Wie is de Mol? (Dutch season 21)
The twenty-first season of the Dutch TV series Wie is de Mol? ("Who is the Mole?") airs in the winter of 2021. This is the fourth season with Rik van de Westelaken as host.[1] The location of the season is the Czech Republic.[1] The season premiered on 2 January 2021.[2] The candidates and the location were announced on 21 December 2020 in a special television episode of the aftershow Moltalk.[2][3]
| Wie is de Mol? | |
|---|---|
| Season 21 | |
| Presented by | Rik van de Westelaken |
| No. of contestants | 10 |
| Location | Czech Republic |
| Country of origin | The Netherlands |
| Release | |
| Original network | AVROTROS |
| Original release | 2 January 2021 |
| Additional information | |
| Website | https://wieisdemol.avrotros.nl/home/ |
| Season chronology | |
Candidates
| Name | Occupation | Day Exited | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Nijs | Journalist | ||
| Splinter Chabot | Author | ||
| Renée Fokker | Actress | ||
| Marije Knevel | Social media expert and deputy editor | ||
| Roxanne 'Rocky' Hehakaija | Footballer | ||
| Joshua Nolet | Singer, lead vocals of Dutch indie pop band Chef'Special | 5th place | |
| Lakshmi Swami Persaud | Singer | 8 | 6th place |
| Florentijn Hofman | Artist | 6 | 7th place |
| Erik de Zwart | Radio DJ and television presenter | 4 | 8th place |
| Remco Veldhuis | Comedian and singer | 2 | 9th place |
Candidate progress
| Candidate | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 6 | 7 | 8 | Finale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | exempt | |||||
| Marije | 2nd | exempt | |||||||
| Renée | 1st | 1st | |||||||
| Rocky | 3rd | 1st | exempt | ||||||
| Splinter | 1st | 2nd | |||||||
| Joshua | 2nd | Executed | |||||||
| Lakshmi | 3rd | Executed | |||||||
| Florentijn | Executed[lower-alpha 2] | ||||||||
| Erik | Executed | ||||||||
| Remco | Executed | ||||||||
- The candidate saw a Green Screen to proceeded to the next Episode.
- The candidate used Jokers for this test, and saw a Green Screen to proceed to the next Episode.
- The candidate used Jokers for this test, however, they did not see a Green Screen before the Executed player saw their Red Screen. Thus they proceeded to the next Episode.
- The candidate did not see a Green Screen before the Executed player saw their Red Screen. Thus they proceeded to the next Episode.
- The candidate received an Exemption to automatically proceed to the next Episode.
- The candidate was executed from the game and sent home.
- Notes
- Charlotte, Marije and Rocky purchased information about an upcoming assignment which they used to their advantage to complete the assignment successfully. As a result, each of them won an exemption and they automatically advanced to the next episode.
- Florentijn used Jokers on this test, however, he was still executed from the game.
Episodes
| Episode | Air Date | Title | Amount in Pot[lower-alpha 1] | Location | Days | Eliminated | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 2, 2021 | 'Gelijk' (Equal) | €0 → €1,350 | Jaroslavice, South Moravian → Mikulov, South Moravian | 1–2 | Remco | [4] |
| 2 | January 9, 2021 | 'Voorbeeld' (Example) | €1,350 → €3,150 | Valtice, South Moravian → Znojmo, South Moravian → Kopřivnice, South Moravian | 3–4 | Erik | |
| 3 | January 16, 2021 | 'Vanaf hangen' (It Depends) | €3,150 → €6,150 | Brno, South Moravian → Zlín, Zlín | 5–6 | Florentijn | |
| 4 | January 23, 2021 | 'Voor het zeggen' (For Saying) | €6,150 → €10,495 | Zlín, Zlín → Brno, South Moravian → Dobřichovice, Central Bohemian | 6-8 | Lakshmi | |
| 5 | January 30, 2021 | 'Tot drie tellen' (Count To Three) | €10,495 → €6,245 | Joshua | |||
| 6 | February 6, 2021 | ||||||
| 7 | February 13, 2021 | ||||||
| 8 | February 20, 2021 | ||||||
| 9 | February 27, 2021 | ||||||
| Finale | March 6, 2021 |
Notes
- Pot earnings:
indicates an increase
indicates no change
indicates a decrease
Season summary
Episode 1 – Gelijk
| Episode 1 - Gelijk | ||
|---|---|---|
| Original airdates: 2 January 2021 Locations: Jaroslavice, South Moravian - Mikulov, South Moravian | ||
| Assignment | Money earned | Possible earnings |
| Door een deur | €0.- | €2,500.- |
| Vriend of vijand | €450.- | €1,500.- |
| Moltainbiken | €900.- | €1,000.- |
| Current Pot | €1,350.- | €5,000.- |
| Jokers | ||
| Marije, Renée and Rocky | Door een deur | |
| Execution | ||
| Remco | 1st player executed | |
- 'Door een deur'
Each candidate begins in a room with an envelope and photos of the other candidates and how they would behave as the Mole. The envelope instructs them to find €250 hidden in the room. When find the money, the Mole slides them an envelope under the door with an offer. They can either keep the €250 they found, or slide the money under the door in exchange for ‘een joker’ (one joker). Unbeknownst to candidates, the Joker they receive after returning the money is in the form of a Joker card.
