{"id":1489,"date":"2024-07-13T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-13T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=343387"},"modified":"2025-02-07T17:02:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:02:39","slug":"the-mole-wins-nothing-other-than-bragging-rights-but-theyre-a-show-employee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2024\/07\/13\/the-mole-wins-nothing-other-than-bragging-rights-but-theyre-a-show-employee\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mole wins nothing other than bragging rights – but they’re a show ’employee’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Mole is the undercover contestant who tries to go unnoticed and sabotage the cast of winning any money. But the question of whether they win anything for their secret role is raising eyebrows.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Netflix<\/a> brought back its scheming series where one member of a team is secretly making the huge prize money go down in value. The Mole<\/a> always makes it to the end and essentially works for production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Mole is hired as a show employee<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Whoever is assigned The Mole is hired by production as a show employee, and are believed to be paid. Previous moles have admitted they are paid a stipend by Netflix bosses to play the role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mole is someone secretly planted by producers to thwart the competition. Hosted by Alex Wagner, she told Tudum \u201cEven if you know you’re lying to the group, you’ve got to sort of believe in your own lie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her strategy, if she were playing? \u201cKill them with kindness.” The Mole is said to be paid a flat fee as part of their contract. The amount is never revealed, but payment for early seasons was believed to be $50K.<\/p>\n\n\n\n