Wie is de Mol? (English: Who is the Mole?) is a Dutch adventure reality competition show. It is based on the Belgian show De Mol, the original version of the format created in 1998 by Woestijnvis and broadcast on VRT.
| Wie is de Mol? | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality competition |
| Based on | |
| Presented by | Angela Groothuizen Karel van de Graaf Pieter Jan Hagens Art Rooijakkers Rik van de Westelaken Junior seasons Sipke Jan Bousema Art Rooijakkers |
| Country of origin | Netherlands |
| Original language | Dutch |
| No. of seasons | 26 (including 2 Junior series and 1 Jubilee series) |
| No. of episodes | 181 |
| Production | |
| Production locations | List
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| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Production company | IDTV |
| Original release | |
| Network | AVRO AVROTROS |
| Release | November 19, 1999 – present |
| Related | |
| De Mol | |
Format
editWie is de Mol? is a reality television competition involving 10 candidates. These candidates travel to a foreign country where they have to complete assignments to earn money to fill the prize pot. However, one of the participants is selected as the Mole. The Mole's goal is to secretly sabotage the assignments and cause the other candidates to fail and to keep the total amount of money in the pot as low as possible. The other candidates do not know who the Mole is, and attempt to figure out the Mole's identity throughout the season.
At the end of every episode the candidates take a multiple choice test about the Mole's identity. The test contains 20 questions (40 questions in the final test) about the Mole's activities since the previous test and personal questions about the Mole (for example, "On which team was the mole during the castle-assignment" or "Has the mole been baptized?"). With the help of 'jokers', which they can earn during the assignments, the contestants can turn incorrect test answers into correct answers.
The person with the fewest correct answers is then eliminated from the show. In most series this process continues until only two contestants and the mole remain. The winner is the person with the most correct answers in the final test and he or she gets all of the money earned during the previous stages of the game.[1]
Hosts
editColor key:
| Host | ||
| Guest appearance | ||
| Participant |
| Host | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 | S11 | S12 | S13 | S14 | S15 | S16 | S17 | S18 | S19 | S20 | JB[a] | S21 | S22 | S23 | S24 | STR[b] |
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| Angela Groothuizen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Karel van de Graaf | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pieter Jan Hagens | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Art Rooijakkers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rik van de Westelaken | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hila Noorzai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Notes
Seasons
editThe first four seasons of Wie is de Mol? had ordinary people as participants. After the break in 2004, all participants in the following seasons were Dutch celebrities.
The 7th season in 2007 was the first season to have four finalists, with two runner-ups.
The 18th season in 2018 was the first to be located in six countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine, and Georgia.
In September 2020, a special jubilee season aired in celebration of twenty seasons of Wie is de Mol?.
- Notes
- ^ Guilder, the national Dutch currency at the time. This amounts to roughly €37,437.
- ^ Guilder, the national Dutch currency at the time. This amounts to roughly €31,765.
- ^ Frédérique Huydts died on 3 April 2006, during the period that season 6 was broadcast on television. As requested by her, the airing of the season continued. The €24,475.- that she won was donated to WWF and Foundation KiKa.
- ^ a b The final of season 7 had four finalists. Renate and Eva both lost to Paul.
- ^ After unmasking the Mole in season 11 and winning the season, Art went on to present Wie is de Mol? from seasons 12 to 18.
- ^ After unmasking the Mole in season 15 and winning the season, Rik went on to present Wie is de Mol? from season 19 onwards.
- ^ Candidates began the first episode in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia or Ukraine. The first assignment involved finding plane tickets to Georgia, where the remainder of the season would be filmed.
- ^ a b The final of season 20 had four finalists. Miljuschka and Nathan came second and third respectively and lost to Buddy.
- ^ To celebrate the 20th season, an extra "Jubilee" season, which aired in 2020, was announced at the end of the season 20 finale.
- ^ To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Wie is de Mol?, an extra "Streaming" season, which aired in 2024, was announced on 14 May 2024, the first to feature non-celebrity candidates since 2003.
Junior editions
edit| Season | Airdate | Presenter | The Mole | Winner | Runner-up | Prize money | Destination |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 May 2008 | Sipke Jan Bousema | Amin | Naomi | Lara | 6970 Two and a half cent coin (Netherlands) (€79) |  Zwolle
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| 2 | 9 March 2014 | Art Rooijakkers | Jenny | Davey | Roeland | €1,020 |  Maastricht Zeeland
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Locations map
editThe 1999 and 2005 seasons of the show were both filmed in Australia (in 2005, part of the show was also filmed in Indonesia). The 2013 and 2023 seasons of the show were both filmed in South Africa. The 2008 and 2024 seasons were both filmed in Mexico.
