Hi everyone. I hope all ten of you are ready for this, friends.
Because there are rivals on the horizon and they'd like to join in.
Oh. - No.
I can't explain at home that I was only in it for one day.
Yes. - I'm going to page you right away.
Bye-bye. See you soon.
Fuck. - Fuck.
Which booklets should I grab first?
We pick our own first. Which is pretty selfish.
Come on, Karla, ten booklets.
Yes. - Yeah.
Candidates eleven and twelve are now part of the group.
Hi. - Hey.
Well done. - We really wanted to join.
Yeah, of course.
And the last mole booklet: Karla.
Vincent, Abigail, your adventure ends here.
Hi Pascale, can we have a taste?
No, step back.
It's real port, I can smell it.
Wow, we're really roughing it here, mate. See that?
Maïté.
Bye.
Oh, no.
There we go. Oops, oops.
Vincent, Abigail,
they've left without you.
Your De Mol adventure
is, in other words, over.
Or rather,
for now.
Okay. - Because, Vincent and Abigail,
you were selected as candidates after all.
So you each deserve one more chance.
With the emphasis
on one.
Ah right.
One of you two
will rejoin the group of candidates.
The only question is
who.
Dear friends, I have some good news.
You'll be traveling together as ten for a little while longer.
Not with Maïté,
but I know two people who are dying to keep going.
Abigail and Vincent.
One of those two has a suitcase containing 2000 euros.
The other has a suitcase containing
minus 2000 euros.
Oh my God. - Oops.
So it's not without significance who joins you.
Abigail or Vincent, one of those two is coming back.
They'll both fill in the same elimination test in a moment
as the other candidates.
Whoever scores highest comes back to the group.
For the other one, it's definitively over.
So they have it in their own hands.
But you have influence.
A lot of influence.
These two jokers you can give to one of the two candidates.
My suggestion would be to give these two jokers to the candidate
with 2000 euros in the suitcase.
But who am I.
I'd say, why not ask them.
Ten minutes from now.
Abigail, do you have 2000 euros on you?
I have the 2000 euros, guys.
Vincent.
Do you have the 2000 euros on you?
I do indeed have the 2000 euros.
(music: 'Augie's great municipal band and end credits' - J. Williams)
The blindfolds can come off.
The first one to pour a glass of wine for Gilles
was the winner and they got the suitcase with 2000 euros.
Which, by the way, is sitting here next to me in the car.
Abigail, do you contest that? - Yes, I do contest that.
The challenge went exactly as Vincent just described.
Except I'm the one with the 2000 euros because I was the first one
to pour the wine for Gilles.
Who goes first?
You can go first maybe. - Yeah?
Go ahead.
Vincent, twenty seconds in three, two, one. Start.
Vincent and Abigail each had 20 seconds
to open a wine bottle without a corkscrew.
The cork had to come out of the bottle.
The first one to pour me a glass
got the suitcase with money.
Three, two, one. Stop.
We really struggled with that for a while.
Abigail, start.
I'll give it a try anyway.
What tools did you use to open the wine bottle?
Vincent started banging away like a madman with a shoe.
Shit.
The coat hanger was used.
And then pulling it up.
Wait. That shoe? That was useless. That won't work.
We both used the Bunsen burner too.
The glass is still empty. - Yeah.
It's coming, I can feel it.
What worked for you?
What worked was the bicycle pump.
Vincent, what worked for you?
What worked, honestly, was watching Abigail first.
Because I saw her struggling.
With those gloves.
Is that so?
When it was my turn, I had the idea to stick it in at an angle.
Against the side of the bottle so air got through.
And then I was actually able to pull the cork out.
Using the pump is indeed the fastest technique.
By pushing the valve against the bottle neck,
you can increase the pressure below the cork
until it pops out on its own.
We had a few tries.
That's the theory, but there's also practice.
Come out now, please.
Once it was sticking out a bit, I was able to pull it out.
And then... - That's right, but I was first, Vincent.
And you know it.
I'd like to ask, Vincent, in exactly how many seconds did you do that?
Six seconds at most, maybe. Just saying.
I think six seconds is pretty fast.
To stick it in, pump and pull it out.
Not to stick it in. I had about fifteen to twenty seconds
to calmly push the pin in.
I thought you were asking how long I had to pump.
You can literally do that in five or six seconds.
Vincent. - You pump two or three times.
You're making things up.
In five minutes, Abigail and Vincent have to fill in their test.
Which of them gets two jokers from the rest?
I have a question for the people who were with them at the challenge.
Mainly what their input is. You know them a bit.
I notice now that Vincent is a lot more nervous than at the opening challenge.
He's talking way too much, he's much too... - Detailed.
Yeah, he's... I'm not feeling it. I'm not feeling it.
How would you be? I'm sitting here a few meters away from you
and my nerves are going through the roof.
If you let Abigail come out with a suitcase,
then you're at minus 2000.
Guys, really think carefully.
Letting Vincent through means leaving a lot of money on the table.
Don't do that.
Guys, getting out of this car in a moment
and making first contact and then having to say
that you blatantly lied, il faut le faire.
I'll look them straight in the eyes, Vincent, which is something you won't be able to do.
