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.
As it stands, Kirby, Alex and Alvin have all survived as Traitors, but was Kirby set up to fail from the beginning? Was the Survivor legend’s game rigged? Amid rising speculation around Kirby’s identity, one piece of information did the rounds around the manor: early eliminee Kween Kong claimed she heard Kirby get tapped by host Gretel Killeen when she was selected to be a Traitor.
Chattr asked Henry about this, who confirmed this bit of info did play on his mind when deciding that Kirby was one of three Traitors.
“One of my suspicions was based off what Kween heard, and it doesn’t make sense for somebody to just bring that up,” Henry told Chattr in an exclusive.
“That’s kind of why I thought that piece of information was so crucial to my attack, and why I thought Kirby was a Traitor — and it clearly played out that way. But there were other things along the journey that confirmed that, too.”
However, Henry doesn’t begrudge the reality competition — and Gretel’s loud tapping?? — for potentially spoiling Kirby’s secret.
“That’s just part of the game mechanics,” Henry said. “From playing a game like Survivor, when you step onto the beach or enter the mansion, everything is part of it. Every little intricate detail of how you play. For example, I know this is a bit of a crossover, but for Survivor, I wanted to come on as a yoga instructor, so even changing my outfit, the way I came into the game, even through the audition process, I was a yoga instructor. I think it’s all part of it. Your senses are everything in that game,” Henry continued.
“I think it’s just a wrinkle within the game, and it was well picked up by Kween.”
Henry picks his best player on The Traitors Australia
Henry revealed who he believed was playing the best game, and 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 Traitors 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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