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Ratings
edit| Season | Timeslot | Premiere | Finale (Reunion) | Average ratings | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Ratings | Date | Ratings | |||
| 1 | Friday, 20:30 | 19 November 1999 | 807,000 | 21 January 2000 | 915,000 | 793,000 |
| 2 | 5 January 2001 | 1,070,000 | 2 March 2001 | 960,000 | 1,006,000 | |
| 3 | Friday, 21:35 | 8 February 2002 | 928,000 | 19 April 2002 | 1,005,000 | 909,000 |
| 4 | Saturday, 21:00 | 15 March 2003 | 1,115,000 | 24 May 2003 | 626,000 | 785,000 |
| 5 | Friday, 20:30 | 14 January 2005 | 1,289,000 | 18 March 2005 | 1,485,000 | 1,450,000 |
| 6 | 10 March 2006 | 1,168,000 | 12 May 2006 | 1,147,000 | 1,106,000 | |
| 7 | Thursday, 20:30[3] | 4 January 2007 | 1,358,000 | 15 March 2007 | 1,270,000 | 1,188,000 |
| 8 | 3 January 2008 | 1,922,000 | 6 March 2008 | 1,563,000 | 1,513,000 | |
| 9 | 8 January 2009 | 1,597,000 | 12 March 2009 | 1,409,000 | 1,460,000 | |
| 10 | 7 January 2010 | 2,040,000 | 25 March 2010 | 1,558,000 | 1,673,000 | |
| 11 | 6 January 2011 | 2,146,000 | 17 March 2011 | 2,031,000 | 1,922,000 | |
| 12 | 5 January 2012 | 2,136,000 | 8 March 2012 | 2,105,000 | 1,899,000 | |
| 13 | 3 January 2013 | 2,070,000 | 7 March 2013 | 2,579,000 | 2,132,000 | |
| 14 | 2 January 2014 | 2,455,000 | 20 March 2014 | 3,148,000 | 2,464,000 | |
| 15 | 1 January 2015 | 2,486,000 | 5 March 2015 | 3,359,000 | 2,403,700 | |
| 16 | Saturday, 20:30 | 2 January 2016 | 2,163,000 | 5 March 2016 | 2,982,000 | 2,114,900 |
| 17 | 7 January 2017 | 2,882,000 | 11 March 2017 | 2,999,000 | 2,536,000 | |
| 18 | 6 January 2018 | 2,669,000 | 10 March 2018 | 3,227,000 | 2,582,300 | |
| 19 | 5 January 2019 | 2,986,000 | 9 March 2019 | 3,500,000 | 2,869,400 | |
| 20 | 11 January 2020 | 3,002,000 | 14 March 2020 | 3,894,000 | 2,591,300 | |
| Renaissance | 5 September 2020 | 2,665,000[4] | 25 October 2020 | 3,567,000 | 2,741,750 | |
| 21 | 2 January 2021 | 3,117,000[5] | 6 March 2021 | 3,348,000[6] | 3,180,700 | |
| 22 | 1 January 2022 | 3,120,000[7] | 5 March 2022 | 3,242,000[8] | 2,894,000 | |
| 23 | 7 January 2023 | 2,634,000[9] | 11 March 2023 | 3,081,000[10] | 2,451,400 | |
| 24 | 6 January 2024 | 3,717,000[11] | 9 March 2024 | |||
References
edit- ^ "Over Wie is de Mol". AVROTROS. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "OVER WIDM". widm.nl. 2018.
- ^ Except for episode 5 of season 15 because of an incident in the Media Park. The episode aired the following Friday at 20.30.
- ^ "Kijkonderzoek". kijkonderzoek.nl (in Dutch). 6 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ "De TV van gisteren: Record voor start nieuwe seizoen Wie is de Mol?". televizier.nl (in Dutch). 3 January 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ^ "Wie is de Mol sluit Tsjechisch seizoen af zónder kijkcijferrecord". Mediacourant (in Dutch). 7 March 2021.
- ^ "Persbericht Kijkcijfers Tv Zendertotaal (Week 51 2021) En Uitzenddag (Week 52 2021)" (PDF). kijkonderzoek.nl (in Dutch). 3 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Persbericht Kijkcijfers Tv Zendertotaal (Week 8 2022) En Uitzenddag (Week 9 2022)" (PDF). kijkonderzoek.nl (in Dutch). 7 March 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ "Persbericht Kijkcijfers TV Zendertotaal (Week 52 2022) En Uitzenddag (Week 1 2023)" (PDF). kijkonderzoek.nl (in Dutch). 9 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ "Persbericht Kijkcijfers TV Zendertotaal (Week 9 2023) En Uitzenddag (Week 10 2023)" (PDF). kijkonderzoek.nl (in Dutch). 13 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ "Persbericht Kijkcijfers TV Zendertotaal (Week 1 2024)" (PDF). kijkonderzoek.nl (in Dutch). 15 January 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
External links
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