The Mole 2014: A Golden Ring, the 10 contestants & subtitled leader.

It finally happened. After 7 years (the last 5 in a row) being nominated and the main favourite for the one and only audience award in Dutch Television, The Mole won the Gouden Televizier-ring yesterday. Of course, there was always a common sense that they should win the prize, but this time their continuous campaign of announcing the new participants all over the media kept the attention of the audience. After the read more, you will find the contestants of The Mole 2014 and the first footage of the first episode!

During the previous week, the 10 celebrities participating in the next season of The Mole have been announced via all kind of programs: radio, newspaper, TV. It kept an ongoing stream of publicity, dominating the entertainment news and a continuous buzz. The icing on the cake was putting the first footage of the new season online as well. This are the contestants:

(From left to right)

1. Susan Visser – She is a very well known, experienced actress, acting mostly in comedy roles. Was one of the main characters in Gooise Vrouwen, the Dutch Desperate Housewives.
2. Maurice Lede – He might be the least recognized, as he is the host of ‘Klokhuis’, an educational series for early teenagers, airing in access prime-time.
3. Tygo Gernandt – A very well known, extremely experienced and good actor, doing a lot of ‘bad guy, intense’ roles. He will probably do anything to win.
4. Jennifer Hoffman – She is a real pretty face, has been acting for a long time. Not the eye-catching roles, but always recognizable.
5. Owen Schumacher – One of the main comedians of NL, starring in his own TV show ‘Koefnoen’ (Little Britain like). Together with a partner, they do all kinds of impersonation sketches of famous and non famous, typical characters.
6. Daphne Bunskoek – Has been a host for years, did both public and commercial stuff. Is currently back on air for RTL4 with a new show ‘Volgende Week’.
7. Aaf Brandt Corstius – A columnist and writer, and personally for me together with Maurice the big unknown. She appears regularly in TV talkshow, but what she is like? No clue.
8. Freek Bartels – He is currently one of the main musical stars, since he won the (original BBC) TV show ‘In search of Joseph’ in 2008.
9. Sofie van den Enk – She is a young, energetic upcoming host, doing a range of shows for the public broadcaster KRO.
10. Jan-Willem Roodbeen – Probably a very unknown face to almost everyone, but his voice might be very recognizable, as he is a radio DJ on Radio 2, having an afternoon show and doing voice-overs.

Thanks to ‘ThatDarkSpark’ the first footage of the series has been subtitled already, so please enjoy: