Vilvoorde
Selection interviews: last round
Are you still very excited to come along? - Yes.
Then I have good news, because you're coming along. - Really?
Really? That's super fun.
Awesome.
Wow, goosebumps. Yes, really.
That's not true. Really? Are you serious?
Is it real? Is it real? Is it real?
That's sudden.
Yeah, okay, cool.
Okay, I didn't expect that to come in today.
Oh my God.
Fuck, yes. This isn't happening.
Wow, that's really great news.
Awesome.
Wonderful.
Hello. - Hello. Hi Gilles.
Hi Sarah. - Hello. Hey.
Stay seated. - Thank you.
How are you? - Fine, fine.
Very good now. I was very nervous, but.
You just heard the good news? - I just heard it.
One of the ten candidates...
That's crazy. Very crazy, very crazy.
But not just any of the ten candidates.
No, you're kidding. - We would be very honored
if you, dear Sarah, would like to be the Mole this year.
Really? - Really.
Oh my God.
Yes, I absolutely want to do that. - I'm glad you said yes.
Do you have a favorite number?
Thirteen. - Thirteen.
Do you know which season we are making?
The thirteenth? - Yes.
No, you're kidding. - I'm serious.
One week ago
Look here. How are you? Come here. - Good. Hello.
Nice to see you again.
Good afternoon. Buddy, how are you?
What do you think of today? - One of the two women, I think.
It's hard to choose between two women.
A glass? - Yes, please.
Or a bottle? - Get four glasses.
Here. - Hello.
How are you? - Good, especially now that I see you all.
Hilde.
Boo.
Pedro.
Everything okay, man?
The king of personal advantages is here too.
Nimi. - That little helmet.
Hey Rusiana. Hello. - Nice to see you.
And then our Hilde. Hello. - May I?
Of course, you may.
Buddy.
Do many people call you Simrad? - No. They call me Nimi now.
Actually, that wasn't my nickname. Even my boss calls me Nimi.
Surprise.
Guys. I missed you.
Awesome, this.
Alexy.
How are you, little man?
I missed you so much. - I needed this. I really needed this.
Are you laughing or crying now? - All at once.
Six months after their adventure, the group is finally back together.
Today they discover together who has become the winner
and who the mole is.
How are you? - Full of suspense,
because I have no idea who it is.
Completely lost. - I'm really so...
We are in the company of a finalist,
a winner, and a mole.
Isn't it time to find out who is who?
Certainly.
It's that way. Jan, those are stairs. Will that work?
Have fun.
All right. - Exciting.
There we go.
You all look beautiful. Wow.
Dear friends, the time has come.
The most important moment of the entire journey.
One of you three will be crowned shortly.
One of you three will be unmasked.
I'm getting goosebumps.
They get thirty questions about the identity of the Mole.
The finalist with the highest score becomes the winner of this game
and takes the entire group pot home.
A nice pot, right? - Good, Nimrod, well done.
Yes, Pedro was gone and it went up.
The spotlight will shine again on one of the three finalists shortly:
the winner of the thirteenth season of The Mole.
Oh my God.
Thank you.
Alexy, man. Great job, man. Cool.
Oh my God. I'm so incredibly happy for him, man.
Hilde.
Awesome, our youngest.
The benjamin of the group.
That guy does it at 23.
The Mole is a woman. And what a woman.
Here it comes.
I knew it.
Well done.
Finally.
Thanks, thanks. And sorry, guys, for everything.
No, don't say sorry. - Congratulations.
Scoundrel.
Yeah, really.
Every tear was genuine, by the way.
With every elimination, when one of you had to leave, I thought:
Oh no, that's my fault.
I suspected all the women, except Sarah.
No, really?
I thought her, then her, then her. I knew, a her, but not you.
Really.
Man, oh man. - Great, man, really.
To the Mole.
Everyone knows it now: Sarah is the mole.
She was the one who worked against the group for weeks and with great success.
She was the only truly rightful owner of the mole suitcase.
Are you curious? - We are very curious. Very curious.
I have a feeling we're still going to discover things. - I think a lot more.
Dirty tricks. - Yes, for sure.
Hello Mole.
Glad to see you.
You too.
A few weeks before departure
Sarah gets acquainted with her mole suitcase for the first time.
These are all the assignments,
so think carefully about which tools you would like to bring.
Okay, the Mole case.
When I first heard about the Mole case, I immediately thought: Okay, great.
I'm going to have a lot of extra ammunition to do all sorts of things here.
But also extra pressure, because it really had to be included.
And on day 1 the candidates get the chance
to keep the suitcase out of the mole's hands
by being at the helicopter before the courier arrives there.
Imagine if that case hadn't been there.
That really wasn't an option for me, so it had to be there, no matter what.
That's the reason why I prepared that opening assignment so well.
The evening before the first assignment
Hey. - Hello.
May we come in? - Are we disturbing you?
I'm not wearing any clothes. - Okay, we're disturbing you.
We'll be right back.
I'm just going to take a second... - That's really good.
Hey.
Hi Sarah. - Hello.
I'm glad to see you. How are you? - Good.
Are you a bit excited for tomorrow? - Yes, very excited.
The candidates start locked in a container
in the port of Bangkok and must first get free.
How many colors are there in the flag of Thailand?
Three. - All right.
I know it. - Do you really know them all?
How many neighboring countries? - Four.
How many candidates have been to Thailand before? - Two.
You are really...
Sarah wastes no time.
How many neighboring countries does Thailand have? - Laos for sure. Cambodia.
In no time they have all the answers correct
and her container is the first one open.
That was my case, so no one else should decide
whether it could be included or not.
What is Nimrod's real name? - Oh my God.
After a few tactical answers...
That's going to be Roderick or something. Nimrod. Rod, from Roderick.
