Kiki's Who Is The Mole?-talk:
Week 10 (The Final)
This mole-ette is chuckling in her little fist. In fact: I was SCREAMING on the couch Saturday night during the finale of Who is the Mole?. Never before during the reveal did I feel so much tension coursing through my body. I was sitting on the couch with palpitations. Seriously, the popcorn flew into the curtain. I almost dove into the ground myself.
I can hardly handle that first half hour of the broadcast. I really couldn't care less what hyperactive Chris Zegers has to say outside at Vondel CS or how the first evictee Vincent felt (sorry Vin, no hard feelings). I. Want. To. Hear. Those. Legendary. Words. And I want them now. From Art's mouth. And then the redemption finally came. The question that has occupied us mole fans every Saturday for the past two and a half months. The suspenseful music starts. We see another video with all sorts of flashbacks from the season and then the moment arrives. Art asks who the Mole is and Jochem, Sanne, and Thomas linger for an extra two seconds to tease the viewer…
And then it happens. The moment I've been writing about on Amolzine for weeks. THOMAS BABYBEL CHEESE CAMEMBERT OPENS HIS MOUTH. “I am the mole.” The cheering I did, screaming, calling people, texting, EVERYTHING. Okay, exaggerating is also a profession, but you have to know that mole fans are otherwise very normal people for the rest of the nine months of the year. Really, a game does something to you or it doesn't. Now that the high word is out, it's time to close this column. Unfortunately, my mole buddies, everything comes to an end. For the last time WIDM in bullet points then? Here we go.
”The best feeling ever:
I got it right this year”
- First of all: it remains a miracle how we all cheer for those three finalists in that park as if they are a bunch of cult leaders. Goodness, the scene on the stairs is nothing compared to this.
- No, seriously, mole fans. Time for a little quiz. The we-are-now-walking-up-the-stairs moment of the finalists can best be compared to…
A. The Dutch Olympic team that just won gold eight times.
B. The inauguration of Trump (then with the presence of happy people).
C. Something with Justin Bieber going to the Albert Heijn in the Netherlands.
- Am I the only one who found Jochem's son hilarious? But who could only look at that cow ring in his nose?
- Thomas, it must be said: you were not only an incredibly good Mole, but also a real rat. Well done, boy.
- Plane ticket to Oregon? 825 euros. Final amount that Sanne takes home? 24,320 euros. The faces of Thomas's girlfriend + Diederik when Thomas turned out to be the Mole? Un-be-lievable.
- Oh and by the way, I suddenly got quite the crush on Thomas Saturday night. That whole ‘good boy goes bad’ really suits him. Was he gay? Hmm, too bad…
- The rotten thing about this Mole? I will never trust people with a puppy face again. Great then.
- Even more rotten by the way: the hidden hints of this year. Wow, what a disappointment. On Twitter, we went wild together. ‘The Mole's favorite food is lasagna. That ends with an e from Thomas, so he is the Mole! DUH.’
- Honestly, we missed Sigrid during the finale. #TeamSigrid. #Didn’tEvenKnowThatActressButNowThinkSheIsTheBomb. #OkayTooLongHashtagBye.
- And Thomas, why was I still left dazed after this delightful hour of television regarding that missing polaroid? WHAT THE HECK, what happened to that thing? And regarding the haystack task: I also missed some explanation. Just like with the alphabet bike route. Makers? Anyone? There are still some mysteries to reveal!
- Jochem, also props to you. You were the funniest helper mole ever. It’s really a miracle how you ever made it to the finale.
- Just a little about those intense boots from Yvonne Coldeweijer. You have over the knee and you have under the armpit. Meine gute.
- And then I’ll just end with the best feeling ever: I got it right this year. I GOT IT RIGHT. After week four I was on Thomas and last week I literally said this: “My prediction? Thomas, Mole. Sanne, winner. Jochem, loser.” Where is that champagne?
- Why does that prediction stuff never work with the lottery and such? Annoying.
Who is the Mole?, you were amazing again. Oregon, oh my effing lord, I need to go there on vacation. And regarding the ego issue of ‘getting it right’? You understand: I’m still wagging my tail a bit. Dear friends, Amolzine will be Amayzine again. This mole fan is going underground again. And in January, I’ll probably pop up again to mol-est the whole thing.
P.S.: Give a heart at the bottom if you thought this season (and especially Imanuelle's RATATATA was brilliant too). Damn, and now another year of waiting…
