Wie is de Mol? (Dutch TV series)

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Wie is de Mol?
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Genre Reality competition
Based on
De Mol
by
  • Michiel Devlieger
  • Bart de Pauw
  • Tom Lenaerts
  • Michel Vanhove
Presented by Angela Groothuizen
Karel van de Graaf  [ nl ]
Pieter Jan Hagens
Art Rooijakkers
Rik van de Westelaken
Junior seasons
Sipke Jan Bousema
Art Rooijakkers
Country of originNetherlands
Original languageDutch
No. of seasons30
(including 2 Junior series, 2 Jubilee series and 1 Streaming series)
Production
Production locations
List
Running time50 minutes
Production companyIDTV
Original release
Network AVRO
AVROTROS
ReleaseNovember 19, 1999 (1999-11-19) –
present
Related
De Mol

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.

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Format

Wie is de Mol? is a reality television competition involving a group of 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 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 they get all of the money earned for the prize pot throughout the season. [1]

Hosts

Color key:

      Host 
      Guest appearance
      Participant
HostS1S2S3S4S5S6S7S8S9S10S11S12S13S14S15S16S17S18S19S20JB [a] S21S22S23S24STR [b] S25
Angela Groothuizen
Karel van de Graaf  [ nl ]
Pieter Jan Hagens
Art Rooijakkers
Rik van de Westelaken
Hila Noorzai  [ nl ]
Notes
  1. ↑ A special returning candidates season in celebration of 20 seasons of Wie is de Mol?
  2. ↑ A special streaming season in celebration of 25 years of Wie is de Mol? with its first all civilian cast since Season 4.

Seasons

The 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?.

In February 2025, a new anniversary season was announced in celebration of twenty-five seasons of Wie is de Mol? to air later in the year.

