Petolliset

Petolliset (English: The Traitors ) is a Finnish reality television based on the Dutch program De Verraders. It is airing on network Nelonen and Ruutu+, and is presented by Christoffer Strandberg. It first aired in September 2023.^[1][2]

After the success of the first season, the program was renewed for its second season, airing the following Autumn 2024.^[3] It was then again renewed for a third season for Nelonen Media's spring programme 2025.^[4]

The format of the program follows the premise of the other international versions. 18 finnish celebrity contestants arrive at Vanajanlinna Manor in Hämeenlinna, where they will spend their entire time for the duration of the game. On the arrival day, host Christoffer Strandberg chooses various amount — but at least three — contentestants to be called "Traitors" (Petolliset) and the rest are automatically called "Faithfuls" (Uskolliset). The television audience can see who have been chosen as Traitors, but the Faithful do not know their identity.^[5]

At the end of each day, all contestants meet at a Round Table to discuss who they think are Traitors. They then cast votes that are revealed one-by-one. The person with the most votes reveals their identity — and regardless of whether they are a Faithful or Traitor — are immediately banished. On most nights, the Traitors meet in their private Chamber and agree to "murder" one Faithful who leaves the game immediately. The remaining Faithfuls only know who has been murdered at breakfast following next morning.

Each day, the group participates in missions to win money for the prize fund which can reach up to €30,000 (€25,000 in the first season) by the end of the game.^[5] During the missions, any contestant may separately win a shield that awards that player immunity from being murdered, but not from being banished. In some cases, the contestant has the right or ability not to disclose if they won the shield, or to tell a restricted group. The contestants can also earn daggers from some of the tasks, in which occasion their votes on the Round Table are count as twice for one person, or one vote for two different contestants, upon their will.

If during the game the number of Traitors drops to two (happened first time in Season 2), they are given the option to "seduce" or "recruit" one of the Faithfuls to join them instead of murdering. The seduced Faithfuls may decline and can decide whether to tell the other Faithfuls of the attempted seduction. If only one Traitor remains, the seduction happens face-to-face and if the player declines they are immediately murdered; if they accept, the pair can immediately murder another Faithful.

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