The fifth season of the Australian version of The Mole, subtitled The Amazing Game, took place in New Zealand and was hosted by Tom Williams.
It was also notable for being sponsored by the then-new PlayStation Portable, in which each contestant receives instructions and challenges by way of a memory card and on-screen displays.
They were split into three groups of four and were given thirty minutes to find three avalanche beacons that had been hidden in the snow, to the north, east, and west of their starting position.
Kristy, Heidi, Sonya, and John, sent to the west, initially went in the wrong direction and returned with their beacon with mere seconds on the clock.
They were told to retrieve the envelopes and not open them till they were back at the bottom of the hill, and to not unhook their carabiners from the line, or incur a $5,000 penalty.
After the groups reunited, very shortly prior to the deadline, it was determined that Craig, Heidi, and Liane had bent the rules in obtaining their signatures, and very few of them counted toward the necessary total of 100.
John and Mark each made multiple successful runs, eventually figuring out that the helicopter had to land and reload every time Juan fired 200 shots, meaning there would occasionally be a window of opportunity when they faced little resistance to getting to the shooting position.
John was the last shooter standing and successfully shot six targets, but was eventually hit by Juan from the helicopter, which denied the group the money and won each of the snipers a free pass to the next episode.
These four were Juan, Heidi, Liane, and Craig, who were harnessed to an extremely long cable and placed at one edge of a wide, deep canyon, in what was called "the world's largest swing."
Kingston Flyer: The group decided on two people that they thought deserved a chance at immunity from elimination, choosing John and Kristy.
John and Kristy were placed in the engine room, driving the Flyer, and would gain free passes through to the next episode if it arrived in Kingston, 10 kilometers from the starting position, before the others, split into three duos, finished their mini-tasks.
Mark and Liane were in first-class and had to take a bundle of clothes belonging to the players and correctly dress mannequins representing each of them.
Craig and Heidi completed their task in short order, and Juan was revealed to be a skilled cook, easily preparing scones that passed muster.
The players were expressly told to follow the trail of blue glow sticks in the cave and though they were allowed to separate, they must not leave anyone behind.
All five PSP's were successfully retrieved, but the players who did the caving would only earn their money if at least one of the tourists that Mark and Heidi led graded their performance as excellent.
It was revealed the next day that Craig and John had broken the rules by not directly following the trail of glow sticks while deep in the cave, so the $4,000 from their PSPs were revoked, giving a final total for this challenge of $16,000.
With Liz pulled aside, the other six players were given a second mission on the jetboat course, to retrieve another envelope with their name on it and bring it back to the starting dock.
They wound up needing over nine minutes to finish the assignment, costing $5,000 from the kitty and assuring Liz a free pass through to the next episode.
The women had to cook corn and eggs the traditional Māori way, by lowering baskets full of them from a height into hot springs down below.
All three teams narrowly finished within the time limit, and it was decided that Liz had followed the spirit of the rules by keeping her eyes closed, so no penalty from the kitty was assessed.
Craig, Liane, and Kristy returned to the starting position well before the time limit, but John and Liz, mistakenly traveling over a hill when the fastest way would have been around it, were too late and their money didn't count.
Craig and Liz's assignment was to, within an hour, get to them using the 1,462 stairs to Liane on the observation deck, and once there climb up the center of the tower to get to John.
Liane was also encouraged to talk to the people on the other side of the glass on the observation deck, and happened to encounter an American tourist who helped her get all the correct states.
They seemed at one point to agree, albeit grudgingly, to give the free pass to John, who had said he'd rather lose the money and keep the playing field level but would take it if they offered it to him.
Since she had correctly identified John as the Mole on the quiz, he did not get to keep the money kept from the group kitty, but was presented with two tickets for a holiday to Rarotonga.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The following act of sabotage was spotted during the series, but not mentioned in the final episode: Avalanche: John led his group the wrong way and in doing so took a long time to search for the beacon, almost costing the assignment.