Welcome to 'Café De Mol'.
Not one, not two, but three eliminations in one episode.
Bregje and Elodie, you said earlier
that you're seasoned 'De Mol' fans,
but three eliminations in one episode...
Too many.
Not the right ones.
Why?
Kristof was my mole.
Karla was my mole.
I'm not doing well with this.
Last week Maïté was my mole.
If you want to know who the next eliminated candidate is,
just ask who my mole is.
Let's go back to the first challenge.
When Gilles says something like that, you know it's going to be 'hohohoo'.
And then we're ready for 'The great Abigail lying show'.
Abigail lies very convincingly.
Then she launches into an intense intimidation game with Vincent.
And this one is also great.
And indeed, they don't do that.
An impressive display of bluffing from Abigail.
Really well done. I couldn't do it.
Who did you believe?
Abigail. I get it.
You don't want to go home again.
And she's also very manipulative.
That makes me suspect her now too.
Could you do that?
I get physical symptoms — red blotches on my neck.
Do you think she could be the mole?
Definitely — she's my main suspect.
So next week she'll be eliminated.
Why do you think that?
She lives in Lommel — the first three letters spell 'mol',
backwards.
Its postal code is 3920.
Add those digits up and you get 14.
It's the 14th season.
She watches Mooi en meedogenloos.
She couldn't watch it for a while,
when it moved to Eclipse TV.
Eclipse means solar eclipse.
Which animal doesn't act strangely then?
A mole.
I always think: who are these people?
Now one of them is sitting right next to me.
If you're not the mole, it's almost impossible
to fill in the elimination questions correctly.
If you don't know the names.
Abigail also said something about the names.
But that might also have been a little Abigail fib.
That's quite something.
Maybe she's the mole.
Who can say?
The Vincent chapter is coming up later,
he's joining us here in person, of course.
How should the mole have handled the situation with the nine?
When they had to choose?
The ones who were in the chair.
What's the best tactic?
We send it to Abigail.
I thought Maxim did that.
Is that the smartest move?
Wouldn't it be better to wait?
If most people choose Abigail,
wouldn't you be better off choosing someone else?
Isabel chose Vincent.
Yannis doesn't feel it, but Yana does.
'I don't know,' says Isabel — she's hesitating.
But Maxim and Yana aren't hesitating.
Isabel keeps hesitating, but when the pass questions
have to be locked in for good...
...she's not hesitating anymore.
A striking move from Isabel.
She switched.
To end up on the right side.
She did that later in the game too.
Maxim is the mole.
Based on his role there?
He steers everything, the whole episode long.
And he's also funny.
Too bad he wasn't eliminated today,
then he'd be sitting here with us.
I found it interesting to watch who voted when
for Vincent.
It's also clever to vote for Vincent late,
as the mole, so you don't draw suspicion.
She didn't say much — only asked the first question.
As always, there's a lot to read into this challenge.
Luckily we have a few former candidates in our café again.
Hi Bernard and Lien.
How would you have approached it?
Who would you have bet on, Abigail or Vincent?
If I were still in it, it would be unwise
to put all my money on one person.
Who did you believe in the car?
I found Abigail very convincing.
She was in a losing position.
She handled it really well.
How valuable are two pass questions at that point?
It determines whether you go home or not.
I've been in that situation too.
My kids still talk about it,
that I didn't take them.
The earlier in the game, the more important those pass questions are.
They really make a difference then.
I think Yannis plays the ideal role here.
He lets someone else step up to take the heat.
The mole wouldn't do that — then he just rides along with it.
Have you ever opened a bottle with a bicycle pump?
Opening bottles was one of the themes of this episode.
In 'De Mol: Behind the Scenes', seen weekly
on the Play app, even more bottles were opened.
But the real bottle work was done by Vincent.
How would you have tackled it,
with everything that was there?
I'm not exactly sure what the challenge was,
but I would have smashed them.
You had to pour wine into Gilles' glass.
Some wine had to remain.
I've heard you can open a beer bottle
with a De Mol book.
