Forget the Scottish castle. We're heading to Italy.

The creators of The Traitors are back with a new reality competition, and this time betrayal isn't just part of the game. It's practically a family tradition.

In Hulu's The Mob, premiering October 26, 2026, twelve celebrities move into an Italian villa and compete for up to $250,000. The host? The White Lotus star Parker Posey.

The cast includes a Real Househusband, a former Mormon Wife, a Drag Race queen, a Sopranos star and Harry Jowsey.

What could possibly go wrong?

THE GAME — What Is The Mob About?

Produced by Studio Lambert, the company behind The Traitors, alongside Primal Media, The Mob takes the familiar reality TV ingredients of alliances, deception and betrayal and gives them a Mafia makeover.

The contestants move into a luxurious Italian villa and compete in challenges inspired by classic mob movies.

But winning challenges is only part of the game.

Every mob family needs a boss, and here the contestants choose who gets the job.

That person becomes The Don.

And the job comes with some impressive perks. The Don decides who makes money, who stays in the competition and who gets whacked.

Yes, whacked. Reality television has officially run out of polite ways to say "eliminated."

There's just one small problem with being the boss: the rest of the family can turn on you. The Don has to keep enough loyalty to stay in power, because the contestants can rise up and overthrow their leader.

In other words, you're handed absolute power over a group of reality stars, and your survival depends on trusting them not to stab you in the back.

Good luck with that.

THE FAMILY — Meet the 12 Celebrity Contestants.

Hulu has assembled a cast from just about every corner of reality television, plus a few actors who know a thing or two about playing dangerous characters.

Joe Gorga

Joe Gorga is trading New Jersey family drama for an Italian mob family.

After years of explosive family dinners, shifting loyalties and Bravo-certified screaming matches, he might feel right at home.

The real question is whether Joe can survive a family where he isn't automatically the loudest person in the room.

Aida Turturro

Now this is casting.

Aida Turturro played Janice Soprano, Tony's famously manipulative sister, on HBO's legendary crime drama. If anyone understands how a dysfunctional mob family operates, it's the woman who spent years playing a member of one.

Of course, surviving a fictional Mafia family and surviving a villa full of reality stars are two very different challenges.

Frankly, the second one might be more dangerous.

Willam Belli

Willam is an actor, drag performer and former Drag Race contestant who has never been especially interested in keeping opinions to himself.

A game built on deception, power struggles and questionable loyalty seems like an excellent place for someone not exactly famous for quietly following instructions.

Willam might not become The Don. But he'll have plenty to say about whoever does.

Demi Engemann

Demi arrives from Hulu's The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, a show that has produced enough friendship feuds and shifting alliances to qualify as a competitive sport.

She knows what it's like when personal relationships become public entertainment.

The question is whether those skills translate to a game where trusting the wrong person could send her packing.

Maria Georgas

Maria became one of the standout personalities of Joey Graziadei's season of The Bachelor, thanks to her outspoken attitude and her willingness to confront conflict head-on.

Now she's dealing with something far more complicated than a rose ceremony.

At least on The Bachelor, you know who's making the final decision.

Harry Jowsey

Harry has built an entire reality TV career on charm, flirting and romantic complications.

Now he's in a competition where convincing people to trust him could be worth a lot more than a date.

If the game involves flirting your way into an alliance, Harry may have found his calling. If it requires keeping that alliance, things could get interesting.

Chelsea Lazkani

On Selling Sunset, negotiating multimillion-dollar properties often takes a back seat to negotiating friendships.

Chelsea is no stranger to confrontation, office politics or people discussing her behind her back. On The Mob, those might count as qualifications.

And this time, she won't have to pretend everyone is getting along at the office.

Bruno Tonioli

Bruno brings his gloriously theatrical personality from the Dancing With the Stars judges' table to the Italian villa.

He's spent years scoring performances. Now he'll be surrounded by people performing for their own survival.

Can Bruno spot a convincing liar? More importantly, can he sit through a tense confrontation without leaping out of his chair?

We have our doubts about the second one.

