For all its popularity and mainstream appeal, I find that I really don't think The Traitors is all that good. My main qualm with The Traitors is that besides being irritably generic with terrible music and ear-battering covers, the personalities and presentation are awfully generic and tepid.
On this latest series, there are two military men, both of whom are annoying to listen to. I know military men are masters of taking orders, being shouted at and doing as they're asked, but they seem like caricatures of cliched modern British life more than anything.
The direction is annoying too, all these reaction shots of shock and surprise are wasteful and they aren't truly earned, they're cheap and plentiful.
I get Reality TV is often grotesquely mainstream, but not all of them need to be annoying to be good. I watch The Apprentice because at least the candidates get a good roasting from Lord Sugar, the elimination process in gratifying and the interview stage is very on-the nose.
What do you think of The Traitors and do you like it?