The traitors won Best Reality-Competition Series at the 2024 Emmys. This win for the second season comes after its host Alan Cumming broke RuPaul Charles’ 8-year winning streak for Best Host of a Reality or Competition Series at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards last weekend.
“Thank you all. Thank you to the Academy. We are so grateful because we are a new show and when you love something so much you stick with it – that’s a good quality, so we appreciate it even more,” Cumming said as he accepted the award.
Then the crew of the studio that produces the hit series joined him on stage. “These are the (employees of) Studio Lambert, the studio that produced this show. And I want you to applaud them because they care so much about the quality of their work,” he said.
Cumming also thanked Peacock “for their kindness and support. It’s so great to be part of a new streaming service. We love them.” He thanked “everyone in our castle, the cast and crew who work so hard and get so wet in the Scottish weather.” The actor also thanked his home country of Scotland, noting, “I owe it everything; it’s such a wonderful co-star.”
It was not the only country he thanked during his speech: “I also want to thank Holland because I don’t think we thank Holland enough because so many of these shows like The traitors were first made in Holland and it’s obvious there’s something in the water, so let’s find it and drink it and all of America’s problems will be solved,” Cumming said.
The series’ win came after it won four Critics Choice Real TV Awards in June, including Best Competition Series and Best Ensemble in a Unscripted Series. The traitors is an American version of the successful Dutch series The ReportersInspired by party games like Mafia and Werewolf, it follows a group of reality TV veterans and newbies as they attempt to expose the “traitors” in the group before they are “murdered” by those claiming to be “believers” – with a hefty cash prize at stake.
The game ends when all traitors are banished. To ensure their victory, the traitors must deceive the other competitors into believing they are innocent.
Talk to The Hollywood Reporter In August, the presenter opened up about how much hard work goes into hosting the show. “I feel like it’s a massive acting task,” Cumming said. “I think about it as a character. Of course it’s me – his name is Alan Cumming – but of course it’s not really me. I don’t really sound like that. I don’t dress like that. I don’t have a castle. Unfortunately, that’s too bad.”
The Peacock show was recently renewed for a third season, featuring big names like Vanderpump Rules” Tom Sandoval, Real Housewives of New York Alum Dorinda Medley, Sell sunset Star Chrishell Stause and Britney Spears’ ex-husband Sam Asghari.
