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Kirby and George are also taking part in the upcoming season of “Australian Survivor”
“Australian Survivor” is determined to give America’s version a run for its money in the casting department, judging by the first six names revealed for “Australia v The World.”
Paramount Australia and New Zealand announced early Monday morning that Parvati Shallow
Cirie Fields and Tony Vlachos will all be taking part in the upcoming
shortened international all-stars season of the Down Under competition reality show
They will be joined by fellow “AS” fan favorites Shonee Bowtell
as well as unnamed contestants from South Africa
others from “Australian Survivor.”
“When it comes to ‘Survivor,’ we Aussies reckon we’re tough as nails. We talk the talk but now the time has come to walk the walk when our local ‘Survivor’ legends take on players from ‘Survivor’ franchises around the world,” Paramount teased in a press release
“This is a world-first event you don’t want to miss!”
The news comes just two days before the premiere of “Survivor 47” on CBS
“Australia v The World” will be Parvati and Cirie’s fifth seasons
George’s third and Kirby’s second
this all-stars season marks Parvati and Cirie’s third time competing against each other
all three Americans have also participated in “The Traitors” — albeit on three different seasons — while George was recently on “The Amazing Race Australia” and Cirie on “Big Brother.”
“Australian Survivor” previously cast Sandra Diaz-Twine and Russell Hantz
so the above trio’s involvement doesn’t come completely out of left field
“Australian Survivor: Australia v The World” is expected to air sometime next year following the next regular season
“Brains v Brawn II,” which airs in early 2025 on Network 10
"Cheer on some of Australia’s most celebrated players as they face off against superstar players from Survivor South Africa
which will be represented by Survivor legends Parvati
This is a world-first event you don’t want to miss!"
Related: Everything to Know About Survivor 47
One of the biggest characters to ever win Survivor
Tony came to Cagayan in 2014 with a huge personality and huge moves to boot
His postmerge game was marked with flipping between two sides
taking out both his biggest competition and some of his biggest allies
helping weaponize them to take home the win
After being voted out second in Game Changers
Tony came to Winners at War looking to play down his threat level
pulling off blindsides on some of the best the game has ever seen
making him one of only two people to win twice in Survivor history.The Australian version of Survivor initially aired two seasons
Australian Survivor has a few notable differences from its American counterpart
Some Australian players representing the home team in Australia v
The World include three-time player Shonee Bowtell
and standout from this year's season, Kirby Bentley
Next, check out our Survivor 47 interview with host and executive producer Jeff Probst
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
viewers have witnessed countless bad moves that leave us wondering how the contestants could be so reckless
let’s take a look back at some of the silliest moves made on the show so far
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
The only thing it did was completely tank Phaedra’s game
which was pretty flawless up to that point
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
and (shockingly) Trishelle voted for her ally CT
A smart player would jump on Trishelle’s reservations and agree to vote out CT with her
CT and Trishelle voted to banish MJ and she left with nothing
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
In Season 3 of The Traitors, Danielle and Rob Mariano made themselves huge targets by openly 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
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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Some Survivor icons are playing gain in AU Vs The World
there's a thrilling new version of the show coming with AU vs The World
And Survivor stans are freaking out after some cast members were revealed
using footage from the iconic Tiffany "New York" Pollard
have never watched survivor australia but cirie and parvati playing together again, i WILL be there!!! #survivor pic.twitter.com/4Dv3vkGi4mSeptember 16, 2024
So having them back on Survivor and competing against each other is definitely a bit mind-blowing
the fact we’re getting cirie fields back on #Survivor in 2025! this is what dreams are made of #SurvivorAU pic.twitter.com/npTl4FAsCiSeptember 15, 2024
The fact that Parvati and Cirie are competing together is particularly thrilling for longtime fans of the show. Namely because this will be the third time they've played together. That legacy isn't lost on tweeting fans
Aside from exited fans, there are also plenty of funny memes coming out of this Survivor casting news. That includes the following tweet
which jokes about how many LBGTQ+ fans both Parvati and Cirie have
Australian Survivor production meetings be like… pic.twitter.com/zgFAuNMC2wSeptember 16, 2024
MA GIRLS BACK ON THE ISLAND OH BITCH WE USED TO DREAM FOR DAYS LIKE THESE NEVER THOUGHT ID SEE THE DAY FOR MORE PARVATI AND CIRIE #Survivor pic.twitter.com/fQFuNsjufpSeptember 16, 2024
Despite Cirie saying she was done with reality TV
it looks like the idea of representing Survivor for this international season was simply too good to pass up
But considering the wild ways she's been voted off the show (remember when she didn't even get any votes?)
And she's the only one of the trio of announced US players who hasn't actually won the game yet
While we wait for Survivor: AU vs The World to begin, fans are also gearing up for Season 47 to begin on September 18th. For now, check the TV premiere list to plan your next binge watch
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[Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for The Traitors Season 3.]
and more are cast to compete in daily challenges and figure out who the murderous traitors are
Cumming assigns three or four members of the cast to become the traitors in the game
The traitors’ goal is to murder the faithful one by one and make it all the way to the end
The faithfuls have the chance to banish traitors from the castle at the daily roundtable
where they debate who is a faithful and who is a traitor
they will take home all the money leaving the faithfuls with nothing
Season 3 is currently airing every Thursday night on Peacock (the finale comes out on March 6)
and for the first time ever in the US version
there’s a roundtable tie heading into the finale
The penultimate episode ended on a cliffhanger that will be resolved in the final episode
and the season’s last original traitor left standing is on the chopping block
with her longtime rival carrying the deciding vote
Each season’s batch of traitors has their own unique set of skills and strategies that manipulate the faithful, but who really is the best? Here, we take a deep dive into every traitor’s history and rank them by their mastery of manipulation. (Note: This list does not include Britney Haynes
as we have not yet seen enough of her traitor skills to judge them.)