...Sarah also succeeds in being the first at the heli.
Oh my God, that's crazy. - Let's go.
Yes, awesome. - Well done.
Okay, the Mole case, guys. - Yes.
The moment that courier arrives and hands over that Mole case...
I don't know if it was visible on screen, but I could only laugh and think:
It can't be true that I can still take it here
and calmly place it on my lap.
If you let the case through anyway,
then you will each receive a very useful personal advantage.
We don't know, of course, what this will lead to, but...
No. Well... A lot of advantages for the Mole.
We also earned 3,000 euros
by being here so quickly. - That's also true.
I just don't want to leave right away.
You would opt to take the advantage?
I always told myself: If I can take an advantage, I want to take it.
Yes, we're going for the advantage.
Okay. And we still have each other, if everyone is angry with us.
For me, at that moment, it was: it has begun.
We're in a good position and it can't go wrong anymore, actually.
I think we're still going to curse
and that the Mole will have an edge on us in every challenge.
I'm just a bit scared of that now. - Yes, probably.
That we might regret it in the long run.
How are you? - Good. I was content.
My goal was...
that the case was included, and that succeeded.
So I thought it was good and I also found it super fun. So that was actually a win-win.
On day three you will be physically tested.
Are you in good shape? - I'm already finding it exciting.
Run, run. Come on.
How many floors were mentioned? - A total of 37.
Every candidate who makes it to the top within ten minutes,
earns money. But of course, there is a mole.
For the first sabotage in the elevator I had to think seriously:
What can I do there to slow everyone down?
First, I thought about turning off the lights
to really cause chaos in that stairwell.
But that didn't seem feasible.
Then I thought: Wouldn't there be numbers on those floors?
You asked us for something very specific to put in the case.
It's ready.
What do you think of this?
Awesome, yes.
That was super exciting.
Swapping those signs, that was the first time I had to do something from the Mole case.
I was super nervous, because I also thought: Who knows, a candidate might walk around here soon.
But that also makes it extra exciting. So yeah...
Everyone falls into Sarah's trap.
Where is that thing?
Fuck. - How is that possible?
Pedro.
Of the ten candidates, only half make it to the top in time.
Oh, no.
Stop, stop, you're too late. - That can't be.
Out of time. - Damn it.
My head is going to fall off. - It's okay, no problem.
On the train to the River Kwai, each candidate receives
a small suitcase with money.
Sarah has the highest amount, 1,000 euros.
That is not to her liking.
Is there a wagon where I can be alone for a moment to make that 1,000 euros disappear?
It's a train, so we don't have a lot of space.
The best I can do is leave the Mole case in a strategic place.
You'll have to do the rest yourself.
Gilles had hidden the case between the first and second wagon.
I had to get loose in time first.
That's going to be such a brain game. - Yes, yes.
I could do that, because of course I had practiced it well the night before.
I have it. I have it.
Asked for help. - Help.
But help then.
In that intercarriage space, I swapped my 1,000 euros for the 100 euros from the Mole case!
I knew: I have to be very alert. Because there were two doors between the wagons.
I had to listen: Is no one coming?
Do I have enough time? It had to happen super fast.
I'll help you if I... - Yes, but I can't see it.
That was the most exciting sabotage I've done.
Then I arrived in the second wagon with a pounding heart,
but with a poker face. Acting as if nothing was wrong.
Pull. Okay, Els, innermost...
And I saw that Hilde came in almost immediately.
So I knew then: It was very close here.
Sarah's suitcase now only contains 100 euros.
That goes with Hilde to the last wagon.
Hilde, is the Mole among them? - The Mole is not among them.
There's a Mole case in play. - And...
Ah, Mole case. Damn it.
That's a fun game.
The sabotages with the mole suitcase
didn't always happen during the assignment.
Sometimes the mole took action before that.
Calmly.
The most suspicious people are probably there.
Who can do the most damage? Those who are with the melons.
Who does nothing, can do nothing wrong.
Wait, let me think. - Who does nothing, can do nothing wrong.
With the watermelons, I immediately had the idea:
I don't want to sit there, because that will be too suspicious.
So I had to think: What can I do
so that the candidates who are there will smash the melons?
The mole takes a drill from her mole suitcase
and that night hides a note in the watermelon.
Then that watermelon still had to unnoticed
end up at breakfast.
While everyone was still asleep, I secretly snuck out of my room.
I quickly put that melon on the breakfast table.
Then I also thought: If someone wakes up now
and sees me walking through the house with a melon, what am I going to say?
But I thought: I'm awake, I helped the Thai set the table.
Done, it'll be fine.
Wow. - What is that? Look.
The note is found that morning
and the rest is history.
That note was in the melon.
There's going to be something in it.
That's broken, broken, broken.
The first zero of this trip is a fact.
Wow. - A good day, huh.
That was super fun.
I was also in a dream position. That was great.
I tried my very best. We were within the time limit
and everyone is looking suspiciously at Pedro and Jan, of course.
The watermelon molesters.
A few days later, Sarah and Hilde perform a Thai Khon dance.
How good is this?
They each earn 1,000 euros if a jury doesn't unmask them.
Did you manage to make those Thai name tags?
Yes, this is how it will look.
Here it says dancer
and here the jury reads fake.
Wow, are these your costumes here?
Just before the performance, Sarah sees her chance
to swap the name tags.
I stuck the label on Hilde, because then I could definitely eliminate her.
Number two has "fake" on the back.
The idea behind it was also: Look, if I eliminate Hilde that way
and I make sure myself that I don't do too well...
I first did a bad cartwheel,
then while fighting the demon, I missed the sword.
Then I also made a misstep, which was also very clumsy.
I was so sure that I would be taken out,
but then it turned out that number six was even worse than myself.
Poor soul.
Number six.
