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The Mole (Australia season 3)
Player Age Hometown Occupation
Alaina Taylor 21 Cherrybrook Insurance Adviser
Ann-Maree Weaver 60 or 62* Petersham Real Estate Agent
Crystal-Rose "Crystal" Cluff 21 Blaxland Model
David Annand 33 Castlemaine Stonemason
Janet Kesby 45 Balgownie Makeup Artist
Joe Ballota 26 St. Albans Bodybuilder
John Binning 72 Victoria Retired Businessman
Marc Jongebloed 25 Toorak Lawyer
Pete Moore 22 Adelaide[2] Bodyboarder
Robert "Bob" Young VII 37 Glendenning Truck Driver
Thao Nguyen 21 Bankstown Law Student
Yasmin Dunn 19 New South Wales World-class Swimmer
The Mole (Australia season 3) siderably more than that. The main difference was that
it had a larger cast, twelve players rather than ten, and
Country of Australia as such, two additional rounds of play. A notable and
origin
unique assignment in this season occurred during the
No. of 11, including a crossover episode with The fourth round of gameplay, and involved the players be-
episodes Weakest Link ing blindfolded and taken to the set of The Weakest Link,
Broadcast with all money won added to the group kitty and the win-
ner of the game given a free pass through to the next
Original Seven round. Filming took place throughout January and Febru-
channel
ary in 2002, including the Weakest Link special episode.
Original run 20 February 2002 – 1 May 2002[1] This season coincided with the only series of Australian
Season chronology
Survivor (which airs an hour later on another network)
and produced poor ratings, leading to rumours the show
← Previous Next → would be cancelled.
The Mole (Australia season 2) The Mole in Paradise
Contestants
The third season of the Australian version of The Mole Due to the series being based on the Gold Coast, no con-
took place mostly in Gold Coast, Queensland and was testants from Queensland were considered. Instead, con-
hosted by Grant Bowler. testants from New South Wales (seven), South Australia
(one) and Victoria (four) were picked. At the time of the
Show Details airing of this season, seven contestants were under the
age of 30, making this group one of the youngest groups
This season was similar to the previous Australian sea- on the Australian version of The Mole. These are the
sons of The Mole. A twist introduced this season is that twelve contestants who were on the show:
not all assignments are assessed on a pass/fail scheme. *The graphics for The Mole listed Ann-Maree as being 60,
i.e. In previous seasons a $10,000 assignment resulted in but when she identified herself at the beginning of The
the team successfully adding $10,000 to the pot, or fail- Weakest Link, she said she was 62.
ing, and adding none. In this season depending on the
level of the team’s success, they may win a portion of the
prize, i.e. $4,000. It had an announced maximum prize
to be won of $300,000, with the absolute maximum con-
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Elimination Chart
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Crystal-Rose IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN WIN
Alaina IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN MOLE
Marc IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN LOST
Bob IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN OUT
Ann-Maree IN IN IN IN IN IN IN OUT
David IN IN IN IN IN IN OUT
Pete IN IN IN IN IN OUT
Joe IN IN IN IN OUT
Thao IN IN IN OUT
Yasmin IN IN OUT
John IN OUT
Janet OUT
Elimination Chart Rescue Jump: After meeting for the first time onboard a
large boat, the players were told to don wetsuits and pre-
Blue indicates the player won the game pare for their first assignment, for $10,000, which was to
board a helicopter and simulate a rescue jump into the
Yellow indicates the player was the mole
ocean, from 10 meters in height. The players went up
Brown indicates the player finished runner- in the helicopter in pairs, and although a few of them
up were frightened, particularly Thao, all of them success-
fully jumped and the money was won.
Green indicates the player won a free pass Luggage Repack: Immediately after the Rescue Jump,
the players were told to prepare to take a plan to trip to
Purple indicates the player won a free pass, Gold Coast. They first had to lighten the amount of lug-
but gave it back for money gage they were taking onboard with them, and were told
that the men had a room to change and unpack luggage
White indicates the player was safe
and the women the same. What they weren’t immediate-
Red indicates the player scored the lowest ly told was that the men were unpacking the women’s
on the quiz and was eliminated bags and the women the men’s. Each kilogram that they
unpacked from the bags was worth $100 for the kitty.
Some of the items that were discarded became important
as the season went forward, such as Thao’s Elmo doll and
Episodes Joe’s bodybuilding food. The men removed 40 kilos from
the women’s bags, and the women removed 44 kilos from
Episode 1 the men’s. This was rounded up to $9,000 total winnings.
Whitewater Rafting: The players were taken to the
Episode 1 recap Gwydir River, made more turbulent by releasing water
Location: Sydney, New South Wales
Sydney, from the Copeton Dam, and told to raft a 1 kilometer sec-
Gwydir River, northern New South Wales
River, tion of the river, for $10,000. If all of them, put into three
groups of four, remained in their rafts after a kilometer,
Assignment Money earned Possible earnings $10,000 would be won, but for each person who fell out,
Rescue Jump $10,000 $10,000 $2,000 would be lost. Each raft had a guide, but it was up
Luggage Repack $9,000 $10,000 to the contestants to provide the rowing power and most
of the steering. Before the assignment properly started,
Whitewater Rafting $2,000 $10,000 the host offered to allow anyone, even the entire group,
Current Kitty $21,000 $30,000 to back out and not risk losing $2,000 for falling out of the
Elimination raft. They all decided to press on. The first two rafts suc-
cessfully made it to the halfway point, but the one trans-
Janet 1st player eliminated porting Crystal-Rose, Janet, Joe, and John tipped over af-
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ter moments, putting all of them in the water and in- Bob, were livid that the Mole was seemingly able to strike
stantly losing $8,000. At the halfway point, the host then right under their noses.