Christian de la Torre was cast for Season 1 as one of the non-celebrities on the show
seeing as he came on the show just as an everyday person (Season 1’s cast featured non-famous and famous people)
Despite his excitement to take on the role
her struggled to make his mark as a traitor and ultimately failed when he got banished
The faithfuls knew something was up with him because of his loud opinions and big voice in the house
making him the worse traitor out of all three seasons
Kate Chastain has made two appearances on The Traitors
She came back in Season 2 as a faithful once again
but she was later recruited to commit murder
Kate is ranked low because she came into the game late and everyone was pretty suspicious of her from the start
She did not have the best strategy and gave up towards the end
leaving her to be voted out during the finale
Previous BigBrother All-Stars winner Cody Calafiore (above
left) was picked to be one of the traitors for the very first season
but we did not expect guilt to weigh so heavily on him after every traitor-led elimination
he let his emotions get in the way of his ability to be cutthroat and strategic like the game demands
which eventually lead to him being banished early on
Arie Luyendyk Jr. had potential for the wicked role, and he almost won the gold, but things took a turn in the last episode of Season 1. The former Bachelor star was given an important choice halfway through the game: become a traitor or continue as a faithful
He made a smart choice by becoming a traitor
and everyone was already confident he was a faithful
he played it well and did didn’t raise suspicions
He made it all the way to the finale and expected to win it all alongside a fellow traitor
the other traitor guilted him into confessing
causing him to lose and take home no money
who called Bob out during a roundtable and made a very convincing argument as to why he was a traitor
he was the first traitor eliminated in Season 3
Parvati was sneaky and almost the perfect traitor up until the faithfuls realized that her Survivor background prepped her for lots of lying
This got her eliminated later on in the season
but he couldn’t maintain alliances with the traitors
placing him lower on the ranking than his teammates
The quirky Carolyn was an unexpected traitor this season
Carolyn is known for being a little weird and used that to her advantage
the others would just assume it was her personality (this is also what got her to the final three in Survivor 44)
until she recently got banished because of a shocking betrayal from Danielle
Viewers grew close to Carolyn and wished she made it to the end
The fact that it was another traitor who took her out
We’ll find out if Danielle trusted the right person — and how Britney’s traitor skills evolve — in the Season 3 finale
The Real Housewives of Atlanta queen Phaedra Parks was a fantastic addition to Season 2
She was set as the perfect traitor for the previous season
as she had an alliance with the other housewives and connections with mutual friends as well
She played the game to her strengths and did not show any sign of suspicion
She would have made it all the way to the end if Dan hadn’t pointed his finger at her the night he got banished
The sweet and sassy woman made a great traitor and the fans of the show agree
The best traitor out of all the seasons has to go to the one and only Cirie Fields. The Survivor fan-favorite has never won Survivor in her multiple seasons of playing (fingers crossed she comes back for Season 50)
but she reigned supreme as the very first winner of this iteration of The Traitors
She took home all the money after tricking the final two faithfuls
and no one ever put her name on the chopping block
The cast declared her as a faithful and never picked up on the murders she was committing left and right
She’s the only traitor to win the show to date
Can Danielle join her on that list in The Traitors Season 3 finale
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Host Jeff Probst has big plans for Survivor 50. The series is honoring the major milestone by crafting a cast of legendary castaways for the upcoming returning players season
We don’t know which former castaways will get the call to fly to Fiji but we have some ideas
Here are the castaways we hope to see on Survivor 50
I think it is quite likely we will see Carolyn in Fiji next year
Yul Kwon took home the million-dollar prize in the controversial season Survivor: Cook Islands
The California native was revered for his intelligence
which spooked his fellow castaways when he returned for Survivor: Winners at War
Fans have been eager for Yul to return after his early exit in Season 40
Survivor 50 may be his chance for redemption
Viewers love Kim Spradlin-Wolfe, making her an obvious choice for Survivor 50. The Interior Designer played a masterful game on Survivor: One World, earning her the title of Sole Survivor and the adoration of fans. Like Yul, her reputation hurt her chances on Survivor: Winners at War
which upset fans who were rooting for the beloved castaway
Andy Rueda had a real hero’s journey on Survivor 47. His game started messy thanks to his public breakdown in Episode 1
The merge allowed Andy to break away from the Gata tribe and forge a new path in the game
and crafted some of the most impressive moves of the season
I would love to see Andy back in Fiji for Survivor 50
Jesse Lopez was the favorite to win Survivor 43 but his inability to make fire cost him the grand prize
His loss disappointed viewers who wanted to see him crowned Sole Survivor
I think he deserves another shot at the million
His name always comes up in conversations about which new-era players fans want to return
Genevieve Mushaluk played an excellent game on Survivor 47 despite missing out on the million
which made her a huge threat and an easy target for her fellow castaways
She managed to evade elimination by devising schemes that tanked other players’ games while she survived unscathed
her scheming caught up with her and she was voted out at the final six
Fans were excited when Jeremy Collins joined the Season 3 cast of The Traitors. Unfortunately, the Survivor legend was gone too soon after word got out that he was targeting Traitor Danielle Reyes
Jeremy’s recent reality TV performance wasn’t a home run but it may have revived his interest in the genre
The Massachusetts native is popular among viewers
making him a great candidate for the upcoming season
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Spoilers for the finale of Peacock’s The Traitors below
“It’s not Cirie,” one semifinalist says to another on episode nine of The Traitors
“Cirie wouldn’t do us like that.” But she would
is one of the most devious and talented social strategists reality television has ever seen
She first appeared on Survivor’s 12th season
announced in the premiere that she was “scared of leaves,” then promptly developed some of the most innovative voting strategies in the show’s history: pioneering the plurality vote-off in her now-famous three-two-one vote and
collaborating with the notorious Black Widow Brigade
but Fields and Luyendyk made it to the final four alongside normie faithfuls Andie Vanacore and Quentin R
with Vanacore and Jiles believing she was a faithful
It was dastardly work and gripping television
you start to question everything,” Fields told Vulture
What does it feel like to win for the first time?Because of the circumstances around it and all the emotion