On the golf course, it's important for Alexy and Sarah
to especially keep smiling,
because every time they don't, they lose money.
Keep smiling, keep smiling.
They wear a helmet camera with special software.
For Sarah, it's set a lot more sensitively than for Alexy.
Before the golf assignment, we made another stop to get coffee.
Then I knew: This is my moment to sabotage that laughing helmet.
At that moment I said: I'm going to the toilet.
Then you think: Please let no one come with me to the toilet.
Because then it's panic too.
Let's make this a bit more difficult.
There were thirteen times no laughter. - What?
Alexy, that happened to you five times. Sarah, to you eight.
Come on.
Yes, I'm happy.
It's even so bad that on days when something is earned,
I'm already a bit pissed off. It gets that bad.
You become really greedy.
The Mole needs something else from the Mole case.
And the Mole case is over there.
In Pattaya, Sarah takes, this time literally
behind the candidates' backs, a tool from her suitcase.
There were suspicions that it was a speed limiter,
to slow down the bus at the ping pong show.
But it was something much simpler: a dictaphone.
Handy if you need to approach people when taking a photo.
The task at the stairs was that we could earn money
if we had the tourists completely out of frame in the photo.
Please keep walking.
Don't stand still.
I had that little dictaphone and a Thai sentence was playing on it:
Come into the picture, come onto the stairs.
Go ahead and stand on the stairs. - I don't speak Thai.
Oh yes, okay. That's good too.
But it was full of tourists there. Of course, they didn't understand any of it.
That also turned out not to be the real thing.
Then I had to improvise: What am I going to do now?
They don't understand any of it, I think.
Then I saw that there were people upstairs with Michèle.
No, no. - Stop, stop.
I knew: I'll quickly take that photo and then it's also failed.
Okay, I'm going to try again.
There are two people upstairs though.
Yes, okay.
Anne, when I see you I can no longer be steered
At the gas station, both cars must
honk as quickly as possible at the words 'vrijen' (to make love) and 'noen' (noon)
in Anne by Clouseau.
Otherwise, those moments will last forever.
Honk at noon.
What the fuck.
Honk at making love.
Here, my butt.
Timing was crucial here.
In this episode I want to eavesdrop on the rest.
Then you speak...
about this earpiece. Try it.
I put that earpiece in when Alexy was literally sitting next to me.
As soon as I had that earpiece in, it was mainly about paying close attention
to listen when I wasn't supposed to honk.
and we make love until noon
What is that guy doing here in the meantime? Still those jerrycans?
Come on.
Sarah, man. Crazy.
Man, oh man. Unbelievable, you. Really.
That earpiece, I expected you to have it in when you got in the car.
But that you took it out, put it in... - You would have seen that.
When we were in the helicopter together,
you were pushing so hard to let the Mole case through
that I already thought: No, the Mole would never...
So obvious. - That would be too obvious.
She's not going to be it. And look, yes.
Apparently, that was pure enjoyment for you. Yes, look.
Yes, yes.
In the car, I didn't think for a second that you
were directing anything. I felt like you were playing along really hard.
Then I still thought: Maybe Sarah isn't the Mole after all.
She's honking so fanatically here.
I also didn't notice anything about that earpiece.
That was one of the moments when I started to doubt you as the Mole,
while you were mulling hard.
Your reactions are also just always so fanatical.
Come on, you're so... If something happens, you immediately say...
Then I sometimes thought: Sarah is just like that. That's what you think then.
You laugh at everything too. - Yes, yes.
I think that's what makes you so natural as the Mole.
And also getting up at night and drilling something into a melon.
I slept with you. If you had gotten up, I would have noticed.
But Els was sleeping with you then? - That was very early in the morning.
That's crazy. - I was sleeping with Els downstairs then.
Which was also lucky, so I could go straight to the thing.
Why didn't you adjust Alexy's helmet during the laughing, but yours?
Good question. Because you had taken it inside when we went to get coffee.
Right. - Would you have done Alexy's otherwise?
Yes, because I could control it myself.
I couldn't reach your helmet. I could hardly say: Give that to me.
That was also a coincidence.
What did you think then? Didn't think about it? Of course, you don't think about that.
I take that thing with me and...
Do you still like me? - Yes, of course. Naturally.
Yes, very much. - Very well done.
Especially between wagon one and two, that's so crazy.
I don't get that either. - You must have been stressed.
That whole Mole case is stress.
You want to use it, but you don't know yet if it will work.
I thought the order of the elephants was sabotaged.
I thought that was something from the Mole case. - I have nothing to do with the photos.
But there is something else you'll see shortly from the elephants.
The mole may have had a suitcase,
but apart from that, Sarah has also been diligently sabotaging.
In the boxing ring, the candidates earn 200 euros
each time they guess what is being portrayed.
Grapes?
Naturally, the mole gives no correct answers.
Diving. Talking. Tail.
Barking dogs.
Dogs? Wow, sorry, but that's not a dog.
They can only start portraying after they pull a ribbon from the boxer.
So when Sarah is in the ring, she neatly keeps her distance.
With Thai boxing, I thought: It will be noticeable if I don't take anything.
So I take one ribbon, that can't hurt and I'll just act it out badly.
Then no money is earned either.
The ribbon said Gladiator.
In Gladiator, Russell Crowe at one point runs
with his hands like this over the grain fields, so I thought: I'll act that out,
no one will guess that.
Gladiator.
But yeah, then Nimrod guesses Gladiator immediately.
Okay, well done.
Super cool.
I think I sprained my thumb though.
Besides 200 euros, Sarah also
ends up with a sprained thumb from the assignment.
It's swelling up completely.
We were at the table and I couldn't eat either. It was with chopsticks.
Wow, sorry. - Should I... a bit...