When the group met for the first time, Rik revealed seven contestants took the Mole’s offer, forfeiting the money found. Rik then gave the three candidates who kept their €250 the same offer, however this time in exchange for a real Joker. All three candidates accepted the offer.
No money was earned for the pot.
- 'Vriend of vijand'
Candidates participate in a Laser game to earn money spread across the courtyard within the Monastery of Jaroslavice, however, there are opponents that can eliminate candidates and vice versa. Any candidate who is hit is out of the game and lose everything they find during the assignment. There is a 30-minute time limit. To win money, candidates must open chests marked with a letter, elsewhere in the field is a sign with the letter and the combination to open the lock and get the money inside. Mid-way through the game, Rik announces that candidates may shoot each other, the last candidate remaining wins an exemption. The group decided not to shoot each other, dismissing the exemption.
€450.- was earned for the pot.
- 'Moltainbiken'
The group is separated into five duos, each duo must complete part of a ‘moletainbike’ trip. As the first duo rides, they must remember facts about other candidates written on signs along the track. At the transfer point, they verbally transfer the information to the second duo who rides the next part of the trip, is given more information to remember, and transfers the information to the third duo. The process continues until the fifth duo reach the end of the course and must answer ten yes/no questions based on the information they are provided. Each correct answer earns €100 for the pot and there is a one hour time limit for the assignment.
€900.- was earned for the pot.
Episode 2 – Voorbeeld
| Episode 2 - Voorbeeld | ||
|---|---|---|
| Original airdates: 9 January 2021 Locations: Valtice, South Moravian → Znojmo, South Moravian → Kopřivnice, South Moravian | ||
| Assignment | Money earned | Possible earnings |
| Om de tuin leiden | €700.- | €3,000.- |
| De dans ontspringen? | €400.- | €2,000.- |
| Symbolisch bedrag | €700.- | €2,100.- |
| Current Pot | €3,150.- | €12,100 |
| Execution | ||
| Erik | 2nd player executed | |
- 'Om de tuin leiden'
The candidates are divided into two groups and are given a tour of either the interior or the garden of Valtice Castle. The group must document information during the tour: through writing, photography and filming. Before the assignment begins, each group chooses a coordinator, who enters a control room to tell their respective groups what to look for. However, when the coordinators arrive in the control room, they are given a secret mission. They must get the writers and photographers in their group to complete secret assignments worth €100 each (communicating to them via earpiece), without the knowledge of the person filming. At the end of the assignment, if the person filming can name two assignments, they earn a Joker and forfeit any money earned by that group.
€900.- was earned for the pot.
- 'De dans ontspringen?'
Candidates are divided into two groups, explorers and gatherers. The explorers enter Louka Monastery first and take notes on the location of money inside for the gatherers to later collect, communicating via walkie talkie. Inside the buildings are “Black-light Ballerinas”, blindfolded ballerinas who can eliminate candidates by shooting them with a laser gun. Candidates who are shot lose everything they collected, including any of the hidden Jokers found inside the monastery. In front of each ballerina are three ballerina boxes, two of which play music when opened and the third contains money. The explorers have 20 minutes, and to help, hints are written on the wall of the monastery.
