Henry Nicholson was the sixth Faithful to be sent home on The Traitors Australia 2026, meaning the Traitors have maintained a perfect track record so far. So, when Henry revealed who he believed was playing the best game, it wasn’t surprising that his pick was one of the Traitors who had successfully fooled him.
“From the first four episodes, I thought Alex [Nation] is playing really well as a Traitor,” he told Chattr in an exclusive interview.
When asked about Alex’s best move, Henry said he was impressed with how Alex bonded with Ian ‘Dicko’ Dickson in Episode 4, before turning on him at the Round Table.
“I thought how she got votes onto Dicko at the most recent Round Table was really quite smart,” he said.
While the Faithfuls may be getting picked off one by one, Henry defended his team, saying those who are purposely flying under the radar should get more credit.
“As a Faithful, there are a lot of conversations not shown, but there are a lot of Faithfuls that are playing really strong games, and they’re probably wise, you know, you put your head out too far, and you do go home.
“So, I’d say if I’m looking at it as a fan right now, Alex is playing the best game, and as a Faithful, I think we’ll find out,” he cryptically added.
Henry calls out Dicko’s strategy of not targeting the Traitors
Dicko has made it known on The Traitors 2026 that his strategy is safety in numbers, rather than targeting someone he thinks may be a Traitor.
The former Australian Idol coach has admitted that he mentions someone’s name to his alliance, and everyone is expected to vote for them, regardless of whether they’re believed to be a Faithful. Henry said that Dicko’s plan is starting to backfire on him.
“I think Dicko’s probably playing a Survivor game inside a Traitor’s game. I think what he’s doing now is great for Survivor. But, you can see he’s being clocked by the Traitors, and then a few of the Faithfuls wrote him down as well. So I think he’s getting both attacked from both ends. So I don’t think he’s playing bad; he’s just got a technique that I wouldn’t use.”
Henry added that he thinks Dicko’s only really concentrating on surviving the Banishments, leaving a gap open for the Traitors to ‘Murder’ him.
“Dicko just wants to play the numbers game, have as many votes at the round table, and I think it seems for him the round table is important to him. To me, it’s the turret and the round table because, as Faithful there’s two chances for us to go, so it’s a fine line between balancing both and the strategies you use for that. But it was pretty clear he just wanted to survive, in my opinion, just the banishments.”
The Traitors Australia 2026 airs on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 7:30pm on Network 10 and 10Play.
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