The Traitors brings together some of the greatest minds from the reality TV competition genre, so you would expect the gameplay to be pretty flawless, but even the sharpest minds are capable of making dumb moves in the castle. In the last three seasons, viewers have witnessed countless bad moves that leave us wondering how the contestants could be so reckless.
In honor of the latest season, let’s take a look back at some of the silliest moves made on the show so far.
Quentin Jiles and Andie Vanacore trusting Cirie Fields – The Traitors, Season 1
Faithfuls Quentin Jiles and Andie Vanacore narrowly missed out on the grand prize in Season 1 after they decided to go to the end with Cirie Fields. The two believed Cirie was a Faithful and felt confident they would be splitting the prize pot, but they were foolish to trust the Survivor legend. In the finale, Cirie used her Traitor powers to end Quentin and Andie’s game and steal the money for herself. It was a genius play by Cirie and made Quentin and Andie look like reality TV rookies.
Dan Gheesling frames Phaedra Parks – The Traitors, Season 2
Fans had high hopes when Big Brother star Dan Gheesling was cast in Season 2 of The Traitors. The Michigan native is often referred to as the best Big Brother winner, so fans expected him to run circles around his fellow players on The Traitors. Unfortunately, Dan didn’t live up to their expectations.
Dan decided to lay low in the castle after being chosen as a Traitor to avoid suspicion. While it wasn’t a terrible strategy, his execution wasn’t great. His aloof nature made him more suspicious and it didn’t take long before his name was floating around the castle. He made a last-ditch effort to save himself by throwing his fellow traitor, Phaedra Parks, under the bus. Not cool, dude. The move didn’t save him from banishment. The only thing it did was completely tank Phaedra’s game, which was pretty flawless up to that point.
Mercedes “MJ” Javid misses out on the money – The Traitors, Season 2
Mercedes “MJ” Javid played a good game, but she made a grave mistake in the Season 2 finale. MJ made it to the finale with fellow Faithfuls Trishelle Cannatella and CT Tamburello, but she didn’t walk away a winner. After the trio ousted Kate Chastain, MJ wanted to end the game and split the prize pot, but Trishelle and CT believed there could still be a Traitor among them and chose to continue the game. This resulted in another vote among the final three. The vote ended up being a tie with each player receiving one vote. CT voted for MJ, she voted for Trishelle, and (shockingly) Trishelle voted for her ally CT.
After the vote, CT tried to reason with Trishelle, promising he was a Faithful. MJ did nothing during this conversation. A smart player would jump on Trishelle’s reservations and agree to vote out CT with her. But she didn’t do that. When the second vote rolled around, CT and Trishelle voted to banish MJ and she left with nothing. Rookie move.
The Traitors murdering Dorinda Medley – The Traitors, Season 3
In the Season 3 premiere, Traitors Danielle Reyes and Bob the Drag Queen wanted to murder Dorinda Medley to weaken the Real Housewives alliance, but Carolyn Wiger thought it was a bad idea. She thought it was a good idea to keep a chaotic and unpredictable player like Dorinda in the game. In the end, Bob and Danielle were the majority and Dorinda was the first victim of the current season.
Viewers agreed with Carolyn that murdering Dorinda was a silly move. Dorinda already made enemies in the castle and she would have remained a target if she hadn’t been murdered. The Traitors could have used her as a scapegoat.
Bob and Danielle wanted to murder a housewife to “weaken their numbers,” but it would have been way smarter to work with the housewives. They are a huge voting block and the Traitors could have used them to do their bidding.
Danielle Reyes and Rob Mariano frame the Traitors – The Traitors, Season 3
In Season 3 of The Traitors, Danielle and Rob Mariano made themselves huge targets by opening campaigning against one of their fellow Traitors at the roundtable. Their over-the-top speeches at the roundtable made their fellow players question how they could be so confident in their intuition unless, of course, they were Traitors. It’s not a bad move to turn against your fellow Traitor, but they need to let someone else do the talking.
New episodes of The Traitors are released every Thursday on Peacock.
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