I really thought: Misery. Is it going to be broken? What will I be able to do?
Will I even be able to do my job properly?
That overwhelmed me so much and I started crying really hard.
I suddenly made myself less suspicious.
I said: You all take notes and I can't note anything. Someone has to write for me.
I can't put my thoughts on it. I'm going to have a huge disadvantage.
Those were, I think, genuine tears, like...
I can't fill in my notebook. I can't write.
If she were the Mole, fantastic. Really, hats off.
But at that moment I really thought: You are a truly genuine player.
It would greatly surprise me if she turned out to be the Mole in the end.
Everyone was so sweet. It was unbelievable.
That was also the reason why I thought today: If someone drops out...
I do feel guilty.
Gert Verhulst is a monkey.
Really a monkey. - Agreed, correct.
In the dragon tower, the candidates must hang zodiac animals
on the correct pedestal.
I was very well prepared there, so that I knew all the years
and all the corresponding animals and names.
Ask me about the numbers.
The dragon? - Dragon is from 1976.
Snake is from 2001. Horse is from 1954.
Monkey is from 1968.
Good, right? - Just crazy.
Then I just knew: I have to give a little nudge here and there
to be able to put people on the wrong year.
And that worked out well.
Does anyone know Margriet Hermans? - Seventy years old?
Is she only seventy? Wouldn't she be older?
78. - She's not 78.
She's been around for a long time, guys.
Maksim Stojanac is a singer. He's from 2001.
Or from '97. One of the two.
2001? - Oh yeah.
Is he 23? - Yes, yes.
Yes, yes.
Maksim Stojanac
is from '97.
Two,
three. Guys, that's difficult.
In Kanchanaburi, the candidates must arrange elephants
from smallest to largest.
But measuring elephants with a stick or a rope
turns out not to be so easy.
Especially not when there's a mole in the game.
When the challenge started at the elephants, we were given a fifty-centimeter rope
to measure the elephants.
I put that in my pocket then, tucked it away well.
But I had another rope of forty centimeters in my pocket.
I swapped that when we were walking in the field among the elephants.
Eventually, of course, wrong numbers always came up
because I was measuring with forty instead of fifty centimeters.
Was that fifty centimeters?
Five. I would report 2.50 then.
Alexy didn't notice anything. He didn't see anything.
Sarah and Alexy's measurements are all off.
So the order of the elephants on the board is completely wrong.
Are we just going to press it? - Risk? I'll press the button.
It takes an eternity to get the order right
and so almost all candidates have to leave the game.
Until only Alexy and Sarah remain.
Alexy, welcome. I hope you know a lot about elephants.
Due to the fumbling with the measurements and the message in the watermelon...
Two more melons.
...all help comes too late for Pedro and Jan's watermelons.
You really become the worst version of yourself, but somewhere
you also grow in that and it becomes a dilemma.
I cry every day, so that's good, then it comes out.
I find it super fun.
Hold my head. - Ah yes, of course.
In Ayutthaya, the candidates each have five minutes
to collect valuable balloons.
Not with their hands, but with a sharp, Thai crown.
Yes, we're in.
With the balloon challenge, it was definitely my idea to stumble really hard.
I ran into a branch.
What was that? On that branch or what?
Really fumbling around.
Els, wouldn't it be better if you just continued?
But the most fun was, of course, when I was holding Els's head
and could just pop all the balloons that came near us.
You want to try? - Yes, yes.
Wait, wait. Calmly. Backwards.
I'm just letting my head hang loose. - Yes, wait.
Okay, next.
Next, next.
Are you pricking me?
That balloon. You have to prick me.
Get ready. I'll count down in a moment.
Ten seconds from now.
Els and Sarah also succeed in being the first
to pop the golden balloon.
Fools, man.
Ninja.
They are the ones who get to go to Pedro's treasure room.
If you open the correct case shortly,
then you take his exemption
and you earn the money for the group pot.
I was super happy, of course, that I had made it to the treasure room.
That was the plan, of course.
Then I had to make sure that the exemption was not found
and that no money was earned.
Because of what Gilles said, I knew where the exemption was hidden.
Either I'm going to say: Let the discussion start again.
The L. - Yes.
Or I'm going to say: Good, we know that again. The M.
Or I'm going to say: React. The R.
The letters stand for left, middle, right.
Great, clear. Very good.
Pedro, where is the exemption?
The exemption is in that chest.
Good, we know that again.
It's up to you.
Because Gilles said "good" (mooi), I knew it was M for middle,
so Pedro had hidden it there
and I had to do everything to get left and right opened.
Is the exemption in the left chest? - Yes, in that chest there.
I would say, we start with the left. - Yes, agreed.
Empty.
It's a really fine line to weigh how hard you can steer someone.
Because you really don't want to stand out too much.
It could still be that it's in the last chest.
I did have to pull a bit at the end, because she was leaning towards the middle.
What's in this chest? - Nothing.
I still have the feeling that there's an exemption in there.
At that moment I felt: I have some leeway, so I'm going to increase the pressure.
I would go for the right, then we just followed him.
I the middle, but...
I don't know. I would say right.
But I want us to...
Take the right. - Are you sure? Because I don't want...
Yes, it is what it is.
Right.
Damn it.
And he does it again.
Well played.
Do you feel that Sarah tried to steer the discussion there?
I didn't necessarily feel at the treasure room that Sarah had steered anything.
Or I'm too naive, that's also possible.
I am the Mole. It's me.
I am the Mole.
It's a dream come true.
On day ten, the candidates jump out of an airplane
and earn 5,000 euros
if they can dismantle the paint bomb with their loved ones.
Which wires do they need to cut?
Whoever makes no mistakes on the quiz questions in free fall,
gets the correct color wire to defuse the bomb.
