‘The Traitors’ drops first 7 minutes of Season 3 on New Year’s Day

Peacock is ringing in the new year with Alan Cumming and a whole collection of treacherous foes.

On Jan. 1, 2025, The Traitors dropped the first seven minutes of Season 3 — watch the sneak peek on Peacock. In the clip, the impeccably dressed, Emmy-winning host introduces the 21 reality TV icons and public figures to their swanky new home, a castle in the Scottish Highlands.

The first three episodes of The Traitors Season 3 will be available to stream on Jan. 9 at 6 p.m. PT / 9 p.m. ET. New episodes will be released every subsequent Thursday, until the finale and reunion stream on March 6.

Just like in years past, Cumming will keep viewers in the loop by showing us the identities of the villainous Traitors (those responsible for murdering their fellow players) and the heroic Faithfuls (those who try to uncover the truth). More Traitors may be recruited later on, particularly if the Faithfuls are successful in banishing the initial evildoers from the game.

Season 3’s ultimate champion(s) will take home a cash prize of up to $250,000 in the grand finale. The Traitors winners list includes Season 1’s Cirie Fields from Survivor, and Season 2’s Trishelle Cannatella and Chris “C.T.” Tamburello from The Challenge.

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Here is the complete list of all 21 cast members for The Traitors Season 3. Let us know your pick to win in the comments section and in Gold Derby’s reality TV forums.

• Wells Adams (age 40) from The Bachelorette
• Sam Asghari (age 30), a model and actor
• Chanel Ayan (age 45) from The Real Housewives of Dubai
• Bob the Drag Queen (age 38) from RuPaul’s Drag Race
• Dolores Catania (age 53) from of The Real Housewives of New Jersey
• Jeremy Collins (age 46) from Survivor
• Robyn Dixon (age 45) from The Real Housewives of Potomac
• Dylan Efron (age 32) from Down to Earth With Zac Efron
• Nikki Garcia (age 40), a retired WWE wrestler
• Bob Harper (age 58) from The Biggest Loser
• Britney Haynes (age 36) from Big Brother
• Rob Mariano (age 48) from Survivor
• Dorinda Medley (age 59) from The Real Housewives of New York City
• Ciara Miller (age 28) from Summer House
• Lord Ivar Mountbatten (age 61), a British aristocrat
• Danielle Reyes (age 52) from Big Brother
• Tom Sandoval (age 40) from Vanderpump Rules
• Chrishell Stause (age 42) from Selling Sunset
• Tony Vlachos (age 50) from Survivor
• Carolyn Wiger (age 37) from Survivor
• Gabby Windey (age 33) from The Bachelorette

If you’re keeping track at home, Survivor and Housewives alums definitely have a numbers advantage, with four people from each show competing in the castle. But will they stick together? Who’s to say the Survivor foursome won’t vote each other out, and that there won’t be Housewives-on-Housewives table-flipping, if it means advancing further in the competition?

The Traitors recently won Best Competition Program and Best Reality Host (Cumming) at the 2024 Emmys; the show also claimed the 2023 award for Best Reality Casting. During Season 2’s launch week in January 2024, Peacock’s whodunit series became the No. 1 unscripted show in the United States across all streaming platforms, according to Nielsen.

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