‘The Traitors’ Season 4: Episode 8’s Murder & Banishment

Brittany Sims February 5, 2026, 9:01 pm

THE TRAITORS -- 'A Queen Never Comes Off Her Throne' Episode 408 -- Pictured: (l-r) Natalie Anderson, Stephen Colletti, Mark Ballas, Kristen Kish, Eric Nam, Tara Lipinski, Johnny Weir, Rob Rausch, Candiace Dillard Bassett, Maura Higgins, Dorinda Medley — Peacock

Was a Faithful recruited after a Traitor was banished last week, or did The Traitors strike again and murder a Faithful in episode eight? Find out who remained and who’s left on Season 4.

Hosted by Alan Cumming, the Peacock show has a group of people, with some of them being Faithfuls and some of them being Traitors. If the Faithfuls find the Traitors before the end of the game, they split the prize pot of $250,000. However, if there are any traitors left by the finale, they take home all of the money.

The 23 competitors this season are Donna Kelce, Porsha Williams (The Real Housewives of Atlanta), Caroline Stanbury (The Real Housewives of Dubai), Candiace Dillard Bassett (The Real Housewives of Potomac), Lisa Rinna (The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills), Dorinda Medley (The Real Housewives of New York), Ian Terry (Big Brother), Tiffany Mitchell (Big Brother), Rob Cesternino (Survivor), Natalie Anderson (Survivor), and Yamil “Yam Yam” Arocho (Survivor), Rob Rausch (Love Island USA), Maura Higgins (Love Island USA), Colton Underwood (The Bachelor), Kristen Kish (Top Chef), Eric Nam, Mark Ballas (Dancing With the Stars), Monét X Change (RuPaul’s Drag Race), Stephen Colletti (Laguna Beach), Michael Rapaport, Johnny Weir, Ron Funches, and Tara Lipinski.

Read on to find out if someone was murdered in Episode 8, and tune in next week for the second-to-last episode of the season.

THE TRAITORS -- "A Queen Never Comes Off Her Throne" Episode 408 -- Pictured: (l-r) Eric Nam, Stephen Colletti, Johnny Weir, Candiace Dillard Bassett -- (Photo by: Peacock)

Who are the Traitors?

A twist this season was that the first traitor would be picked in front of everyone. The competitors had to stand in front of Cumming as he opened up a trunk. If it was empty, they were safe. If it had the traitor card in it, they became the first traitor. However, they weren’t revealed right away.

The other traitors picked at the round table were Candiace Dillard Bassett, Lisa Rinna, and Rob Rausch.

The fourth traitor remained a secret and did not meet the other traitors. They had the full say in who gets murdered and produced a shortlist of people eligible for murder for the other traitors to decide. Donna Kelce was revealed to be the Secret Traitor and was banished in episode two, so the twist ended.

Who was eliminated from The Traitors?

Episode 8

After Rob Rausch voted out his fellow Traitor, Lisa Rinna, Candiace Dillard Bassett was very mad at him. Cumming came to the turret to tell them they could either recruit another player to become a Traitor or murder someone. They both agreed that they didn’t want to recruit another Traitor at this point. Since Rausch was in the dog house, he let Dillard Bassett decide who to murder.

Murdered: Colton Underwood

Rausch did not like this, as Underwood was his closest ally in the game, but he liked how it didn’t plant suspicion on him.

During the challenge, the contestants were split up. Eight of them had to recreate poses from paintings that were placed outside the castle. The other three, who turned out to be Rausch, Kish, and Ballas, had to correctly match up the poses their competitors did to the paintings inside. If they got it right, they added $3,000 to the prize pot. Kish found the shield. Altogether, they got four right, adding $12,000 to the pot, making the total $150,800.

Although some houseguests suspected, Stephen Colletti was a Traitor after Underwood was murdered, Dillard Bassett tried to get the house to shift to Rausch. But Rausch swerved and turned on his fellow Traitor again, trying to say she was one.

Banished: Candiace Dillard Bassett (Traitor) with nine votes (Rausch and Lipinski both received one)

At the end of the episode, Cumming came into the turret. As Rausch was the only Traitor left, he had to recruit someone. But, the catch it, the person has to accept being a Traitor, or they will be murdered on the spot.

Rausch went back and forth between Weir, Nam, and Ballas. He chose Nam to become a new Traitor. Although he said he would rather be murdered than become a Traitor, Nam’s decision wasn’t seen at the end of the episode. His decision will be revealed next week.