My strategy with the paint bomb was:
I don't want to be the one who sets off the paint bomb
so as not to stand out too much.
But I had to make sure that someone else who was wrong
would definitely pass on their color.
Hilde, Sarah, Pedro, Nimrod, your heroic jump
earns you all a color.
I had agreed with Gilles, if a mistake was made in the air,
that he would say the names of the candidates.
The last name he would say was the one who had the wrong color.
Hilde, Sarah, Pedro, Nimrod.
I knew: Nimrod is the one I have to go all out for.
I have to get him to pass on a color.
I only doubt the question about the mom, but that could also be correct.
Who's next? - Yes, Nimi then.
I'm suddenly doubting it now, but okay. Then we'll do it.
Are you sure, Nimi? - I'm not one hundred percent sure.
But yeah, okay. - Come on, Nimi.
Go ahead.
Red.
Oh, Nimi. - Yes, man. Yes, look.
Made a mistake somewhere. - Come on, Nimi.
Yes, man. Yes, yes. Look, yes.
I thought I had it right. But yeah, okay, look.
And you were so sure of it.
I fear it's clear.
Your heroic attempt ends in the beautiful Thai evening light.
The bomb has exploded. You leave 5,000 euros behind.
Hello.
What a lovely audience you are.
In idyllic Pattaya, Sarah and Michèle drive
a bus of tourists to the ping pong show.
But these tourists ask tricky questions.
What year is it in the Buddhist calendar?
I'll look it up.
Michèle and Sarah get 2 minutes to answer the question correctly,
otherwise they lose three tourists worth 600 euros.
The Buddhist calendar is 543 years ahead of the Western calendar.
On the bus, I think any other normal candidate would have done:
I'll do the sum myself and let Michèle talk calmly upstairs.
And the moment you've done the sum, you pass it on.
But I'm not a normal candidate, so I thought: I'll just keep talking.
Mich'ke, the Buddhist calendar
is 543 years ahead of our calendar.
Can you calculate that?
The Buddhist calendar is 500...
2500...
Michèle completely froze.
2500... - 2000...
400...
She said afterwards: I'm terrible with numbers.
I have dyscalculia. I thought: Oh dear.
Two, five...
2500...
76. - 76.
An unfortunate calculation error costs them three tourists
and thus also 600 euros.
I knew with those numbers... It was already nice that you had given the correct year.
Oh no, genuine tears.
Clumsy oaf.
Every tear I shed was genuine.
But that way I could channel my stress a bit.
Then I thought: I can cry at this moment.
That usually worked out well for me.
I did see that your tears were genuine. - Yes, they were.
But I had decided before the trip: I won't let myself be fooled by people's emotions.
We were also there: Fuck, this is so sad.
And now you're here: Damn it, that can't be.
With the balloon popping, I thought... I popped the first one and you were like...
Then I thought: Okay, I can do so much. Really like, bam.
That you had taken my head to effectively pop those balloons,
I hadn't realized that. You also see nothing but the ground.
I do find it crazy with Els and Pedro in the treasure room...
It's crazy that you were SO... And that it wasn't noticed.
You do that well too, I think. I still have the feeling...
No? Come on, you decide.
That's how you do it then. - That's crazy well done.
You did that very well.
You were very good at planting seeds, I thought.
And blaming it hard on someone else.
During the elephant challenge, I really thought:
Okay, good, now I can keep a close eye on Sarah.
I also really thought I had a very good eye on you, that I had seen everything.
Now you're dangling that little rope. - Awesome.
I had a rope like that in my shorts since morning.
Come on. - That was some rope.
Wow, crazy.
I have another gift with me for one of you.
Okay.
Because I felt so guilty for popping so many balloons.
It's for my ninja, though. And that we don't lose her today either.
Lovely.
Once I start, I'm off again.
That was a really great moment, I thought.
I thought: Look... - That is beautiful.
I think you did that super well. But ridiculously well.
Yes, honestly.
I look back with a smile on how you clearly tricked me ten times.
You really worked. Sometimes at certain moments when we were enjoying ourselves,
you already had to be calculated and busy with the next step.
Us sleeping, you unscrewing melons.
Yes, but you have to do it all.
I was very happily fooled by you and I couldn't have wished for another Mole.
Thanks, guys. I loved doing it.
Now the friendship is over.
Wow, a castle in the middle of the city.
In episode seven, the mole gets the choice
between money or exemptions.
This ace, Sarah, is worth 5,000 euros.
But you can also choose a joker, good for two pass questions.
You do enjoy losing money.
I do enjoy that, yes.
As a candidate, how do you feel about an exemption in the game?
I would always take it. Yes.
As the Mole, I find it important to stay true to yourself:
Who would you be if you were a regular candidate?
As a candidate, I would definitely also play for pass questions and personal advantages.
So it suited me well that I could also do that as the Mole.
Right from the start, Sarah shows
that in the game, she likes to think of herself.
I always told myself, if I can grab an advantage, I want to grab it.
Yes, we're going for the advantage.
You're letting the Mole case through? - Yes.
I carried that through the entire series and that certainly came in handy for me as the Mole.
They are closed.
Yes, yes.
I hope now that Nimi or Michèle gets shot
and that I can get back in to then free Pedro,
but to negotiate about the pass questions, so that no money is earned.
Finally. - Oh, boy. Yes, good.
You have five pass questions now? - I have five pass questions now.
You can each get one.
If Sarah can convince Nimrod to free Pedro
with exemptions, then no money is earned.
Then we have no money. Then it's another zero score, brilliant.
Okay, but think for a moment. The advantage you have over Alexy and Mich.
One pass question. - We talked about it
that that can make the difference.
We can eliminate everything, then we have 2,000 euros.
But is it worth it for 2,000? - No.
Okay, we're going for pass questions. - Deal.
But you agree? Don't blame it on me.
