RealityBBQ - The Mole

Who’ll Be the Winner Taking Home $420,000? Who is The Mole?
The Season Finale of “The Mole” will air MONDAY, AUGUST 11 (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. Jon Kelley (”Extra,” “The National Sports Report,” “Baseball Today”) is host. The final winner will take home $420,000.

In the final hour, “Episode 510,” all 12 players will reunite for the moment when The Mole will finally be revealed. Find out how the winner won, how The Mole sabotaged others, as well as what happened to all your favorite players. And The Mole clues will be revealed!

The three players remaining are:

Craig (San Diego, CA)
Mark (Mukwonago, WI)
Nicole (Chicago, IL)

“With one episode of the show to go, fans of The Mole are attempting to organize a campaign to save the show by sending lemons to ABC. The show’s producers are already campaigning to save their series because, as ABC’s president told me, the show will likely be cancelled because its ratings have failed to increase.

Fans plan to join fans of other endangered series by sending things to the network in an attempt to annoy them into submission; in this case, they’re sending lemons with (sad) faces drawn on them. They’re a reference to an episode in which Paul drew a face on a lemon and turned it into a mascot. ”

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NINTH EXECUTION ON “THE MOLE” WAS PAUL GRASSI’S; NEXT EPISODE AIRS MONDAY, AUGUST 4, ON ABC
Final Three Players Set
Paul Grassi (Yonkers, NY), became the ninth player to leave “The Mole” during last night’s episode. The ninth of ten episodes airs MONDAY, AUGUST 4 (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. Jon Kelley (”Extra,” “The National Sports Report,” “Baseball Today”) is host.

In the new hour, “Episode 509,” the three strongest players remain. Two missions will test all their Mole detecting skills, and one final quiz will determine everything. Who will win the grand prize? Who is The Mole’s final victim and…who is The Mole?

The three players remaining are:

Craig (San Diego, CA)
Mark (Mukwonago, WI)
Nicole (Chicago, IL)

“The Mole” is produced by Stone & Company Entertainment. In the final dramatic episode, the “Mole” will be revealed and one of two final players can win up to $500,000.

Alex Jacobs (Haverford, PA), became the seventh player to leave “The Mole” during Monday night’s episode. The seventh episode airs MONDAY, JULY 21 (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. Jon Kelley (”Extra,” “The National Sports Report,” “Baseball Today”) is host.

In the new hour, “Episode 507,” the five remaining players put their memory to the test. But it’s their emotions they must keep in check when they have the chance to reunite with loved ones from home.

The five players remaining on “The Mole” are:

Clay (Philadelphia, PA)
Craig (San Diego, CA)
Mark (Mukwonago, WI)
Nicole (Chicago, IL)
Paul (Yonkers, NY)

“The Mole” is produced by Stone & Company Entertainment. In the final dramatic episode, the “Mole” will be revealed and one of two final players can win up to $500,000. This program carries a TV-PG,L parental guideline.

Kristen Willeumier of Santa Monica, CA, became the sixth player to leave “The Mole” during last night’s episode. “Episode 506″ airs MONDAY, JULY 14 (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET), following a one-hour special that recaps the show to date and features never-before-seen footage, entitled “The Mole: Take a Closer Look” (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network. Jon Kelley (”Extra,” “The National Sports Report,” “Baseball Today”) is host.

Editor’s Note: “The Mole” is preempted on July 7.

In the new hour, only one woman remains in the group of six. And the players are forced to go to great heights, facing their most terrifying mission yet, in order to earn a much-desired exemption from execution.

The six players remaining on “The Mole” are:
Alex (Haverford, PA)
Clay (Philadelphia, PA)
Craig (San Diego, CA)
Mark (Mukwonago, WI)
Nicole (Chicago, IL)
Paul (Yonkers, NY)

KRISTEN WILLEUMIER
Age: 35
Occupation: Neuroscientist
Santa Monica, CA
Education: PhD, UCLA

Kristen said that, because she is tall, blonde and beautiful, no one ever thinks she could be a neuroscientist. She is currently conducting research to find a cure for Parkinson’s Disease at UCLA. Kristen grew up in an upper-middle class family in the Midwest, showed horses competitively and also dabbled in modeling. She thought that competing her entire life as an equestrian and a scientist made her hone skills that would serve her well in the game. She believed her athleticism and her naturally strategic mind would also be assets. Her best trait, she felt, is her kindness, and her worst, that she’s a perfectionist.

“The Mole” is produced by Stone & Company Entertainment. In the final dramatic episode, the “Mole” will be revealed and one of two final players can win up to $500,000.

A recap of the first five episodes, plus never-before-seen footage will air as a one-hour special, “The Mole: Take Another Look,” MONDAY, JULY 14 (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET), followed by “Episode 506″ (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on ABC. Jon Kelley (”Extra,” “The National Sports Report,” “Baseball Today”) is host of the show. Note: “The Mole” will be preempted on Monday, July 7.