I didn’t get to revel or enjoy it until days later
Andie was so sad that I couldn’t jump up and down
But a couple days later … it was excellent
It was everything I had been waiting for with Survivor
Take me back to the moment when you got chosen as a traitor
What was your first response?Alan walked around that room at least ten times
and the first two times he didn’t select me
I felt like the second they asked us to remove our blindfolds
everybody would see my heartbeat in my neck
“So and so is a traitor.” I had to talk myself off a ledge: Just breathe
Given that people already know you have strategic abilities
how do you get the target off you?My plan was
I wanted to be under the radar as much as possible
People were looking for me to make any strategic move
Brandi and Kyle were suspicious of you early on
but the suspicions were mostly based on the meta-game — they were assuming the producers would want you to be a traitor
How much did outside elements play into the game?Your reputation precedes you
A good amount of the players — ’cause some of the people didn’t know me — had an idea of who they thought I was
When we got to the castle after being selected
I decided to have an ice breaker where you tell something about yourself people wouldn’t know
I explained to them that I was on Survivor four times
is because I’m such a loyal and honest person
I remember that 3-2-1 vote on Exile Island.[Laughs.] Sort of
if you’re in an alliance with me and I feel I can trust you wholeheartedly
then you really can’t trust anything I say
What happened after this icebreaker game?That was the first conversation out the gate
and when I spoke to Brandi a couple weeks ago
was telling people I would be a good traitor
and I knew Kate was on the Brandi bandwagon
so I tried to stay away from those people as much as possible
I’m curious about the difference between the celebrities
Was there a difference in the approach to the game?Absolutely
I don’t really have to talk to these people
we don’t know which one of them is a breakout star
You ended up with two non-celebrities at the final reveal
Did you think they would be easier to manipulate
or that you could take them under your wing in some way?Not so much that I could take them under my wing
I was looking to them for support to get further in this game
Ryan’s murder was so dramatic because you told Cody you’d heard he was friends with Ryan outside the game.I’m telling you Stephenie told me that
Now she’s telling me that she didn’t tell me that
Because you’re good friends with him?” He had a visceral reaction
I’m gonna prove to you that I don’t.” Plus
“If you make her feel like she can’t trust you
And Cody felt at that time that I didn’t trust him
Do you think that was part of Cody’s major spiral?I think so
I wanted to talk about your alliance with Rachel and Stephenie
Why did you like that relationship and then why did you realize that needed to end?Numbers in these games are everything
Stephenie and Rachel were a number I could count on not serving me up for banishment
We had a relationship because we’d played these games before
and I wanted to keep them as long as I could without putting a target on myself
but if I’m a faithful and all the faithfuls believe that Rachel’s a traitor and I don’t vote for her
But I kept the murder off them for as long as possible without bringing it on myself
What could the faithfuls have done better?The faithfuls could have talked to each other more
They were with each other whereas I was with everybody
If more of the faithfuls did that with each other
and she’s starting to think Cirie.I did not know that
Let me tell you Stephenie’s rationale: The faithfuls decided that the traitors had to be one celebrity man
Then Cody went and they all thought it was Christian
but it seemed like Christian’s excitement over that process was not something you enjoyed.I was under a lot of stress and I didn’t enjoy Christian’s excitement most of the time
And I definitely didn’t enjoy murdering one of my allies
I see it in terms of numbers: Rachel just went
What was it like working with Christian?Oh my God
but he’s so full of energy and so excited to make a name for himself that I had to keep him bottled up the whole time
I came back from interviews and everybody else was like
“Christian has been looking for you all day
what’s going on?” They could have easily connected me to him because they had already been thinking he might be a traitor
Everybody’s telling me you’re looking for me
Don’t do that.” Christian’s like the little brother you have to keep under control
When did you decide you needed to cut him?I figured it would play out pretty much like it did
Cody kind of banished himself and then Christian did the same thing
I didn’t have a plan as to when I should cut myself loose from them
Christian did it with that debacle saying that he was recruited
I had been going through the stress by myself the entire time
Why share it now when I didn’t get to share the stress
I had already discussed with Quentin and Andie that if there was another banishment
I knew I wouldn’t be hard pressed to get them to banish him
they are even more confident that you were a faithful because you outed him
You were winning but I felt bad for you.Isn’t that something
we only had one more round of decisions left
Did you go back to those moments when you had been hurt
like in the final three of Micronesia?Oh my God
I know how it feels to be Andie and Quentin and just barely lose
and now I also know how it feels to be Parvati and win
You got $250,000!” I was trying to get into it
but I couldn’t because I was so concerned about them
You came off as a little shell-shocked That’s the perfect word for it
I didn’t anticipate having to say in front of them that I was a traitor
you critique your Survivor gameplay by saying you always lose it at the end because you get too emotional.I do
The best thing for me to do on Exile Island would be to get rid of Aras
The best thing on Micronesia would be to go for Parvati
I had to put all the emotions aside for this
If there were another season of The Traitors
who from Survivor should go on?Sandra is a shoo-in
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity
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One might think that on a reality competition called Traitors that players would know better what to expect
the painful albeit successful first season of the Peacock series harkened back to those earlier seasons of Survivor where players would gain another’s trust only to use it against him or her
which often led to devastating emotional consequences
the series — unlike its counterparts in the UK or Australia — combined both veterans of the reality-competition world with newbies
While the varying levels of social-game experience often led to great drama
it did not make for a particularly comfortable viewing experience
Despite 20 years of reality competition history
a number of players on Traitors were often unable to separate the personal from the professional
and the premise of the series is designed to reward cruelty
which meant that the results often felt less satisfying than toxic
Being assigned a traitor weighed heavily on players while being falsely accused of being a traitor often seemed to weigh just as heavily
Cody (a different Cody than the one on Survivor) was chosen to be a traitor (the players do not choose; the producers do)
it was clear the lying began to take a toll
