Ten players. One traitor. Everyone becomes a detective and nobody trusts their own mother.
Season 14 • Episode 1
LatestThe Mole is a reality television game show which was originally created in 1999 by Woestijnvis. It was conceived by Michiel Devlieger, Bart de Pauw, Tom Lenaerts and Michel Vanhove, and won the famous Rose d'Or in Montreux, Switzerland, in 2000. The format has been licensed in 40 countries from all around the world. The show aired on TV1 (now VRT 1) for 3 reasons between 1998 and 2003; in 2016 it was revived and moved to VIER (now PLAY).
Writing
Brilliantly designed challenges that expose personality cracks.
Production
Exotic locations make betrayal look cinematic.
Creators
Bart De Pauw, Michiel Devlieger, Michel Vanhove, Tom Lenaerts
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
De Mol invented the 'traitor' reality format that Survivor and The Traitors later cloned shamelessly.
The original 1998 season had such low budget that producers personally drove challenge equipment in their own cars.
BE