€400.- was earned for the pot.
- 'Symbolisch bedrag'
Candidates arrive at a truck testing centre for Tatra and divide themselves into four duos and one individual, who acts as a ‘communicator’. Two duos must ride a truck as it drives down a bumpy track, and photograph the marked correct signs with symbols on them. They send their photos to the communicator who describes the sign to one of the remaining two duos, who then drive a truck and knock over a corresponding sign at the testing centre. Each correct sign knocked over earns €350 for the pot.
€700.- was earned for the pot.
Episode 3 – Vanaf hangen
| Episode 3 - Vanaf hangen | ||
|---|---|---|
| Original airdates: 16 January 2021 Locations: Brno, South Moravian - Zlín, Zlín | ||
| Assignment | Money earned | Possible earnings |
| Kameraad | €1,000.- | €2,000.- |
| Binnenvaart | N/A | N/A |
| De rode draad | €2,000.- | €2,000.- |
| Current Pot | €6,150.- | €16,100.- |
| Jokers | ||
| Charlotte and Renée | Kameraad | |
| Charlotte, Florentijn, Marije and Rocky | De rode draad | |
| Execution | ||
| Florentijn | 3rd player executed | |
- 'Kameraad'
Candidates are divided into four duos and locked in a hotel room. Each candidate is given a confidential document with their answers to the previous test. To escape the hotel room, they must enter the correct code word to unlock the door. To receive cluess to the code word “eenentwintig” (twenty-one), the contestants are asked questions about their answers on the previous test. If both candidates in the duo answer truthfully, they receive a hint to the code word. However, each candidate’s answers are visible to the whole group. There are five questions and after each question, teams who receive a hint can attempt to enter the codeword. For each duo that escapes their room, €500 is added to the pot, and the first duo to escape also earns two Jokers each.
€1,000.- was earned for the pot.
- 'Binnenvaart'
Candidates divide themselves into duos; one candidate in the duo kayaks and the other without a fear of heights. The four candidates who want to kayak enters a kayak and paddles through the Punkva Caves to find projections. The projections show money and Jokers, with each item having a corresponding Czech word that they memorise to later communicate the information to their partner.
- 'De rode draad'
The four candidates who did not participate in the previous challenge are taken to the top of Baťa's Skyscraper, and must abseil down. Along the way, there are five tubes with various contents inside labelled with Czech words corresponding to the words seen by their partner in the cave. As they abseil, they can communicate to their partner and must collect two tubes, one for them and one for their partner. Prior to the abseil, Rik gives the four who abseil an offer; if all four candidates go for the money, then all four all win an exemption and forfeit the money. The exemptions were ultimately not awarded.
€2,000.- was earned for the pot.
Episode 4 – Voor het zeggen
| Episode 4 - Voor het zeggen | ||
|---|---|---|
| Original airdates: 23 January 2021 Locations: Zlín, Zlín - Brno, South Moravian - Central Bohemian Region, Bohemia | ||
| Assignment | Money earned | Possible earnings |
| Meeliften | €1,145.- | €2,250.- |
| Fotogenie(k) | €1,200.- | €1,400.- |
| In vuur en vlam | €2,000.- | €2,000.- |
| Current Pot | €10,495.- | €21,650.- |
| Execution | ||
| Lakshmi | 4th player executed | |
- 'Meeliften'
Three candidates begin on different floors of the former Baťa's Shoe Factory (now Baťa's Skyscraper), and must ask questions and record the answers given by the remaining candidates. The remaining four candidates ride a paternoster lift and answer as the lift passes the floor, the time-limit is 20 minutes. The questions require the candidates in the lift to state a required number of answers for a category, beginning with a specific letter. Each answer is worth €5 and if all required answers for a category are given, €50 is earned for the question.
€1,145.- was earned for the pot.