SeasonStart dateFinale (reunion)HostThe MoleWinnerRunner-up/sAmount wonInternational destination
119 November 199921 January 2000 Angela Groothuizen DeborahPetraRobinƒ82,500 [a] Australia
25 January 20012 March 2001NicoSigridYvonneƒ70,000 [a] Scotland
38 February 200219 April 2002GeorgeJohnJantien€42,300.- Portugal
415 March 200324 May 2003EliseRonChandrika€35,550.- Canada
5 14 January 200518 March 2005 Yvon Jaspers Marc-Marie Huijbregts Lottie Hellingman  [ nl ]€23,000.- Australia
Indonesia (Bali)
610 March 200612 May 2006 Karel van de Graaf  [ nl ] Milouska Meulens  [ nl ] Frédérique Huydts  [ nl ] [b] Roderick Veelo  [ nl ]€24,475.- Argentina
74 January 200715 March 2007 Inge Ipenburg  [ nl ] Paul Rabbering  [ nl ] Renate Verbaan [c] Eva van der Gucht [c] €17,300.- Thailand
83 January 20086 March 2008 Pieter Jan Hagens Dennis Weening Edo Brunner Regina Romeijn  [ nl ]€20,375.- Mexico
98 January 200912 March 2009 Jon van Eerd  [ nl ] Vivienne van den Assem Anniek Pheifer  [ nl ]€22,650.- Northern Ireland
Jordan
10 7 January 201025 March 2010 Kim Pieters  [ nl ] Frits Sissing Sanne Vogel  [ nl ]€21,950.- Japan
116 January 201117 March 2011 Patrick Stoof  [ nl ] Art Rooijakkers [d] Soundos el Ahmadi  [ nl ]€19,540.- El Salvador
Nicaragua
125 January 20128 March 2012 Art Rooijakkers Anne-Marie Jung  [ nl ] Hadewych Minis Liesbeth Staats  [ nl ]€12,601.- Iceland
Spain (Andalusia)
133 January 20137 March 2013 Kees Tol  [ nl ] Paulien Cornelisse Carolien Borgers  [ nl ]€17,120.- South Africa
142 January 201420 March 2014 Susan Visser Sofie van den Enk Freek Bartels  [ nl ]€16,700.- Hong Kong
Philippines
151 January 20155 March 2015 Margriet van der Linden  [ nl ] Rik van de Westelaken [e] Marlijn Weerdenburg  [ nl ]€10,500.- Sri Lanka
162 January 20165 March 2016 Klaas van Kruistum  [ nl ] Tim Hofman Annemieke Schollaardt €13,020.- Dominican Republic
17 7 January 201711 March 2017 Thomas Cammaert Sanne Wallis De Vries  [ nl ] Jochem van Gelder €24,320.- United States (Oregon)
186 January 201810 March 2018 Jan Versteegh Ruben Hein  [ nl ] Olcay Gulsen €17,750.- Georgia [f]
195 January 20199 March 2019 Rik van de Westelaken Merel Westrik Sarah Chronis Niels Littooij €10,150.- Colombia
2011 January 202014 March 2020 Rob Dekay  [ nl ] Buddy Vedder Miljuschka Witzenhausen [g] Nathan Rutjes [g] €13,400.- China (Henan)
JB1 [h] 5 September 202024 October 2020 Jeroen Kijk in de Vegte Nikkie de Jager Tygo Gernandt €12,580.- Italy (Tuscany)
21 2 January 20216 March 2021 Renée Fokker Roxanne 'Rocky' Hehakaija  [ nl ] Charlotte Nijs  [ nl ]€9,675.- Czech Republic
22 1 January 20225 March 2022 Everon Jackson Hooi  [ nl ] Fresia Cousiño Arias  [ nl ] Kim-Lian van der Meij €8,065.- Albania
23 7 January 202311 March 2023 Jurre Geluk  [ nl ] Daniël Verlaan  [ nl ] Ranomi Kromowidjojo €11,650.- South Africa
24 6 January 20249 March 2024 Anna Gimbrère  [ nl ] Fons Hendriks  [ nl ] Rosario Mussendijk  [ nl ]€8.585.- Mexico
STR [i] 28 June 202419 July 2024 Hila Noorzai  [ nl ]NyreeEmmaJelmer€10.535.- Oman
25 4 January 20258 March 2025 Rik van de Westelaken Stijn de Vries  [ nl ] Roos Moggré Maaike Martens  [ nl ]€8.055.- Cambodia
JB2 [j] 1 November 202520 December 2025TBA Portugal
2628 February 2026TBATBA
STR2TBA 2026Hila Noorzai
Notes
  1. 1 2 Guilder, the national Dutch currency at the time
  2. ↑ Frédérique Huydts  [ nl ] 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.
  3. 1 2 The final of season 7 had four finalists. Renate and Eva both lost to Paul.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ After unmasking the Mole in season 15 and winning the season, Rik went on to present Wie is de Mol? from season 19 onwards.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. 1 2 The final of season 20 had four finalists. Miljuschka and Nathan came second and third respectively and lost to Buddy.
  8. ↑ To celebrate the 20th season, an extra anniversary season (subtitled "Renaissance"), which aired in 2020, was announced at the end of the season 20 finale.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ To celebrate the 25th season, an extra anniversary season, which airs in 2025, was announced on 7 February 2025. [2]

Junior editions

SeasonAirdatePresenterThe MoleWinnerRunner-upPrize moneyDestination
117 May 2008 Sipke Jan Bousema AminNaomiLara6970 Two and a half cent coin (Netherlands) (€79) Flag of Zwolle.svg Zwolle
29 March 2014 Art Rooijakkers JennyDaveyRoeland€1,020 Flag of Maastricht.svg Maastricht
Flag of Zeeland.svg Zeeland

Ratings

[3]