and he looked like he hadn’t slept in days
she was at first heartbroken and then so furious she began to lash out
that’s probably harder to swallow than when you are an actual liar being called one
It feels like an assault on one’s character
But let’s talk about that ending — the “fire of truth,” where four players are left
and they have to vote to eliminate one another until they believe there are no more traitors left among them
If they are right and eliminate all the traitors
the remaining players split the $250,000 prize
Cirie and Arie — reality show veterans — were traitors
and Andie and Quentin — sweet summer children — were newbie civilians who assumed there were no more traitors left
Quentin and Andie voted to end the game because they assumed Arie and Cirie were
while Arie voted to end the game because he was prepared to split the winnings with Cirie
Cirie could’ve ended the game there and gone home with $125,000
Arie — a former bachelor on The Bachelor
a boring but nice white guy who comes from money — made one of the classier moves in reality-competition series history: He stepped aside
He saw the writing on the wall and recognized that Cirie had turned on him
but instead of blowing up her game and trying to save himself
Rich white guys usually don’t go down so easily
and I was reminded weirdly of Patrick Dempsey’s character in Sweet Home Alabama when Reese Witherspoon ditched him at the altar for Josh Lucas
Good for you; now go back to your incredibly privileged life
“Why did Cirie decide to eliminate him
How did she know he was a traitor?” They instead thought
Thank you for eliminating the traitor and assuring our win!” Cirie had spent the entire game cultivating real
Andie was so thankful that Cirie had voted out Arie that the idea that Cirie could be a traitor never entered their mind until Cirie revealed herself and took all of the prize money away from Andie
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a reality show contestant as legitimately wounded emotionally as Andie
I spent most of the show rooting for Cirie to pull out a victory
It was not Cirie’s fault that she was chosen to be a traitor
and I didn’t begrudge her for playing the game so well
Cirie said that — as much as she cared about Andie — she chose her own family over another player
but it’s also the problem with reality competitions like these
the people who are playing in them are doing so because the money itself has so much value to them
Cirie is a nurse who needed the money to care for her mother and put her kids through college; Andie is a music director who needed the money because Andie and their wife were having a baby
and I loved some of the players (Kate) and hated some of the others (Christian)
I hated the way that the money meant so much to some players and nothing to others: It gave players like Arie the privilege of backing out with grace
while others like Cirie had to sell their souls to a reality show for the opportunity to win enough money to care for their aging mothers
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The winner of The Traitors on Peacock just gave a masterclass on the art of deceit
Cirie clinched her much-deserved solo win after four attempts on Survivor and a group win on Peacock's Snake in the Grass
"I was in shock," she exclusively told E
News about beating out Andie Vanacore and Quentin Jiles in the final banishment
the other two people there with me were so hurt and upset
I really couldn't enjoy the win while watching them be devastated."
"I got that feeling later on after all the emotions kind of dwindled and I got to speak to them and I knew that everybody was okay
'Oh s--t,' I just won,'" Cirie continued
It's almost shocking to get that much love."
"We knew that there could potentially be three to five Traitors in the game," Cirie said of the game rules
"That was explained to us from the very beginning
The newly crowned winner—who also appeared on Survivor: Micronesia
Villains and Survivor: Game Changers—explained why it was understandable that Andie and Quentin lost the game due to their miscalculations since "you can't even count on your fingers in that moment."
"We were all so ecstatic that we made it to the end
I wouldn't have even had the thought process," Cirie revealed
because everybody was so high-strung with their emotion."
while Cirie was more than comfortable with back-stabbing
she made sure her competitors knew it was all just a game in the end
"The first person I called when I got home
I just wanted to touch base with Andie to let them know that our relationship had nothing to do with the game," she shared
"The time we spent together connecting was us connecting
we just happened to have it within this game."
because I saw the devastation in them [both]," Cirie added
but I never wanted to have anybody be that upset or hurt."
"The Bravolebrities were kind of like Bravolebrities
I thought was really cool but he was on to me
But what advice does Cirie have for those hoping to move into the Scottish Highlands castle in the show's inevitable second season
"For anyone that's gonna be a future Traitor
best advice I can give them is read the room
see who's the most trusted person in that game and align yourself with them," she shared
I believe if Andie hadn't been so close with me and so trusting with me
I think a lot of people backed off of me because Andie was so trusting of me."
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I can't figure out if this is another brilliant showcase of her gameplay or the chaotic result of playing a game that goes way longer than Survivor.
and I still go back and forth on whether or not this gameplay is deliberate strategy by Cirie or something else
it's up for the reader to analyze and make their own judgment on Cirie's game because I'm still wrestling between these different explanations.
it doesn't seem like anyone has seriously identified her as a person they need to evict
even in conversations regarding her alliances.
My theory behind this is that Cirie has spent weeks constantly starting conversations with others about shifting targets and talking about other people they need to get out of the game
she's created a bond with several people in the house
all of whom think she's the key to getting the one or two people they most want out of the game
everyone ignores that she's the obvious choice for someone who must leave as soon as possible for reasons beyond her resume of past reality shows
I don't know if Cirie is intentionally doing this
but it's working out for her quite well.
Another theory is that the pace of Big Brother is just too damn slow for the Survivor veteran
Cirie is used to a game that lasts a month
and Season 25 is going to run 100 days total if she makes it to the end
That means the time between eliminations is much longer
and with literal days to think through her strategy
is it possible that Cirie just gets a bit antsy and overplays the game?
it's not really impacting her game negatively because this Big Brother house seems to be full of people doing the exact same thing.
Cirie doesn't have to try that hard to keep the target off her back
So many people in this game believe they have her as a Final Three ally at the very least
mainly because all of them but Izzy Gleicher don't know that she's playing the game with her son
As long as Cirie doesn't have to worry about her or Jared going up on the block
she's seemingly okay with what happens on a week-to-week basis for the time being.
