‘The Traitors’ Spinoff Featuring Regular Civilians Is Heading to NBC ArticlePure

A new version of The Traitors is coming to NBC!

A spinoff of the popular competition series was announced by host Alan Cumming on Thursday, Aug. 14, at the inaugural Televerse 2025 conference at J.W. Marriott Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.

The new show will feature a cast made up entirely of every day civilians, who have not appeared on reality shows in the past. However, the series will be feature a familiar face in Cumming as host, and be filmed at the show’s iconic Scottish castle.

Production on the new series is set to begin next year while the original show’s fourth season will also premiere in 2026.

“We’re excited to bring along ‘The Traitors’ highly addictive fan base as we discover the next generation of legendary gamers and schemers,” Sharon Vuong, Executive Vice President Unscripted Programming, NBCUniversal Entertainment, said in a press release. “With our resident host and gameplay master of ceremonies, Alan Cumming, on board to introduce complete strangers to new epic missions and twisted gameplay, this new version for NBC offers a unique opportunity for the cast and audience to meet each other for the first time and we know it will be incredible to watch.”

Stephen Lambert, CEO of Studio Lambert, the producers of both the Peacock and NBC versions, added: “‘The Traitors’ format has proven itself as one of the most gripping and talked-about reality competition shows in the world. We’re thrilled to be working with NBC to open up the experience to a new group of civilian players, whose stories and strategies will make the gameplay even more unpredictable – and, we hope, even more addictive for viewers.”

The Traitors has featured non-celebrities in the past.

While this is the first time a U.S. iteration of The Traitors — which airs on Peacock — will not feature any celebrities at all, the season 1 cast did include 10 normies who went up against 10 reality stars. However, this did not carry into the following two seasons, which had an all-celebrity cast.

The upcoming offshoot more closely resembles other countries’ versions of The Traitors. 

The U.K. version has consistently stuck to a cast of civilians, while Australia did the same for its initial season before integrating celebrities in for the next one. New Zealand, on the other hand, featured a combination in season 1, but switched to only civilians for season 2. 

The Emmy-winning competition series follows a group of famous faces as they play the ultimate murder mystery challenge.

In the beginning, each player is secretly assigned as either a Faithful or a Traitor before going head-to-head in a game of deception, strategy and survival.

Set in an ancient castle in Scotland, the contestants must complete high-stakes missions that can add money to the prize pot, all while the Traitors work to keep their true identities under wraps. If the Faithfuls successfully eliminate all of the Traitors by the end, they split the winnings, but if even one Traitor remains, that Traitor gets to keep the entire jackpot for themselves.

The Traitors debuted in the U.S. in January 2023 and wrapped its most recent installment, season 3, in March 2025.

The cast featured a variety of fan-favorite television personalities, including alums of Big Brother, Survivor and The Bachelorette.

Viewers witnessed an intense competition, with a jaw-dropping traitor-on-traitor warfare between Rob Mariano, Carolyn Wiger, Bob the Drag Queen and Danielle Reyes, who later recruited Faithful Britney Haynes. In the end, a record-breaking four faithfuls — Dolores Catania, Dylan Efron, Ivar Mountbatten and Gabby Windey — each walked away as winners with a share of $204,300.

According to Variety, the hit show was renewed for seasons 4 and 5 in August 2024. Cumming is also set to return, per the outlet.

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All three seasons of The Traitors are available to stream on Peacock. Those interested in applying for the new spinoff can do so now here.