[1] All of the tapes from the series were found soaked in 18 inches of water, but they were all recovered, dried out, and ultimately were unharmed.
In the end, model Frederique van der Wal was unmasked as the mole and comedian Kathy Griffin took home the $233,000 grand prize.
In contrast with celebrity editions of some reality and game shows, each contestant played for his or her own benefit rather than for charity.
Celebrity Mole Hawaii was most recently reran as a marathon on Fox Reality on March 1, 2008.
Griffin also claimed she persuaded producers that the celebrity contestant winner should get to keep the winnings, rather than charity.
The first hanger has six minutes to complete the task, while the two other hanging players will have to beat the previous best time in order to add money.
Take This Job: The players are split into three groups of two: flight attendants, short order cooks, and lifeguards.
The flight attendants are to wipe off grease on the front panel while a plane does tricks in the air.
The charade players are given five cards which have the titles of movies or television shows in which a character dies.
The smoothie making player is given an offer to use a metal detector to find $15 worth of coins and rent a kayak to grab the flag on the offshore money.
However, if the player is wrong, he/she must take a bite out of the pepper, chew it, show the group, and swallow it to add money.
The surfers have thirty minutes to each stand on their board for five seconds while the males must keep dancing during this time.
Afterwards, Erik was given an offer to stand on the surfboard for twenty seconds to add $10,000 to the group pot.
The player who correctly answers the questions the fastest is given the chance at the final exemption by playing a memory game with a deck of cards.
In this episode it was revealed that both Kathy and Erik had tied for the lowest score with Stephen on the second quiz.
On The Line: As one of the players that wanted to "hang out," Frederique used her accent and pretended to have slight difficulty with English.
When it came to getting the water into the bigger bucket, she struggled pouring, wasting time and costing the group $10,000.
Offshore Account: Frederique was supposed to be the player who looked good on the beach and be given the exemption offer.
Since Erik was the one on the beach, Frederique used the chaos of the game to loosen some knots on the raft.
Hulapalooza: Frederique knew Kathy was not an athletic person and would not be able to get on the surfboard, so she tried her hardest in this game.
It Takes a Thief: At this point, Frederique figured the other two players were on to her, so she decided not to try to sabotage the game.
The clues ranged from hints at Frederique's background while others were codes that when deciphered would point to the Mole's identity.