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So I already have to put it on, right?
- Yes.

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My name is Jan.
I'm an editor at De Mol

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and over the coming weeks I'll be taking you
along on a very special journey.

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What?
- Wow, crazy.

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Why don't you try it, Yana.
- I'll give it a go.

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A journey with twelve candidates

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and one mole.

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Let go.

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Shit, we need to come up with a different challenge.

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These are the little adventures
they experience along the way.

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But should I do something with my hair or not?

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Even more beautiful?

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Nice one.

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You're probably wondering
how these people got here.

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One by one the candidates arrive
at the airport in Zaventem.

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I'll just take these off.

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How are you doing?
Are you excited for the trip?

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Yes, absolutely.
- Are you nervous?

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Very much so.

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The nerves are really starting to kick in now.
The last few days were fine,

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but this morning when I woke up
it hit me: it's really happening.

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I was totally calm until I got here
and couldn't find the way in.

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But now it's fine.

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I just had tiramisu for breakfast
that my partner had bought for me.

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So now I'm pretty relaxed.

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Do you have any idea
where we're heading?

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No idea at all. I think maybe
we're staying in Belgium.

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You still have no idea where we're going?
- Not at all.

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I'll give you a hint. I'll let you hear it
in the language of the country we're going to.

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Okay.

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Você vai para Portugal.

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What do you think?

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Portugal.
- Wow, crazy, you speak that.

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Oh, we're going to Portugal.
That's nice, that's nice.

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The candidates all travel separately
and aren't allowed to talk to anyone.

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They don't know yet
who the other candidates are,

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because the idea is
that they'll only meet each other in Portugal

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for the very first time.

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Welcome to the flight to Porto.
- Thank you.

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Once they arrive in Portugal,
they're blindfolded and put on a bus.

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I've got you.

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I trust you blindly.
- Okay, that's really good.

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But two of them, Yannis and Yana,
have one more stop to make first,

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because Gilles has
an important message for them.

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Welcome, friends.

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Right now, you are not among
the ten candidates for this year.

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Okay.

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But luckily, as the strongest candidates,
they don't

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get thrown off balance easily.

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We'll make the best of it.
- I'm sure we will.

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Come on, since the mole,
maybe you or maybe not...

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Or you.
- ...saw us as strong candidates,

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it's a sign that we are
a formidable duo.

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It quickly becomes clear
that our strongest candidates

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have more in common than they knew.

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You're from the Kempen?
- No, from the Antwerp area.

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And you?
- Grimbergen.

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Grimbergen. I was at Voodoo Village
two weeks ago.

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Oh, Voodoo Village, I was there too.

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I went on Saturday.
- Saturday, me too.

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Standing in the forest?
- Yes, of course.

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I even brought my Voodoo T-shirt.
- Really?

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Yes.
- I didn't bring mine.

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Yana and Yannis have been given
custom outfits

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for the occasion.

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Wow.
- Fancy.

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They want to show them off
for the camera for a moment.

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It does have something.
- Do you recognize anything on the outfit?

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The De Mol logo — I'd already spotted that.

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The next morning
the candidates are

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woken up one by one.

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Hey. Dries, good morning.

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Can I ask something?
- Sure.

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I forgot my toothpaste.

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Does anyone have extra toothpaste?
- I have some extra.

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I have a similar problem — yesterday
my toothbrush snapped in two.

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We could make a great team together...
- Maybe you could use my toothbrush...

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Good morning.
- Hey Kristof.

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Are you looking forward to meeting the others?
- Yes, actually. I'm really curious.

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What kind of people do you think will be there?
Or what do you hope?

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I just think there can only be
great people in the mix.

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Today is finally the day,

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the candidates set off
for the opening challenge.

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They're blindfolded one last time

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and driven to the island where
the opening challenge will take place.

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We've prepared a magnificent suite for you,
pure luxury.

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No expense spared.

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One by one they're placed
in their seats.

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Is it comfortable?
- Lovely.

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Then the challenge
can finally begin.

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Hello everyone.

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The moment has finally arrived.

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The search for the mole can begin.

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But for two of them
that search ends very quickly.

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Vincent, Abigail, I'm sorry,
but your adventure ends here.

