Senan Molony: Backstabbing, Treachery and Massive Twists. Why I’m Hooked on ‘The Traitors Áras’

Cloaks, lies, and civilians making a return: Why ‘The Traitors’ has me hooked

I remember being glued to the first, game-changing season of Survivor in 2000. Since then, I’ve fallen for everything from the raw talent on So You Think You Can Dance to the glitzy drama of The Real Housewives of New York City (my East Coast roots showing). But now? Watching cloaked figures lie and manipulate each other for $250,000 in a Scottish castle is the kind of reality TV chaos that really speaks to me. Nothing has grabbed my attention l…

Senan Molony: Backstabbing, treachery and massive twists. Why I’m hooked on ‘The Traitors Áras’

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Siobhán McSweeney's wardrobe is one of the early winners on The Traitors

Never having warmed to the British version of The Traitors, I wasn't expecting to enjoy the Irish effort, launched last weekend. But it appears that I'm not alone in hanging on the edge of my seat at the end of every episode, and making completely unfair and uninformed judgements about the perfectly nice people who put themselves forward for the gig. Today's top videos For the past week the three Traitors - Eamon, Paudie and Katelyn - have been…