SeasonTimeslotPremiereFinale (Reunion)Average ratings
DateRatingsDateRatings
1 Friday, 20:3019 November 1999807,00021 January 2000915,000793,000
2 5 January 20011,070,0002 March 2001960,0001,006,000
3 Friday, 21:358 February 2002928,00019 April 20021,005,000909,000
4 Saturday, 21:0015 March 20031,115,00024 May 2003626,000785,000
5 Friday, 20:3014 January 20051,289,00018 March 20051,485,0001,450,000
6 10 March 20061,168,00012 May 20061,147,0001,106,000
7 Thursday, 20:30 [4] 4 January 20071,358,00015 March 20071,270,0001,188,000
8 3 January 20081,922,0006 March 20081,563,0001,513,000
9 8 January 20091,597,00012 March 20091,409,0001,460,000
10 7 January 20102,040,00025 March 20101,558,0001,673,000
11 6 January 20112,146,00017 March 20112,031,0001,922,000
12 5 January 20122,136,0008 March 20122,105,0001,899,000
13 3 January 20132,070,0007 March 20132,579,0002,132,000
14 2 January 20142,455,00020 March 20143,148,0002,464,000
15 1 January 20152,486,0005 March 20153,359,0002,403,700
16 Saturday, 20:302 January 20162,163,0005 March 20162,982,0002,114,900
17 7 January 20172,882,00011 March 20172,999,0002,536,000
18 6 January 20182,669,00010 March 20183,227,0002,582,300
19 5 January 20192,986,0009 March 20193,500,0002,869,400
20 11 January 20203,002,00014 March 20203,894,0002,591,300
Renaissance 5 September 20202,665,000 [5] 24 October 20203,567,0002,741,750
21 2 January 20213,117,000 [6] 6 March 20213,348,000 [7] 3,180,700
22 1 January 20223,120,000 [8] 5 March 20223,242,000 [9] 2,894,000
23 7 January 20232,634,000 [10] 11 March 20233,081,000 [11] 2,451,400
24 6 January 20243,717,000 [12] 9 March 2024

Live finale

Ever since 2015, the finale (where the Mole and their sabotaging activity is revealed) is broadcast live, with an audience. Over the years, multiple locations have hosted the live finale.

The 25th anniversary season finale (later in 2025) is scheduled to be broadcast live, with the location yet to be announced.

References

  1. ↑ "Over Wie is de Mol". AVROTROS . Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  2. ↑ "Jubileumseizoen". AVROTROS. 7 February 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "OVER WIDM". widm.nl. 2018.
  4. ↑ Except for episode 5 of season 15 because of an incident in the Media Park. The episode aired the following Friday at 20.30.
  5. ↑ "Kijkonderzoek". kijkonderzoek.nl (in Dutch). 6 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "De TV van gisteren: Record voor start nieuwe seizoen Wie is de Mol?". televizier.nl (in Dutch). 3 January 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "Wie is de Mol sluit Tsjechisch seizoen af zónder kijkcijferrecord". Mediacourant (in Dutch). 7 March 2021.
  8. ↑ "Persbericht Kijkcijfers Tv Zendertotaal (Week 51 2021) En Uitzenddag (Week 52 2021)" (PDF). kijkonderzoek.nl (in Dutch). 3 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "Persbericht Kijkcijfers Tv Zendertotaal (Week 8 2022) En Uitzenddag (Week 9 2022)" (PDF). kijkonderzoek.nl (in Dutch). 7 March 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  10. ↑ "Persbericht Kijkcijfers TV Zendertotaal (Week 52 2022) En Uitzenddag (Week 1 2023)" (PDF). kijkonderzoek.nl (in Dutch). 9 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  11. ↑ "Persbericht Kijkcijfers TV Zendertotaal (Week 9 2023) En Uitzenddag (Week 10 2023)" (PDF). kijkonderzoek.nl (in Dutch). 13 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  12. ↑ "Persbericht Kijkcijfers TV Zendertotaal (Week 1 2024)" (PDF). kijkonderzoek.nl (in Dutch). 15 January 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2024.

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