Who Won Traitors Season 4 — who won traitors season 4: Rob Rausch Revealed
who won traitors season 4 was answered in a finale that left one player holding the entire pot: Rob Rausch. The Love Island USA alum emerged as the automatic winner after a finale that aired on Feb. 26 and concluded with $220, 800 awarded to him.
Who Won Traitors Season 4 Winner
Rob Rausch, a 27-year-old Alabama snake wrangler who made a name on season six of Love Island USA, walked away with $220, 800. The prize total reflected a late-game boost: in a final challenge the stars added $40, 000 to the pot. Rob, a Traitor from day one, beat out the last Faithfuls — Maura Higgins of Love Island U. K., Mark Ballas of Dancing with the Stars, and Olympic figure skaters and commentator BFFs Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir — to claim the cash.
Revealed murder and Feb. 19 cliffhanger
It was revealed at the top of the Feb. 26 finale that Rob and fellow Traitor Eric Nam had chosen to murder Mark Ballas following the Feb. 19 cliffhanger, leaving five players to face the grand finale. The finale’s final murder had been the man described as looking like Kenny G, who had otherwise played a fairly strong Faithful game but, as analysts noted, "shrivelled up" at a crucial moment when Tara, Johnny and Natalie needed his support. Mark’s refusal to commit to turning on Rob left him vulnerable and set up the final episode’s dynamics.
Final challenge and Johnny’s exit
After the challenge that added $40, 000 to the prize pot, Johnny Weir was sent home when Maura Higgins cast the deciding vote. That elimination left the remaining players to enter the Fire of Truth ceremony, where they could vote to keep banishing players if they believed a Traitor remained or end the game if they were confident only Faithfuls remained.
Pact, betrayal and final votes
The players kept the game moving: Rob and Maura secretly formed a pact to first vote out Tara Lipinski and then banish Eric Nam. Under that plan, Maura—who had been described throughout the season as the pivotal player—betrayed her fellow Faithful Tara, and Rob turned on his fellow Traitor Eric. Maura’s confessional captured her doubt: "There's something not right here. Eric has to be the Traitor. It can't be Rob, right?" She ultimately sided with Rob, which left the Love Island stars as the final two and made Rob the automatic winner.
Eric’s plea and Rob’s reflections
Eric Nam made a final plea for Maura to consider Rob as a Traitor; in a confessional Eric said, "If I had done that, I just wouldn't be able to live with myself. " Rob later told host Alan Cumming, "I have a weird mix of emotions right now. I've won but I've also betrayed the person I was closest to in the game. " He added that he "felt bad" for Maura, who called him a "snake" for lying to her all game. On betraying Eric, Rob mused, "Would you give $100, 000 to someone you met three weeks ago? I wouldn't. "
Rob’s arc and key betrayals
Throughout the season Rob’s tactical gameplay, acting and willingness to betray players in his way—among them fellow O. G. Traitors Lisa Rinna and Candiace Dillard Bassett—made him a breakout star and the frontrunner heading into the finale. Before he embraced deception in the Scottish Highlands and at Alan's castle, Rob initially hesitated to join the show; he said he told producers, "I said no twice, " and noted, "I didn't really want to be on TV again, but I love games and I love competing. "
Observers had highlighted Maura Higgins as the central figure in Season 4: with Mark gone the field split into two two-person alliances (the Traitors, Rob and Eric, and the figure skaters, Tara and Johnny) and Maura caught in the middle. Maura expressed both surprise at her survival and confidence in her instincts, saying, "I just don't understand how the hell I'm still in this game, " and, "My gut is telling me it's not Rob. " Rob pitched a numbers game to Maura—arguing that if she, Rob and Eric stuck together they could control the outcome—and Maura at times urged that once it was down to three, Eric should go.
In the end, Maura repeatedly chose the option that handed Rob victory. The final roundtable moment forced Maura to choose between Johnny and Eric: a banishment vote for Eric would have shaken up the power dynamic and hamstrung Rob, while a vote for Johnny sealed Johnny’s and Tara’s fate and paved a clear path for Rob to win.
Rob Rausch’s win closed a season marked by late betrayals, a $40, 000 challenge addition, the murder of Mark Ballas after the Feb. 19 cliffhanger, and a finale on Feb. 26 that left Rob with $220, 800 and complex emotions about winning by betraying allies.
