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Big Brother alums Britney Haynes and Danielle Reyes to compete in The Traitors season 3

Each of the first two seasons of the US version ofThe Traitorshas seen two formerBig Brotherplayers, and Season 3 will be no different with two BB show legends also competing on the returning hit Peacock show.
ByJames Kevin Stott|
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The cast for season 3 of Peacock’s hit psychological reality TV showThe Traitorshas been released, and like the first two seasons of the Alan Cumming hosted show, two players from past casts ofBig Brother(American) have again been chosen.

This time around at Ardross Castle in scenic Scottish Highlands, 21 players will compete to win the cash prize of up to $250,000 after 20 contestants were in the first season in 2023 onThe Traitorsseason 1 and 22 contestants went in onThe Traitorsseason 2 in 2024.

In that first season, a player who actually ended up as a HouseGuest onBig Brother 25, Cirie Fields, won the show and the $250,000, but the 51-year-old Jersey City, New Jersey native was chosen for the show from her stint onSurvivor: Panama.

Cirie was chosen as one of the show’s first two Traitors along with Christian de la Torre andBig Brother All-Stars 2winner Cody Calafiore. But no contestant chosen to be onThe Traitorsfrom the US version ofBig Brotherhas ever made it past Episode 8 although none of those four was banished, murdered, or walked out before Week 5.

Let’s look at how these past fourBig BrotherHouseguests did in the first two seasons of The Traitors, who the two are that were chosen forThe Traitorsseason 3cast, and what we can expect from them in the American version of this unique reality TV show.

Big Brother Houseguests on The Traitors season 1

In the first season ofThe Traitors, two past winners ofBig Brotherwere chosen to play with Rachel Reilly (Season 13 winner) and Cody Calafiore (Season 22 winner) members of the 20-person cast, won by the aforementioned futureBig BrotherHouseguest, Cirie Fields.

While Rachel was not chosen as a Traitor, Cody did get the chance to play the game as a traitor for several weeks before being eliminated.

Cody was banished in Week 7 with Rachel being banished a show later in Week 8. Rachel has lasted the longest inThe Traitorsof the fourBig Brothercontestants over the first two seasons.

Cody Calafiore, Rachel Reilly
Peacock's "The Traitors" New York Press Junket | Joy Malone/GettyImages

Big Brother Houseguests on The Traitors season 2

The second season ofThe Traitorssaw one pastBig Brotherwinner and icon competing along with another one of the icons of the American show.Big Brother 6winner Dan Gheesling was chosen and was also selected as one of the first two Traitors in season 2 along withReal Housewives of AtlantaandMarried To Medicineheavyweight Phaedra Parks.

Janelle Pierzina, a Houseguest inBig Brotherseasons 6, 7, 14, and 22 and the former record-holder for the most individual competition wins in a season (9), played inThe Traitors 2as a Faithful, but like castmate Dan, was banished relatively early on.

Dan made it to episode 6 before Phaedra helped banish her fellow Traitor, while Janelle was banished a week earlier in Episode 5. So the fourBig Brothercontestants onThe Traitorshave been bounced in Weeks 5, 6, 7, and 8.

FormerThe Real World: Las VegasandThe Challengecompetitor Trishelle Cannatella andThe Real World: ParisandThe Challengeicon CT Tamburello were the two winners of the season which saw anotherBig Brotherlegend, Dr. Will, host one of the challenges.

Who are the 20 contestants on The Traitors season 3?

The 21 contestants forThe Traitorsseason 3 were recentlyrevealed byVarietywith formerBig BrotherHouseGuests Britney Haynes and Danielle Reyes making the cut. Here is the entire cast and the shows they are representing:

  • Danielle Reyes (Big Brother)
  • Britney Haynes (Big Brother)
  • Carolyn Wiger (Survivor)
  • Chanel Ayan (Real Housewives of Dubai)
  • Dolores Catania (Real Housewives of New Jersey)
  • Dorinda Medley (Real Housewives of New York)
  • Robyn Dixon (Real Housewives of Potomac)
  • Ciara Miller (Summer House)
  • Chrishell Stause (Selling Sunset)
  • Gabby Widney (The Bachelor)
  • Nikki Garcia (Retired WWE wrestler)
  • Bob the Drag Queen (RuPaul’s Drag Race)
  • Wells Adams (The Bachelorette)
  • Sam Asghari (Actor/model)
  • Lord Ivar Mountbatten (Aristocrat)
  • Bob Harper (The Biggest Loser)
  • Dylan Efron (Down to Earth with Zac Edron)
  • Jeremy Collins (Survivor)
  • Tony Vlachos (Survivor)
  • Rob Mariano (Survivor)
  • Tom Sandoval (Vanderpump Rules)

Britney and Danielle on BB Reindeer Games

This won’t be the first time thatBig Brotherlegends Britney and Danielle will be competing against each other on a Reality TV show as the two were both members of the first cast ofBig Brother: Reindeer Gamesin December of 2023.