Debi Mazar

Debi Mazar brings genuine mob-movie credentials. Her film career includes Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas, and she later starred in Younger.

Whether that makes her a strategic threat remains to be seen. But at least she knows the difference between a real mob movie and a reality show pretending to be one.

Romeo

Rapper and actor Romeo Miller is no stranger to cameras or big personalities, having appeared on reality TV before, including Growing Up Hip Hop.

The question is whether he can keep a low profile while everyone else fights for control.

Sometimes the smartest person at the table is the one letting everyone else do the shouting.

Shane Parton

Shane joins the cast from Bachelor Nation, where contestants already have to navigate alliances, competition and the occasional spectacular misunderstanding.

The Mob simply replaces romantic rejection with the possibility of getting whacked.

At least nobody has to pretend they're there for the right reasons.

Bella Palk

Bella Palk, from Love Overboard, rounds out the cast and may be the least familiar name to many viewers.

That could work in her favor. While the bigger personalities fight for attention, an underestimated contestant has room to build alliances without immediately becoming a target.

Never underestimate the quiet one at a family dinner.

THE HOST — Parker Posey Is Running the Show.

One of the most intriguing parts of The Mob is its host.

Parker Posey, of The White Lotus, Best in Show and Party Girl, presides over the competition and also serves as an executive producer.

Her wonderfully eccentric screen presence feels tailor-made for a show that mixes Mafia theatrics with reality TV absurdity.

Alan Cumming has his Scottish castle and his fabulous wardrobe on The Traitors. Parker Posey gets an Italian villa and a family of celebrities who may be plotting each other's downfall before breakfast.

Reality TV hosting has become quite the profession.

THE DIFFERENCE — How Is The Mob Different From The Traitors?

Both shows come from Studio Lambert, and both revolve around strategy, suspicion and betrayal. But there's one major difference.

In The Traitors, the central mystery is figuring out who is secretly working against everyone else.

In The Mob, everyone knows who holds the power.

The challenge isn't discovering the boss. It's deciding whether to obey the boss or overthrow them.

That creates a fascinating dynamic. The Don needs allies to stay in control, but those same allies may decide they'd rather have the power themselves.

Whether the contestants treat it as a sophisticated strategic competition or simply another chance to settle personal scores remains to be seen.

Given this cast, we're not ruling out either.

THE MONEY — What Is the Prize?

According to Hulu, contestants are competing for up to $250,000 in cash prizes, and The Don has a say in who makes money, which adds another layer to the power struggle.

How individual contestants earn money, how the prize is split, and what happens to someone's winnings when they get whacked hasn't been fully explained publicly yet.

We'll be watching closely when the game begins. Mostly to see who tries to leave with someone else's envelope.

THE VILLA — Where Was The Mob Filmed?

The competition takes place in a luxurious Italian villa, and production company STV Studios has identified Sicily as a filming location in its promotional materials.

Italian scenery, Mafia-inspired challenges, celebrity power struggles. The producers clearly weren't aiming for subtlety.

And why should they? If you're going to make a reality show about a mob family, you might as well give everyone a spectacular place to betray each other.

THE PREMIERE — When Does The Mob Start?

The Mob premieres Monday, October 26, 2026, on Hulu, with new episodes released weekly.

It will also be available through Hulu on Disney+ for eligible U.S. bundle subscribers, and on Disney+ internationally.

An exact premiere time and the total number of episodes haven't been confirmed in the official information we reviewed.

THE VERDICT — Could The Mob Become the Next Traitors?

There's certainly potential.

The producers have already proved that audiences love watching people lie to each other in expensive surroundings. The Mob adds a different kind of psychological game: one where the person with the most power may also have the biggest target on their back.

The cast offers an entertaining mix, from people with genuine acting credentials to reality stars who have practically built careers out of confrontation.

The real test is whether the gameplay delivers enough strategy to keep viewers invested beyond the inevitable shouting matches. Watching celebrities argue is easy. Building a competition where those arguments actually matter is much harder.

Still, with Parker Posey running the family, Joe Gorga representing New Jersey, Willam on commentary duty and an actual Sopranos actress in the mix, we're willing to give this family a chance.