Wie is de Mol? (Dutch TV series)

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Wie is de Mol?
GenreReality
Game show
Presented byAngela Groothuizen (1999–2005)
 [nl](2006–2007)
Pieter Jan Hagens (2008–2011)
Art Rooijakkers (2012–2018)
Rik van de Westelaken (2019–present)
Junior seasons
Sipke Jan Bousema (2008)
Art Rooijakkers (2014)
Country of originNetherlands
Original languageDutch
No. of seasons24
(including 2 Junior series and 1 Jubilee series)
No. of episodes181
Production
Production locations
List
  • Australia (1999–2000)
  • Scotland (2001)
  • Portugal (2002)
  • Canada (2003)
  • Australia, Indonesia (2005)
  • Argentina (2006)
  • Thailand (2007)
  • Mexico (2008)
  • Northern Ireland, Jordan (2009)
  • Japan (2010)
  • El Salvador, Nicaragua (2011)
  • Iceland, Spain (2012)
  • South Africa (2013)
  • Hong Kong, Philippines (2014)
  • Sri Lanka (2015)
  • Dominican Republic (2016)
  • United States (2017)
  • Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine (2018)
  • Colombia (2019)
  • China (2020)
  • Italy (2020)
  • Czech Republic (2021)
Running time50 minutes
Production companyIDTV
Release
Original networkAVRO (1999–2014)
AVROTROS (2015–present)
Picture formatPAL (1999–2010)
HDTV 1080i (2011–present)
Original releaseNovember 19, 1999 (1999-11-19) –
present
Chronology
Related showsThe Mole
The Mole (Australia)
The Mole (U.S.)
The Mole (UK)
Myyrä
External links
Website
Production website

Wie is de Mol? (English: Who is the Mole?) is a Dutch reality television game show. It is based on the Belgian reality game show De Mol, the original version of the format created in 1998 by Woestijnvis and broadcast on VRT.

Format[]

The program is about 10 candidates who have to complete assignments by which they can earn money. However, one of the group members is the Mole. The other candidates do not know who the mole is, and need to unmask it. The mole's goal is to make the assignments fail and keep the amount of money earned as low as possible.

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 expelled 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.

In 2021, a television show aired called De Verraders which is produced by the same company that produces Wie is de Mol?. In this show, there are three traitors and the viewer is made aware who they are but the other contestants don't know who they are. In contrast to Wie is de Mol?, this show does not focus on sabotaging assignments but on psychological manipulation and the process of uncovering who the traitors are.

Hosts[]

Color 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
Angela Groothuizen
 [nl]
Pieter Jan Hagens
Art Rooijakkers
Rik van de Westelaken
Notes
  1. ^ A special returning candidates season in celebration of 20 seasons of Wie is de Mol?

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.

Starting September 2020 there is a special jubilee season in celebration for twenty seasons of Wie is de Mol?.

Season Start date Host The Mole Winner Runner-up/s Amount won International destination
1 November 19, 1999 Angela Groothuizen Deborah Petra Robin ƒ82,500.[a]  Australia
2 January 5, 2001 Nico Sigrid Yvonne ƒ70,000[b]  Scotland
3 February 8, 2002 George John Jantien €42,300.-  Portugal
4 March 15, 2003 Elise Ron Chandrika €35,550.-  Canada
5 January 14, 2005 Yvon Jaspers Marc-Marie Huijbregts  [nl] €23,000.-  Australia
 Indonesia (Bali)
6 March 10, 2006  [nl]  [nl]  [nl][c]  [nl] €24,475.-  Argentina
7 January 4, 2007  [nl]  [nl] Renate Verbaan[d] Eva van der Gucht[d] €17,300.-  Thailand
8 January 3, 2008 Pieter Jan Hagens  [nl] Edo Brunner  [nl] €20,375.-  Mexico
9 January 8, 2009  [nl]  [nl]  [nl] €22,650.-  Northern Ireland
 Jordan
10 January 7, 2010  [nl]  [nl]  [nl] €21,950.-  Japan
11 January 6, 2011  [nl] Art Rooijakkers[e]  [nl] €19,540.-  El Salvador
 Nicaragua
12 January 5, 2012 Art Rooijakkers  [nl] Hadewych Minis  [nl] €12,601.-  Iceland
 Spain (Andalusia)
13 January 3, 2013  [nl]  [nl]  [nl] €17,120.-  South Africa
14 January 2, 2014 Susan Visser Sofie van den Enk  [nl] €16,700.-  Hong Kong
 Philippines
15 January 1, 2015  [nl] Rik van de Westelaken[f]  [nl] €10,500.-  Sri Lanka
16 January 2, 2016  [nl] Tim Hofman Annemieke Schollaardt €13,020.-  Dominican Republic
17 January 7, 2017  [nl]  [nl]  [nl] €24,320.-  United States (Oregon)
18 January 6, 2018 Jan Versteegh  [nl] Olcay Gulsen €17,750.-  Georgia[g]
19 January 5, 2019 Rik van de Westelaken Merel Westrik Sarah Chronis Niels Littooij €10,150.-  Colombia
20 January 11, 2020  [nl]  [nl] Miljuschka Witzenhausen[h] Nathan Rutjes[h] €13,400.-  China (Henan)
JB[i] September 5, 2020 Jeroen Kijk in de Vegte Nikkie de Jager Tygo Gernandt €12,580.-  Italy (Tuscany)
21 January 2, 2021 Renée Fokker  [nl]  [nl] €9,675.- Czech Republic Czech Republic
22 January 1, 2022 Albania Albania
  1. ^ Guilder, the national Dutch currency at the time. This amounts to roughly €37,437.
  2. ^ Guilder, the national Dutch currency at the time. This amounts to roughly €31,765.
  3. ^  [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.
  4. ^ a b The final of season 7 had four finalists. Renate and Eva both lost to Paul.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ After unmasking the Mole in season 15 and winning the season, Rik went on to present Wie is de Mol? from season 19 onwards.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ a b The final of season 20 had four finalists. Miljuschka and Nathan came second and third respectively and lost to Buddy.
  9. ^ To celebrate the 20th season, an extra Jubilee season, which aired in 2020, was announced at the end of the season 20 finale.

Junior editions[]

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) Flag of Zwolle.svg Zwolle
2 9 March 2014 Art Rooijakkers Jenny Davey Roeland €1,020 Flag of Maastricht.svg Maastricht
Flag of Zeeland.svg Zeeland

Locations map[]

Locations of the Dutch version of The Mole.

Ratings[]

[1]

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
5 January 2001 1,070,000 2 March 2001 960,000 1,006,000
Friday, 21:35 8 February 2002 928,000 19 April 2002 1,005,000 909,000
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
10 March 2006 1,168,000 12 May 2006 1,147,000 1,106,000
Thursday, 20:30[2] 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
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
6 January 2011 2,146,000 17 March 2011 2,031,000 1,922,000
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
2 January 2014 2,455,000 20 March 2014 3,148,000 2,464,000
1 January 2015 2,486,000 5 March 2015 3,359,000 2,403,700
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
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 ?
21 2 January 2021 3,117,000 [3] 6 March 2021 ? ?

References[]

  1. ^ "OVER WIDM". widm.nl. 2018.
  2. ^ Except for episode 5 of season 15 because of an incident in the Media Park. The episode aired the following Friday at 20.30.
  3. ^ "De TV van gisteren: Record voor start nieuwe seizoen Wie is de Mol?". televizier.nl (in Dutch). 2021-01-03. Retrieved 2021-02-24.

External links[]

Media related to Wie is de Mol? at Wikimedia Commons

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