| Wie is de Mol? 25th Anniversary season | |
|---|---|
| Season 25 | |
| Presented by | Rik van de Westelaken |
| Location | Portugal |
| No. of episodes | 5 |
| Release | |
| Original network | AVROTROS |
| Original release | November 1, 2025 |
| Season chronology | |
Wie is de Mol? Anniversary season 2 is a special jubilee season of Wie is de Mol? in celebration of the 25-year anniversary of the series. [1] This is the second jubilee season of the series following Wie is de Mol? Renaissance in 2020.
The season was hosted by Rik van de Westelaken and premiered on 1 November 2025 for a shorter eight-episode season. [2]
The season featured ten previous contestants from former seasons. Unlike previous Wie is de Mol? seasons, the cast were not revealed until the season premiere. Ten candidates consisted of five returning former Moles and five returning non-Mole contestants. [3] [4]
| Candidate | Occupation | Original season | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kim Pieters | Actress | Season 10 (Japan) | |
| Loes Haverkort | Actress and stage artist | Season 18 (Georgia) | |
| Merel Westrik | Journalist and presenter | Season 19 (Colombia) | |
| Nathan Rutjes | Former professional footballer | Season 20 (China) | |
| Anne-Marie Jung | Cabaret artist | Season 12 (Iceland & Spain) | 4th place |
| Jurre Geluk | Presenter | Season 23 (South Africa) | 5th place |
| Sahil Amar Aïssa | Film producer and actor | Season 22 (Albania) | 6th place |
| Dennis Weening | Presenter | Season 8 (Mexico) | 7th place |
| Richard Groenendijk | Comedian and stage artist | Season 6 (Argentina) | 8th place |
| Imanuelle Grives | Actress and writer | Season 17 (United States) | 9th place |
The order in which the candidates learned their results are indicated in the table below.
| Candidate | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 [a] | 5 | 6 | 7 | Finale | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kim | 2nd | 1st | |||||||
| Loes | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | ||||||
| Merel | 1st | 2nd | 1st | ||||||
| Nathan | exempt | 1st | 5th | (1) | |||||
| Anne-Marie | 1st | exempt | 1st (1) | Eliminated (1) | |||||
| Jurre | 3rd | 3rd | Eliminated | ||||||
| Sahil | 2nd | 3rd | exempt | Eliminated (1) | |||||
| Dennis | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Richard | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Imanuelle | Eliminated | ||||||||
For candidates who used Jokers to correct an incorrect answer on a quiz, the amount used are presented in parentheses.
| Episode | Air Date | Title | Amount in Pot [a] | Location | Days | Eliminated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | November 1, 2025 | 'Ik ben de Mol' (I Am the Mole) | €0 | Vila Nova de Gaia & Porto | 1–2 | Imanuelle |
| 2 | November 8, 2025 | 'Een lesje geleerd' (A Lesson Learned) | €0 → €3,700 | Vila Nova de Gaia & Lisbon | 3–4 | Richard |
| 3 | November 15, 2025 | 'Een duister verleden' (A Dark Past) | €3,700 → €5,000 | Lisbon | 5–6 | Dennis |
| 4 | November 22, 2025 | 'Een Prettig Weerzien?' (A Pleasant Reunion?) | €5,000 → €0 | Lisbon | 6–7 | — |
| 5 | November 29, 2025 | 'Het Noodlot' (The Fate) | €0 → €2,000 | Lisbon & Sintra | 8–9 | Sahil |
| 6 | December 6, 2025 | 'Rendez-Vous' | €2,000 → €5,000 | Algarve | 10–12 | Jurre |
| Anne-Marie | ||||||
| 7 | December 13, 2025 | |||||
| 8 | December 20, 2025 | 'Finale' | Runner-up | |||
| Winner | ||||||
| The Mole | ||||||
Notes
| Episode 1 - Ik ben de Mol | ||
|---|---|---|
| Original airdates: 1 November 2025 Location: Vila Nova de Gaia & Porto | ||
| Assignment | Money earned | Possible earnings |
| Een Explosief Begin | €0 | €2,500 |
| Tien Mollen? | TBA | €1,000 |
| Current Pot | €0 | €3,500 |
| Exemption | ||
| Nathan | Tien Mollen? | |
| Elimination | ||
| Imanuelle | 1st player eliminated | |
The five former Moles attempt to complete five puzzles or challenges at the Monastery of Serra do Pilar in order to defuse five paint bombs located in suitcases around Porto. There, they also spin a handle to generate signal from an antenna, which transmits a map of the suitcase locations to phones of the other five candidates.
