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The Traitors: the psychology works differently for celebrity players like Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan

By Paddy Ross, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Durham University

Twenty-two people enter a castle with the intention of lying, trusting, murdering and banishing each other. The format of the Traitors is now well established, but the celebrity version of the show highlights some interesting psychological biases.

In the standard version of the show (secret relationships aside) the contestants are all strangers. With no…

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