Whether the chaos is intentional or not, those who are watching Big Brother online or on CBS have to notice that Cirie is in a phenomenal position in this game
I'd even go so far as to say that even if she lost Jared and Izzy ahead of the jury period (which will likely not happen)
she'd still have plenty of allies to reach the endgame
it wouldn't be as comfortable of a ride as she has right now
but I like her odds of making it to the endgame.
it doesn't seem like that's close to happening
but I wouldn't rule it out towards the end of the game.
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Winning $250,000 (£200,000) would usually be a cause for celebration. But for The Traitors US winner
the prize came with a huge downside – lying to their friends to get it
The following contains SPOILERS for The Traitors US
The Traitors US (hosted by Alan Cumming) sees contestants head to a remote Scottish castle
Christian De La Torre and Cody Calafiore) became ‘Traitors’
whose job is to ‘murder’ fellow contestants nightly
whose job is to deduce who the Traitors are and banish them
Unlike the UK version of the reality show, which aired on the BBC in late 2022, The Traitors US final (airing now on BBC Three and on Peacock in the US) saw a Traitor win the game
that meant leaving her two closest allies Quentin Jiles and Andie Vanacore with nothing
Cirie Fields is the first winner of The Traitors US
“When it came down to the final reveal I was just sick,” the 52-year-old New Jersey resident tells BBC Three
“I knew Andie [who uses they/them pronouns] would be devastated
Cirie is known in the US for appearing on Survivor
a reality show which sees contestants forming alliances in exotic locations to avoid elimination
While she has experience playing games about manipulating your fellow contestants
she felt the need to apologise to her fellow Traitors finalists
■ Meet the cast of The Traitors US
so I told him everything that occurred during the game was genuine
I didn’t make up anything about how I felt for them
and I was going to give it my everything.”
All I had to do was act like I’m a Faithful
it surprised Cirie how few people suspected her
I tried to stay away from him – I could feel this energy from him like
But he simmered down and I didn’t feel in jeopardy at all.”
Cirie knew she would have to get her fellow Traitors banished if she wanted the entire $250,000
“I never had to throw them under the bus because they brought that attention on themselves
Cirie recruited contestant Arie Luyendyk Jr
After telling Arie she was happy splitting the money with him
Cirie decided in the final to try and get him banished
This caused Arie to leave the reality show
Cirie and Arie were the final two Traitors – until Cire tried to get Arie banished
Why does Cirie think Arie revealed himself as a Traitor rather than get banished
“Once Arie saw I wanted to banish again"
He knew we had been together for the entire day
‘they're [Andie and Quentin] gonna agree with her in the banishment
Did Arie try to throw suspicion on Cirie when he left
“I’ve seen people in the comments saying once Arie told them he was recruited
why didn't they automatically know there's another Traitor
But it was so emotionally driven and we didn’t think of that
So he tried to throw them a little bone and stabbed me a little bit
Alan Cumming was on hand to give Traitors US champion Cirie Fields her $250,000
Cirie says what kept her going was what the prize money could do for her family
“My mother is nearly 83 years old,” she says
“She lives in this apartment I hate going to because of the stairs
“I wanted to win to get this money and get a little place for her
Somewhere she can go right in the backyard
not have to do stairs and be more comfortable
My family has always supported me and I want to give them something back.”
What is her advice for future players in the upcoming The Traitors US Season 2 (which was recently announced by Peacock)
so anything is a reason for you to get voted out
align yourself with the most trusted person in the game
Andie's trust in me made other people's suspicions wane
The Traitors US is streaming now on BBC iPlayer.
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2024Season 2 of The Traitors may be airing on Peacock now
but there's apparently still plenty of beef from Season 1 that hasn't been resolved
Clearly all those banishments and murders are not easily forgotten.
On Thursday morning, in the lead-up to Episode 4 of The Traitors Season 2, Season 1 finalist and former Bachelor, Arie Luyendyk Jr. took to Instagram for a Traitors-related Q&A. One follower asked, "Have you & cerrie [sic] spoken since the end of your season?" referencing Arie's falling out with Survivor alum Cirie Fields after Season 1.
Related: Why Did Deontay Wilder Quit 'The Traitors'?
she won it in a dirty way in my opinion but she's [sic] has to live with that and that's all ill really say
if i would have won in the end then I would have left the game with a clear conscience
a lot was left on the cutting room floor during endgame."
both Cirie and Arie were Traitors during the first season
with Cirie being named a Traitor in the premiere and Arie being recruited later on
along with two Faithfuls Quentin Jiles and Andie Vanacore
were given the option to either end the game or banish another player
if there were any Traitors left in the mix
they would take home the prize pot and leave the remaining Faithfuls with nothing.
Andie and Quentin voted to end the game (which would have resulted in Arie and Cirie splitting the prize money)
opted to confess to being a Traitor and quit the game rather than potentially vote out one of the other three contestants
who he viewed as needing the money more (despite having basically voted to keep the money for himself moments before).
Related: Who Was Eliminated on 'The Traitors' Season 2 This Week?
Andie and Quentin all voted to end the game rather than banish again
Andie and Quentin remained salty about Cirie duping them
In his Instagram post, Arie tagged all three of his fellow finalists, with Quentin reposting the story with the caption, "My guy continues to speak the truth about what yall did not see! And I thank you."
both Arie and Quentin feel that Cirie betrayed them in a "dirty" way despite the name of the game being The Traitors and Cirie executing the premise of the game perfectly
Are Arie and Quentin just sore losers or is there something else that went down in Scotland that the audience didn't get to see
neither Andie nor Cirie have weighed in on Arie's story.
Season 2 is just beginning to turn up the heat
so it's only a matter of time before we learn who on that cast left the Traitors castle with bad blood.