Meanwhile, the five candidates who were not previously the Mole begin at the Episcopal Palace and attempt to find the five suitcases around Porto and bring them to the monastery. However, they are not told the destination and have to figure it out from clues at each suitcase. For each suitcase delivered within 45 minutes, with the paint bomb inside defused, €500 is added to the pot.
Each candidate attempt to convince a jury of nine former Wie is de Mol? winners that they are this season's Mole. Additionally, the jury are presented with footage from pre-season where a production member "accidentally" revealed the season's location early, and asked candidates to later pretend they didn’t know about it.
Afterwards, the jury deliberate and select the candidate they believe is the Mole. If the jury are correct, €2,000 is deducted from the pot in the finale. If they are incorrect, €1,000 is added to the pot once confirmed. In both cases, the selected candidate also receives an Exemption.
The jury selected Nathan as their choice for the Mole, thereby awarding him an Exemption.
| Episode 2 - Een Lesje Geleerd | ||
|---|---|---|
| Original airdates: 8 November 2025 Location: Vila Nova de Gaia & Lisbon | ||
| Assignment | Money earned | Possible earnings |
| Port(o) | €200 | €1,500 [a] |
| Repetitie | €2,000 | €2,500 |
| Resultaatgericht | €1,500 | €1,500 |
| Current Pot | €3,700 | €9,000 |
| Elimination | ||
| Richard | 2nd player eliminated | |
Before the assignment, Nathan (who was voted as the Mole in the last assignment) is given the chance to receive information about the assignment, which the Mole has also been briefed about. If he chooses to hear the information, the assignment is worth €1,500, but if he declines, the potential earnings raise to €3,000. Nathan accepted the offer to hear the information.
For the assignment, the group select four candidates to undergo a port wine tasting, and four candidates (plus Nathan chose his group after the briefing) to search a cellar for barrels and bring them to a boat.
The five candidates at the cellar attempt to identify five correct barrels among dozens to bring to a boat along the river. The barrels can be determined by hints given by walkie-talkie by former Wie is de Mol? contestant Ellie Lust, some of which require information about the candidates at the wine tasting. For each correct barrel brought to the boat within 30 minutes, €200 is added to the pot.
Meanwhile, the candidates at the wine tasting attempt to memorize information presented by the sommelier, and answer questions from the other group via walkie-talkie when requested to help them identify the barrels. After the tasting, they attempt to identify a 20-year old tawny port from among several glasses of wine to earn €500 for the pot if they are correct.
The group select four candidates to undergo a school test. They are taken to a classroom to undergo a five-question chemistry test alongside other "students", in a scene which repeats each time the school bell rings. For each question answered correctly by the end, €500 is added to the pot. Meanwhile, the five candidates at the chemistry lab undergo science experiments to obtain the answers for the questions. However, some of the items they need to complete the experiment are located in the classroom.
Each time the bell rings, one candidate from each group can meet at the hallway for one minute to exchange information or items. If candidates fail to return to their respective room in time, they are excluded from the assignment and can no longer help.
Each candidate sits the elimination quiz simultaneously. However, upon completing question 15 (of 20), candidates' times are paused. Host Rik van de Westelaken then reveals that the candidate with the current lowest score answered that the Mole is a man for the question "Is the Mole a man or a woman?".
The group is given the chance to vote on whether to finish the test, or to end the test early and have the elimination determined only by the first 15 questions - which also adds €1,500 to the pot.
| Episode 3 - Een Duister Verleden | ||
|---|---|---|
| Original airdates: 15 November 2025 Location: Lisbon | ||
| Assignment | Money earned | Possible earnings |
| Flitsbezorgen | €1,280 | €2,000 |
| Vijandig Verleden | €1,020 | €3,000 |
| The Line-Up | −€1,000 | — |
| Current Pot | €5,000 | €14,000 |
| Elimination | ||
| Dennis | 3rd player eliminated | |
Candidates divide themselves into four candidates to deliver pastel de nata and four candidates who think they can "be flashed".
The candidates who think they can be flashed attempt to activate a flash speed enforcement camera using eight different modes of transport. There are eight different speed detection limits to set the camera at, but they can only allocate each limit to one mode of transport.
Each time the speed camera flashes, the other candidates receive an order of pastel de nata which they attempt to deliver to the location displayed in a photograph within 10 minutes. For each successful delivery, money is added to the pot depending on the amount of tarts ordered.