Yes, good. Yes, yes. - Okay.
I didn't push too hard.
Come on, I had let it...
I said: Nimi, if you one hundred percent don't want it, then it's not happening.
You can't blame it on me. And he was a sitting duck.
Be seated.
Then I would like to warmly welcome you, friends, to this half dinner.
A cozy dinner where the intention is
that you eat half of your dish.
At the half dinner, I eventually ended up with the personal advantage,
but that was not the plan at all.
I didn't prepare at all to eat half of that food.
I saw everyone there meticulously counting everything on their plate.
I was just calmly eating my wonton soup without thinking.
She has it. Five grams. Crazy.
I really couldn't believe it had happened.
I think you also saw on TV that I said: This is so crazy.
That was not the scenario at all.
Wow, by five grams. - That is so crazy.
And so Sarah earns a conversation with the mole.
Not that she can learn much from it.
Of course, as the Mole, I would have loved to have a conversation with a candidate there.
But well, I got a tête-à-tête with Gilles De Coster.
There are many who are waiting for that, I think.
Hello Mole.
It's good, Gilles.
I had a conversation with Gilles De Coster, but I did write it myself.
I had practiced super hard because it was quite difficult
to really deviate from your own handwriting.
I will hopefully write there live.
But if I, for some inexplicable reason,
end up talking to the Mole myself,
then we will use this recording.
I'll check one more time.
You will all receive a random number shortly.
And if your number is drawn, you have a chance to win two pass questions.
At the lottery, balls could be bought.
That was 200 euros per ball that came extra from the pot.
There was no doubt possible that I would go for the maximum.
Sarah's number is drawn,
giving her a chance at exemptions.
If the group can unmask her, it will earn 1,000 euros.
The moment my ball dropped, I thought:
Okay, now it's full focus, because now it really begins.
I knew it would be enormously difficult, because I knew what was coming.
Under the table are now three sympathetic Thai foot masseuses.
Gilles says: They will only massage the feet of the three candidates with pass questions.
It's up to them to keep their faces straight.
That would be a drama for me... Touch my feet and I start screaming.
Everyone who knows me knows that I am extremely ticklish.
I suggest we practice that too.
I'll crawl under there for a moment. You try to keep a poker face.
I'm already laughing.
If I get a massage, I also say: No legs and feet, I can't stand it.
Nobody is allowed to tickle me, I go completely crazy.
That's not possible.
That's torture for me, actually.
I'd like to try that again.
The top part is okay.
But we're not going to say: Only massage the top part.
The instep underneath, that's not possible.
Sarah keeps practicing until she can maintain the perfect poker face.
That was already... Sorry, that was much better.
But of course, she also has to live up to that during the assignment.
Sarah, does it hurt, that massage?
Oh no, I'm not being massaged. - Okay.
That was mega stressful. They crawled under and I thought: I'm going to be exposed now.
But well, it had to be done. I struggled through it.
It's done. - The damage is done.
Thank you, ladies. - Thanks.
How well I did those feet.
Man. Pretty intense.
Besides Sarah, there are two others who have a chance at an exemption.
The candidate with the number 6.
And the last winner: 3.
The candidates are each assigned a number by the bookie.
3 is Pedro. 4 is Michèle.
5, Hilde. 6, Nimrod.
7, Alexy. 8, Els.
I knew that Pedro and Nimrod were also playing for pass questions.
So my task was: all attention away from them and focus on the rest.
You're sitting there with such a forced smile, Michèle,
No, I...
I'm shaken.
A little.
I'm a little shaken, but I'm not being massaged.
Jan, Michèle, and Hilde are voted off the table.
Three people without exemptions.
I said it. - That's true.
With all the consequences that entails.
You walked in here with 8,850 euros in the group pot.
That drops to 6,450.
We're back at 6,450.
Everyone said yesterday: We're going to reach the 10,000 mark.
That won't happen.
The search for the mole is for some viewers
also a determined search for hidden clues.
The wildest theories are conceived about the smallest details.
This year was no different.
There were indeed some tips that could lead you to Sarah.
For example, at the start, in the first second of the journey.
Because there I immediately told where you could find the mole.
Hello Mole.
The time has come.
You are finally among all the other candidates.
Among the candidates, or rather in the middle container.
Not for nothing also the container where it was dark.
Because the mole likes that, darkness.
I'm Sarah. I can't see you, but I'm going to give you a hug first.
But there was also a tip in another container.
Dancing.
While dancing, Hilde, Jan, and Nimrod received
some letters to find the links between them.
And the first letters that appeared,
were S and L.
The initials of the mole.
Some viewers looked for a clue in the name of the train station
where Nimrod got off.
But the Dutch translation of this sign is simply:
dead-end track. So there was nothing to be found here.
But here there was, in the DJ assignment of our three musical talents.
'Ik wil je' (I want you) by De Kreuners was not just any choice.
The song is on the album 'Hier en nu' (Here and now).
Anyone who took the trouble to look at the tracklist,
would find Sarah at number 13.
The name of the mole in this thirteenth season.
And there was another musical tip.
Every time the mole suitcase appeared on screen,
a tune of a few notes could be heard.
And if you put them all together,
you could recognize a song by Fleetwood Mac.
Named... *that's Sarah
...Sarah, the owner of the mole suitcase.
It's clear that someone was thoroughly sabotaging in Thailand.
But it also happened in the subtitles.
In every episode, there was one deliberate error in the subtitles.
Each time a missing letter.
You could piece those letters together
and thus you got the mole's profession.
And then one last one, literally.
Because the biggest tip of all you got at every farewell.
But it stops here. We'll see each other when it's all over.
You were an ordinary candidate, but what a one.
Wish them all the best of luck. - And to the Mole.
But there's only one who holds all the strings, namely the Mole.