offered the eight remaining rafters another opportunity Snipers: After being selected as the three with the
to bail out, but they again declined. Both boats made it to best night vision, Alaina, Pete, and Yasmin were taken to
the finish, and $2,000 was won. an old, abandoned shopping mall. They were given laser
• At the elimination, most of the contestants guns with which to shoot their teammates, radios to keep
expressed their fear and disdain about the first in contact with one another, and some pointers from a
elimination, and that they wouldn’t want to be the professional armorer. The others were also given laser
first eliminated. Bob said he didn’t want any of the guns upon arriving at the shopping center, and told that
male contestants to be eliminated first. After green their task was to shoot the three snipers. For each play-
screens appeared for Bob, Thao, Crystal-Rose, Marc, er from the group of eight that was shot during thirty
Ann-Maree and Yasmin, the screen turned red when minutes, $1,000 would be added to the kitty, but if Alaina,
Janet’s name was typed in. Everyone was shocked, Pete, or Yasmin survived the assignment without being
whilst Ann-Maree was audibly upset. Janet thought shot themselves, they’d earn a free pass through to the
Marc was the Mole. next episode. Once the assignment properly started, all
the lights in the shopping mall were turned off. Alaina
Episode 2 and Yasmin acted only in the interests of their own sur-
vival, not shooting anyone or even appearing to try. Pete
Episode 2 recap successfully eliminated Ann-Maree, John, Marc, Crystal-
Location: Gold Coast, Queensland Rose, and Thao before Joe in turn eliminated him. Alaina
and Yasmin tried to hole up in an old cinema, but wound
Assignment Money earned Possible earnings up triggering their own alarm wire. They were eliminat-
Campout $1,000 $6,000 ed by Bob and David with only 30 seconds remaining in
the time limit, so $5,000 was won and no one got a free
Snipers $5,000 $8,000
pass.
Trap $4,000 $25,000 Trap Shooting: At breakfast the next day, each player
Shooting received an envelope. Five of them had targets printed
Current $31,000 $69,000 on them, meaning those five people would spend the
Kitty day shooting clay pigeons. They were trained by Olympic
champion trap shooter Michael Diamond. The very
Free Passes
slight-framed Thao was among the shooters, and she had
— Alaina, Pete, and Yasmin were all shot problems simply lifting the gun, let alone firing it. Yas-
during the sniper assignment min was then separated from the other six and told to,
Elimination one at a time, match them with a quiz question from a
presented category. The player who answered the ques-
John 2nd player eliminated
tion then selected a shooter, who took aim at five clay
targets, each worth $1,000. Crystal-Rose answered her
Campout: The players met up with the host at the foot
question correctly, and on her behalf Pete successfully
of a small hill. They were told to split into three groups
hit three targets, winning $3,000. Joe then shot on behalf
and walk up the hill to the top, where they’d be camping
of Bob, but missed all five targets. Bob missed his ques-
that night. Along the way, they’d find two locations with
tion, so no money was possible in the first place in this
everything they needed for the night. The players at first
round. Ann-Maree selected David to shoot for her, and he
thought this sounded suspiciously simple to be a money-
hit three targets successfully. Ann-Maree’s answer, how-
winning assignment, but found that at each location
ever, was wrong. Alaina then got her question right and
there was a choice - take $1,000 for the kitty, or some
picked John to shoot for her, who hit one target. The last
camping gear. Collectively, they took $2,000 (in form of
shooter was Thao, who miraculously hit two targets, but
two pieces of paper with the amount printed on them)
Marc got his question wrong, so the money was not won.
and four large duffel bags containing gear, but their in-
• At the elimination, the two snipers’ names were first
ability to contact one another wound up giving them
typed into the computer, Yasmin and Pete namely,
the nearly useless combination of having a tent, but no
and the green screen appeared for both of them.
tent poles or pegs. Midway through the night, the host
Following further green screens for Joe, David and
brought the two bags they’d left behind and offered to
Ann-Maree, the screen turned red when John’s name
give them to the players for $2,000 taken from the kitty,
was typed in. Most of the players, visibly Thao, were
but they immediately declined. He then asked for the two
upset to see him leave. He was described by Pete as
$1,000 vouchers, but only one could be produced, so on-
"a legend" and David as "the fittest 72-73 year old
ly $1,000 was added to the kitty. The players, particularly
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bloke that he has ever met". John thought that Pete swered wrongly, the host would call to the person work-
was the Mole. ing the chair to administer a higher voltage to Joe. The
catch was that Joe was never actually in any pain, and
Episode 3 never received even the slightest electrical current. The
man running the chair, a professional acting coach, gave
Episode 3 recap him a brief lesson on how to appear to be suffering ex-
Location: Gold Coast, Queensland cruciating pain. Joe’s task, with a free pass through to
the next episode as his prize, was to put on a perfor-
Assignment Money earned Possible earnings mance convincing enough that the other nine players
Gold Coast $0 $10,000 would stop answering questions so he wouldn’t have to
Shopping endure any further voltage. They were able up close to
Spree see him on a closed circuit television monitor. The other
players indeed stopped in the interest of Joe’s well-being,
Toughness $0 $5,000
after ten questions and only two answered correctly, so
Minefield $1,000 $8,000 no money was won and Joe got his free pass.