- 'Fotogenie(k)'
Five candidates are assigned to individually explore Brno and take seven black-and-white photographs in landscape mode, one representing each candidate. There is a 30-minute time-limit for this part of the assignment. The photos may not contain any people, names or references to candidate’s jobs. The photos are then compiled into an exhibit, where the remaining two candidates must guess which candidate each collection of photos belong to. For each correct guess, €200 is earned for the pot. The two candidates are given one free photo to begin with and each additional photo flipped over reduces the total by €50, while incorrect guesses lose €250.
€1,200.- was earned for the pot.
- 'In vuur en vlam'
Candidates swim through a lake in Velká Amerika towards a large raft to collect keys from underneath the raft. The keys unlock the ropes attached to the raft to be untangled, as well as a smaller raft. They must light a torch and transfer the burning torch to the larger raft, to ignite a second torch attached to the raft. They must then pull the ropes to steer the raft and burn hanging ropes to release tubes, which are to be collected and returned to shore to be counted. Each tube either adds or loses money for the pot, underneath the larger raft is a map detailing the position and contents of each tube. There is a 45-minute time limit for the assignment.
€2,000.- was earned for the pot.
Episode 5 – Tot drie tellen
| Episode 5 - Tot drie tellen | ||
|---|---|---|
| Original airdates: 30 January 2021 Locations: Central Bohemian Region, Bohemia - Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové Reigon - Lužná , Bohemia | ||
| Assignment | Money earned | Possible earnings |
| Wie, wat... waar? | €0.- | €1,800.- |
| Zekerheid bieden | - €5,000.- | N/A |
| Ontspoord? | €850.- | €1,800.- |
| Current Pot | €6,245.- | €25,250.- |
| Exemptions | ||
| Charlotte, Marije and Rocky | Ontspoord? | |
| Execution | ||
| Joshua | 5th player executed | |
- 'Wie, wat... waar?'
The group is divided into three duos, each duo starts at a viewing point at Bohemian Paradise. Two duos begin cards listing a person and action (‘wie & wat’) while one duo has location (‘waar’) cards. The duos with the person and action cards must paint the person and action listed, to be viewed from afar by the duo with the location card. The duo with the location card must recreate the painting and add the listed place to the painting, before showing the final duo who must guess the person, action and location. The two groups with the person and action cards alternate between painting and guessing, and each guess is to be written next to an amount of money that they win if the sentence is correct.
No money was earned for the pot.
- 'Zekerheid bieden'
Each candidate individually meets with Rik at the East Bohemian Museum and must can place a bid to receive information about an upcoming assignment, where three exemptions can be won. The candidate who places the highest bid is given access to the information and can select two other candidates to join them to form a team, while the remaining three candidates form the opposing team. Charlotte, Marije and Rocky all bid €5,000 for the information which meant that, rather than letting the highest bidder pick two others, they automatically form the team that receives the information for the next assignment.
€5,000.- was removed from the pot.
- 'Ontspoord?'
Before the assignment begins, each candidate sits the execution test.
One team enters the front wagon of a train and the other team enters the back. They must complete tasks in each wagon to advance to the next carriage as the train travels to the execution ceremony. In the first wagon, teams must find the total price of four tickets that make a train connection between Molsberg and Prague. In the second carriage, teams must identify seven (out of 15) incorrect clocks and solve the riddles attached to them using the information in the wagon. In the third wagon, teams must collect postbags at the two stations as the train passes, and enter the code found inside to unlock the door and reach the centre wagon. Additionally, there is a money clock which begins at €1,800 and depreciates as they complete their tasks. Once a team reaches the center carriage, the clock stops and the money is earned, while the team also wins three exemptions – if the assignment is completed in under 30 minutes.
€850.- was earned for the pot. Immediately after the train stops, the execution commences, where the candidate with the lowest score from the remaining three candidates is eliminated.
Reception
References
- "Rik van de Westelaken: 'Kandidaten toch wat terughoudender dit seizoen'". NU.nl (in Dutch). 2 January 2021. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- "Deze tien BN'ers doen mee aan 21e seizoen Wie is de Mol?". NU.nl (in Dutch). 21 December 2020. Archived from the original on 21 December 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- "1 miljoen kijkers voor bekendmaking kandidaten Wie is de Mol? 2021". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 22 December 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- "Wie is de Mol (The Mole) S21E01 with English subtitles". YouTube. Retrieved 3 January 2021.