Traitors AU vs Traitors NZ

A non-spoilery comparison review of the two re-launched series of The Traitors in Australia and New Zealand. Watching Traitors AU S03 after watching Traitors NZ S03 you would not think they are made by the same production team. And I'm not really sure why. The whole point of having both shows made by the same team is to save money by splitting costs and essentially using the same framework for both seasons. The key thing in this game is the personalities and two groups of people playing the exact same game can come to completely different results, so production just needs to set things up so that players can drive their own decision-making. And I have no complaints about the New Zealand cast, not really, we had some interesting and memorable characters. Other regions have done this sort of split production, most obviously USA & UK, but also Canada & Québec. It's a pretty common thing in competiton reality from what I can tell because the sets and the crew are the expensive part,…