I believe Vincent. - That's a desperate attempt.
I know. - I don't think so.
I believe Vincent. - I don't think Vincent...
I think Vincent... - ...is telling the truth.
He doesn't sound genuine, it's too forced.
Yeah, but the stress can also play a role, guys.
Dear friends, time is up.
It's time to make a decision. Who gets these two jokers?
Isabel, what do you think?
Abigail. - Dries?
I also think Abigail is right.
You? - Abigail.
Kristof? - Abigail.
Vincent.
Abigail. - Vincent.
Abigail has won. - The majority.
She has the jokers.
Abigail gets two jokers from you.
It's time for the elimination test.
Abigail starts her elimination test
with a comfortable lead over Vincent.
But what do two jokers mean
if you've barely experienced anything of the past few days?
I'm suddenly really quite nervous.
I barely know anyone's name.
I didn't take part in that game.
I really have nothing to go on.
I still have no main suspect.
I barely even have a suspect.
But I'm going to do everything to make it happen,
so I'll be the one and I can get out of this car.
I'd rather have him along, but that's not possible.
One of us has to go home.
The test is done.
In a few moments the lights in the cars will come back on.
For the candidate with the highest score that light will be green.
That candidate gets to finally start the adventure.
The other one goes home for good.
(suspenseful music)
Oh my God.
Fuck. I knew it.
(music: 'Reset' by Felsmann + Tiley)
Abigail.
Welcome back. - Thank you.
You're now officially and permanently part of this lovely group.
Yes. - And with that, Abigail,
comes a brand new mole booklet that no one can take away from you.
Thank you. - That's for you.
Then there's still one question that needs to be answered.
What do you bring for the group pot?
(music: 'Open fields' by Felsmann + Tiley)
Thank you.
Cheers.
Come on, mate.
Sorry, guys.
You're kidding.
Welcome. - Thank you.
Welcome, of course. - Thanks.
Welcome back. - Thanks. Thank you.
We'll earn it back.
Do you know our names yet? - Yes, Karla, Isabel, Yana,
Yannis, Maxim, Dries, Kristof, Wout and Julie.
Wow. - You know them better than Wout does.
Abigail's arrival means a minor financial disaster.
But the group pot dipping below zero
doesn't mean the mood has to as well.
Shall we grab a drink? - Yes.
Please. Please.
Shall I open the wine? - Sure. Ah right.
Right in my eye.
Abigail, you can do it with that, right?
Shall I help you? - Yes, go ahead.
I'll do it.
I think Abigail deserves to say a few words. - That's fair.
Okay. First of all I want to say I'm super happy to be here.
I'm really looking forward to it.
I obviously find it a shame that it's with minus 2000 euros,
but we'll just earn it back tomorrow.
Come on, cheers. - Cheers.
(music: 'A beleza é você menina' by Bebeto)
We're four days in
and only now does the group get to know Abigail better.
I don't really have specific hobbies.
I like going on holiday, eating out.
Shopping, living the good life.
Everything that costs a lot of money, right? - Everything that costs a lot of money, exactly.
We've already noticed that.
How, you've noticed? How so? - Those 2000 euros.
Man. - Karla, focus.
Breakfast is relaxed.
But the events of last night
are still lingering a bit.
I thought what happened yesterday was quite a surprise.
I was obviously very disappointed that we took Abigail back.
Nothing personal, but clearly not the best choice financially.
Yesterday during the debate I think the mole steered things pretty well
towards the suitcase with minus 2000 in it.
In the moment I was sitting in the car, I think I was genuinely experiencing
nothing more exciting than that.
You're throwing everything into it
and you can't read from their faces whether it's working.
At one point I had my eyes squeezed shut
and I could clearly see that red screen,
and then it turned green.
Oh my God.
I think Abigail could still be the mole.
The mole can simply score twenty out of twenty on the test.
And that's how they get back in the game.
I also thought she could lie pretty convincingly in the car.
Guys, letting Vincent through means leaving a lot of money on the table.
Also the fact that she brought in minus 2000 euros,
which is why I definitely don't rule out that Abigail could still be the mole.
It was maybe even more important for her
not to be there for the first challenges.
But to join later,
because then she could suddenly skim 2000 euros off the pot.
So we're going to consider everything.
Phone.
Hello, hi Gilles. - Friends, good morning.
Good morning. - Good morning.
Friends, to recover from yesterday I've planned a day full of summery fun.
Two of you can go to the beach and enjoy yourselves.
The rest will spend the day on the water.
Just choose and I'll see you when you get here.
See you then. - Bye.
Bye.
Two on the beach, eight on the water.
I'd rather not be in those two, because last time we were already in the two.
And I already have my swimsuit on. - I'd like to rest my legs.
Maybe train my arms on the beach.
Who else wants to go to the beach? - I'd like to go to the beach.
Okay, Karla and Dries on the beach then?
Yes, that's fine. - Good.
Dries and Karla get ready for a lovely day at the beach.
Aren't you forgetting something? - Oh right, my booklet.
Today's destination: the beautiful, green Douro Valley
on the banks of the river of the same name.
Not much later the rest departs too.
