The Mole (Australia season 3)

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season_name = The Mole (Australia season 3)


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show_name = "The Mole"
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country = AUS
network = Seven
first_aired = February 20, 2002
last_aired = May 1, 2002 [http://www.tv.com/the-mole-australia/show/3545/episode_listings.html?season=0&tag=season_dropdown%3Bdropdown]
num_episodes = 11, including a crossover episode with "The Weakest Link"
prev_season = "The Mole (Australia season 2)"
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next_season = "The Mole in Paradise"
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The third season of the Australian version of "The Mole" took place mostly in Gold Coast, Queensland and was hosted by Grant Bowler.

how Details

This season was similar to the previous Australian seasons of "The Mole". It had an announced maximum prize to be won of $300,000, with the absolute maximum considerably more than that. The main difference was that it had a larger cast, twelve players rather than ten, and as such, two additional rounds of play. A notable and unique assignment in this season occurred during the fourth round of gameplay, and involved the players being blindfolded and taken to the set of The Weakest Link, with all money won added to the group pot and the winner of the game given a free pass through to the next round.

These are the twelve contestants who were on the show:

Rescue Jump: After meeting for the first time onboard a large boat, the players were told to don wetsuits and prepare for their first assignment, for $10,000, which was to board a helicopter and simulate a rescue jump into the ocean, from 10 meters in height. The players went up in the helicopter in pairs, and although a few of them were frightened, all of them successfully jumped and the money was won.

Luggage Repack: Immediately after the Rescue Jump, the players were told to prepare to take a plan to trip to the Gold Coast. They first had to lighten the amount of luggage they were taking onboard with them, and were told that the men had a room to change and unpack luggage and the women the same. What they weren't immediately told was that the men were unpacking the women's bags and the women the men's. Each kilogram that they unpacked from the bags was worth $100 for the group pot. Some of the items that were discarded became important as the season went forward, such as Thao's Elmo doll and Joe's bodybuilding food. The men removed 40 kilos from the women's bags, and the women removed 44 kilos from the men's. This was rounded up to $9,000 total winnings.

Whitewater Rafting: The players were taken to the Gwydir River, made more turbulent by releasing water from the Copeton Dam, and told to raft a 1 kilometer section of the river, for $10,000. If all of them, put into three groups of four, remained in their rafts after a kilometer, $10,000 would be won, but for each person who fell out, $2,000 would be lost. Each raft had a guide, but it was up to the contestants to provide the rowing power and most of the steering. Before the assignment properly started, the host offered to allow anyone, even the entire group, to back out and not risk losing $2,000 for falling out of the raft. They all decided to press on. The first two rafts successfully made it to the halfway point, but the one transporting Crystal-Rose, Janet, Joe, and John tipped over after moments, putting all of them in the water and instantly losing $8,000. The host then offered the eight remaining rafters another opportunity to bail out, but they again declined. Both boats made it to the finish, and $2,000 was won.

Episode 2

Episode 3

=Weakest Link Special Episode=

The Votes

*Note that the following are regarding the contestant, not the contestant the contestant votes against::colorbox|red Red indicates the contestant was the weakest link:colorbox|lime Lime indicates the contestant was the strongest link

Joe is first eliminated for not answering any questions correctly. Alaina is next for not banking at a crucial moment and getting the question wrong. Pete follows for annoying everyone. Crystal-Rose is voted out for not answering enough questions correctly. Ann-Maree is eliminated for banking too early. David is next for taking too long to answer a question. Marc is voted out for being to big a threat (to Bob), and for stumbling on questions (to Thao). In the end, Bob defeated Thao in the Head-to-Head round. For winning, Bob recieved a free pass. However, Cornelia Frances leaves it a cliffhanger by saying "Or have you?".

Episode 4

Episode 5

Episode 6

Episode 7

Episode 8

Episode 9

Episode 10

Mole Sabotage and Hidden Clues

Episode 1 Introduction: In the introduction where the players are first introduced, everyone was shown except Alaina, indicating that everyone who was shown was there to win money. Alaina replaced Janet in the episode two introduction.

The Eliminations: At the beginning of episode nine, each of the final four players had a confession talking about how nervous they were when seeing their names typed into the computer and how relieved they were when the green screen came up for them. However, Alaina was lying because her name was never once typed in during any of the eliminations.

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