When The Traitors premiered in 2023, it proved a Scottish castle full of reality contestants and a handful of famous faces could turn backstabbing into appointment television. Season 2 is where the show stopped testing the format and started throwing its full weight behind it. Rather than bringing back a modest cast for another round of murder and banishment, Peacock assembled a group built to make noise: Survivor legends, Big Brother royalty, MTV Challenge icons with decades of history, multiple Real Housewives pulled from three different franchises, a former heavyweight boxing champion, a Dancing with the Stars headliner, a Bachelor lead, a Love Island winner — and, in one of the more surreal casting swings on American reality TV, the former Speaker of the British House of Commons. Twenty-two players entered Ardross Castle, more than any prior US installment, and the “bigger names, bigger scale” bet worked: the season became a genuine word-of-mouth hit and picked up major awards recognition.
The Full Season 2 Roster (22 Players)
Names in bold have their own dedicated profile pages on this site.
- Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio — The most decorated competitor in MTV Challenge history and a Real World: Key West alum.
- Peppermint — A RuPaul’s Drag Race season 9 runner-up who went on to originate a lead role on Broadway in Head Over Heels.
- Marcus Jordan — Son of NBA legend Michael Jordan, a former college basketball player and owner of the sneaker boutique Trophy Room.
- Maks Chmerkovskiy — Longtime Dancing with the Stars professional and Mirrorball champion.
- Deontay Wilder — Former WBC heavyweight boxing champion (2015–2020).
- Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu — Winner of Love Island UK season 8.
- Larsa Pippen — Original cast member of Bravo’s Real Housewives of Miami and ex-wife of former NBA player Scottie Pippen.
- Tamra Judge — One of the longest-running original cast members of The Real Housewives of Orange County.
- Janelle Pierzina — Big Brother legend across four seasons and the first-ever winner of “America’s Favorite Houseguest.”
- Dan Gheesling — Big Brother champion (season 10) and season 14 runner-up, regarded as one of the format’s best strategic players.
- Carsten “Bergie” Bergersen — Breakout fan favorite from Love Island USA season 5.
- Parvati Shallow — Survivor legend and winner of Survivor: Micronesia.
- Kevin Kreider — Star of Netflix’s Bling Empire.
- Peter Weber — “Pilot Pete” of Bachelor franchise fame.
- John Bercow — Former Speaker of the British House of Commons (2009–2019).
- Phaedra Parks — Original Real Housewives of Atlanta cast member and practicing attorney.
- Shereé Whitfield — Original Real Housewives of Atlanta cast member.
- Sandra Diaz-Twine — Two-time Survivor winner, the first player to win the game twice.
- Kate Chastain (returning from Season 1) — Below Deck’s former chief stewardess played Season 1 as a Faithful and finished 5th. She returned to Season 2 as a surprise mid-season addition, this time recruited as a Traitor.
- Mercedes “MJ” Javid — Original cast member of Bravo’s Shahs of Sunset and a real estate agent.
- Trishelle Cannatella — Breakout star of The Real World: Las Vegas (2002) who went on to a long run across The Challenge.
- Chris “CT” Tamburello — The Challenge‘s all-time money winner, a Real World: Paris alum.
How It Ended
Winners: CT Tamburello and Trishelle Cannatella — both playing as Faithfuls, splitting the season’s prize fund. CT became the first man, and the first Faithful, to ever win a US season of The Traitors. Runner-up: MJ Javid — also a Faithful, MJ made the final three alongside CT and Trishelle after the trio unanimously voted out the game’s last Traitor, Kate Chastain. A deadlocked revote followed, and Trishelle switched her vote from CT to MJ at the last moment, banishing MJ just short of the win. CT and Trishelle split the $208,100 prize pot, $104,050 each.
For the rules behind all of this, see how The Traitors actually works. To go back to where it all started, revisit the Season 1 cast — including Kate Chastain’s first run. To see how the cast size and stakes kept climbing, head to the Season 3 cast breakdown.