(music: 'Lemon tree' by Fools Garden)
Wow, impressive, impressive.
Very impressive.
(music: 'Uptown Funk' by Bruno Mars)
You know how it is, mate. Really.
Abigail, you can sing, I can already tell. I can already tell.
She's even holding back a bit.
I think you're holding back. - Crazy.
(music: 'Angels' by Robbie Williams)
* a lot of love and affection, *
* whether I'm right or wrong. *
I think from now on I'm going to fall for men.
I instantly fall in love.
* I'm loving angels instead. *
Friends, welcome to Praia da Lomba.
I can see you're all ready for your day on the water.
Your task is to reach Karla and Dries.
If that works, it can earn up to 5000 euros.
That's a lot. - Maybe a good idea for the group pot.
Only Karla and Dries are in a rather tricky situation.
What now, Karla?
No idea.
There's a Bobcat coming this way. - Oops.
That's going to have to... That's going to have to stop.
(phone ringing)
We'll be saying goodbye to two candidates tonight.
Shit, I didn't know that. You didn't tell me that.
Yes I did, you knew that.
That's going to have to... That's going to have to stop.
What? We're getting sand. - Damn it.
Not exactly the beach day Dries and Karla had in mind.
For the next hour and a half the excavator
will dump sand between them, until it's up to their lips.
I fear if it keeps going like this we'll be completely buried soon.
I think so too.
Hello? - Help.
Help.
Dries and Karla need to be freed
and that could earn 5000 euros.
So friends, go rescue them.
The beach is that way, it's not far.
I've even arranged motorized transport with cozy and comfortable lounge chairs.
Wow.
Oh yes. - Wow.
(music: 'Civilized man' by Shelter)
There's just one requirement and that is that you stay on board.
Yeah, I figured. - Good luck, friends.
Thanks. - Thank you.
How hard can it be? Just hold on and don't let go, right?
The boat will soon depart with two candidates
to the beach where Dries and Karla are, about three kilometers away.
If they arrive there without anyone falling into the water,
the rescue is complete and they earn 5000 euros.
Fuck, wow, that's cold. - You'll warm up.
If someone does fall into the water, that candidate is out of the game
and the boat turns back to pick up two new rescuers.
Come on. - Come on.
Fuck. - Holy shit.
How deep would it be? - Very deep and I'm scared of water.
For now, Julie and Maxim have little trouble
staying on board.
This is quite slippery.
But will it stay that way?
Oops, we're stopping.
What's the Portuguese word for river?
Oops, but there are no answers listed.
We'll have to guess then. - B.
Shit.
B is wrong and with a wrong answer the boat goes a lot faster.
But as long as they can hold on it's fine.
Don't let go, don't let go. - No, don't let go.
(dance music)
Come on, Julie. Come on.
Julie is in the water.
Come on, Julie.
And out of the game.
The boat turns back to the start
to pick up two other candidates.
The phone behind us, will we have to do something with it, guys?
I'd like to call.
It says here: 200 euros.
Say hello. - Hello.
Hello?
Karla, phone. - Hello.
Hello? - It's Karla here.
Can you help us? It costs 200 euros here.
The candidates have a direct line
to Dries and Karla, but it's not cheap:
200 euros per call.
And the line is cut off after 30 seconds.
What can you see? - We're here on the beach
with a river. - Oops.
There's something coming here... Isabel.
Shit. Wait.
Time's up. - Time's up.
What's on that box? - A joystick
and a red button with a Bobcat symbol on it.
Oops. - Wait, can you see something when I do this?
Yes, it moves here. Push forward.
Just keep pushing, push forward.
Yes, you have a mini crane that you can control and I have the screen.
By working together, Dries and Karla
can do their own digging.
Not to free themselves,
but to dig up the answer options.
Shall I press that button? - Yes, go ahead.
Pressed once.
Right, there we go, now we're digging. Stop. We'll drive around.
Let's see what we have around us.
Wait, Maxim's there.
Meanwhile Maxim is back with the group.
In a minute the boat departs again.
On the buoy there's a question and it said: what is the Portuguese word for river?
A, B, C or D. - What were the words?
There were no answers listed. So B is not the answer.
You two go then. - I'd like to as well. Then we two go.
Good luck.
Thanks. - Come on.
Wow. - Oh my God.
That goes way too fast, mate.
Holy fuck.
(phone ringing)
Karla, we're coming to free you, but we have a question.
The question is: what is the Portuguese word for river?
The Portuguese word, Dries, for river.
We need to look around to see if we can find that word anywhere.
Time's already up. Hello?
Fuck. - Just give them time to look around.
Go forward.
No, forward. You're going backward.
Keep going. - Is it going straight now?
Just keep pushing. - Yes, I'm on it.
Straight ahead. - I'm on it. I can't see anything, Dries.
Karla, to the right.
Ah yes, there are placards over there. We need to go read those.
Full throttle straight ahead. Floor it.
A little to the left. - Left.
Oops, no, the other left. - Yeah, but.
Keep turning, Karla. - Yes, I'm on it.
Ah, here.
Question 1: B, ribeiro.
Phone.
The answer to question 1 is: B, ribeiro.
