How Long Do The Traitors Australia Round Tables Actually Go For?
It’s a tough gig being a contestant on The Traitors Australia. With this year’s 12-episode season filmed over just 12 days in New Zealand, participants were in a constant cycle of piece-to-camera interviews, group breakfasts, challenges, debriefs and Round Tables — as well as Conclave discussions for the Traitors — during production.
It’s a lot of content to pack into one day, let alone one episode, which is why fans only get to watch a condensed version of the often chaotic Round Table discussions at the end of the night. Thankfully, Alvin Quah has spilled plenty of tea following his elimination about what it’s really like filming the reality show, what content doesn’t make it to air, and how long the Round Tables actually go for.
How long do the Round Tables on The Traitors go for?
The MasterChef fan favourite told PEDESTRIAN.TV that although the conversations around the Round Table have a great rhythm on TV, it was a different story in real life.
“Don’t believe everything you see because it does not flow that well. It’s usually just people talking over each other, shouting and bitterly accusing,” he laughed.
“It’s like a big chaotic family, like when you have your uncles and aunties, and they all talk over each other, and there’s five different conversations, and you’re trying to follow them. There’s a big chunk you don’t see.”
Alvin added that while the Round Tables appear to take around 15 minutes on TV, this is actually only half of the action.
“I would dare say it goes for half an hour, 40 minutes. What we’re seeing is all the names that they’re sort of throwing out, but it’s the framing and the composition and the essay that comes with the name that you don’t see,” he explained.
“There’s a lot of like, ‘This is because of XYZ’ and you don’t see all that. They edit it obviously to sort of fit the timing or whatever else.”
As for what it’s like living with the contestants and separating personal relationships with strategic discussions, Alvin said there was a major shift early on in the game.
“At the start, there was talk about family life because it was all just get to know each other, but the minute the Traitors were selected, everyone sort of realised, ’S**t, this is a game now’, and it all became very formal,” he recalled.
“But my strategy was always about trying to get to know them and trying to get them to know me and sort of see like, ‘This is who I am, how could I possibly be a Traitor?’. So I spent some time actually getting to know them, and I guess my mistake was not talking enough strategy.”
The Traitors Australia airs Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 7:30pm on 10.
