The Mole (Australia season 2)
| The Mole (Australia season 2) | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | Australia |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Seven Network |
| Original release | 21 February – 25 April 2001 |
| Season chronology | |
The second season of the Australian version of The Mole originally aired from 21 February 2001 to 25 April 2001. It took place in Victoria and was hosted by Grant Bowler.
Unlike any other season of The Mole anywhere in the world, this one began with sixteen players in the first episode, which were whittled to ten in what was referred to as the last step in the audition process. The maximum prize to be won in this season was $200,000. Filming took place throughout November and December in late 2000.
More than 5,000 people auditioned to be on the show. These are the sixteen who started episode one:
*Neither Michael B.'s nor Natalie's information were given
Hotel Huntdown: The players were split into four teams of four and started in Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, and Hobart. The groups' assignment was to get to a hotel in Melbourne by 4:00 PM. They were given $500 each, and were not to use more than the budget. They were also to use at least 5 methods of transportation, and each must take them at least 1 kilometer. If the players broke any of the rules or failed to make it to the hotel, the entire group was eliminated. All four quartets made it to the hotel in time.
Pre-Elimination: During the first assignment, the players were given dossier cards about the players not in their group, and were encouraged to try to find out the same information from their group mates. Once at the hotel, everyone who made it took a computer test based on general knowledge about all sixteen people. The top ten scorers advanced to the main part of the game.
Assault Course: The ten players who survived the first elimination were flown by helicopter to HMAS Cerberus and told, for $10,000, to complete a Naval training assault course. There were nine obstacles on the course, which would take a fit person 20 minutes to complete. The group was given 40 minutes for all of them to complete it. For each obstacle they refused or failed, they'd lose two minutes off the time limit. Though they inadvertently ran around one obstacle and had to double back on it, they completed the course in time and won the money.
Tour Guides: Immediately after the Assault Course, the group selected Fiona and Shane as the two players who they thought were most handy at spinning a yarn. The two of them were taken to Melbourne, and given the assignment of posing as guides on a tour bus, and lying to 26 complete strangers. They had to two boldfaced lies and be believed, and tell two jokes, getting a laugh from each. Shane tried to lie first, but told an unbelievable, absurd, and overly detailed story. Fiona then managed to tell outrageous lies that were counted. Shane next tried a joke, but since he asked the tourists to laugh, it was disallowed. They then each managed to tell a joke that got at least someone in their group to laugh. At the end of the trip, each tourist was presented a survey form, and to win the $5,000, each of them had to grade Fiona and Shane's job as tour guides either "excellent" or "very good." They received nine "very good" and seventeen "excellent" ratings, winning the money.
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