Wie is de Mol? (Dutch TV series)

Wie is de Mol?
GenreReality competition
Based on
De Mol
by
  • Michiel Devlieger
  • Bart de Pauw
  • Tom Lenaerts
  • Michel Vanhove
Presented byAngela Groothuizen
Karel van de Graaf
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
NetworkAVRO
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.

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
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 STR1[b] S25 JB2[c] S26 STR2[d]
Angela Groothuizen
Karel van de Graaf
Pieter Jan Hagens
Art Rooijakkers
Rik van de Westelaken
Hila Noorzai
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.
  3. ^ A special returning candidates season in celebration of 25 seasons of Wie is de Mol?
  4. ^ A second streaming season commissioned after the success of the first streaming season.

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.

The 26th season started airing on 28 February 2026, unlike the usual first Saturday of January. This was done to make room on NPO 1 for the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Season Start date Finale (reunion) Host The Mole Winner Runner-up/s Amount won International destination
1 19 November 1999 21 January 2000 Angela Groothuizen Deborah Petra Robin ƒ82,500[a] Australia
2 5 January 2001 2 March 2001 Nico Sigrid Yvonne ƒ70,000[a] Scotland
3 8 February 2002 19 April 2002 George John Jantien €42,300.- Portugal
4 15 March 2003 24 May 2003 Elise Ron Chandrika €35,550.- Canada
5 14 January 2005 18 March 2005 Yvon Jaspers Marc-Marie Huijbregts Lottie Hellingman €23,000.- Australia
Indonesia (Bali)
6 10 March 2006 12 May 2006 Karel van de Graaf Milouska Meulens Frédérique Huydts[b] Roderick Veelo €24,475.- Argentina
7 4 January 2007 15 March 2007 Inge Ipenburg Paul Rabbering Renate Verbaan[c] Eva van der Gucht[c] €17,300.- Thailand
8 3 January 2008 6 March 2008 Pieter Jan Hagens Dennis Weening Edo Brunner Regina Romeijn €20,375.- Mexico
9 8 January 2009 12 March 2009 Jon van Eerd Vivienne van den Assem Anniek Pheifer €22,650.- Northern Ireland
Jordan
10 7 January 2010 25 March 2010 Kim Pieters Frits Sissing Sanne Vogel €21,950.- Japan
11 6 January 2011 17 March 2011 Patrick Stoof Art Rooijakkers[d] Soundos el Ahmadi €19,540.- El Salvador
Nicaragua
12 5 January 2012 8 March 2012 Art Rooijakkers Anne-Marie Jung Hadewych Minis Liesbeth Staats €12,601.- Iceland
Spain (Andalusia)
13 3 January 2013 7 March 2013 Kees Tol Paulien Cornelisse Carolien Borgers €17,120.- South Africa
14 2 January 2014 20 March 2014 Susan Visser Sofie van den Enk Freek Bartels €16,700.- Hong Kong
Philippines
15 1 January 2015 5 March 2015 Margriet van der Linden Rik van de Westelaken[e] Marlijn Weerdenburg €10,500.- Sri Lanka
16 2 January 2016 5 March 2016 Klaas van Kruistum Tim Hofman Annemieke Schollaardt €13,020.- Dominican Republic
17 7 January 2017 11 March 2017 Thomas Cammaert Sanne Wallis De Vries Jochem van Gelder €24,320.- United States (Oregon)
18 6 January 2018 10 March 2018 Jan Versteegh Ruben Hein Olcay Gulsen €17,750.- Georgia[f]
19 5 January 2019 9 March 2019 Rik van de Westelaken Merel Westrik Sarah Chronis Niels Littooij €10,150.- Colombia
20 11 January 2020 14 March 2020 Rob Dekay Buddy Vedder Miljuschka Witzenhausen[g] Nathan Rutjes[g] €13,400.- China (Henan)
JB1[h] 5 September 2020 24 October 2020 Jeroen Kijk in de Vegte Nikkie de Jager Tygo Gernandt €12,580.- Italy (Tuscany)
21 2 January 2021 6 March 2021 Renée Fokker Roxanne 'Rocky' Hehakaija Charlotte Nijs €9,675.- Czech Republic
22 1 January 2022 5 March 2022 Everon Jackson Hooi Fresia Cousiño Arias Kim-Lian van der Meij €8,065.- Albania
23 7 January 2023 11 March 2023 Jurre Geluk Daniël Verlaan Ranomi Kromowidjojo €11,650.- South Africa (Western Cape)
24 6 January 2024 9 March 2024 Anna Gimbrère Fons Hendriks Rosario Mussendijk €8.585.- Mexico
STR[i] 28 June 2024 19 July 2024 Hila Noorzai Nyree Emma Jelmer €10.535.- Oman
25 4 January 2025 8 March 2025 Rik van de Westelaken Stijn de Vries Roos Moggré Maaike Martens €8.055.- Cambodia
JB2[j] 1 November 2025 20 December 2025 Nathan Rutjes Merel Westrik Loes Haverkort €5.340.- Portugal
26 28 February 2026 2 May 2026 Tanzania
STR2 TBA 2026 Hila Noorzai
Notes
  1. ^ a b Guilder, the national Dutch currency at the time
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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 aired in 2025, was announced on 7 February 2025.[2]

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

Ratings

[3]

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[4] 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[5] 24 October 2020 3,567,000 2,741,750
21 2 January 2021 3,117,000[6] 6 March 2021 3,348,000[7] 3,180,700
22 1 January 2022 3,120,000[8] 5 March 2022 3,242,000[9] 2,894,000
23 7 January 2023 2,634,000[10] 11 March 2023 3,081,000[11] 2,451,400
24 6 January 2024 3,717,000[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.

  • 2015-2020 and 2024: VondelCS (located in Vondelpark) in Amsterdam
    • The 2020 finale was still broadcast live but was held without an audience due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Two days prior to the finale, the national lockdown was announced.)
  • The 20th anniversary season finale (later in 2020) was held in the Vondel Church (located in Vondelpark) in Amsterdam. This finale was not broadcast live and was held without an audience.
  • 2021: Gashouder building of Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam. This finale was broadcast live but held with an online audience.
  • 2022: Rode Hoed in Amsterdam. This was the first finale to feature a live audience since the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • 2023: Soestdijk Palace in Baarn.
  • The finale of the streaming season of 2024 was not broadcast live. It was held at an undisclosed location, without an audience.
  • 2025: De Hallen in Amsterdam. Only AVROTROS members were able to attend this finale. This location was also used for the live finale of the 25th anniversary season, later in 2025.

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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