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The group of ten candidates
has finally been formed

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and they can now get to know each other properly.

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I'm glad I grabbed that pen
at the hotel earlier.

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Me too, I did the same.
- Can I have a look?

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Is everyone happy with the color
they've been assigned?

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Yes, great, purple — the Beerschot color.

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I think the heroes here, uh...

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Yana?

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And Yannis...

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played a really good game today.

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Yeah, we couldn't see any of it —
was it that hard?

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We got outsmarted.

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Now that I think about it, you were in front of me.

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You boarded — or whatever you call it —
before me.

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I was like an eighties FBI agent
with my cap and a newspaper.

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If you're walking around the gate with a newspaper,
you know something's off.

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On day two of the trip, the candidates enjoy

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a day out
in the center of Porto.

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For some of them it's a struggle.

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Good pace?
- No. Wow, my legs, man.

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For others it's a chance
to see something different.

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At the end of the day
the first money is earned

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and the group is
absolutely delighted.

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Still, I wish that I were just a little more often,

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just a little more often, simply happy.

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Wo-ho.

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That song — I don't know it.
- Come on.

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I've never heard it before.

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I love singing,
but I never know the lyrics.

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At parties you can get away with it,
but not at moments like this.

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But then the day of the first
elimination has already arrived.

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The stress ahead of that first test
is clearly tangible.

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Tell me, what are you feeling
ahead of the first elimination?

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I don't like it. I'm nervous.

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What could go wrong, I keep thinking.

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That you get eliminated.
- That could indeed go wrong.

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Are you still frantically
sharing information?

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And how's that going?

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The mole's star sign,
in case they ask.

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They won't ask that.

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Sorry, I have ADHD.
I can't sit still over there,

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because when everyone's talking at once
I genuinely can't fill anything in.

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Gilles, is this the place where
the first elimination will happen?

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Yes. It doesn't look
super exciting in daylight.

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But it absolutely will be tonight.

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We have beautiful new chairs this year.
- I can see, blue ones.

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Soon it'll be like that.
- How are your nerves?

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Are you still nervous about it?

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I think they have more nerves —
and they don't even know yet that

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two cars will be parked here soon.

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The candidates who have already finished
their test

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are enjoying a cold
Portuguese beer.

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Kristof, as a pub owner, naturally
has an opinion about that.

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Not too watery.

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Honestly. 5.2% alcohol,
so that's pretty decent.

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It has a nice full taste.
There are worse lagers in Europe.

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It leaves you wanting more.
- Leaves you wanting more?

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Just around the corner
is where the elimination will take place.

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All the candidates' bags
are lined up here.

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One of these bags will soon
have to leave with a candidate.

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If I'm the one going,
thanks for the amazing three days.

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Same.
- Same for me, guys.

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I genuinely like you more
than some of my own friends.

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That's a really lovely thing to say.
- I'm being completely honest.

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Maïté.

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Maïté, what happened?

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I don't know, I can't get my head around it.
I think it's such a shame.

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I feel like an idiot.
I know I'm not,

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but it still feels like: damn.

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I was also really struggling with
questions like: what year is the mole from?

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But I'm so bad at maths.
I knew everyone's ages.

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But the years... I hope
that wasn't the crucial question.

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It was a fun, lively group.
I found it overwhelming at first.

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Because I noticed:
everyone's a talker.

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Normally I'm the one like that in a group.

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An incredibly fun, spontaneous group.
That's just how it is now.

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I'm going to see my partner, so yeah...

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Hey.

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I'm calling to say that I've been eliminated.

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Otherwise you probably
wouldn't be hearing my voice.

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Oh, that's so rubbish.

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Yeah, really rubbish.

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Yeah, but it is...
- Really a shame.

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What did you say?
- I think it's really a shame,

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but I'm so glad to hear your voice.

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Are you there alone?
- No, the cameraman is still here.

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Okay, special.

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Filming, you know. Not like he's just
hanging out in my hotel room.

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So much is still going to happen after this.
I'm looking forward to watching it.

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And to hearing about it from them.
I wish them all the very best.

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They're doing well — better than me right now.

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So yeah...
- That's a beautiful final message.

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Thanks, Maïté.
- My pleasure.