Meet 'The Traitors' Season 4 Cast Heading to Scotland

No matter how you feel about reality television as a concept, it's hard to ignore the success of a little series called The Traitors. The franchise started with the Dutch reality series De Verraders, and has exploded in popularity, spawning more than 20 international editions, including megapopular installments in the U.S. and the U.K. It's a deceptively simple format; all you need is a group of people, a centralized location, and a willingness to sit back and watch human nature at work as contestants mislead, betray, and manipulate one another in the name of self-preservation, screen time, and cold, hard cash.

Traitors attempt to murder Faithfuls, Faithfuls attempt to banish Traitors, and the drama steadily mounts as the suspicion, backstabbing, and outright lies pile up. (The ridiculous competitive team challenges don't hurt either.)

The U.S. version is set to go into production on its fourth season (it's already been renewed for a fifth), and Peacock has announced the group of players who will participate in the streamer's next round of highly-rated shenanigans. As usual, the cast list is heavy on the stars from other reality series like Survivor and The Real Housewives franchise, but this time around, there are more than a few other kinds of celebs: actors, comedians, and even a pair of Olympians.