You are not the Mole. - No, no.
That's Alexy, Michèle or Sarah.
The last word I speak for each eliminated person,
I hadn't chosen at random.
Here is a mole: Sarah.
Yes, indeed. Correct, yes.
All right, thank you. Good.
Thank you. - Melons.
Will that work or should I provide a hammer?
Jan, come on. - This is a very strange reception.
Easy, Jan.
Everyone knows that at some point at the dragon tower I made a wish
for a beautiful and healthy baby. And that wish came true.
Congratulations, mate.
Great, man. - Congratulations.
Thank you.
That's really nice. - Heartfelt congratulations.
Thank you. - With that, we know pretty much everything, I think.
But there might be one more question.
Alexy is the winner, Sarah is the Mole,
but who among you figured all that out?
Who were the other suspects in this group?
Which tunnels were dug
and where did they lead?
One thing is certain, friends, the road to the final has become a winding path.
Then we'll watch. - Very much so.
As is tradition, at the beginning of the search,
just about everyone is in the dark.
Anyone could be it, except me.
But because of the mole suitcase, people are looking with a magnifying glass
at the candidates in the helicopter.
You want to be in that helicopter.
Day one of The Mole, you're the boss if you're in that helicopter.
I spread my bets across the three candidates who were in the helicopter.
And one name is mentioned very often in that regard.
Els. - Els.
So far, I find Els the most suspicious.
The helicopter candidates themselves, they draw different conclusions.
Sarah is going for it one hundred percent. Too much to be the Mole, in my opinion.
Not Sarah either.
She's so genuine when you ask a question. It all just comes out.
Jan also has a remarkable line of reasoning.
My prime suspect is Pasquino.
He told me that he is blind in one eye.
Then I thought: What's the saying? As blind as a mole.
Then I think... Then a bell does ring.
But that hunch gives Jan the lowest score.
He was the one who actually had to leave the game that night.
Luckily for him, Michèle deactivates his chair
and nobody has to go home.
On the train, Hilde seizes a unique opportunity.
I'm going to see what's in my suitcase.
She learns that her first elimination test was quite good.
Hilde had the third-best score.
For my first elimination, I had bet heavily on Sarah and Pedro.
Although she doesn't necessarily draw the right conclusion.
Pedro, in my opinion, would be a very handsome Mole in terms of personality.
Literally and figuratively.
Meanwhile, Jan sees no reason to choose another suspect.
My prime suspect is Pasquino.
But in the past few days, I haven't really noticed anything about him
that he is sabotaging the game.
Luckily for him, he's not the only one with strange theories.
I have a prime suspect and that is Michèle.
In wagon three, the task was: Siamese twin.
And Michèle's zodiac sign is Gemini.
For Jan's main suspect, too, it's over that night.
Nimrod is currently my prime suspect.
So far, most candidates have been able to escape
the dreaded tunnel vision.
For Els, that can change.
You start the adventure with the idea of not crawling into that tunnel.
But secretly, the tunnel just comes to you.
That tunnel leads to the watermelons.
If there are no watermelons, no money comes in.
Now I'm also thinking that Jan smashed all those melons.
Two little children in a playground.
The two small children wholeheartedly agree.
I went looking and Pedro is my prime suspect
because I did the task with him with the watermelons.
I'm in a deep tunnel at the moment. My suspect is...
Jan.
Pedro can count on two exemptions that night.
I'm very happy with the pass questions. I'm one hundred percent at ease.
He definitely needs them,
because on his test, he gets a score as low as the eliminated person.
Jan.
Damn it. Damn, damn.
Hilde got a high score on the first test
by spreading her answers over Pedro and Sarah.
She knows that, but has meanwhile completely forgotten it.
I'm starting to see ghosts everywhere.
For example, that I suddenly see Alexy as a possible suspect.
Others continue to look at the three candidates in the helicopter,
although they are now cautiously narrowing their focus.
The focus is mainly on Pedro and Sarah.
I'm not sure about my prime suspect. I currently think Sarah.
There are only two or three people that I completely rule out.
Michèle also thinks of Sarah, after some calculation.
I do follow the money, I calculate it.
Then she was at the bottom together with Jan. She had earned the least money.
So if I purely follow the math, it's Sarah, in my opinion.
After Jan's departure, Pedro has to change tack.
But he quickly finds a new suspect.
Our ninja, Els.
And he is very sure of it.
To express it in percentages,
I would almost dare to go between eighty and ninety percent for Els.
And again, luck smiles on Pedro,
because he has an exemption that night.
His main suspect, Els, sinks deeper into her tunnel vision.
Els.
I've almost always filled out my test on my prime suspect:
Pedro.
Fuck. That can't be.
In episode 5, both Alexy and Michèle take the plunge.
Spreading is too big a risk now, so I had to choose one person.
And that is?
I filled out my test on Sarah today.
I also do my calculations, every time someone brings something to the pot.
Sarah is dangling at the very bottom. Those are numbers that don't lie.
But not everyone is equally good at math.
I would think that Sarah and I have brought the most money into the pot.
Because his main suspect left at the previous elimination,
Pedro once again has to start from scratch.
I took out my notebook.
I reread everything, reanalyzed it and...
For me, Hilde is the Mole.
And again, things go his way, because Hilde herself
is even more lost.
I thought: At this stage of the game I should pretty much know.
And I feel that I'm doubting more and more.
But I went for it to bet everything on one person.
I bet everything on Michèle.
A few days later, Pedro needs to be freed.
I think a Mole wouldn't like to put themselves in that position
because you have a bit too little influence.
Nimrod makes an important decision that night.
I bet on one person.
I bet on Sarah.
So it's the first round that Pedro is completely crossed off.
The liberation yields, besides an insight for Nimrod,
also exemptions for three candidates.
