
Gwen van Poorten	Presenter	Eliminated by group	Episode 6	Faithful
Hugo Kennis	Chef	Eliminated by group	Episode 6	Traitor[d] Faithful (episodes 1–2)
Dennis Weening	Presenter	Killed by traitors	Episode 5	Faithful
Ayoub Louihrani	Farmer	Killed by traitors	Episode 5	Faithful
Frits Wester	Journalist	Eliminated by group	Episode 4	Traitor
Heleen van Royen	Writer	Killed by traitors	Episode 4	Faithful
Airen Mylene	Presenter	Eliminated by group	Episode 3	Faithful
Dave Roelvink	DJ	Eliminated by group	Episode 2	Traitor
Christina Curry	Model	Killed by traitors	Episode 2	Faithful

Halloween (2023)

The first episode of the 2023 Halloween season of the show was aired on Videoland, beginning 30 September 2023.^[17] Frank Evenblij returned to host.^[18]

Name	Occupation	Outcome	Left show in episode	Role
Bente Fokkens	Singer	Winner	Episode 6	Traitor[e] Faithful (episodes 1–3)
Bokoesam	Rapper	Runner-up	Episode 6	Faithful
Pepijn Lanen	Rapper	Runner-up	Episode 6	Faithful
Rob Goossens	Commentator	Eliminated by group	Episode 6	Faithful
Bertie Steur	Farmer	Eliminated by group	Episode 6	Faithful
Katja Schuurman	Actress	Killed by traitors	Episode 6	Faithful
JayJay Boske	Presenter	Eliminated by group	Episode 5	Traitor[f] Faithful (episodes 1–4)
Tim den Besten	Presenter	Killed by traitors	Episode 5	Faithful
André Dongelmans	Actor	Eliminated by group	Episode 4	Traitor
Monica Geuze	Influencer	Killed by traitors	Episode 4	Faithful
Eva Koreman	Radio DJ	Eliminated by group	Episode 3	Traitor
Guido Weijers	Comedian	Eliminated by group	Episode 2	Traitor
Fajah Lourens	Influencer	Killed by traitors	Episode 2	Faithful

Halloween (2024)

The first episode of the 2024 Halloween season of the show was aired on 28 September 2024. Frank Evenblij returned to host. The show aired on RTL 4 and Videoland.

See also

• The Traitors
• De Mol (TV series)

Notes

1. After Diederik's elimination in episode 4, the traitors were given the opportunity to ask a faithful contestant to become a traitor. Samantha accepted this offer and she became a traitor in episode 5. No contestant was killed by the traitors this night.
2. Jordy was asked by Sander, the last remaining traitor in the game, to become a traitor without being given the option to decline. Jordy became a traitor at the end of episode 7.
3. After Maria's elimination in episode 5, the traitors were given the opportunity to ask a faithful contestant to become a traitor. Jan accepted this offer and he became a traitor in episode 6. No contestant was killed by the traitors this night.
4. After Dave's elimination in episode 2, the traitors were given the opportunity to ask a faithful contestant to become a traitor. Hugo accepted this offer and he became a traitor in episode 3. No contestant was killed by the traitors this night.
5. Bente was asked by André, the last remaining traitor in the game, to become a traitor without being given the option to decline. Bente became a traitor at the start of episode 4.
6. JayJay was asked by Bente, the last remaining traitor in the game, to become a traitor without being given the option to decline. JayJay became a traitor at the end of episode 4.