I don't drink beer, but I'll give it a go.
I did not see that coming.
I know, I'm full of surprises.
We're going to bring someone in who can definitely open a bottle
with a bicycle pump — even though almost no one believed him.
A round of applause for Vincent.
Vincent, welcome.
How are you?
Fine.
What was going through your mind
when you watched the first two episodes of 'De Mol'?
It's insane.
You lived it, but you relive it all over again at home.
You get so many messages.
It feels like you're watching with all your friends,
even though they're spread all over the country.
I think we can safely say
it was an emotional moment in 'De Mol'.
Your first encounter with 'De Mol' in Portugal
had you chained to an island.
And when your 'De Mol' friends made a run for it...
...you were left behind in chains.
End of your 'De Mol' story. All your expectations, gone.
But luckily Gilles was still there.
That opens new possibilities again. But then...
Hope turns to despair and then...
They didn't believe you, Vincent.
Not at all.
I was telling the truth, though.
I thought: I'm calm, I just need to tell the truth.
Do you think it would have been easier to lie?
I know I'm not the best liar.
Why were you so nervous there?
Because you thought: this could all be over any moment?
It was all or nothing.
Abigail did so well.
She stayed perfectly in character and I thought: it's over.
What was it like filling in the elimination test?
Did you know all the names?
One of the questions was: what is the mole's last name?
I don't even know all the first names yet.
You mentioned it — your family is here too.
What did you tell them?
That I was going to do volunteer work in Tanzania.
What a wonderful reaction.
What did you do while you were sitting there waiting
while everyone else was doing the challenges?
During the wine challenge,
I got to know Abigail.
Your quote: cycling is a real sport.
I explained myself. I have nothing to do with sports.
You weren't in it long. How do you look back on it?
For me it started the moment I signed up.
The whole journey was amazing.
It was way too short.
My daughters thought so too.
Every candidate says how much fun it is.
Glad you were part of it, Vincent.
I wish you all the best with everything ahead.
Let's keep on analyzing.
We've seen the beach challenge.
Are you sunbathers or water sports fans?
Sunbathers.
Me too. I'm very scared of water.
A lake, canal or sea,
or even a large pool painted dark blue,
I find terrifying.
Is there a reason for that?
I once had my palm read
and the palm reader said I drowned in a past life.
You've never hung off one of those boats before?
Yes, on one of those bananas.
But Julie does let go.
Yannis and Abigail can see what's coming.
Isabel is completely relaxed about it.
And they don't have to wait long.
Yannis and Wout then — hopefully their answer is right.
Maxim and Yana get another turn. Can Yana hold on like a commando?
But Yana does let go.
Maxim and Wout have better luck.
And are very happy about it.
Did you spot anything suspicious there?
Yes — Julie said she's afraid of water
and she lets go really quickly.
Wouldn't she cling on for dear life?
If you're really scared, you don't let go.
How would you have handled it?
Just held on.
I think it's harder than it looks.
We'll discuss this challenge further in a moment.
And then we'll be inviting even more people into our café.
They're already raring to go, by the looks of it.
There are your moles.
Break time's coming. Why not open a bottle now?
I've got a pump.
Vincent can help you out.
You're the expert here.
There's a hole in that little thing.
It just needs to go in the middle?
Yes, but at an angle to the side.
This is great TV.
Now pump.
What a bizarre sight.
There it is.
Welcome back to 'Café De Mol'.
Bregje and Elodie are still here. And so is Vincent.
It's a bit strange to see the eliminated candidate sitting there,
but it's an exceptional situation and we obviously need
enough room for the two who'll be joining us shortly.
We're heading back to the Portuguese sand.
That's where we left off.
We saw the interesting scene.
I found it a bit scary.
Luckily Dries isn't allergic to sand.
There are a lot of elements in this challenge.
There was quizzing, phone calls, sailing,
a little bobcat being driven. Let's start with the phone.
The candidates find a phone — what do you do with it?
You call. Even if it costs 200 euros.
