Tears Flow And Blow-Ups Abound In Juicy Trailer For ‘The Anonymous,’ A New Show From Creators Of ‘The Traitors’ And ‘The Circle’

In this game, dishonesty is the best policy. From the producers of  The Traitors and The Circle, USA Network recently announced a new social competition series, The Anonymous, will premiere this August.

The new show is a strategic competition played in two worlds, the “real world” and “anonymous mode.” Contestants stay popular with each other face-to-face, but behind the screen, everything is fair game.

The Digital Anonymous Networking Interface, or “DANI” for short, will host 12 players to live in her domain and work side-by-side to raise a prize fund of up to $100,000. Despite their close quarters, all players will have their own private underground hideouts, where each is completely anonymous and can say anything and everything they wish behind the mask of a unique social handle, per a press release shared with DECIDER.

In their hideouts, players can provide raw, unfiltered takes on their fellow contestants. As with all good things, there’s a catch, though — players can try to guess each other’s identities.

“Each week in the competition, DANI will conduct tests where all contestants must try and match players to their handles. The player who is best at staying anonymous becomes the one with the power to eliminate their competitors,” the press release shares.

Among the 12 contestants are some names viewers may already recognize: Xavier Prather, winner of Season 23 of Big Brother; Nina Twine, daughter of legendary Survivor contestant Sandra Diaz-Twine; and Andy King, the event producer of Fyre Festival.

In a newly released trailer, it’s clear that drama is not an “if” in this game, but a staple in it.

“Everybody says what they want to say behind a screen,” viewers hear an echoing voice say. “But face to face, things don’t add up.”

“It’s a game, ultimately someone has to go,” viewers hear one of the female contestants say.

“You don’t know who to trust ever,” says Christopher Shulstad, a 28 year old from Charlotte, North Carolina. “I just want to survive.”

“Karma is a bitch and she’s sitting right here,” says 26-year-old Lilly Jenkins from Detroit.

Meanwhile, Jack Usher, a 31-year-old Brooklynite, asks, “How do you defend yourself without outing your handle?”

One thing is made clear: contestants can’t trust anyone. Tensions will run high as players try to defend themselves and stay in the game without outing their anonymous handle.

The Anonymous premieres Monday, Aug. 19 with a three-episode event beginning at 11 p.m. ET/PT on the USA Network. Watch the full trailer in the video above.