Luggage Re- -$4,000 $0 Minefield: A minefield was set up on a beach (metal
claim plates rigged to set off a small explosion were covered
with sand). After choosing Bob and Crystal-Rose as the
Current Kitty $28,000 $92,000
two players with whom the group would entrust their
Free Passes safety, the two of them were given three minutes with a
Joe Successfully fooled the others into metal detector and a markerboard to find the mines and
stopping in the Toughness assignment create a map for their teammates. This map, and guess-
work based on those who went before, were the only
Elimination
tools the other eight players would have as they tried to
Yasmin 3rd player eliminated traverse the minefield. They were only allowed to look
at the map for one minute. Each player to successfully
Gold Coast Shopping Spree: After being selected as the make it from one end to the other without getting blown
player who most likes to shop, Yasmin was sent away to a up would win $1,000 for the kitty. Only Yasmin succeed-
spa for a day of rest and relaxation. The others were split ed, as the players before her triggered several explosions
into three groups of three and told to shop for a house, a from squares that had been left blank on Bob and Crystal-
car, and a boat that they thought Yasmin would like. Each Rose’s map.
was given five choices, of varying price. They had to stay Luggage Reclaim: The players were presented with
in contact with one another and stay within an imagi- the opportunity to spend $1,000 from the group kitty to
nary two million dollar budget. The boat and house teams reclaim the luggage they had lost in the first episode of
quickly made choices that they thought were what Yas- the season. Alaina, Joe, Pete and Thao all took the offer,
min would most want. The car team of Alaina, Crystal- reducing the kitty by $4,000. The other players were up-
Rose, and Joe had some disagreement as to whether Yas- set to hear the trivial things they sacrificed money from
min would rather go for a Lamborghini Diablo or a Bent- the kitty to reclaim - Alaina wanted matching outfits, Joe
ley Arnage. They chose the Lamborghini, and although wanted his bodybuilding protein food back, Pete wanted
the boat team of Bob, Marc, and David were out of con- the speakers to go with his walkman even though he had
tact for a time during the assignment, they stayed within a headset, and Thao was desperate to have her stuffed El-
the budget. Yasmin was then presented with profiles of mo doll returned to her.
each car, boat, and house that the other nine had to
choose from, and if her choices matched theirs, $10,000 Weakest Link Special Episode
would be won. Yasmin picked the same boat and house,
but opted for the Bentley Arnage instead of the Lam- The Votes
borghini Diablo (stating she told Alaina how much she • Note that the following are regarding the contestant,
liked old cars), so no money was won. not the contestant the contestant votes against:
Toughness: Joe was selected by the group as the one Red indicates the contestant was the weakest
who thinks he’s the toughest. He was taken to a separate link
location and strapped to what was purportedly an elec-
tric chair, one that would put an increasing electrical Lime indicates the contestant was the strongest
current through his body. The others would come later, link
and be presented with twenty questions. If they an-
swered all twenty questions, rightly or wrongly, they Joe was first eliminated for not answering any questions
would win $5,000 for the group kitty. Each time they an- correctly. Alaina was next for not banking at a crucial
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Main Rounds Final
Round
Round: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Voted Out: Joe Alaina Pete Crystal- Ann-Ma- David Marc Thao Bob
8/9 5/8 5/7 Votes Rose ree 2/4 2/3 Runner- Winner
Votes Votes 2/6 Votes 3/5 Votes Votes Votes Up
Money $3,200 $3,000 $500 $1,500 $3,200 $1,000 $200 $500 x 3 $14,100
Banked: TOTAL
Contestant Votes
Bob Joe Pete Crystal- Thao Thao Marc Marc Won
Rose
Thao Joe David Pete Crystal- Ann-Ma- David Marc Lost
Rose ree
Marc Joe Alaina Pete Ann-Maree Ann-Ma- David Thao
ree
David Joe Alaina Pete Crystal- Ann-Ma- Thao
Rose ree
Ann-Maree Joe Alaina Pete David Marc
Crystal-Rose Joe Alaina Pete Bob
Pete Joe Alaina Thao
Alaina Joe David
Joe Alaina
moment and getting the question wrong. Pete followed Charity $5,000 $5,000
for annoying everyone. Crystal-Rose was voted out for
Luggage Drop -$5,000 $5,000
not answering enough questions correctly. Ann-Maree
was eliminated for banking too early. David was next for Current Kitty $43,000 $202,000
taking too long to answer a question (although he did get Free Passes
it correct). Marc was voted out for being too big a threat
Bob Won on The Weakest Link
(to Bob), and for stumbling on questions (to Thao). In
the end, Bob defeated Thao in the Head-to-Head round. Elimination
For winning, Bob received a free pass. However, Cornelia Thao 4th player eliminated
Frances left it a cliffhanger by saying "Or have you?"
The final total won was $14,100, the lowest total ever Test:
Cheating Test In the waiting room of the Weakest Link
in the Australian version of The Weakest Link. This episode studio, the room was bugged with hidden microphones
was watched by a national audience of 1.312 million, and cameras. A production folder was left on a table with
however, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, aired one hour the answers to all the Weakest Link questions on the back.
later on the same night, achieved a national audience of If the players look at the Q and A section, and gave the
1.51 million. information to a player still in the game, they would be
caught cheating and the prize money won and the free
Episode 4 pass would be taken away. Many people looked at and
picked up the folder, and Marc (who was at the time
Episode 4 recap still in the game) saw the tab labeled "questions and an-
Location: Seven Network studio, Melbourne, Victoria swers," but it was determined that they didn’t attempt
Gold Coast, Queensland to pass any unfair advantage on to players still in the
game, so the money and the free pass both stood. The
Assignment Money Possible earn-
host rounded the total up to $15,000.