Next, Everything You Need to Know About 'The Traitors' Season 2
It was both thrilling and heartbreaking to see her faithful allies
fully believe in Cirie before having their hopes dashed when they realized they’d been played
The two were torn up by both their loss and the methods their ally used to accomplish her win — shocked
and emotionally destroyed by the realization that the person they “knew” they could trust was acting all along
the final players debated that fateful move
Andie and Quentin argued that Cirie over-stepped an ethical code by bringing their families’ need for money and Andie’s expenses for top surgery into the game
said she did what she had to do with the card she was dealt: being named a traitor
“I felt like Cirie stabbed me in the back by being a traitor,” Quentin says at one point
ascribing to Cirie a moral failing over a role she had no control over
He then follows up with a more coherent argument: “Ultimately
in using my life to get Arie to quit in reference to my kids
she stabbed me in the chest.” His moral code for what was kosher in a game of deception was different from Cirie’s and it cost him the win
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crying'Shola LeePublished7 March 2023Updated 10 March 2023Andy Cohen talks banishings and betrayals with the Faithfuls and Traitors
Spoilers follow, so if you haven’t yet - watch The Traitors US on BBC iPlayer
The Traitors US was filmed in the darkened halls of a Scottish highland castle
where twenty calculating contestants battled it out for a $250,000 (£200,000) prize - now they’re back for a reunion to set the record straight
We started the series in awe as Alan Cumming
secretly tapped three contestants on the shoulder - marking them as Traitors
Their job was simple: murder your fellow contestants nightly - and don’t get caught
The Faithfuls were tasked with hunting out the Traitors
banishing them before they could steal the prize money
However, in this series the Faithfuls were unsuccessful and one Traitor topped them all, with Cirie emerging victorious
Cirie made alliances with Quentin Jiles and Andie Vanacore to secure her place in the shocking final before betraying them to take all the money
■ Meet the cast of The Traitors US
reunion king Andy Cohen asks the cast our burning questions from the show
from what Cirie spent her money on to season two of The Traitors US..
Alliances weren’t the only thing formed in the castle
as Christian and Geraldine Moreno confirm they’re getting to know each other
Christian explained: “I’ve definitely been talking to someone else through the cast
good old Geraldine - it just came naturally.”
Christian still can't spell Geraldine's name
Geraldine added “we’re getting to know each other,” which is evident after Christian was asked to spell Geraldine’s name
which he sounded out as: “Geraldean,” adding “I’m not going to live this one down.”
He certainly won’t after the hilarious round table where barely any of the cast spelt Geraldine’s name correctly while trying to vote her off - “Jeryldean” was our personal favourite
The 52-year-old New Jersey resident was clear from the outset - she would give the role of Traitor her all and it certainly paid off
As she revealed to Andy Cohen at the reunion
“I haven’t really done anything [with the money] yet
I plan on getting a house for my mum so it takes a little bit of time.”
When asked if she would split the money with her fellow finalists Andie and Quentin
we would’ve all been able to split the money [...] if it were a million dollars it might be different but it’s $250,000 (£200,000) so I didn’t think about that.”
Traitors US champion Cirie Fields won $250,000
The duo had some pretty strong feelings about Cirie winning
with Quentin saying: “I was okay with you being a Traitor
What I wasn’t okay with was you using my personal life to get Arie [Luyendyk Jr.] to quit - that’s where I felt like you stabbed me in the chest.”
after Cirie hinted that Quentin and Andie’s personal lives would be improved by the prize money
Quentin believed this caused Arie to leave - Cirie
Meanwhile Andie said of the shock reveal: “They don’t show it but I was sitting on the ground for ten minutes
trying to gather my thoughts before I could even look at her or talk to her
and when asked what her advice would be to future contestants
lifelong friends from playing some of these games - if that’s what you get out of it and you don’t win - it’s all worth it.”
Andie then welled up and proceeded to hug Cirie
we were all wondering why Kate Chastain wrote a list of all of the contestant’s names
which made everyone think she was a Traitor when she was in fact a Faithful
Kate explained that she doesn’t usually do competition reality shows
and she didn’t realise that putting something in writing would make her seem suspicious
there are nineteen other people here that I just met and I’m a visual learner,” Kate added
Alan Cumming himself answered our prayers and confirmed that a second series of the Traitors US would be coming
The Traitors is returning for a new season
more backstabbing and more dazzlingly outré outfits by yours truly.”
We’re counting down the days. Till then you can watch all episodes of The Traitors US including the reunion special on BBC iPlayer
It took six weeks, but fans’ requests for a Traitors reunion have finally been answered. On Tuesday, Peacock released a one-hour special that brings together the entire cast of the U.S. adaptation — including winner Cirie Fields and villain Kate Chastain — for an in-depth conversation about the reality competition show’s first season
Though the series itself is hosted by Scottish actor Alan Cumming
Peacock tapped Andy Cohen to oversee the reunion
a transition that’s addressed in the opening minutes as Alan offers his hooded Bravo counterpart some advice about dealing with the season’s many personalities
Those personalities are on full display in The Traitors Season 1 reunion, which rehashes the moment in which Cirie bested Andie Vanacore and Quentin Jiles to win, offers more Kate-versus-Rachel Reilly shade
and sees Traitors like Christian de la Torre and Cody Calafiore justify their actions
As the first season of The Traitors comes to an end
and Mark Blankenship discuss the highs and lows of the long-awaited reunion special
Joe: I wanted to kick this off by welcoming you two as my fellow Faithful
but given how poorly the Faithful played in this season of The Traitors
I feared that would come across as an insult
I want to get right to the heart of what I was hoping to find out with this reunion episode: specifically
whether in the last nine or so months between the filming of the season and the filming of the reunion
had Andie and Quentin managed to get over the fact that they got outplayed by Cirie
I loved the experience of watching The Traitors
but one thing that left a bad taste in my mouth was the way Andie and Quentin reacted to losing the money
I would have understood; even some resentment in the moment
But the way they both morally shamed Cirie for carrying out her Traitor duties and winning the money for herself made me think a lot worse of them
You'd think nearly a year would have brought them perspective
I get that I'm coming at this from the perspective of someone who a) watches a ton of competitive reality and has had time to build up my "the game is the game
no hard feelings" ethos but also b) loves Cirie Fields like a member of my own family
I just think this kind of sour-grapes attitude is a terrible look on Andie and Quentin
is that Cirie played dirty by bonding with them over their personal lives and then "using it" to convince them to eliminate Arie at the end and ultimately trust that Cirie wasn't a traitor so they kept her in the final three
Maybe I should cut Andie and Quentin some slack on this since they haven't played reality TV competitions before
bonding with strangers over personal lives IS THE GAME
trying to make Cirie look like a bad person who preyed on Andie and Quentin's family situations to win the money is not only unfair
but also exposes Andie and Quentin as terrible players
maybe this is the Cirie fanboy in me coming out
much like the Big Brother fanboy in Michael jumped out when he started ragging on Cody for things that fully happened several years ago on Big Brother instead of anything Cody did on The Traitors
Where are you both on the Andie/Quentin question
Claire: I don’t think this is an instance of the Cirie fanboy in you coming out
way-too-long discussion about Cirie’s “backstabbing” move: “Don’t hate the player
hate the game.” There’s clearly a disconnect here between the everyday people on the show
and the cast members with experience on other competition series
(The other reality show alums seemed to be split between these two camps
as we see with Below Deck’s Kate and The Bachelor’s Arie Luyeydnk Jr.