One phone call later, Dries gives a very clear answer.
Let's make another call then.
And many, many calls later, there's finally joy on the beach.
What stands out for you here?
Maxim wants to make a lot of calls.
It also seems like 200 euros is nothing to him.
They weren't well organized.
Karla and Dries were sitting pretty there.
They could create chaos.
They didn't exactly try their hardest either.
There was a lot of confusion.
But I find it hard to say who was responsible for it.
What we do know is that Wout and Maxim
saved Karla and Dries.
Does that make them less suspicious?
I don't think so,
the damage was already done with all that calling.
You want to stay in the challenge as long as possible.
Maxim and Wout — if one of those two is the mole,
you can watch what the other one does.
If one goes out, you go out too.
For me they're less suspicious
because they didn't get eliminated.
If you get that question, you can steer it.
You could have fooled me earlier
with the question about the currency.
The mole doesn't want to bring up money.
Even 500 euros is too much.
You wouldn't want to be stuck in the sand?
That wouldn't be my favorite position.
But you can create chaos from there.
Karla and Dries with their little crane —
I want to see that again.
Maybe not because there's a lot of suspicious stuff going on,
but just because it's entertaining.
We shouldn't forget to ask Karla
how long that took.
Either Dries is the mole or Dries is just a total scatterbrain.
He's also playing the loser a bit.
But I don't always buy it.
I think he really is like that.
Do you believe it?
I think he really is like that.
I think it's put on.
I think he's more chaotic or carefree than he lets on.
But then I'm also very naive.
What do you choose, a croissant or pastel de nata?
Croissant.
Pastéis de nata.
In the morning? I'd say coffee at four in the afternoon.
Yannis made a clear statement
by choosing the croissant.
I think he had a leading role in the game.
The pastel or the croissant — it was a crucial choice for the candidates,
because it led to this:
a challenge between two groups with a lot at stake.
Winning means your group is safe from elimination,
losing means two eliminations out of five.
How would you have approached it?
Would you have gone for your own advantage?
I'd go for the group dynamic.
But that's not good TV.
That's boring.
Then nobody presses the button.
I don't think we're here to make good TV.
The producers know someone is going to press the button.
You're going to become uncertain and distrust your fellow candidates.
For everyone who pressed the button,
I've put a mark next to them.
Because I find it suspicious.
It quickly became clear that the two groups
each chose a different approach.
Outside in the courtyard, everyone still had the same idea.
But once inside, the strategy was thrown out the window.
At least with the croissants.
Yannis, Yannis, Yannis.
He had a decisive role there.
He first said: we're going to play it fair.
And then he says: we're going for our own group.
Would you stand out like that as the mole?
I don't think so, but the mole is in that group.
I think Maxim is the mole.
He's in that group and yours is in the other group.
All my suspects are in the losing group.
Abigail really went for that one thing.
She is the mole.
I don't buy it — she could have caught those bars.
She works in a daycare.
Children are constantly falling over there.
There's one big winner here.
Karla. And then you do something for the group and you have to go home.
How do you play it in that group?
You need to grab pass questions, otherwise you look very suspicious.
If the mole is in that group, they have to, like Abigail,
go for pass questions at the end
so as not to draw suspicion.
What would you have preferred in that situation?
Press or not?
It's very hard to say now.
When you're standing there, you have some idea,
but it all has to happen very fast.
Naive as I am, I would have chosen for the group
and gotten kicked out anyway.
Would you go for a pass question?
If you can, you should.
There was a lot at stake.
I found it more exciting than The Real Housewives.
Julie found Isabel's reaction over the top.
It was like an episode of Familie.
Would you let things play out as the mole
when everyone is that intense?
I'm only now noticing that Julie was in that group.
I'm completely tunnel-visioned right now.
And for me that's Abigail.
She played it well — let it play out
and whenever it was her turn, she went for the pass question.
She could also explain it well.
The mole wants there to be duels.
If you convince your group not to play duels,
you have to go first or second.
As the mole you can also practice beforehand.