earned ings
Charity: The players were split into three groups of
The Weakest Link/Cheat- $15,000 $100,000 three and told that their assignment was to raise $300
ing Test for charity. One group would raise money drawing car-
icatures, one doing massages, and the other performing
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as statues. They each got some training appropriate to Surveillance $0 $5,000
their tasks, and were given one hour to, among them,
Murder Game $0 $5,000
collect the $300. They were sent to three different shop-
ping malls. Thao proved to be extremely skilled at car- Bungee Jumping $3,000 $8,000
tooning, pulling in the most money of anyone individu- Relative Bungee $0 $8,000
ally, whilst Crystal-Rose pulled out of her challenge after
Current Kitty $52,000 $236,000
appearing to suffer from heat exhaustion. In the end, the
massage team of Ann-Maree, Bob, and Joe made $109.55, Free Passes
the cartoonists Alaina, Marc, and Thao had $102.25, and Alaina Won in the Murder Game
the statues Crystal-Rose, David, and Pete made $96.60 (all
in change), meaning the challenge was won. Elimination
Luggage Drop: Bob, Joe, Marc, and Thao went up in Joe 5th player eliminated
an airplane with everyone’s luggage, including the items
that certain people had paid $1,000 from the kitty to re- Baby Treasure Hunt: Bob, David, Marc, and Pete volun-
claim just days before. They dropped it in a specific lo- teered to go on a treasure hunt. Bob and Pete were given
cation, and had to rely upon the other five to find it in a camera and a vehicle, and David and Marc got a map
time. The only help they could give them was an SMS, with various points in Gold Coast marked on it, to give
and it had to be of a 160 character limit, meaning words directions to the other two. They were told that what
had to be truncated. If the luggage was found within they were to photograph would be obvious. What they
three hours, $5,000 would be won, but if not, everyone found were baby pictures and home videos of the eight
would lose their luggage. The group of five was also took remaining players in the game. Upon returning to the
on a meaningless tour of some Gold Coast canals, that hotel, they were charged with identifying the person in
were meant to look much the same as all the others and each photo they’d taken, and each correct answer would
get them lost. The group of four dropped the luggage a be worth $1,000 for the group kitty. They took six photos
kilometer away from the Hinze Dam. The SMS they sent and correctly identified each of them, missing only
said "NTH WEST FROM BRLH HEADS DAM PAST DAM Alaina’s and Crystal-Rose’s.
ENTRNCE RESORT PAST HORSE STUD CLEARING NEAR Surveillance: At the same time as the other four were
RST LOOK FOR GREEN ROOF AT ENTRANCE NEAR RST" It doing the treasure hunt, Alaina, Ann-Maree, Crystal-
should have taken the players in the boat just five min- Rose, and Joe were given the task of following them. They
utes to make their way back to their cars, but they got were to tail them as closely as possible without being
lost and it took them almost an hour. They also misinter- seen. If they went the whole day without Bob or Pete see-
preted directions given to them by someone in a conve- ing them, and were able to identify what their task was,
nience store, and headed in entirely the wrong direction. they would win $5,000 for the kitty. This assignment was
Though the group of five was confident they’d found the successfully completed, as they were easily able to dis-
right place, the assignment was failed. Upon the reunit- cern the task given to the others, who were never aware
ing all nine players at the hotel, the host offered to return that they were being followed. However, the $5,000 was
the players their bags if they’d pay $5,000 from the group revoked because Alaina broke a law during the assign-
kitty. They agreed, on majority vote, to do this. ment - she spoke on a cell phone while driving.
• At the elimination, both Marc and Thao preferred Murder Game: After being chosen as the group’s most
Ann-Maree to be eliminated whilst Marc also observant player, Alaina was isolated from the other sev-
preferred Thao to be eliminated. Even Ann-Maree en players, who were treated to a ride on a fancy cruiser
said that she thought she wouldn’t survive the for a day of rest and relaxation, and a black-tie dinner.
elimination, with tensions rising when Bob called for The host informed them at that dinner that one of them
calm from her. After green screens came up for was to be the victim of a faux murder later in the
David, Crystal-Rose and Ann-Maree, the screen evening, and one of the others was to commit the deed.
turned red when Thao’s name was typed in. She The roles were selected at random. Alaina’s task would
thought that either Bob or Pete was the Mole. be to figure out who the murderer was. She got some
training from a detective. If she was successful, she’d win
Episode 5 a free pass through to the next episode, and if she was
not, the group would win $5,000. The victim ended up
Episode 5 recap being Ann-Maree, who was placed in a realistic-looking
crime scene in the boat’s engine room. One at a time, the
Location: Gold Coast, Queensland
other six all went down to the room and came back up,
Assignment Money earned Possible earnings with the murderer "killing" Ann-Maree when he went
Baby Treasure Hunt $6,000 $8,000 down - only the murderer himself knew his role, and the
other six thus thought that this was the perfect crime.
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When Alaina was brought on board the next morning, Assignment Money Possible earnin-
she was permitted ten questions to any of the other six earned gs
players. The murderer was permitted to lie, but the in-
$5,000 Shopping -$5,000 $5,000
nocent players all had to tell the truth. After asking six
Spree
questions and making no progress, Alaina offered to toss
a coin for the free pass if the murderer would give him- Photo Hunt $0 $5,000
self up. In her last question, when she asked this of Bob, Bike the Mountain $10,000 $10,000
he replied, "No, I want the money," which indicated that
Free Pass Refund $0 $20,000
he had the power to make that decision. An innocent
player wouldn’t be allowed to make this choice, since he Current Kitty $57,000 $276,000
couldn’t lie and say he was the murderer. Thus, Alaina Free Passes
knew Bob was the murderer, won a free pass and denied
the group any money. Crystal-Rose Won in the Photo Hunt
Bungee Jumping: The eight players were given the Elimination
opportunity to bungee jump off a tall crane. Each one Pete 6th player eliminated
of them that jumped would win $500 for the kitty, and
if all of them jumped, the prize would be doubled, for a $5,000 Shopping Spree: After Crystal-Rose volunteered to
potential total of $8,000. The men all jumped, but of the for the Photo Hunt, the remaining players were split in-
women, only Alaina would go through with it, meaning to two groups and told to, within three hours, spend ex-
only $3,000 was won. actly $5,000, in order to win $5,000 for the group kitty.
