The release of The Traitors Ireland is edging ever nearer, but one thing many fans of the show have been wondering is how will the episodes be released.
In the UK, the first three seasons aired three episodes a week, but in the US, it was a one episode a week kind of deal.
With the announcement of RTÉ’s Autumn 2025 to Spring 2026 highlights across RTÉ One, RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player, we now know which other iteration of the popular competition series the Irish version, hosted by the amazing Siobhan McSweeney, is taking after.
Well, it turns out, we’ll be following the UK release model, but instead of a Wednesday-Friday release, Irish audiences will be able to watch our version of The Traitors on Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays.
Each episode will air after the 9pm news, at 9:35pm, and will be available on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player.
Not only that, but we also have more details about the companion series The Traitors Ireland Uncloaked, hosted by Keven McGahern.
The support series will be filmed and broadcast from RTÉ Limerick and will feature exclusive interviews with the banished or murdered players, as well as unseen footage from each episode.
As it stands, none of the 24 contestants have been confirmed for the show, but casting took place last year, with Kite Entertainment even calling out for people during the Ploughing Championships in 2024.
While the US and UK versions are shot in Scotland, ours stays closer to home, being shot in Slane Castle.
For those who haven’t become obsessed with the show and are unfamiliar with how it all works, the reality competition is based on the Dutch version De Verraders and sees contestants try to identify who has been selected by the host as a Traitor, and the number can vary from season to season.
The Traitors murder a Faithful a night in the hopes of winning the jackpot, and it’s up to the Faithful to ‘banish’ the Traitors before they knock them all off.
If any Traitors remain by the end of the game, they win the prize money, but if all have been discovered by then, the money is shared between the remaining Faithful.
The Irish contestants will be competing for up to €50,000!
