Wie is de Mol? (Dutch TV series)

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.

Wie is de Mol?
GenreReality
Game show
Presented byAngela Groothuizen (1999–2005)
Karel van de Graaf(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 originThe Netherlands
Original languageDutch
No. of seasons20
2 (Junior)
No. of episodes181
Production
Production locations
Running time50 minutes
Production companyIDTV
Release
Original networkAVRO (1999–2014)
AVROTROS (2015–present)
Picture format576i (1999–2010)
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)
External links
Website
Production website

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 them. 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.

Hosts

Color key:

       Host  
       Guest appearance
       Participant
HostS1S2S3S4S5S6S7S8S9S10S11S12S13S14S15S16S17S18S19S20JB[lower-alpha 1]S21
Angela Groothuizen
Karel van de Graaf
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.-[1]  Australia
2 January 5, 2001 Nico Sigrid Yvonne ƒ70,000.-[2]  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 Lottie Hellingman €23,000.-  Australia
 Indonesia (Bali)
6 March 10, 2006 Karel van de Graaf Milouska Meulens Frédérique Huydts[3] Roderick Veelo €24,475.-  Argentina
7 January 4, 2007 Inge Ipenburg Paul Rabbering Renate Verbaan[4]Eva van der Gucht[4] €17,300.-  Thailand
8 January 3, 2008 Pieter Jan Hagens Dennis Weening Edo Brunner Regina Romeijn €20,375.-  Mexico
9 January 8, 2009 Jon van Eerd Viviënne van der Assem Anniek Pheifer €22,650.-  Northern Ireland
 Jordan
10 January 7, 2010 Kim Pieters Frits Sissing Sanne Vogel €21,950.-  Japan
11 January 6, 2011 Patrick Stoof Art Rooijakkers[5] Soundos el Ahmadi €19,540.-  El Salvador
 Nicaragua
12 January 5, 2012 Art Rooijakkers Anne-Marie Jung Hadewych Minis Liesbeth Staats €12,601.-  Iceland
 Spain (Andalusia)
13 January 3, 2013 Kees Tol Paulien Cornelisse Carolien Borgers €17,120.-  South Africa
14 January 2, 2014 Susan Visser Sofie van den Enk Freek Bartels €16,700.-  Hong Kong
 Philippines
15 January 1, 2015 Margriet van der Linden Rik van de Westelaken[6] Marlijn Weerdenburg €10,500.-  Sri Lanka
16 January 2, 2016 Klaas van Kruistum Tim Hofman Annemieke Schollaardt €13,020.-  Dominican Republic
17 January 7, 2017 Thomas Cammaert Sanne Wallis De Vries Jochem van Gelder €24,320.-  United States (Oregon)
18 January 6, 2018 Jan Versteegh Ruben Hein Olcay Gulsen €17,750.-  Georgia[7]
19 January 5, 2019 Rik van de Westelaken Merel Westrik Sarah Chronis Niels Littooij €10,150.-  Colombia
20 January 11, 2020 Rob Dekay Buddy Vedder Miljuschka Witzenhausen[8]Nathan Rutjes[8] €13,400.-  China (Henan)
JB[9] September 5, 2020 Jeroen Kijk in de Vegte Nikkie de Jager Tygo Gernandt €12,580.-  Italy (Tuscany)
21 January 2, 2021 Czech Republic

Junior editions
Season Airdate Presenter The Mole Winner Runner-up Prize money Destination
1 17 May 2008 Sipke Jan Bousema Amin Naomi Lara 6970 vierduiten (€79) Zwolle
2 9 March 2014 Art Rooijakkers Jenny Davey Roeland €1,020 Maastricht
Zeeland

Locations map
Locations of the Dutch version of The Mole.

Ratings

[10]

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[11]
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 ?

References
  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. 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.
  4. 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 seasons 19 onwards.
  7. The first episode was set in  Armenia,  Azerbaijan,  Kazakhstan,  Russia, and  Ukraine.
  8. 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 season airing in 2020 was announced at the end of the 20th season finale.
  10. "OVER WIDM". widm.nl. 2018.
  11. Except for episode 5 of season 15 because of an incident in the Media Park. The episode aired the following Friday at 20.30.

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