You can then claim the challenge happened to suit you.
They saw that the others were competitive.
They're tested by the producers.
They'll be pushed to be dishonest
and to deceive.
Who's your suspect?
Abigail.
Yannis — purely based on this episode.
And you?
Yannis. He was already my second suspect last week.
Elodie?
I'll quickly switch from Maxim to Isabel.
The suspect list from your 'Café De Mol' colleagues
looks like this:
You at home have also told us who your mole is.
And this week that's...
Maxim with 21%, just ahead of Yannis.
Could be. And could not be.
That's what makes 'De Mol' so fun.
On Sunday 17 May we'll know for sure who the mole is.
That's the grand finale, the big reveal of 'De Mol'
at Kinepolis in Antwerp.
Tickets are flying out the door.
So be quick if you want to be part of that event,
scan this QR code.
Together with all the candidates of 'De Mol'
and the guests from 'Café De Mol'.
You'll be there, right?
I'll definitely be there.
I've cancelled a few things.
My partner is playing in the Netherlands then.
We're going to make things even cozier in our café,
because we're bringing in not one, but two people.
The undisputed hula-hoop champion
and someone who loves watching De Kampioenen.
We're going to miss them in the coming weeks — or in other words...
Kristof: Oh man, oh man. What a mess, what a mess.
Hi Kristof, hi Karla. Welcome.
There are your moles.
Sooner than expected.
Are you sure you're not the mole?
You'll see next week.
Were you surprised to find you were being suspected?
I was.
I chose the right bottle.
I really went all in.
And then suddenly my suspect walked in.
You had the bad luck of being in the same group
where some candidates quite easily set aside
the group spirit for personal gain.
That's right, isn't it, Kristof?
I kept thinking about it afterwards.
I don't think I could have done it any faster.
But when he comes back to the group,
he suddenly suffers from acute memory loss.
But in the next duel, Yana immediately sees through his lie.
How much did you want to sink through the floor when Karla came in?
I knew I was going to be exposed,
but I thought it was important that Karla still went for it.
And what about you — when you heard
that he had gone for the pass question?
At first I was disappointed
because he hadn't been honest.
Did you have any doubts yourself?
I saw the hula hoop lying there.
I didn't need the pass question.
You gave Flanders an easy-peasy hula-hoop masterclass.
You made it look like you do it every day.
I think the last time was 35 years ago.
She stood there for about three hours.
What was your highlight?
It sounds cliché, but the people you get to meet.
Even though at the end it didn't look like a close, warm group.
But it really is.
That's something I'll take with me.
Karla?
I hadn't even thought of that.
The hula hoop was the best thing for me.
I could hold my own.
If there's a game, I go for it.
After the beach challenge, the mood was absolutely fantastic.
The port wine from the night before was still in your blood.
What was the first thing you did after the elimination?
Cried.
I was glad Karla was there.
I didn't know what to do with myself.
And then she treated us to a bottle of champagne.
Was that after the champagne?
Did you find your PIN code again?
Eventually, yes.
Did you find it liberating too, a week without your phone?
Absolutely. You connect faster.
We got to the core.
We formed a bond that'll last forever.
Exactly.
Kristof, you had a special bond with Yannis.
Yannis described it himself like this:
De Kampioenen creates an unbreakable bond.
And port wine.
Is that also on the menu in your café?
It's been ordered a lot more this past week.
Karla and Kristof, you're not the mole —
just two incredibly lovely people
with an unforgettable 'De Mol' experience.
But may I ask one more thing?
This 'Café De Mol' is wrapping up
and at the end I always make an announcement.
I thank the guests and so on. But I've never done that
while someone was hula-hooping in the café.
Karla, are you up for it?
Meanwhile, give her a 'hip-ful' round of applause.
This 'Café De Mol' is a wrap.
I'd like to thank all my guests: Bregje and Elodie, Bernard and Lien,
and the eliminated candidates: Vincent, Kristof and Karla.
See you Sunday for a new episode of 'De Mol'.