The Mole (Australia Season 5) - Mole Sabotage and Hidden Clues

Mole Sabotage and Hidden Clues

Avalanche: Although not shown on the final segment, John led his group the wrong way and in doing so took a long time to search for the beacon, almost costing the assignment.

Christchurch: John's onscreen profile listed him an avid chess player, but he did nothing to help Craig win the first game, and only spoke up in the second when the team was already in position to win.

Crayfish: John's profile also listed him as a strong swimmer, but he only retrieved one cray, from the easiest pot, and feigned fatigue when returning to the boat.

Māori Waka: Another of John's hobbies is canoeing, but in this assignment, he purposely used a poor rowing stroke that slowed the waka down and kept them from winning the $10,000.

Hostage Rescue: John knew immediately that he and Liane had been taken to a police holding cell (this was also called a clue, as John's vocation was a police detective). He did not volunteer this information to Liane or the rescuers and tried to waste time having Liane sit on his shoulders to look out a window and pick out landmarks that weren't of much help on their own. However, when Liane figured out the clue in the cell that told them the city they were in, and the players resourcefully sent the boat to retrieve the car team, the group wound up winning this $25,000 anyway.

Shooting: John tried to look like the hero in this challenge, making six successful runs for ammo and hitting the clay target each time he got back to the shooting position. He needed only to crash his quad bike once to make himself an easy target for Juan in the helicopter to keep this $25,000 from ultimately being won.

Canyon Swing: John purposely missed an easy question when Heidi was attached to the canyon swing. The question he was asked was: "Who is a Spice Girls fan?", to which John answered "Kristy", when in fact the correct answer was "Juan". Kristy reveals in her confessional that "you couldn't tell me who was a Spice Girls fan and who wasn't. That was probably the easiest question out of everyone's".

Caving: John pointed Craig away from the path of the blue glow sticks deep in the cave, knowing full well that it was the wrong way, and cost the kitty another $8,000.

Jetboating: John intentionally left the dock with his seatbelt unfastened, pretending to fumble with it, and had to do an extra lap.

Orienteering: John held the map in his duo with Liz, but never once used it. He allowed Liz to lead them, based on her GPS, over the hill to base camp, when he knew that was the wrong way and they'd never make it on time. Only when Liz took the map did they head to the correct route around the hill, but by then it was too late and another $8,000 was lost.

Night Maze: John not only allowed himself to get caught by the hunter, but purposely took a turn divergent from Craig's directions, taking a second beacon that was put out of play for a loss of $10,000.

Profiles Clue: Below the pictures in the onscreen profiles was Braille writing, that initially said "Who is the traitor?" The first word changed each week for the next eight weeks, and those words spelled out "The Mole is going to reveal himself tonight." This meant the Mole was a man. Also in the profiles, as the facts cycled in and out, numbers were apparent on the screen, and they were an alphabet code (where 1=A, 2=B, and so on). The messages spelled out "The Mole is not ___" a different player each week, and in week nine, it spelled out "The Mole is not Craig." Although not shown on the final segment, in week 10, it said: "The Mole is John". Since the Braille writing indicated that the Mole was a man, that cancels Liz of being the traitor. This left only John.

599: The magic number from the counting challenge was itself a clue, one that Liz was said to have picked up upon. The number 599 can be converted by telephone code to JWW, the initials of John William Whitehall, the Mole.

Main Title Clue: Although not shown on the final segment, at every main title introduction throughout the entire show, John was the 4th person to be shown. The word MOLE has 4 letters in it suggesting that John is the mole.

John later claimed that he had attempted a sabotage in every challenge except the very first one, and some parts of his 'confession' referring to them simply weren't aired.