Here are highlights of the first five episodes:

“Episode 501,” Premiere: 12 players met for the first time in Los Angeles, Chile. Their first mission was jumping over the edge of a waterfall, facing their greatest fears, and one player was left stranded on a deserted beach to fend for himself/herself. Marcie Ciscel (Corona, CA) was Executed.

“Episode 502″: The players faced a formidable team while playing Chile’s most popular sport, soccer. And Bobby traveled in a wheelbarrow while searching for the town’s missing pigs. Liz Cain (Whitefish, MT) was Executed.

“Episode 503″: The players roamed through the streets of Santiago in their underwear, begging for clothes — for Ali, Kristen and Victoria, their highlight was getting marriage proposals from whistling workers. And, big surprise, Paul picked a fight at the dinner table. Ali Sonoma (St. Louis, MO), who took a $30,000 bribe to leave the show, and Bobby O’Donnell (Philadelphia, PA) were Executed.

“Episode 504″: The eight remaining players traveled to the majestic Andes, where they faced a treacherous trek up a mountain carrying bricks of gold. And a surprising twist pushed one of them to the brink. Victoria Garza (Bishop, TX) was Executed.

“Episode 505″ (airs MONDAY, JUNE 30): The players must trust each other in order to be rescued from the freezing cold. And the most loved player becomes the most hated.

“Witnessing a few hundred gay people getting married sort of redeems the queer community. Nearly. But who can wear a hopeful smile now that contestant Bobby O’Donnell has been eliminated from the ABC competitive reality-show The Mole? Exactly, zero of us.”

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“Liz Cain put all her eggs in one basket in attempting to guess The Mole’s fifth-season saboteur, and viewers saw where that got her.

The retired 60-year-old from Whitefish, MT became the second player executed from The Mole’s fifth season during Monday night’s broadcast of the reality competition series on ABC.

On Tuesday, Liz talked to Reality TV World about her thoughts on several of the players still remaining in the competition; why she wasn’t surprised to see Nicole threaten to “kill” Paul; how she was serendipitously cast for the show; and why her love of fart jokes doesn’t mean she has a dirty mouth.”

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“Jon Kelley has recently replaced the original Mole host Anderson Cooper for the show’s fifth installment, which began its run on June 2. Kelley, who is known for his job as a weekend anchor on Extra, began his work in the series in 2001 and has now spanned over 15 years in the broadcast industry. Aside from appearing on television and hosting radio shows, he also co-wrote the book Breaking Into Broadcasting. Now that he’s the newest face to become the host of ABC’s The Mole, Jon Kelley dishes out on the new batch of contenders to compete in the grueling reality series.”

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Her spunkiness couldn’t save Liz Cain of Whitefish, MT, from being the second player “Executed” on “The Mole” at the end of last night’s episode. The third episode airs MONDAY, JUNE 16 (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. Jon Kelley (”Extra,” “The National Sports Report,” “Baseball Today”) is host.

In the new hour, “Episode 503,” the players roam through the streets of Santiago in their underwear, begging for clothes — for Ali, Kristen and Victoria, their highlight was getting marriage proposals from whistling workers. And — big surprise — Paul picks a fight at the dinner table.

The 10 players remaining on “The Mole” are:
Alex (Haverford, PA)
Ali (St. Louis, MO)
Bobby (Philadelphia, PA)
Clay (Philadelphia, PA)
Craig (San Diego, CA)
Kristen (Santa Monica, CA)
Mark (Mukwonago, WI)
Nicole (Chicago, IL)
Paul (Yonkers, NY)
Victoria (Bishop, TX)

LIZ CAIN
The Spunky Grandma
Age: 60
Occupation: Retired
Education: Associate’s Degree, New Mexico Tech.

Liz has more energy than people half her age. She lives life to the fullest and does not let age stand in her way and doesn’t hesitate to shock people with her raunchy sense of humor. Liz is a widow. When her husband passed away, she decided to adopt two children and raise them on her own. She has an 18-year-old daughter, a senior in high school, and a 20-year-old son in the army who recently gave her a grandchild. Her son may be deployed to Iraq at any time. She suffers a bit from an empty nest, so she was eager to have this adventure bring some excitement into her life.

“The Mole,” based on the hit Belgian format, is produced by Stone & Company Entertainment and follows a group of players as they try to figure out who among them is The Mole, a saboteur trying to keep them from winning money. Players must decide who they think The Mole is and then learn as much about him or her as they can because, at the end of each one-hour episode, the player who knows the least about The Mole is immediately “Executed” from the game. In the final dramatic episode, The Mole is revealed and one of two final players can win up to $500,000.