Relative Bungee: The players were then taken to a To make this rather transparent task more challenging,
flatscreen monitor that showed the bungee crane and numerous rules were put in place: the players couldn’t
asked to bet on the likelihood of other people, later re- own anything at the end of their time, they were not to
vealed to be family members of each of them, going spend more than $1,000 on anything, and they mustn’t
through with the jump. Each correct prediction earned waste or give away any of the money. Ann-Maree, Bob,
$1,000 for the kitty, and each incorrect prediction took and David took a helicopter ride and later a boat ride.
$1,000 away. Crystal-Rose predicted her brother would Alaina, Marc, and Pete rented a recording studio, drank
jump, and he did. Joe predicted the same for his sister, expensive bottles of wine, and spent $1,000 on a three-
but she didn’t jump. David thought his mother would course fancy lunch in a private room, complete with but-
jump, but she didn’t. Pete was confident his sister would lers and masseuses. They both had a few hundred dollars
jump, and she did. Alaina predicted that her mom would left with very little time remaining. After going through
jump, but she did not. Marc predicted that his mother a few ideas, Ann-Maree, Bob, and David chose to spend
wouldn’t jump, and she indeed didn’t. Bob predicted that their remaining dollars on scratch tickets, and simply put
his wife would back out, and she did. The only relative whatever winnings they’d get back into further scratch
the show could find for Ann-Maree was her 82-year-old tickets until their money was all gone. The other group
father, so he wasn’t asked to jump. Instead, a young bought a $400 stamp and posted it to the store from
friend of hers was put on the crane. She predicted he which they bought it. The six of them reunited with the
would jump, but he didn’t. With four correct and four in- host within the time limit and had receipts for exactly
correct predictions, the assignment was a push. The play- $5,000, so it seemed the assignment was won. However,
ers were then allowed some time with their relatives. the $400 stamp was determined to have broken either the
• During the computer quiz, Joe said that Alaina was a rule against wastage or the rule against gifts - a postage
prime suspect to be the Mole, but had stuck with his fee of less than a dollar needn’t be paid by $400 worth of
initial gut instincts from the beginning, David and stamps, and an antique stamp that’s been posted once is
Marc. After green screens came up for David and not worthless, but merely worth less. Since the rules were
Crystal-Rose, the screen turned red when Joe’s name broken, the $5,000 they spent came from the kitty.
was typed in. He thought that one of those two Photo Hunt: During the shopping spree, Crystal-Rose
aforementioned contestants (David and Marc) was prepared with a professional makeup artist and costumer
the Mole. to hide herself in Warner Bros. Movie World. If she could
keep from being photographed by any of the other play-
Episode 6 ers for half an hour, she’d win a free pass through to the
next episode, but if they spotted her, the group would
Episode 6 recap win $5,000. She had the full complement of theme park
Location: Gold Coast, Queensland costumes available for her choosing to pose as a charac-
Binna Burra ter, but she chose to pose as a member of a family visit-
ing the park, wearing a wig, eyeglasses, colored contacts,
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and lots of padding under normal, but different, clothing Photographic Scavenger $5,000 $5,000
to make her appear heavier. The others only came close Hunt
to her once in the hour, when Alaina and Marc in fact got
Diamond Heist $3,000 $15,000
out of the way of Crystal-Rose and her "family" taking a
photo themselves. Thus, no money was won and Crystal- Current Kitty $74,000 $306,000
Rose won her free pass. Elimination
Bike the Mountain: The players were told to travel to
David 7th player eliminated
Binna Burra, at the top of a long, steep hill. They start-
ed off with four bicycles and two motorized scooters, and
Stunt Driving Relay Race: The players were presented
had the opportunity three times within their two-hour
with a relay race involving driving tricks. Ann-Maree and
time limit to answer quiz questions that would get them
Crystal-Rose would have to slalom through traffic cones -
more scooters and fewer bicycles if answered correct-
forward and then backward. Alaina and Marc would then
ly, but more bicycles and fewer scooters if answered in-
have to do a handbrake turn and reverse into a small box
correctly. Ann-Maree was permitted to withdraw herself
marked off by cones. Bob and David would last have to
from the assignment, as it would have been too physical-
do two figure 8’s around cones on a skidpan. The race
ly taxing for her to have a realistic chance of complet-
against the clock was two laps, with each player needing
ing it within the time limit. The host informed them just
to do their trick once in turn, on a fifteen minute time
before they pulled out that the assignment was worth
limit. After completing their leg, the players had to hand
$10,000. At their first stop, they gained an additional
the car off to the next person inside a box marked by blue
scooter by correctly answering 225 as the number ob-
flags. They were given some training and a dry run, but
tained by adding together all the odd numbers between
during the real run, there would be on top of each cone
0 and 30. Between that stop and the next, there were
an egg, which, if dislodged, would cost a $500 penalty
signs on the side of the road showing the fifty states of
from the potential $10,000 value of the assignment. The
the United States of America, and they had to recall forty
first lap went strongly, with Ann-Maree slaloming per-
of them to get another scooter. During this leg, Alaina
fectly, Marc doing a strong handbrake turn and revers-
complained loudly of Marc telling her to cycle faster, and
ing into the box (but losing time as he didn’t back up
switched midway through to a scooter, which she needed
completely the first time), and David quickly completing
help to properly ride and nearly wound up crashing and
his figure 8 laps on the skidpan. The second lap was less
hurting herself. This resulted in the entire group stop-
fluid - Crystal-Rose slalomed perfectly just as Ann-Maree
ping to argue. They successfully recited forty of the U.S.