Danielle, who finished as the runner-up to Lisa Donahue onBig Brotherseason 3, was the seventh-place finisher in the six-episode, Christmas-themedBig Brother: Reindeer Gameswhile Britney, who finished in fourth place inBig Brotherseason 12 and in eighth place inBig Brotherseason 14, was the fifth-place finisher inBBRG.

Nicole Franzel-Arroyo technically became the first AmericanBig BrotherHouseGuest to win two shows when she wonBBRGafter capturing season 18 and becoming the first woman to ever defeat a man in the Final 2 of the show. The then 31-year-old Ubly, Michigan resident also defeated two men in theBBRGFinale, beating out Frankie Grande and Xavier Prather.

Taylor Hale, Tiffany Mitchell, Josh Martinez, Nicole Franzel, Frankie Grande, Xavier Prather, Britney Haynes
Frankie Grande Birthday Celebration | Bruce Glikas/GettyImages

Britney’s chances to win The Traitors season 3

Britney was Britney Haynes when she first played onBig Brotherbut now she is Britney Godwin and it may be hard for the 36-year-old Tulsa, Oklahoma resident to survive—as a Traitor or as a Faithful—with so many women from Bravo shows in the cast.

Last season, the women from the Bravo series’ seemed to all vote together, eliminating many contestants from the castle, and with fourReal Housewivesfranchise members and oneSummer Housegirl representing Bravo, and four players fromSurvivor,Britney may have a hard time finding the right alliance members or strategy.

Britney won the Fan Favorite vote and $25,000 onBig Brother, but she may be one of the first seven to 10 out and fall in that tightBig Brotherplayers' window of being banished between Week 5 and Week 8. Her social and physical games will really be challenged onThe Traitorsseason 3and it would be a big surprise if she was in the final four remaining.

Odds Britney Will be Chosen or Asked to be a Traitor:30/1

Odds Britney Will Win TheTraitors 3:22/1

Danielle’s chances to win The Traitors season 3

At age 52, it may be hard for theBig Brother 3andBig Brother 7: All-Starsmother of two to navigate some of the physical challenges in this game although the ability to be cunning and form alliances should benefit the San Francisco resident.

OnBig Brother 3, “The Black Widow” Danielle finished in second place while onBig Brother 7, she finished in sixth place after being perceived as a dangerous player by the house. She had one Head of Household (HoH) and one Power of Veto (PoV) win in both of those seasons.

Like Britney, expect a possible Bravo voting bloc to be a problem for Danielle, and if these two became allies because of theirBig Brotherpedigrees, no one would be surprised but they would both face an uphill climb.

Real estate manager Danielle may end up going a little farther in the game than Britney as she may offend less people early on, and odds are better she will be chosen as an initial Traitor or asked to be one during the game, but with Alan Cumming choosing Dan as one of the two Traitors to start season 2, it’s hard to imagine anotherBBalum getting that nod again this coming season.

Odds Danielle Will be Chosen or Asked to be a Traitor:8/1

Odds Danielle Will WinThe Traitors 3:7/1

Danielle Reyes, Jason Guy
"Big Brother 4" US - Wrap Party - September 28, 2003 | Barry King/GettyImages

Where and when to watch The Traitors season 3

We can expectThe Traitorsseason 3 to premiere in January of 2025 as both season 1 (January 12, 2023) and season 2 (January 12, 2024) came out on the exact same day. Like its UK counterpart (BBC),The Traitorsis filmed in the Scottish Highlands at the scenic and majestic Andross Castle in Alness, Scotland some 39 miles north of Loch Ness.

The only way to seeThe Traitorsis by subscribing to the NBC streaming servicePeacockwhere you can watch it immediately when new episodes are released on Thursdays at 9 pm ET/8 pm CT/6 pm PT.

The success of the Emmy Award-winningThe TraitorsUS version has been so popular that Peacock has already renewed it for season 4 and season 5, which will make loyalBig Brotherfans wonder what two (or more) HouseGuests will be asked to be on in future seasons.

Fans ofBig Brother 26HouseguestsTucker Des Lauriers and Angela Murrayhave already clamored for these two entertaining players' inclusion in this Studio Lambert-produced show and it would be very hard to disagree withBig Brother 24winner Taylor Hale, another pretty good choice.

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