That can't be right, because we answered B earlier and that was wrong.
Dries and Karla haven't seen
that there are three more answer options on their beach.
But it would come too late for Yannis and Abigail anyway,
because they're at the buoy and they have to guess too.
A. Right? - Yeah, A.
No, no. - No?
No, no.
(Abigail screams)
Come on, Yannis.
Oh my God.
Abigail and Yannis both let go.
So the rescuers lose two candidates at once.
That wasn't right. - Fuck.
And no information comes back about the wrong answer either.
Both of them fell off or what?
Then we also don't know what they guessed. - We know nothing.
Meanwhile both the time and the sand keep relentlessly going.
Question 1: A, fluvio.
To the left.
Question 1: C, rio.
To the right, to the right.
Fiu... Fium... Fiume.
Hello. - Yes, hello. Hi Dries.
Maxim, I'll say it. Answer 1 is ribiera,
or rio, or fiume, or fluvio.
Say it again. - Ribiera.
Riviera. - Or fiume.
Or rio, or fluvio. - Fluvio.
What was it? Riviera. - Riviera, but B.
And suo, or something like that.
Fluvio was the last one.
I'm afraid that didn't quite come through clearly.
You also said it in the wrong order.
I think it's multiple choice, that they can pick.
And I think the letter doesn't matter. - No, they have four letters, Dries.
Shit, I didn't know that. You didn't say that.
You knew. - You didn't say it was with letters.
I'd go for C, which you didn't catch.
C.
Please, let it be C. - I think we're through.
This time it's correct.
So far so good.
One step closer to freeing Dries and Karla.
But they still have to tackle two more buoys.
What is Portugal the biggest exporter of?
No answer options here either.
So there's nothing for it but to guess again.
A. - A.
This isn't that hard, just lie on that tube.
Yeah, just wait.
Come to me, come to me. - Yeah, yeah.
(music: 'Kilario' by Di Melo)
Fuck, mate.
Isabel falls off
leaving only four left for Dries and Karla.
They keep diligently digging up answers.
Perfect. And now digging.
Yes, that's a good one.
Dig, dig.
Olive oil. Yes.
But with all the calls back and forth
quite a lot of money has already been lost.
Call again? - Yes.
Hello. - It's Wout. Let me go first.
Isabel and Yana just left on the boat.
They're going to answer C. - I'll say it.
I couldn't say anything. - Come on, call again.
Answer A is sardines. Answer B...
Dries, is that question 2 or question 3?
Answer C is... Karla?
Answer C... Answer C...
Answer C is cork.
Wait, stop, Dries. - Cork and then olive oil.
Fuck, it's done.
Karla, that was very confusing. - Sorry, yeah.
They're back, with one person on it. - What is Portugal the biggest exporter of?
The biggest exporter.
Hello. - Dries, can you hear me?
I can hear you. - The question is:
what is Portugal the biggest exporter of in the world?
For question 2 you answer B, that's sausage.
B? B for Bart? - What kind of sausage is it then?
I think that nduja, enduji? - I don't know.
It's a spicier kind of sausage. - Okay.
'Nduja is spicy, but it's also, and above all, Italian.
B.
And so answer B is wrong.
No, that's going to be wrong.
The rescuers are forced to make another attempt.
Okay, now we just have to hope for the best.
C.
Yes, good one. Yes, yes.
Cork is correct and they sail on to the last buoy.
Okay, question 3. Come on, Dries.
You need to drive to the lookout tower, there's a path there.
For this question Karla and Dries
need to look for the info a bit further ahead.
Straight ahead.
Straight ahead, straight ahead.
It's uphill, so...
Is it much further? - It's still a long way.
It's still a long way.
What was the Portuguese currency before the euro?
That's pure guessing. A.
Oh no, the boat is starting...
Wrong guess.
The final straight to Dries and Karla happens at full speed.
Don't let go, don't let go.
Exit Yana. And so Maxim and Wout are the only remaining rescuers.
They'll have to do it.
Ah, I see it here.
There's a sign that says: the last answers.
There's another sign over there. Straight ahead, straight ahead.
I'm on it.
The last answers are buried... - Oh, no.
Keep going, keep going.
Still straight ahead.
...on the other beach.
Yes, Wout. - Dries, do you have any info on the third question yet?
The answers are buried on the other beach.
Yeah, okay.
Just start digging around, Maxim.
Yes, I feel something. I've got something.
Question 3. C: lire.
Here. Escudo.
It's already in my blouse and everything. - For me it's up to my shoulders.
I feel something here.
Real. - Real.
One more. Maybe more over there.
Peseta. That's not Portugal, I think.
Lire, that seems more like a verb in French to me.
The lire is a currency, but not Portuguese.
Either we need to call through the answers. - Dries might know.
What was the Portuguese currency before the euro?
Karla, do you know that? - No, no idea.
Karla doesn't know. Neither do I. - You don't know either.
If we fall off now... - Then we're probably too late.
There's almost no time left.
If Wout and Maxim want to reach the other beach without problems,
they need to answer correctly.
B.
It'll be right, for sure. - I think so.
Let's go.
Come on. - Come on.
Let's go.