had (and was cruising instead of racing, losing time), but
states at the second stop and obtained scooters for every-
Alaina knocked over two cones on her handbrake turn
one. They narrowly succeeded in arriving under the time
and Bob lost several seconds on the skidpan. They com-
limit. The host asked them upon arriving in Binna Burra
pleted the race in 13 minutes 35 seconds. David, however,
how much the assignment was worth, and they correctly
had not had his seatbelt on when he backed the car into
responded $10,000, giving them that amount in the kitty.
the box of blue flags on the changeover to Crystal-Rose,
Refund:
Free Pass Refund During the computer tests, Crystal-
after he had first overshot it. This meant he had to do his
Rose was enjoying champagne with Grant as the others
part again, in the 1 minute 25 seconds that remained on
were in the testing rooms. Grant offered to add $20,000
the clock. He made it with 2 seconds to spare, so $9,000
to the kitty if she’d give back the free pass she earn from
was won.
"Photo Hunt", but she refused.
Photographic Scavenger Hunt: The host woke the
After green screens appeared for Bob and Ann-Maree,
players up in the middle of the night to present them
the screen turned red when Pete’s name was typed in. All
with an assignment. They were split into two groups of
of the players, most visibly Marc and Ann-Maree, were
three and each presented with a map showing a path
distraught to see him leave. Pete thought Marc was the
through the park in Binna Burra where they were stay-
Mole.
ing, a spotlight, and a camera. The assignment, for $5,000,
was to photograph five distinct species of vertebrate an-
Episode 7
imals within the park in one hour. Alaina, Crystal-Rose,
and Marc found their first species in minutes, a pademel-
Episode 7 recap
on. The other three found pademelons themselves short-
Location: Ormeau, Queensland ly thereafter. The first group also found a tawny frog-
Binna Burra mouth. With the hour up, the groups reunited with the
Assignment Money Possible earn- host, who had a wildlife expert with him to judge the
earned ings footage. It was up to the discretion of the wildlife expert
if they had photographed five species. He decided that
Stunt Driving Relay Race $9,000 $10,000
the two pictures of pademelons were actually two dif-
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ferent species, and some desperate shooting by David the target, they’d win $1,000 for the group kitty, for a
of a pond, looking for tadpoles, in fact found a few. In total of $8,000 potential winnings, as each of them had
their last few minutes, Alaina, Crystal-Rose, and Marc two water balloons to drop. Bob, at the same time, was
found a yellow robin, bringing the group’s total, some- charged with predicting the outcomes of each drop. Each
what serendipitously, to five species and success in the prediction he got correct would win $1,000, but each one
assignment. he got incorrect would lose $1,000. He wouldn’t know the
Diamond Heist: The players were taken to an emptied outcome of any of the drops until the very end of the as-
warehouse into which five diamonds, behind an intricate signment. Bob predicted Alaina would miss both shots.
laser security fence, were placed. Each of them had a She did miss the first, but hit the second, so she won
value, from $1,000 to $5,000. If a player could make it $1,000 all told. Ann-Maree dropped her first balloon be-
through the laser fence with the diamond, the kitty fore she was prepared to take the shot, and it fell well
would increase by its value, but if they grabbed a dia- away from the target. Her second shot also missed.
mond and subsequently tripped a laser wire, the value Crystal-Rose and Marc missed both shots as well. Bob
of the diamond would be penalized from the kitty. They predicted a miss and a hit for Crystal-Rose and two miss-
were lowered, one at a time, from a height, and given es for Ann-Maree and Marc, giving him six correct pre-
aerosol sprays with which they could see the laser wires. dictions and two incorrect, for $4,000 on his end of the
There was a collective time limit of five minutes. Marc assignment and $5,000 total winnings.
went straight for the $3,000 diamond, but tripped a wire Stadium Art: After being selected as the two players
after 35 seconds. Crystal-Rose tripped a wire on the way with an artistic temperament, Crystal-Rose and Marc
to the $2,000 diamond after mere moments. Alaina were taken to ANZ Stadium and told to, within 20 min-
tripped a wire on the way to the $1,000 diamond. David utes, draw a picture of a platypus at least 80 by 30 meters
then successfully retrieved both the $1,000 and $2,000 di- in chalk with the machines normally used to draw lines
amonds. Bob then tripped a wire with his hand just in and field markers. The others would then have to guess
front of the $3,000 diamond. Mere seconds remained for what animal the drawing represented, to win $5,000. The
Ann-Maree’s run, and though she made it to the $3,000 others thought it was either a platypus or a mole, and in-
diamond safely, she did not grab it, because there was not correctly guessed mole since the platypus didn’t seem to
sufficient time for her to make it back out with it. have a tail.
• At the elimination, most of the players except Bob Aerial I-Spy: While Crystal-Rose and Marc were draw-
said that they least wanted David to win. David ing their platypus, Alaina, Ann-Maree, and Bob went up
himself said that he didn’t want either Alaina or in light aircraft to take photographs representing specif-
Crystal-Rose to win, and Bob didn’t want Alaina to ic letters of the alphabet. It was up to them what would
out-survive her on the show. David’s name was the best represent a specific letter of the alphabet - they
first typed into the elimination screen, and, as it could take a picture of something that physically resem-
turned out, the screen turned red. He thought Bob bled the letter, or perhaps an object that began with or
was the Mole. notably featured their particular letter. Alaina got the
letters T and E, Ann-Maree A and R, and Bob was given
Episode 8 B and Y. Upon reuniting at the football stadium, Crystal-
Rose and Marc had to guess what six-letter word was
Episode 8 recap made from their letters, in order to win $5,000. Bob pho-
Location: Canungra, Queensland tographed a bridge and the shape of a Y in a dirt track,
Brisbane, Queensland
Brisbane, Ann-Maree a reservoir and an airport, and Alaina trees
and power lines (for "electricity"). Crystal-Rose and Marc
Assignment Money earned Possible earnings were befuddled by the photos and could only guess
Paragliding $5,000 $16,000 "chirpy," but the correct word was "betray."
