Who Won Traitors Season 4: Rob Rausch Takes the Pot After Final Betrayals
Warning: This story contains major spoilers for the Season 4 finale of The Traitors. If you’re wondering who won traitors season 4, the answer is Rob Rausch — but the path to the finale was defined by last-minute murders, split votes and a double banishing that left viewers stunned.
Final six, the on-stage murders and the endgame contestants
Going into the Season 4 finale there were six contestants left: Traitors Rob Rausch and Eric Nam, and Faithfuls Maura Higgins, Tara Lipinski, Mark Ballas and Johnny Weir. Dancing With The Stars performer Mark Ballas was the final player to be "murdered" in front of the group, a moment that narrowed the field and set up the showdown.
The five who reached the final rounds played one last challenge to add money to the prize pot; the winner or winners could add up to $220, 800 to the total. The game’s structure meant that if any Traitors remained at the end they would take all the cash, while if only Faithfuls remained the Faithfuls would share the prize.
Who Won Traitors Season 4: Rob Rausch is the sole winner
Love Island star Rob Rausch emerged as the sole winner of The Traitors Season 4. He became the first Traitor to win the U. S. version of the game since Cirie Fields’ Season 1 victory, after the two most recent seasons had multiple Faithful winners. With only three players remaining, Maura Higgins and Rob voted to banish Eric Nam, leaving Rob with the total prize pot of over $200, 000 as the last remaining Traitor.
Rob is a 27-year-old professional snake wrangler and reality TV personality from Alabama. Before The Traitors, he rose to fame as a Casa Amor bombshell in Season 5 and returned as a primary star in Season 6, where he shared several romances with contestants like Leah Kateb and Andrea Carmona.
Maura Higgins’ trust dilemma and the final roundtable decisions
Maura Higgins had repeatedly urged players to find at least one person to trust on the show, but she reached the finale having learned just how risky that can be. She made it to the final five and, facing a choice between Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir (two Olympic skating besties and Faithfuls) and the Traitors Eric Nam and Rob Rausch, Maura began second-guessing her closest ally, Rob, who is also a fellow Love Island alum.
At the final roundtable Maura listened to both sides and trusted her gut — a move that helped shape the decisive votes that followed. After the last roundtable votes, Johnny Weir was voted out in a 3-2 split and Tara Lipinski was later banished in a 3-1 vote, clearing the way for the remaining Traitors to prevail until the final twist.
Vote breakdown, fire of truth and the banishings
Suspicion in the final round landed on Eric Nam, Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir. The contestants’ votes at the last roundtable were recorded as follows:
- Eric voted to banish Johnny
- Johnny voted to banish Eric
- Rob voted to banish Johnny
- Tara voted to banish Eric
- Maura voted to banish Johnny
Johnny was the contestant banished at that roundtable. In an earlier fire of truth, Maura, Eric, Rob and Tara all picked the red pouch to continue playing because they believed a Traitor remained. Then Eric, Rob and Maura voted to banish Tara while Tara voted to banish Eric; Tara was banished, and later the game saw an additional banishing that sealed Rob’s win.
Rob’s maneuvering, the secret-traitor twist and returning reality names
Rob was the only original Traitor who made it to the end after he turned on fellow Traitors Lisa Rinna and Candiace Dillard Bassett earlier in the season. After both Real Housewives alums were banished, Rausch recruited Eric Nam to be a fellow Traitor; Eric had remained relatively low-key throughout the game.
The season also included a secret-traitor twist: celebrity parent Donna Kelce, mother of Jason and Travis Kelce, was the first secret Traitor whose identity fans did not know until the end of Episode 3. The series is hosted by Alan Cumming and is based on the Dutch series De Varraders.
Scotland’s castles, a tourism bump and the show’s setting
The season returned to the show’s Scottish setting, with scenic rolling hills and historic castles forming the backdrop. The premiere season’s presence correlated with a 15% increase in vacation rentals in Scotland. Among the castles featured were Lomond, a 16th-century property situated along a river, and Carnell Estates, a small castle with walled gardens and features dating back to 1435.
The finale closed out an intense season of murder, treachery and dramatic votes, with Rob Rausch walking away as the last Traitor standing and the recipient of the cash prize.