Nice.
They'd better be quick, because I can already taste the sand.
Ah, there.
There, there.
Come on. - Come on.
Are they there? - Those are Maxim and Wout.
Go on, go on.
Come on.
Give it everything.
Good.
Out, come on.
To my right side.
Oh my God, come here.
Amazing. - Wow.
Well done. Well done, Wout.
Karla, you look a state.
5000 in the pocket.
Yes. Oops? - No, no.
What do you mean no? - Money came out of the pocket?
Every time we called you... - I thought so.
...200 euros. - That's what we said.
We didn't know that. - That's what we said.
That didn't get through clearly.
Friends, the heroes of the Douro.
What a magnificent rescue operation.
You don't earn 5000 euros,
there were a few too many calls back and forth.
Twelve times in total.
That means you earn the handsome sum of 2600 euros.
Well done. - That's not bad.
Here, well done. Well done. Back above zero.
I suggest you tell the others the good news yourselves.
Have a great evening, friends.
Yeah, they're looking down.
Yeah.
And? - We...
scraped together 2600 euros. - Really?
Are you serious? - Well done. So good.
Okay guys, money in the pot. - I'm happy.
Abigail, you're staying off it now, right. - Yes, yes.
I'm not touching it again.
The group pot gets a welcome boost
and climbs back above zero.
The mood is great.
So good in fact that some start
to question the entire concept of this show.
This season we don't have a mole.
You managed to get to minus 300 yourselves, without a mole.
Ten idiots together.
Who end up at minus 300 after three days.
Full throttle? - Full blast, full speed, mate.
No holding back.
We're pulling in a fat cheque.
(music: 'Watskeburt' by De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig)
Can we open our window?
Have you been drinking in the car?
* ...like you didn't know
* and I drink till the motherfucking bottle's empty.
* Watskeburt. Watskeburt. Watskeburt. *
In great spirits they discover their new place,
a stately 18th-century villa.
Wow, cool. - Wow, nice.
Like a castle.
I really feel like I'm in a museum.
Like something out of Kulderzipken. - It does have that feel.
I find that creepy.
Sorry, but I really find that creepy. I'm not sleeping here.
It's just staring at you while you sleep.
Go fetch one of the women then. I'll hide in the wardrobe.
You have to see this. I find it so creepy, all these doors.
Yeah? Open it. - I don't dare touch it.
(Yannis calls out)
Fuck, no, man.
So naive of me. Super naive. You were in that wardrobe.
You open it.
Two, one.
Good morning.
- That's what you get for hiding in the wardrobe.
Crazy, mate. - Payback time.
Scared the crap out of me.
Good morning.
Wow. - Are you crazy or what?
Tarzan also stumbles out of bed.
Was the idea to come in half-naked?
You ordered that, didn't you, Isabel?
That's fine by me every morning.
After this peaceful wake-up, everyone gathers at the breakfast table.
Wow.
Pastéis. - It's quite a modest breakfast.
That is a modest breakfast. - One plate.
Wow. What does it say? - Choose wisely.
Choose wisely?
Yeah, I...
But what... What does choosing wisely mean?
Those are a kind of croissants and... - Pastéis de nata.
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day,
but the candidates are still waiting to see what happens.
The choice is actually simple.
(the candidates are silent)
I'll go for it. - Me too.
Enjoy. - Enjoy.
Enjoy it.
Thank you.
This is really delicious. Wow.
Everyone has made a choice
and the candidates head off to a manor house nearby.
(fast violin music)
Friends, welcome to Casa de Sezim,
an age-old estate that was once the property of the Portuguese royal family.
It's a place with a rich history
and for you it's mainly the setting of your second elimination.
This will be an intense elimination, friends.
Tonight we'll be saying goodbye
to two candidates.
But before we get to that,
we need to settle one important thing.
You currently form two groups:
pastéis de nata on this side,
croissants on that side.
At this moment it's simple.
Tonight, from each group,
the candidate with the lowest score on the elimination test goes home.
Unless you choose a different scenario.
It would also be possible that from one group no one needs to go home at all
and both eliminated candidates come from the other group.
That, friends, is entirely in your own hands.
One eliminated from each group
or both eliminated from one group.
Is there a preferred scenario?
I think the fairest is: one eliminated from each.
I also think that's fairer.
We made a choice this morning based on pastries.
I would hate to be in the group
that has to send two people home, purely based on the choice
of what you like most with your breakfast coffee.
I think we're such a close-knit group that we can be honest enough with each other.
If we agree, one from each group, that we all stick to that.
Do we do one per group? - Yes, that's fine with me.
That works.
The teams will meet five times in this courtyard.
As long as they keep the score balanced,
tonight one candidate from each team goes home.
But if the score isn't equal at the end,
both eliminated candidates will come from the losing team.
I'm sticking with my position that I already stated in the courtyard.
I'd go for the scenario: one here, one there.
I think that's the fairest.
You also have to think: the next day you have to sit at the table with those people again.
Yeah, I agree with that. - Yes, me too.
I'm of the opinion
that we should go for
keeping these five.
Yes, definitely. - I also think it's logical
that we choose for ourselves.
