Oi Prodotes (Greek: Οι Προδότες, 'The Traitors') is a Greek reality television series broadcast on ANT1, based on the Dutch series De Verraders, which premiered on 7 June 2023 and is hosted by Konstantinos Markoulakis.^[1]

Following the premise of other versions of De Verraders, the show features a group of contestants participating in a game similar to the party game Mafia. In which a small group of contestants become the titular Prodotes (English: 'Traitors'), and must work together to eliminate the other contestants order to win a grand prize, while the remaining contestants become Pisti (English: 'Faithful') and are tasked to discover and banish the Traitors by voting them out, to win the grand prize.^[2]

Format

22 strangers arrive at a castle in Spata as Pisti ('Faithful') contestants – hoping to share a prize fund worth up to €100,000. Among them are the Prodotes ('Traitors') – a group of contestants selected by host Konstantinos Markoulakis on the first day, whose goal is to eliminate the Faithful and claim the prize for themselves. Should the Faithful contestants eliminate all the Traitors, they will share the prize fund, but if any Traitor make it to the end, they win the money instead.

Each night, the Traitors come together and decide upon one Faithful contestant to "murder" – and that person will leave the game immediately. The remaining Faithful contestants will not know who has been eliminated until the following day when that person does not enter the Castle for breakfast. The group then take part in a mission to win money for the prize fund. Some challenges will also offer an opportunity for players to visit the Armoury – during which one player will randomly and secretly be awarded the Shield – which awards the player immunity from being Murdered, but not from the Banishment Vote. An attempted murder on the shield holder will result in no player being eliminated by Murder.

At the end of each day, the players will participate in a Round Table, where the players discuss who to vote out before individually voting for a player to be banished. Players cast their votes privately before revealing their votes in turn to everyone once all votes are locked-in, and may give a brief rationale for the vote. The person who received the most votes for banishment is banished from the game and must reveal their affiliation.^{[lower-alpha 1]} If a Traitor is eliminated, the remaining Traitors may be given the option to recruit a Faithful to join them. If the Faithful accepts, they become a Traitor from that point on.^[3]

Production

A Greek version of De Verraders was first rumoured on 22 January 2023, after Silverline Media acquired the rights to produce it.^[4] The program was thought to very likely land at ANT1 from the start, although it was also shown to the Mega Channel and Star Channel networks. Greek actor and ANT1 personality Zeta Makripoulia was initially the frontrunner to host the program, although she later declined to focus on her theatre obligations instead.^[5] The show was confirmed for ANT1 and opened applications on 16 March 2023.

On 17 April 2023, actor Konstantinos Markoulakis, who had previously hosted the third season of Survivor Greece, emerged as the new frontrunner to host.^[6] He was officially confirmed on 24 April 2023,^[7] after which he immediately started recording the show.^[8] A first teaser was shown on 28 April 2023.^[9]

Contestants

22 contestants competed on the first series of Oi Prodotes.^[10]

Giorgos Talias won the final prize €79,100.

Voting history

Key

  The contestant was a Faithful.

  The contestant was a Traitor.

  The contestant was ineligible to vote.

  The contestant casting this vote was on Trial at this Round Table and were one of the only people subsequently eligible for being Murdered.

  The contestant casting this vote won a Shield and was immune from being murdered, but was still eligible for Banishment.

Notes

Ratings

References

External links

• Official website