The Mole (Australia season 6)
| The Mole (Australia season 6) | |
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| Country of origin | Australia |
| No. of episodes | 21 |
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| Original network | Seven Network |
| Original release | 2 July – 16 October 2013 |
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The sixth season of the Australian version of The Mole took place in various locations around Australia, and was hosted by Shura Taft.
In October 2012, the Seven Network announced through its 2013 programming launch that The Mole would return following a seven-year absence. On 11 January 2013, it was announced that Shura Taft would be hosting the revived show.
The announced maximum kitty for the season was $250,000. The show premiered on Tuesday, 2 July at 7:30pm, and was originally going to air three nights a week, however, disappointing ratings resulted in the show reverting to airing only once a week, on Wednesday nights showing double episodes at 9:30pm; that took effect from the fifth episode until the eleventh episode. Further disappointing ratings, and a clash with a documentary on the Essendon Football Club supplements saga saw the show moved to an even later timeslot, airing at 10:30pm on Wednesdays; this took effect from the twelfth episode until the end of the season.
Terminations in this edition of The Mole were, in the early stages of the game, far less frequent than is typical of other editions — the first termination, for instance, did not occur until the conclusion of the third episode. They were also somewhat irregularly spaced, and could occur at any time within a particular episode. After the seventh termination, the game settled into the more widely utilised system of a quiz and termination occurring at the end of each episode.
Twelve contestants participated this season. On 11 June 2013, the contestants were revealed:
1 Aisha Jefcoate has, since the end of filming, moved to Sydney as she tries to pursue a career in television presenting.
The Drop Off: The twelve players were divided into three teams of four. After being dropped off at sites with a similar distance to the flag, the quartets were instructed to navigate their way to the flag within two hours (with each team earning $5,000 for their timely arrival with the luggage). If a team decided that they could not make it in time, they could use an 'emergency' envelope, which would allow them to be transported by vehicle to the flag, however they would receive no money. Additionally, $100 was forfeited for every piece of luggage not carried to the flag. The team of Alex, Ally, Shaun and Seble arrived via the emergency vehicle, and eight bags of luggage were left behind, therefore, only $9,200 of the $15,000 on offer was won.
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