EXCLUSIVE: Why 2 Real Estate Agents Kept Their Real Jobs Secret on ‘The Traitors: New Blood’

When real estate agents Kriste Lewis and Logan Smith first stepped foot in Ardross Castle, they immediately got to wheeling and dealing. But as cast members of “The Traitors: New Blood,” their mission was not to close a deal—it was to enter an intense psychological game of deceit for a chance to win $250,000.This season, the hit series is nixing its typically celebrity-stacked cast in favor of a lineup of 22 regular people who will compete against one another in the emotionally charged game.Lewis, 52, a longtime fan who usually tunes in to the series from home with her family over a pizza and a bottle of wine, says signing up for the competition was “a no-brainer.”She entered the sprawling Scottish Highlands estate with a checklist of experiences she hoped to walk away with, from petting host Alan Cumming’s trusty companion—a dog named Lala—to enjoying an iconic breakfast spread the morning after a banishment.The Mississippi-based real estate pro hopes to be among the contestants assigned the role of “Traitor,” giving her the opportunity to symbolically “murder” fellow players each night, as opposed to the “Faithfuls” who have to sniff the Traitors out and “banish” them in order to...