That goes without saying. - Yes.
We want to stay in the game. - Yes, of course.
I don't think anyone wants to risk going home.
Then I'd rather it be 100% in the other team and not with us.
Agreed. - One hundred percent.
Friends, time for the first encounter.
Each team may send one candidate.
Send someone with strength.
Someone with strength. - Then I look to the men.
I'd like to do that.
Then I think... - If you don't mind, Wout.
I'll agree with strength. That's also my strong suit, I think.
Wout and Kristof, welcome.
At this moment, one candidate from each group goes home.
And if no one touches this button, that's how it stays.
But...
you'll each have ten seconds to press that button.
If someone does press it, you're choosing a duel.
Then only the winner of that duel scores a point for their group.
They can also earn money here today,
2500 euros, by simply staying away from the button.
Every time the red button is not pressed,
500 euros goes to the group pot
and both teams automatically get a point.
But if someone does press it, there'll be a duel
and only the winning team's side gets a point.
I promised my team not to press.
Okay. - How do you feel about it?
I'd prefer to go for one person each.
So you're not going to press in a moment?
I don't know yet.
I'm not saying that yet. - Okay.
Ten seconds from...
now.
Wout, you pressed. - Yes.
You're leaving 500 euros on the table
and we play a duel between two powerhouses.
Wout has pressed and begins the duel.
The duel is very simple:
tear these hundred sheets of paper in half as fast as possible.
Three, two, one. Start.
The duel is very simple: tear a hundred sheets of paper in half as fast as possible.
Wout did it in 6 seconds and 47 hundredths.
Now you have to beat that.
Or you take your loss,
give the point to Wout's team
and walk away...
with this.
One joker.
Yes, the game is on.
That's nonsense again.
I'll be honest, I'm feeling a little distrust.
Then it's: sorry, sorry.
No, we're really not doing that.
Kristof is facing a dilemma.
Does he take on the duel and try to score a point for his team
or does he forfeit?
Then he gives the point away to the other team,
but he gets a joker.
A useful boost,
should both eliminated candidates end up coming from his team.
Six seconds is pretty fast.
Could it be done faster, though?
(Kristof sighs)
Then I'll go for the joker.
This is for you.
The score is 1-0. Thank you, gentlemen.
Yes. - Champ, champ.
Strong, strong, strong.
Kristof gave us the point, so we're now leading 1-0.
And then he got a joker.
Kristof is not going to walk in and say: I lost and took the joker.
All right. - Hi Kristof.
Yes, the game is on. - Tell us, how did it go?
Wout won in six seconds.
What's at stake if you press?
Then you go first.
I assume there's no personal advantage to be gained?
No, no. - Okay.
Mentally that was a very important one.
I'd press as fast as possible now, because we're leading by one point.
As long as we keep winning, it doesn't matter that they pick up jokers,
because we're not competing. - Exactly, indeed.
Those jokers are their problem then.
It's time for the next encounter.
Send someone with agility.
Me.
I'm flexible, super flexible. - That was quick.
At yoga I'm one of the most flexible. - There you go, you're going. You're going.
You're looking at me, but I'm like a palm tree.
Sorry, seeing you all stand there, you might be stiff,
but you do have a slim, lovely figure.
Thanks. - I mean, I keep getting caught on everything.
Yana. - Okay, I'll do my best.
A new encounter,
a new chance to score a point and earn 500 euros.
Yana and Karla, welcome.
The score is 1-0 in favor of Yana's group.
Did Kristof mention the advantage he received?
No. - Kristof didn't do the duel,
but went for a joker.
Yes.
Yes, that does change things a bit.
I'm not sure what to do anymore.
Well, we'll have to decide now.
Ten seconds in three, two, one.
Start.
Yana resolutely chooses the duel and goes first.
Stay hula hooping as long as possible.
Good luck. - Thanks.
Takes me back to my childhood.
(cheerful trumpet music)
That wasn't very long.
Karla can now bring the score back to level
by hula hooping longer than Yana.
But she also gets the choice to forfeit
and walk away with a joker.
Can you do that well? - Really well.
I'm the hula hoop champion.
Yana lasted 7 seconds and 10 hundredths.
Seven seconds?
Okay, easy-peasy.
Now it's your choice, Karla.
Either you try to beat Yana's time.
I'll do that. - Or, Karla, you forfeit,
give the point to the other team and I have this for you too,
a joker. - No way.
Game on. Level playing field.
Then no joker for you. - That's fine by me.
Karla, I wish you all the best. - Thanks.
Okay.
Karla confirms her talent and wins the duel convincingly.
I could keep going.
Is it inside?
1-1, yes.
She scores a point for her team and the score is level again.
At this moment, one person from each team goes home again.
Alrighty, well done.
I deserve a hug. - At the very least.
I guess so.
Really well done. - That was for the group.
I didn't go for personal gain.
How do you mean? - Kristof, you have a joker.
You didn't do the challenge.
Why did you do that? - Honestly, I chose the joker
because I genuinely, truly didn't believe I could do it faster.
But you weren't honest about it, Kristof. You didn't...
You didn't come in and say: I did that.
You're saying it now because I brought it up to the group.