• At the elimination, after green screens came up for
Stadium Art $0 $5,000
Marc and Bob, the red screen appeared when Ann-
Aerial I-Spy $0 $5,000 Maree’s name was typed in. She also thought Bob
Current Kitty $79,000 $332,000 was the Mole.
Elimination
Episode 9
Ann-Maree 8th player eliminated
Episode 9 recap
Paragliding: Alaina, Ann-Maree, Crystal-Rose, and Marc
Location: Toogoolawah, Queensland
were given the task of tandem paragliding to a minimum
Dunk Island
height of 30 meters, and dropping a water balloon onto
a six meter by six meter target below. Each time they hit Assignment Money earned Possible earnings
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Parachute $5,000 $20,000 map, but the men drew a map that successfully won the
Jumping money.
Refund:
Free Pass Refund At the elimination, Grant revealed
Temptation -$24,000 $0
that Marc had earned the free pass from "Temptation
Island
Island". Alaina, Bob, and Crystal-Rose were shocked by
Jetski Maps $5,000 $5,000 Marc’s high bid of $24,000, as they worked very hard and
Free Pass $48,000 $48,000 very long to earn that amount. Subsequently, Grant of-
Refund fered Marc $48,000. That was the $24,000 Marc bidded for
the free pass and an additional $24,000. If Marc would
Current $113,000 $381,000
give back the free pass, that amount would be added to
Kitty
the kitty. Marc said he was extremely unconfident of his
Free passes chances, but agreed to give back the free pass for the
— Bob failed to keep all of the others from money.
parachute jumping Marc’s name was typed in first, and the green screen
appeared, relieving him. Bob’s name was typed in second,
— Marc originally paid $24,000 for a free and the screen turned red. He again thought that Marc
pass while the group was on the island, was the Mole, a suspicion he had been riding on since
but gave it back for that amount of mon- Episode 3.
ey to instead be added to the kitty
Elimination Episode 10
Bob 9th player eliminated
Episode 10 recap
Parachute Jumping: At 2:00 AM the night after the eighth Location: Cairns, Queensland
elimination, the host woke Bob in his hotel room to tell Double Island, Queensland
him that the next day, each of them would be given the
Assignment Money earned Possible earnings
opportunity to do a solo parachute jump. If he could con-
vince each of the other three to not go through with Heartstopper $0 $5,000
it, the group would win $10,000 and Bob would win the Trivia Card Game -$5,000 $30,000
game’s final free pass. The next morning, the host pre-
Final Kitty $108,000 $416,000
sented the assignment to all four players, telling them
that there was $5,000 to be won for each of them that The Reveal
would do a solo jump. They had to first do a tandem Marc The Runner-Up
jump before they were permitted to do the solo. Marc
Crystal-Rose The winner of $108,000
was excited to do the tandem jump, and the women both
seemed reluctantly willing. Marc and Alaina did the tan- Alaina The Mole
dem jump, but Crystal-Rose backed out. Once on the
ground, Marc decided to go for the solo jump, but Alaina Heartstopper: The players were each presented a fright-
decided against it. Marc indeed did the solo jump, so only ening challenge: Alaina had to capture and release a wild
$5,000 (and no free pass) was won. snake, Crystal-Rose had to pet a leopard shark, and Marc
Temptation Island: After a relaxing dinner on Dunk had to swipe eggs from a very protective female saltwa-
Island, said by the host to be "temptation island," the ter crocodile’s nest. They were connected to heart rate
players were taken away one by one to privately bid with monitors and told that they must keep their heart rates
money from the kitty to secure the game’s final free pass. below 150 beats per minute all day to succeed in the as-
Bob bid $15,000, Marc bid $24,000, Alaina refused to bid signment. Alaina had to find a snake inside a garage, and,
entirely, and Crystal-Rose bid $5,500. The bids were not once it was captured, drive it out to the wilderness to re-
immediately revealed, and all were sent to take the com- lease it. Her heart rate spiked near 150 only twice, when
puter test. she thought she’d found the snake but in fact found on-
Jetski Maps: Before the elimination, the players had ly a bundle of rope, and then later when she touched the
an assignment where they were split into pairs, by gen- snake for the first time. She completed her task. Crystal-
der, and told to ride a jetski around the island and map Rose also completed hers, scuba diving into a tank con-
it. They were then to pick their more accurate map of the taining small sharks and petting one of them. Her heart
two to submit for evaluation, and if it was at least 50% rate spiked near 150 once as well, when she was nipped
correct, $5,000 would be won. The women mostly played on the finger by a shark. Marc refused to attempt his task
around on their ride and didn’t draw a particularly good (he thought it was just too dangerous to even try, and all
he had to do was to simply enter the enclosure), and the
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$5,000 was lost. Alaina and Crystal-Rose were shocked, as Luggage Reclaim: Although not shown on the final
their tasks were more risky and dangerous than his. segment, Alaina bought $1,000 from the kitty to get back
Trivia Card Game: The players were taken to a casino the equipment she lost in the first episode of the season.