who’s Team Andie-Quentin.) I’m not sure what kind of show these newbies thought they were participating in — The Traitors is right there in the name
— but it was frustrating to watch them spend 20 minutes pretending like this is a game about building meaningful connections
rather than one requiring manipulation and strategy
the Cirie-Quentin-Andie back-and-forth did address some of my confusion about Arie’s sudden exit in the finale
It never made sense to me why Arie took himself out of the game after Cirie threw her sachet of red powder into the fire — and if he did try to give Andie and Quentin clues about the Traitor among them
for helping to clarify the thought process behind the season’s most shocking moment
even if it probably should have been clearer as it was playing out on screen
Mark: I’m with both of you on the Andie-Quentin question
because clearly they’re upset and disappointed
and perhaps they feel ashamed for seeming so gullible
Andie especially seemed to be operatically upset about losing
which strikes me as a strategy to deflect some feelings of personal embarrassment
here’s something that bothered me: Andie was mad at Cirie for using their family situation as a tool
but then Andie used that exact same family situation to gain sympathy from the room
“How can you use me after I told you the following personal things about me
which I will now list in detail so that I can get everyone else on my side?!?!” Like Joe said
Speaking of contestants without reality television experience: What did you think about Christian’s appearance in the reunion
He seemed to be going for some kind of middle ground
where he somberly insisted his bad acting was a strategic choice
yet also came to the taping in a vest with no shirt
He strikes me as one of those reality competition contestants who can’t seem genuine in a manufactured environment
But it makes me appreciate someone like Cirie
who has mastered that “real person in a fake situation” balance
when I watch how awkward Christian always seems
but Christian just seems like a wannabe to me
I appreciate turning a look at a reunion as much as anybody — Kate referencing her tartan pattern from the season was a highlight
Rachel's "couture" serpentine green satin sash/cape was definitely a choice
I think Christian was an essential part of this cast because his foolishness actually pushed the game along and ultimately gave Cirie and Arie a window to get him eliminated
which I think was a necessary big move at that stage
you're so right about how this season really underlined the difference between people who know how to be reality TV stars and those who don’t
How did we feel about Andy Cohen as a host
I liked the little hand-off scene at the beginning between him and Alan Cumming
but it did remind me how much I wished Alan would have been there to comment on events he was on site for
I think Andy Cohen is a good reunion host when it's clear he's super into the show
and I'm not entirely sure he was all in on The Traitors
He obviously loves his Bravo homegirl Kate
But I maybe wanted him to dig into the events of the show more
One thing this reunion made me realize is just how much Cirie was able to take advantage of the fact that so many of the Faithful — including reality TV vets like Stephenie
who should know better — were over-moralizing the idea of being a Traitor
They all thought you essentially had to be a bad person to be a traitor
That's a huge part of why Cirie wasn't suspected
because they didn't think she would ever do anything so dastardly to them
I think that's an attitude that Andy would have picked apart in a Housewives reunion
loved the moment when Alan handed things over to Andy
but even that mini-scene seemed to acknowledge that the Face of Bravo wasn’t the best person to oversee this reunion
It’s telling that Andy relied heavily on fan-submitted questions
the surest sign that he wasn’t ready to play mediator between the show’s warring factions
the reunion felt more like a feel-good catch-up: Even the Andie and Cirie dispute ended with a hug and the promise of a Cirie-sponsored dinner
I do wonder whether Peacock approached Alan about hosting
and what the reunion would have been like if he were overseeing the proceedings
Alan wasn’t around for the secret hallway negotiations or the Traitors’ discussions
but he could have offered an interesting perspective on those dramatic Round Tables and Cirie’s bait-and-switch
which would have gone a long way towards making this reunion more exciting
you’re absolutely right about the moralizing everyone did about being a traitor
that gets at the one weak spot this season
It’s disingenuous for any of them to pretend like playing this game to win is somehow a character flaw
The biggest groaners were the moments when people suggested they would’ve played in a manner that let people split the cash
It seems like people are trying to spin their failure into some kind of success
instead of being gracious about the fact that they were outmaneuvered
Joe: What do we wish had gotten more attention in the reunion
I was surprised we didn't get more from Kyle
whose Summer House has become one of Andy Cohen's faves
Kyle isn't even someone I like on Summer House
but I wanted someone to give him credit for being on to Cody before anybody else was
in a season where hardly anybody was right about who was or wasn't a traitor
I also wanted Andy to pull back the curtain a bit on the Cirie/Stephenie/Rachel alliance from their previous show Snake in the Grass
The Housewives reunions aren't super precious about behind-the-scenes stuff
so I was hoping that Andy might give Kate room to further complain about pre-alliances as she did in her post-finale press appearances
Mark: I would’ve liked to hear more from Ryan Lochte
because he seemed to have a genuinely good time on the show
and I would’ve loved to get some information on the breakfast scenes
I was low-key obsessed with how Arie always ate
he found time to have a little fruit or some toast
and Part 2 exclusively focused on the breakfast setup
I can’t get over the fact that producers offered contestants seven pieces of extremely burnt toast
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On The Traitors earlier this year, Survivor legend Cirie Fields outlasted multiple Big Brother winners to get the prize
it’s her turn to try her hand at their game
The inaugural Traitors winner and four-time Survivor player entered the Big Brother house last night as a surprise contestant — after it was revealed that Jared
That twist makes Fields the first Survivor contestant to cross over into the Big Brother universe
and makes this season of Big Brother ten times more entertaining
The premiere ended with Jared as one of four up for the first eviction — will Cirie stand by her son or flex her Traitors acumen and stab him in the back right away
can the queen of reality-competition TV get her second crown in under a year
Cirie Fields — one of the most popular contestants in SURVIVOR history
who went on to compete on THE TRAITORS and
CBS’s BIG BROTHER — will be playing a doctor on B&B on Wednesday
The episode also features her BIG BROTHER housemate
This is not Fields’s first foray into daytime; way back in 2006
not long after appearing on her first season of SURVIVOR
“What made that experience so special for me is that my mother watched GUIDING LIGHT,” says Fields
“I remember coming home from school at lunchtime and mother would be watching her stories
She’s always been a Channel 2 [CBS] person — like
She was a GUIDING LIGHT fanatic and she got to come with me and got to meet Billy [Jordan Clarke]
It was so thoughtful and she had it framed
So that made it beyond worth it and beyond amazing for me
That’s something I’ll never forget as long as I live.”