The group have 45 minutes and 25 lives collectively to participate in a "laser game".
Candidates attempt to steal bags of money from a warehouse and bring it outside to add to the pot, with only two candidates allowed inside at once. However, each bag contains "negative money" which must be removed, otherwise money is deducted from the total. Inside the warehouse are also "opponents" from similar assignments in previous seasons guarding the money, who attempt to shoot candidates with a laser gun. Each time candidates are hit, they lose a life. Candidates can also shoot opponents with a laser gun to deactivate them for five seconds with each hit.
As the current treasurer, Jurre is given an advantage for the assignment.
The remaining seven candidates stand in a "police lineup" wearing headphones which play a monologue from Rik. Unbeknownst to non-Mole contestants, from behind a two-way mirror, Jurre is given a microphone connected to the headset of the Mole. Jurre is given the opportunity to speak through the microphone to the Mole, for a maximum of three minutes, in order to evoke a reaction. The first 30 seconds are free, but money becomes increasingly deducted from the pot if further time is used, with a maximum €1,500 deducted beyond two minutes.
| Episode 4 - Een Prettig Weerzien? | ||
|---|---|---|
| Original airdates: 22 November 2025 Location: Lisbon | ||
| Assignment | Money earned | Possible earnings |
| Liefs Uit Lissabon | €750 | €2,000 |
| (Mis)Gunnen | €750 | €2,500 |
| Herhaling Van Zetten? | −€6,500 | €3,000 |
| Current Pot | €0 | €21,500 |
| Elimination | ||
| — | Elimination discontinued | |
The group take a tram ride through Lisbon. Along the route are four points where they are photographed from both sides of the tram, for a total of eight photographs. Moments before reaching the first three points, candidates must sit themselves in order for the photos based on a certain criterion announced by Rik, or truthfully write who they answered as the Mole in the last quiz for the fourth stop. For each photograph correctly taken, €250 is added to the pot.
Unannounced to candidates, at each stop are Portuguese words which form the sentence "Ask the conductor who you are looking for and he will answer", a reference to the fact that Rik told the tram conductor the identity of the Mole before the assignment.
Three photographs were correctly taken, earning €750 for the pot. The group could then send these photographs as postcards to three provinces in the Netherlands, which were later hidden in suitcases within the provinces in November 2025. The finders of these postcards would receive invitations to the season's live finale. [5]
Four candidates are suspended above ground with a bag. After being released from the harness, they may drop the bag into one of three numbered boxes below while they are swinging, to claim its contents. However, they are unaware of the contents of each box. The remaining three candidates are told the contests of each box. Box 1 contains one Joker (for the candidate who dropped the bag); Box 2 deducts €250 from the pot; Box 3 contains €500 for the pot. Briefly before each of the four candidates are dropped, the three candidates can advise them on which box to drop the bag into.
Afterwards, the three candidates who did not drop the bags are given the chance to select one of the four candidates. If that candidate earned or lost money for the pot, the amount is doubled. If that candidate earned a Joker, their Joker is lost and the three candidates each receive one Joker in turn.
After five candidates (Jurre, Kim, Loes, Merel and Nathan) are shown a green screen at the elimination ceremony, an assignment is held. These candidates vote on whether to let the elimination ceremony continue, or end the elimination, effectively saving both candidates yet to see their screen (Anne-Marie and Sahil).
After the details are announced, the five candidates may only discuss in pairs before voting privately. If a unanimous vote to continue the elimination occurs, €3,000 is deducted from the pot. If a majority, but not unanimous, vote to continue the elimination occurs, the pot remains the same. If a unanimous vote to discontinue the elimination occurs, the elimination is cancelled and €3,000 is earned for pot. However, if a majority, but not unanimous, vote to discontinue occurs, the entire pot is emptied.
A majority, but not unanimous, vote to discontinue the elimination occurred. As a result, no one was eliminated and the entire pot (€6,500) was emptied.
| Episode 5 - Het Noodlot | ||
|---|---|---|
| Original airdates: 29 November 2025 Location: Lisbon & Sintra | ||
| Assignment | Money earned | Possible earnings |
| Alibi | €500 | €2,000 |
| Aan Tafel | €1,500 | €3,000 |
| Current Pot | €2,000 | €26,500 |
| Jokers | ||
| Anne-Marie, Sahil & Nathan | Aan Tafel | |
| Elimination | ||
| Sahil | 4th player eliminated | |
The group have 45 minutes to investigate, question suspects and solve clues at the "crime scene" of the "murder" of the an estate owner. Afterwards, they attempt to identify the culprit, location and weapon of the murder. Correctly identifying one of these aspects earns €500, two earns €1,000, and all three earns €2,000 for the pot.