But then everyone... - No, that's not true.
It was important to me that this was still going to be won.
It's good that you said there are jokers...
You dropped quite a bombshell there. - We're not going for jokers, right?
No, we're really not.
Yannis, you neither. - I wouldn't even know why.
We're two teams after all. - We don't know. You don't either, right?
No, me neither. - Yeah, but yeah.
Time for the next encounter.
Send someone with a sense of timing.
When it comes to music and rhythm,
I have a good sense of rhythm, a very good sense of rhythm.
I think that's good. Go on. Right?
Come on.
Are you going for jokers or the duel? - There won't be a duel, hopefully.
I'd go to the button as fast as possible and give no room...
No, just bam. - ...to take on the duel.
(suspenseful pan flute music)
Welcome, gentlemen.
We're currently in the scenario where one candidate from each group
has to go home.
You can very simply keep it that way and earn 500 euros
by staying away from that button.
You've heard about those jokers, I imagine.
That must have caused quite a stir in the group, I expect?
That was to be expected.
I didn't expect you, sense of timing. I don't think it's your strongest point.
I have a sense of rhythm.
I'd be surprised.
I have a musical background, you know that.
That's true, you can play two songs.
We're equal now.
We can keep it that way. Keep it fair.
Not to mention money in the pot.
We'll see. - I'll be honest, I feel some distrust.
We'll know right away.
Ten seconds in three, two, one. Start.
We're playing a duel. Good luck to both of you.
Thank you.
Yannis, your task is to stop as close to ten seconds as possible.
Three, two, one.
Yannis stopped at 8 seconds and 493 thousandths.
Will you try to beat that performance
or do you choose a joker and hand the point of this duel
over to Yannis's group?
I'm going for the...
I'm going for the joker.
Here you go.
Gentlemen, the score is 2-1. Thank you.
That's so good. - There we go.
Well done. Well done, Yannis. Wow.
It was against Dries. He went for the joker.
I was at 8.4 seconds.
That's actually not good. And now...
He's going to walk in and say: Yannis...
I even think he's going to lie and say: he was spot on.
He had 9.4 seconds. - Wow.
I didn't want to take that risk for 0.6 seconds.
That's too risky. - Okay. Good.
I get it. - Yeah, I couldn't do that.
The fact that I took that joker doesn't mean that I...
I'm still part of your team too.
It's 2-1 and now it's getting dangerous.
Because if it becomes 3-1 in a moment,
that deficit can no longer be recovered and it's over.
Then both eliminated candidates come from this group.
Friends, time for the fourth encounter.
From now on we're entering what could be the decisive phase.
Send someone with reflexes.
Yes, that's tailor-made for you.
Shall I go or what?
On one hand, I have small children too, things fall off the table quite often.
So I might dare to put myself forward for it.
Okay. - Yes.
Come on, Abigail. - Come on.
Come on, guys.
Let's do it. - Wow.
If she goes for the joker now...
Maxim, Abigail, I don't need to tell you that a lot is at stake.
The score is 2-1 in favor of Maxim's group.
If it becomes 3-1, it's over.
Yes.
I don't know what you have in mind,
but I don't know if you saw my reflexes at the opening challenge.
I was hanging on a cross, I didn't see that.
You were hanging on that. It's pretty clear that our team
is on the winning side and that you could probably use that joker too.
That's true. - Kristof and Dries already have a joker.
Yannis was at 8.4 seconds.
And Dries said: I'm not even going to try.
Ten seconds in three, two, one.
Start.
Yes, I'd be smart if I were you. - Okay.
Maxim, this is a very important moment.
If you come out of this duel as the winner, then it's over
and you're going to make four people very happy.
The task is very simple: catch as many rods as possible.
Three, two, one. Start.
Abigail, Maxim caught four rods.
Now you need to make a crucial decision.
Either you try to beat that score and score a point for your group,
or you forfeit and go for the joker.
But that would immediately mean it's over
and both eliminated candidates tonight will automatically come from your group.
I obviously don't want to be responsible for the elimination
of two candidates from my group.
On top of that, I can't be certain I'm not one of them,
given that I'm already at a disadvantage.
On the other hand, four rods,
I also don't know if I can beat that.
I'm going for the joker.
Here you go.
The new score is:
3-1.
(loud cheering and screaming)
Oh my God.
Oh, come on.
All right. - That was to be expected.
Of course. Probably with a joker.
Then it's: sorry, sorry, but you have to understand, I wanted to stay in the game.
Me too.
Then I'm the fool. Right.
Every second a rod fell and the idea was
to catch as many rods as possible. I caught four out of seven.
And you? - I didn't try.
What? - I didn't go for it.
Are you serious? - Yes.
Yes, I mean that, Isabel. What was I supposed to do?
Four out of seven, that's not exactly...
But that wasn't doable. - So you have a joker.
Yes. - Okay then.
I thought you weren't going to do that.
We had agreed you wouldn't do that.
I did say that, yes, but when push came to shove
I had to make a choice.
And you didn't even want to try?
I think four out of seven is not a great score.
If you'd had six, I would have gone for the joker too, but four...
Then it could still be a tie.
I thought we were going for the group. We were tied and then, well...