and given $5,000 apiece in chips. They were to wager on Episode 4 Teaser: Although not shown on the final
questions the host asked, by placing their chips next to segment, in the episode 4 teaser shown at the end of
cards the host dealt that represented choices. Each cor- episode 3, Grant is heard saying: "Who is the Weakest
rect answer would give them triple their wager back. Link?" and the contestants hold up signs saying "Joe". As
They lost $1,000 on the first question, won $1,500 on the Grant says "And who is The Mole?", Joe is shown holding
second, won $1,700 on the third, lost $3,000 on the fourth up a sign saying "Alaina".
question, and lost $2,900 on the fifth and final question. Cheating Test: Alaina tried to get Marc to read the
They finished down $5,000 for the assignment, reducing folder in the greenroom that contained the questions and
the final kitty to $108,000. answers. Though Marc looked at the tab, he resisted the
The final computer test took place on Double Island. temptation, so the money from this assignment stood.
It revealed Crystal-Rose to be the winner, Alaina the Although not shown on the final segment, Alaina also did
Mole, and Marc the runner-up. Marc was suspicious bomb a $2000 question, breaking the team chain in the
about Alaina, but he thought Crystal-Rose was the Mole, round she was eliminated, and, in her post-round inter-
which led to his defeat. Crystal-Rose thought it was Marc view said that the Mole’s strategy would be to keep the
between episodes 2 and 9; no one selected Alaina as the weaker players on and try to keep as low as possible the
Mole on the computer test until Crystal-Rose did at the amount of money that had been accumulated up to that
very end. In fact, it was revealed that Crystal-Rose and point.
Marc had suspected each other until it seemed Crystal- Charity: Although not shown on the final segment,
Rose had changed her mind right at the very last second, Alaina did nothing in her charity activity, leaving Marc
almost ending up in the series not having a winner for and Thao to do all the money raising.
the first time in the history of The Mole. Luggage Drop: Alaina asked locals for the wrong di-
rections, deliberately misinterpreting Marc’s SMS and
Mole Sabotage and Hidden costing the team $5,000. Also, although not shown on the
final segment, Alaina also voted to have the luggage back,
Clues which incurred the loss of $5,000 from the team kitty.
Surveillance: Alaina displayed a little quick thinking
Unlike the past two seasons, there was no extra episode
here, taking the phone from Ann-Maree in the passenger
dedicated to revealing the Mole, the clues and his/her
seat when she threw it at her and, just for a moment,
acts of sabotage. Instead, they were revealed at the end
talking on it while driving. It was enough to get the
of Episode 10.
$5,000 for the assignment revoked, and cast suspicion on
Episode 1 Introduction: In the introduction where the
Ann-Maree.
players are first introduced, everyone was shown except
Murder Game: Although not shown on the final seg-
Alaina, indicating that everyone who was shown was
ment, Alaina denied the group $5,000 by successfully
there to win money. Alaina replaced Janet in the episode
solving the overnight murder and coming to the conclu-
two introduction.
sion that Bob was the murderer, which he admitted.
Campout: Alaina convinced her group to go for the
Bungee Jumping: Alaina jumped, but successfully
gear both times when the other groups both took one
talked Ann-Maree and Crystal-Rose into not jumping,
duffel bag and one voucher. Also, as the players suspect-
costing $1,000 directly and a potential of another $4,000
ed at the time, the Mole indeed took the other $1,000
that would have been won if everyone jumped.
voucher when the host came to collect them. Alaina took
Relative Bungee: Although not shown on the final
the second piece of paper from Bob’s pack.
segment, Alaina knew that her mother wouldn’t jump,
Snipers: Alaina made no attempt to shoot anyone in
but predicted against that, costing another $1,000.
the laser shootout, and purposely tripped an alarm wire
Photo Hunt: Alaina actually recognized Crystal-Rose
and lead Yasmin into a dead end so they’d be shot by Bob
within Movie World, but stopped Marc from walking
and David.
straight toward her, keeping $5,000 from being won.
Gold Coast Shopping Spree: Alaina knew Yasmin
Bike the Mountain: The mishap Alaina had on the
would prefer the Bentley, but she insisted on picking the
scooter was not deliberate, but she did milk it for as much
Lamborghini, costing $10,000.
time and drama as possible, nearly costing the assign-
Toughness: Both a sabotage and a clue, Alaina didn’t
ment.
supply the others with the correct answer to the question
Stunt Driving Relay Race: Alaina was the only one to
"Which car manufacturer has a black bull as its logo?" It
knock over any cones during the real run, costing $1,000.
was Lamborghini, just like the one she’d test-driven ear-
Diamond Heist: Although not shown on the final seg-
lier that day. This contributed to the loss of $5,000.
ment, Alaina tripped an alarm wire attempting to steal
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the $1,000 diamond and told Ann-Maree not to take the Alaina convinced them to guess that it was a mole, cost-
$3,000 diamond as time was running out. This could have ing $5,000.
been $4,000 into the kitty. Parachute Jumping: Alaina backed out of the solo
The Eliminations: At the beginning of episode eight, jump, even though she desperately wanted to go through
each of the final five players (Alaina, Ann-Maree, Bob, with it, after having greatly enjoyed the tandem jump.
Crystal-Rose, and Marc) had a confession talking about This cost another $5,000.
how nervous they were when seeing their names typed Trivia Card Game: Alaina, like Crystal-Rose and Marc,
into the computer and how relieved they were when the was given $5,000 in chips to start with. She bet $3,500,
green screen came up for them. However, Alaina was ly- didn’t win anything, but somehow had no chips left at
ing because her name was never once typed in during the end of the assignment.
any of the eliminations.
Paragliding: After scoring a hit with her second water
balloon, Alaina figured out that the proper technique was
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