Debut Performance: In 2006 Fields and fellow SURVIVOR player Melinda Hyder appeared on GUIDING LIGHT with Tom Pelphrey (ex-Jonathan)
Fields also made this B&B appearance a family affair
bringing her son and fellow BIG BROTHER contestant Jared Fields along with her — and she was glad to have him by her side when she realized on the day of taping that she’d made a grave error in her memorization strategy
this is my part.’ But I immediately assumed I was playing the part of Bridget,” Ashley Jones’s role
Then I get on set and we were in the green room or the very nice dressing room they had me in
You have a copy of your lines?’ And she was like
‘How do you feel playing the doctor?’ And I was like
‘Wait a minute — I’m the doctor?!’ So then
my God!’ Now I was nervous because I like to be super-prepared
And we prepare days in advance for your upcoming surgery
We have to have all our ducks in a row and that’s how I am
My advice to anybody else that has the opportunity to be a guest on a soap opera
clarify and make sure you know which part you’re playing [laughs]
Martin,’ my son was there with me and I was like
It’s A Family Affair: Fields brought son Jared to the set
Though being in front of TV cameras is old hat for Fields
working on a scripted show is quite different from the reality universe
“It does give you different kinds of butterflies
because I can easily play myself,” Fields notes
And most of these shows that I’ve played on
So when I’m getting ready for a scene on THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
which it doesn’t when I’m just being myself.” Fortunately
she had supportive colleagues at B&B to help her keep her nerves at bay
I couldn’t believe how accommodating everyone was
I felt so welcomed and so special and so well-received
I can’t say how much they made me feel like a part of the family
he took the time to talk to me and my son and we took photos
You see these people on TV and you’re starstruck immediately when you see them
You have this preconceived notion that stars and celebrities are going to be too busy to be human and to take the time to talk to you and be warm with you
You don’t expect that type of warmth in a big studio and a big production like THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
Fields was blown away by the breakneck pace of production
you see how fast-paced it is and how they keep up and how it just goes from one scene to the next to the the next — it’s like a well-oiled machine and then they put it together and it just flows like a symphony on TV and you’re like
these people are incredible at what they do!’ I don’t think they get enough credit
The Doctors Are In: Fields played a physician alongside Tanner Novlan’s Finn and Ashley Jones’s Bridget
Also not so easy is what Fields has accomplished by conquering three disparate reality shows
“The only thing I think that is transferable [as a skill she brings as a contestant] is that every one of them
from THE TRAITORS to SURVIVOR to BIG BROTHER
they all have a social aspect,” she observes
“That’s a huge percentage of the requirement of the game
SURVIVOR is a little more physical than BIG BROTHER; physicality
maybe 30 percent of [SURVIVOR] and the social aspect of the game is 70 percent
the same ratio as strategic; the strategic aspect of BIG BROTHER is way more involved than the physical aspect
they’re going to target you in all of these games
So I think the common denominator is that you have to be strong socially.” She thinks she’s done so well in the reality sphere “because I’m a caregiver at heart
I’m a registered nurse by trade and I think that whatever that is in me that always wanted me to be a registered nurse and take care of people
I think that is the energy that people connect with — people like strangers when I go to dinner
or people at Marshall’s or TJ Maxx or Target who come up to me and talk to me — and this was prior to any reality TV
‘You’re like a magnet for people.’ I think that’s just because I give off that caring energy
socioeconomic status — I am attracted to people and I want to help people
I think that makes me good in these games; I think people can feel that energy.” That said
if she was to play a longer-term character on B&B or another soap
she wouldn’t necessarily cast herself as a caregiver
she’d love to play “the sister that’s the black sheep in the family
I feel like that would emulate my real life!”
Fields sees some similarities between soap fans and reality fans
She had watched it long before I even came along
I’d get home from school and I knew when I had to be quiet because she was paying attention to [her soaps]
I know Victor Newman [Eric Braeden’s iconic Y&R character]
I know the names of the all the major players because they have a cult following
When I watch SURVIVOR and I get to know a character
now I’m attached to that character and I want to follow their journey
You follow the juorney of those characters and you get involved in their life— who’s marrying who
It’s almost like they become a part of your family
the characters on soaps and the people on reality TV.”
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