FTA-TV The Mole (Aust) - Season 6 (2013)

[Equus]

Application form to be part of the series The Mole is up if anyone is interested.
Loved this show when it first aired.

https://go.mycastingnet.com/Apply/Show/TheMole

Channel 7 will be running it again. Will be interested to know what the Culture Clash will stand for.

 

[wasupwidat]

Can't wait, one of my favourite shows.

 

[SJ]

The best reality show concept on TV in my opinion.

 

[Dont be a lemon]

The 2005 season was terrible. Terrible 'live' format, Tom Williams ****ing up all his lines, the entire thing being a glorified ad for an airline.

The 2003 season having the mole 'eliminated' and then come back was a slap in the face to the viewers.

Prior to that it was an enjoyable show.

 

[THRILLHO]

If Grant Bowler doesn't host I'm not interested. It's an awesome show and a fantastic concept, second only to Survivor in the reality format, but just like no Probst no Survivor, no Bowler means no Mole.

 

[Jeffers]

Saw the previews appear on 7...the advertising department should be shot.
Grant Bowlers "The Mole" actually looked/felt serious, This looks like a freaken my kitchens rule all happy dappy version.

 

[Lensen]

i got into the last 50 in the auditions to make it. love the show but will probably not watch out of spite

 

[SJ]

i got into the last 50 in the auditions to make it. love the show but will probably not watch out of spite

What did it involve?

 

[Lensen]

What did it involve?

a couple of afternoons of working in groups etc doing problem solving exercises - seeing how you interacted etc. and interviews with producers etc. this would've been october? last year so a while ago.

 

[THRILLHO]

Saw the previews appear on 7...the advertising department should be shot.
Grant Bowlers "The Mole" actually looked/felt serious, This looks like a freaken my kitchens rule all happy dappy version.

Modern reality TV follows such a strict structure because "stripping" (airing the show 5 nights out of 7) is all the rage nowadays, whereas when The Mole was last on TV, reality TV was a once a week affair. So, to fulfil the quota of airtime, they pad 40 minutes of action across 5 hours.

I caught 10 minutes of House Rules the other night (gf is obsessed). Went something like this:

White Bogan A (interview to camera): I noticed White Bogan B had a spare trailer so I thought I'd ask him to borrow it.
White Bogan A (action shot): Hey, White Bogan B! Can I borrow your trailer to head down to the hardware store and pick up some cornice?
White Bogan C (interview to camera): White Bogan A asked White Bogan B to borrow their trailer. I couldn't believe it. It's a competition, We've gotta do everything I can to get ahead. He can't borrow it. He can get his own.
White Bogan B (action shot): Yeah mate. You can have it.
White Bogan C (interview to camera): White Bogan B is such a softie.
White Bogan B (to camera): What can you do? You gotta let someone borrow their trailer if they ask. I mean, it's a competition, but I'm not going to be that mean.
White Bogan A (interview to camera): So they let me borrow the trailer but now I've gotta hook it up to me Nissan Navara ute.
White Bogan A (action shot): Hey guys, can you help me hook the trailer up to my Nissan Navara ute?
Coming up after the break
Voiceover: Will White Bogan A get White Bogan B's trailer hooked up to his ute in time to make it to the hardware store before closing?
Previously, on House Rules
Voiceover: White Bogan A needs a trailer to collect his cornice from the hardware store. Will White Bogan B let him borrow his trailer?

Repeat.

 

[TassieEagle]

Saw the previews appear on 7...the advertising department should be shot.
Grant Bowlers "The Mole" actually looked/felt serious, This looks like a freaken my kitchens rule all happy dappy version.

This is what it looks like to me as well! I remember falling in love with the mole right away. Partly because I knew a lot of the local attractions (S1 was set in Tassie) but mostly for the dark more serious feel. The last series was pretty poor and I hope it can return to former glories but I feel it is going to ruin my childhood

 

[DrVanNostrand]

The first few series were so great, was hooked on them as a kid. But I agree, no Grant Bowler = no Mole.

When this was announced I assumed they'd give it the modern (read: ******* awful) MKR/Masterchef treatment by padding it out with utter shit aimed at attracting bogan/lowest-common-denominator viewers. Is it seriously going to be crappy half-hour instalments on weeknights? **** that. Why must TV stations make you feel so stupid for watching their shows?

 

[Mr Eagle]

At times like this, I tend to go back to a well-worked approach...

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[lemon chicken]

The ads are reeling me in, starts Tuesday night.

 

[Dont be a lemon]

They've ditched the subtitle.

It appears there will be three 75-minute episodes a week.

I have no idea for how many weeks.

 

[SJ]

They've ditched the subtitle.

It appears there will be four 75-minute episodes a week but three in the first week.

I have no idea for how many weeks.

Overkill. No doubt 50% of the airtime will be promoting what is to come after the commercial break/recapping what you missed before the commercial break.

 

[TassieEagle]

Yeah I am worried about 300 mins a week. Seems like an hour of doing interesting challenges and two hours of ads and two hours of cattiness such as "OMG You fell over you are a the mole". I hope to the Lord baby Jesus I am wrong.

 

[Yidaki]

Anyone watching this?

It used to be a good show back when it was on. Hopefully it once again is.

My early tip on the mole is Kerrie.

 

[Gasometer]

My 9 year old is picking the Mole every 2 minutes. I left the room.

 

[Yidaki]

My 9 year old is picking the Mole every 2 minutes. I left the room.

LOL Awesome.

They are really painting everyone as the Mole so far. Early days.

 

[kangle4]

Just saw that there spreading out each week over three nights so the elimination won't be until Thursday, I really don't want to invest that much time in this.

Plus I hate all of the contestants already.

 

[THRILLHO]

Just found out they're referring to The Kitty as The Pot.

I'm out.

 

[Yidaki]

Just found out they're referring to The Kitty as The Pot.

I'm out.

Aw come on. Hang around a little longer!

 

[THRILLHO]

Nah, I hate stripped reality TV. It's lazy programming and just results in hours of filler per week. The US consistently proves that you can make exciting appointment reality TV with Twitter integration in one hour a week timeslots (Survivor is better than ever in its 26th season).

It's such a small part of the viewing experience, but I don't need to see some 16 year old's opinion on who The Mole is or how "hot Aiden is, hope he totes wins" incessantly dominating the bottom right corner of the screen. The whole point of the second screen is to keep the Twitter experience to the second screen.

It's a shame because the first couple of seasons of The Mole were phenomenal. But they were tightly edited, contained, single hour episodes a week.

 

[Cruyff14]

This Alex guy has one of the most punchable heads I've ever seen (guy with glasses and receding hairline). Is also a twat.

And that Ally bird is a moll. I can see why she auditioned.