The group attend a two-course meal where they are served visually similar food and drink items. However, for one candidate's item in the first course, and two for the second, an unusual flavour has been added. After each course, the group vote for one or two candidates who they believe received the modified item to leave the table, based on their reaction while eating or drinking. For each candidate correctly voted, €500 is added to the pot. However, these candidates may lie, as the candidates who remain later have the chance to earn advantages.
Once four candidates reach the end of the meal, they each receive a Joker and an envelope which they may decide to open. In each envelope is a note stating that if no one opens the envelope after the candidate, they receive a second Joker. However, if someone opens the envelope after, both candidates lose their Joker. Additionally, if all four candidates open the envelope, all Jokers are lost and €1,500 is added to the pot.
Anne-Marie, Merel, Nathan and Sahil remained by the end of the meal. Following the choices on whether or not to open the envelopes, Anne-Marie earned one Joker and Sahil earned two, one of which he gave to Nathan.
| Episode 6 - Rendez-Vous | ||
|---|---|---|
| Original airdates: 6 November 2025 Location: Algarve | ||
| Assignment | Money earned | Possible earnings |
| Gevonden Voorwerpen | €500 | €3,000 |
| Sinaasappelstrijd | €2,500 | €2,500 |
| Uittesten | €0 | €2,000 |
| Current Pot | €5,000 | €34,000 |
| Jokers | ||
| Anne-Marie | Gevonden Voorwerpen | |
| Double Elimination | ||
| Jurre | 5th player eliminated | |
| Anne-Marie | 6th player eliminated | |
Each candidate has 45 minutes to find an item used in an assignment from their previous season hidden in waterpark among several decoys, and only two candidates can enter the waterpark at once. Within the waterpark are also screens replaying previous assignments if candidates cannot recall the items. For each candidate that collects their item (and not a decoy) in time, €500 is added to the pot.
During the assignment, two candidates are privately offered, by different means, the chance to earn up to three Jokers by leaving the waterpark and travelling in a van elsewhere. There, previous host Pieter Jan Hagens assigns them a dilemma. One at a time, Pieter holds either zero, one or three Jokers behind a box, visible to only one candidate. With each turn, the candidate who cannot see the items must decide on whether to reject, accept, or give away to the other candidate the item at hand, with each decision to be used once. The candidate in view of the items may advise (or mislead) the deciding candidate, and Jokers earned here cannot be shared.
Anne Marie and Kim where offered the chance to earn Jokers, where ultimately Anne-Marie ended up with one Joker after the dilemma.
At an orange farm, the group have 30 minutes to make bolo de laranja (a traditional orange cake), orange marmalade, and a mimosa. However, some of the required ingredients or items are locked and must be unlocked with a key. To obtain the keys, the group must answer six multiple choice questions. They must then squeeze oranges and fill the tube of the correct answer with juice so that the key inside floats to the top.
For each item made to the satisfaction of the farm owners, money is earned for the pot (€500 for the mimosa, €750 for the marmalade and €1,250 for the bolo de laranja).
Before their quiz, which ends with a double elimination, each candidate receives a message from the Mole, allowing them to use their Mole notebook for the quiz. Additionally, each candidate can press a button in order to get a "glimpse" of the Mole. If exactly one candidate presses the button, €2,000 is earned for the pot, with no money earned otherwise.
Five candidates pressed the button to get a glimpse of the Mole, which in actuality was a trick, meaning no money was earned. After completing the quiz, all candidates had to surrender their notebook.
For more information, see: List of seasons of "Wie is de Mol?" (in Dutch)
| Viewing figures | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Air Date | Time Slot | Average | Total [a] |
| 1 | Ik ben de Mol | November 1, 2025 | Saturday 20.30 CET | 3,081,000 [6] | 3,647,000 [6] |
| 2 | Een Lesje Geleerd | November 8, 2025 | 2,752,000 [7] | 3,282,000 [7] | |
| 3 | Een duister verleden | November 15, 2025 | 2,612,000 [8] | 3,115,000 [8] | |
| 4 | 'Een Prettig Weerzien?' | November 22, 2025 | |||
| 5 | 'Het Noodlot' | November 29, 2025 | |||
| 6 | December 6, 2025 | ||||
| 7 | December 13, 2025 | ||||
| 8 | December 20, 2025 | ||||