One pass question for Sarah, one for Nimrod, three for Pedro.
We were totally fooled.
Only Michèle and Alexy are without one.
I rate my chances very low.
I'm kind of saying goodbye.
Luckily for them, there's still Pedro.
Maybe it brings me luck to always be on the wrong Mole.
Because his guardian angel has really had enough now.
I went one hundred percent for the same person.
I think Michèle is playing a double game here.
There you go.
We'll see.
Pedro.
Even three exemptions can no longer help.
Who is it? - I would say now...
Nimrod.
Pedro is home and now everyone is looking in the right direction.
I think we're left with very strong players.
I just said that this is the most important test of my life.
An ace.
In The Batman House, Nimrod forgoes exemptions.
A noble choice, but he does shoot himself in the foot.
I do have regrets at this moment. Is it stupid? Yes.
But on the other hand, well, chose the group pot, for the money.
And I have to learn to live with that choice, so it is what it is.
It turns out to be a tie that night
and Alexy is a few seconds faster.
Nimrod comes within a whisker of the final.
In that final are now two powerhouses who are truly evenly matched.
Both of them have had Sarah in their sights for quite some time now.
My prime suspect is Sarah because with her, the puzzle fits completely.
As the Mole, she has played an almost flawless game.
I had the feeling from day one that she would be a top Mole.
Gradually it became more and more clear.
Michèle makes only one mistake in the final test.
But it's one too many,
because Alexy gets the perfect score of thirty out of thirty.
Really too crazy.
I am the winner of season thirteen of The Mole.
Most certainly.
Awesome, man. - Thank you.
Hats off. - On the razor's edge.
Yes. Wow, it was very close twice.
Mich, one mistake.
Yeah, no... - Nothing to be ashamed of.
No, ashamed... I don't really understand loser, I have nine best friends.
I won. Come on, I'm crazy...
We all won. Come on, it's one.
Pedro, if I'm correct, only Rusiana not?
Me neither. - And me neither.
Thanks, Pedro. You can count on him.
Well done, yes.
It has become a beautiful battle, friends. That's clear.
The pot was very low for a long time, but it turned around at the end, Sarah.
Yes, but I'm so happy for Alexy.
Seeing the final, it was such a beautiful moment
that they united and played those 6,000 euros in.
They tricked me.
And they defeated the Mole. Effectively. I'm super proud of you all.
Really.
You too, Mich'ke, really.
Doubly deserved.
We have a winner and he's a very strong one.
A man who always played it fair and straightforward.
But above all, a very smart player who figured out our Mole.
Owner of an impressive hairstyle.
And also...
Fucking hell. Unbelievable.
How much money is that? - How crazy.
What are you going to do with it?
What I know for sure is that I'm going to treat the whole group to a weekend away.
For the rest, I would really like to make a nice trip with it
and also set aside a large part to be able to buy something later.
All right. - Great, great.
It suits you well, the check.
It suits you. - I'm not letting go of it anymore.
I'm taking it everywhere with me.
Alexy, you are a wonderful winner.
That also applies, of course, to her who had the most difficult role of all.
Secretly working against a group that you love very much,
sabotaging that group, but then in the perfect group spirit
that characterizes all of you, with humor and with love.
Sarah, that is incredibly well done. You didn't earn much money.
You do deserve our appreciation and our thanks
for all those weeks of cunning and deceit and fun and pleasure.
Very, very well done.
Absolutely.
Very well done. - Thanks.
It's over, dear friends.
You were all ten, each and every one, fantastic people to have on a trip.
I enjoyed every second with you.
So I raise my glass to you,
to your adventure
and to the beautiful friendship that exists between you.
To you. - To us, guys.
Cheers. - Cheers.
I still can't find a way to express in words
how happy I am.
A dream come true, I said that when I jumped out of the plane.
But actually, it's about this whole adventure.
The Mole moments never go away.
They are here and here.
At Antwerp: Here, Jan. You don't know me, but we know you.
Can we take a photo? Or: Do you want a beer?
That's really awesome to experience, really.
It's over. Really, damn, damn, damn.
I always try to stand among the students.
But they were a bit intimidated, like: The Mole is there.
As if I was going to do something to them on the spot with the Mole case,
give them an exam or something. I don't know.
The journey has changed me.
I have a tendency to make myself a bit small and sometimes hide away.
Now I know that's not necessary at all. I am here and I certainly feel that now.
The other candidates were all different people, very different people.
Also all with their own view of this world.
I think I've broadened my horizons a bit in that regard.
It's beautiful. Beautiful, beautiful.
The friendship can now be further built, I'm happy about that.
I think this season was marked by misfortune,
but that it brought us a lot of luck, that we got to know each other.
Sarah did that, in my eyes, or in my eye, haha,
superbly.
Do you know what I actually want to say to Sarah?
You just did it perfectly.
I'm not really a Sherlock Holmes, I would dare to say.
Never, never, never thought of Sarah.
She completely led me astray.
Look, I did my best and I had fun, so it's okay.
It feels unreal to have experienced this adventure.
It also feels like winning a lottery ticket
to be able to play the leading role in such a special adventure.
I can only be so grateful.
I am truly a very, very proud Mole.
But my last word must, of course, go to the nine other candidates.
I'm starting to cry already.
You are all incredibly dear to my heart.
Wow, I can't clap. Like this, or not?
Can't I clap? Shit, mate.
Again?
What does that do? I'm even in pain.
Clap.
Okay, can we start, guys?
Come on, man.
Yes, he will really be missed. Very much.
Come on, Els, man.
Els.
Bye. - Bye.
And if the candidates... And then you're sure.
Of all the help... All the tools that are in it.
And then the candidates have a big problem.
I got scared of myself.
Oh yes. I'm a good lier, I think.