Then I'm the only one stupid enough. But I don't think that's fair.
I get it from everyone except Abigail, that I don't understand.
We had genuinely agreed she wouldn't do it.
I don't think you can judge Abigail,
because if you go into the elimination with such a disadvantage,
knowing she didn't take part in the first day, has no information.
I think everyone would have done the same in her position.
I find it very harsh. - I wouldn't have done it.
Sorry, but there are two others with jokers next to you.
True, but for them we knew it was too difficult.
9.4 seconds, then I would also... - Which is also a lie, by the way.
Come clean now too. - It was 8.4 seconds.
I still thought 8.4 was... - That's nonsense again.
Come on, Dries, mate. - I know.
What the fuck? You told us: 9.4.
What were you thinking? - Yeah, sorry.
Then we simply don't deserve to win.
They maintained trust
and with us there are several individuals playing for themselves.
End of a particularly intense afternoon.
No money was earned and the outcome is brutal.
Five candidates escape the elimination.
But for Karla, Isabel, Dries, Kristof and Abigail
it's nail-biting.
Because two of them have to go home.
I find it very hard to estimate my chances.
But if I get a green screen in a moment, that will mean a lot to me.
I think my chances are low.
I'm surrounded by strong candidates.
Two out of five, one of whom I suspect of being the mole.
So the chances are even smaller.
It was completely obvious that the mole was in the other team,
because the mole knew jokers were coming and that someone might be tempted.
The mole just had to make sure today that someone pressed the button.
Then the game would automatically start.
I see Kristof as a possible mole. He can steer things.
Like now, he took a joker, nobody holds it against him.
That's all fine.
Then I'll go for the joker. - This is for you.
Isabel, the way she reacted when Abigail said
that she'd gone for the joker and hadn't tried.
What? - But...
Are you serious?
I thought that was a bit theatrical.
I'm trying to think about how I would react. Definitely not like that, in any case.
Julie sometimes comes across, not to be harsh, as a bit simple.
Don't let go.
While she's actually super smart and super athletic too.
And then when you see that she falls off right away,
I do ask myself some questions about that.
Come on, Julie.
Yesterday on the phone with Dries, a few things went wrong.
It was about the order of the answers.
That didn't quite come through, I'm afraid.
You also said it in the wrong order.
Yeah, I do find that a bit suspicious.
At some point Maxim and Wout find the answers.
Then it's Maxim who says:
I'd call one more time to make sure which of the answers...
Maybe they know on the other end.
Either we need to call through the answers.
He managed to squeeze in another phone call.
Call then.
Maxim worked really hard to get me out of the car.
Vincent is much more nervous than at the opening challenge.
Which is nice, but I didn't clearly see why he would do that.
For me there was a reason behind it.
Sorry, guys.
Good, I hope I get the window seat on the plane.
Friends, it's a small gathering tonight.
These five are watching. They're safe.
Unfortunately you are not.
But three of you do have a joker.
Would that make a difference?
Five candidates,
two red screens.
Karla.
(rhythmic ticking over suspenseful music)
Isabel.
(rhythmic ticking over suspenseful music)
Kristof.
(rhythmic ticking over suspenseful music)
Yeah...
My mole is right here. - Really?
I thought so. Sorry. - No problem.
Took a chance and lost. - Yeah, wow.
Both of us.
Two eliminated out of five people, then you know
that the stakes are high and the odds are slim, so...
Nothing to be done. - Nothing to be done.
Wow.
Come here, you.
Karla, I think you've made the hula hoop cool again.
Really? - I'm pretty sure it's going to be a thing.
Okay. I genuinely didn't want that joker.
I saw it there and I thought: I'm going for this.
No regrets? - No.
1-1.
I had a great laugh with Karla during the opening challenge.
She was squatting next to Dries going: where do you live?
Where are you from? - Turnhout.
I can tell a little. - And you?
Bonnei.
I thought: Karla, not now, first the game, then get to know each other.
You certainly made your mark, Karla, on the beach,
as the hero of the mole booklets.
It's nice that you say that.
I will be eternally grateful to her. She could have gone for her own booklet.
That describes who she was, putting others first and then herself.
Kristof, we got to know you as a huge fan of De Kampioenen.
Yes...
Maybe I'll watch them again.
Come on, Pascalleke.
Put on another DVD.
I can tell you, when the two of you
have to struggle through 273 episodes of De Kampioenen
and come off that boat without killing each other,
then you're friends for life.
I think we'll be coming to his café soon for a good beer.
Absolutely.
And now, friends, back to the café?
Yes.
But which one, I don't know yet.
Yeah, true.
I have genuinely had an incredible time with you both
and I think many people have with me.
But sadly it's over. - Nothing to be done.
I'm going to give you both a big hug. - Thank you, Gilles.
See you soon. Kristof. - Gilles.
Thank you.
Thanks for everything. - Likewise.
We'll see each other in a few months. - Yes, thanks to you.
Bye-bye. - Bye.
Come on then.
Come here.
Nothing to be done. We did our best. - That's for sure.
I feel one with those animals.
But oh well.
Stop.
Onward, onward. Onward. Onward.