WIDM in China

By | November 26, 2019

Hearing from our chums Reality TV Warriors that Wie is De Mol? has been to China for its 2020 series, and that the cast list will be out soon.

WIDM has become a bit of an appetizer to Belgian De Mol‘s main course over the last few years, but at its best it’s a like a Michelin starred one. We shall look forward to covering it in the New Year when it goes out.

30 thoughts on “WIDM in China

  1. Brandon

    Hopefully it’s a bit better than last year, which wasn’t awful by any means but it was missing that last little bit of creativity.

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  2. Daniel Peake

    I’ll definitely be doing The Suspect List for 2020 – but what are your thoughts? Should I do it for Dutch WIDM or Belgian Mole? What would you prefer?

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  3. John Round

    Wonder if there are any Chinese subtitlers out there, as about the only chinese I understand is sweet and sour chicken on a Saturday night

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    1. Brandon

      Obviously the series will still mostly be in Dutch, this is about the Dutch version going over there to film a series rather than a new Chinese version. Any parts of dialogue in Chinese will be subtitled I’m the original broadcast anyway.

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      1. John Round

        D’oh I’m an idiot, I spent all day thinking China was knocking out their own series of the mole rather than WIDM visiting there for their series!

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  4. Steve

    Hopefully WIDM & DE MOL will both get subbed again as much as I love the more probable my favourite reality TV game show I just wouldn’t watch without subs

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      1. Matt Clemson

        Delighted to hear it!

        De Mol is the one I’m nervous of, I don’t know if there’s been any talk in the subbing community about someone taking up the mantle.

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          1. Marieke

            The main issue for her is that there are no Dutch subs to work off like I have. With those it takes about 3 hours per episode. Without that it goes up to 8 hours. I don’t blame her for letting it go. It’s also super annoying for her since she faces massive copyright issues.

            If there was an easier way I’d love to take it over from her but I’ve also talked to her about it and she even discouraged me and told me not to do the Belgian version.

          2. TVs Michael Harmstone

            It’s a real shame Vier are so trigger happy! I mentioned it to everyone at the finale to try and get it to stop happening, so I’ve still got a bit of hope they’ll be nicer this year.

          3. Brandon

            Random thought: if someone somehow has the .srt files for the 2 copyright-struck series, I found an upload of it without the subtitles, maybe it could sorted out and put together.

          4. Matt Clemson

            Brandon: Are you talking the ThatDarkSpark era ones? I believe I figured out a way to extract the .SRT files from Youtube even with the copyright block in place, I can see if I still have them.

  5. David

    China was definitely the least exciting of the speculated options (there were rumours of Nepal and New Zealand, among others), but I don’t mind it. Especially considering it sounds like they’ll be doing what they did with the US season and sticking to one of the lesser-known provinces rather than doing, like, Beijing/Shanghai/Sichuan.

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  6. Des Elmes

    Gary Rhodes dies suddenly, and then it’s announced that Clive James has died too. Shit.

    Of course, Clive was far better known for introducing clips of Japanese game shows than he was for presenting British ones. Mind you, he was also a University Challenge contestant.

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    1. Brig Bother Post author

      Sad news.

      However a quick glance at the show suggests it’s “just” Chinese Million Dollar Mile which is a sporty show but nothing outlandish, which suggests unfortunate situation (like what has happened with footballers sometimes) rather than the end of reality television.

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      1. Brandon

        Yeah, it’s not because the format was particularly extreme or anything, not particularly anyone’s fault.

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  7. Brandon

    It has been reported today that the Belgian version is going to be in Greece, making this the first series of the revival to be set in Europe.

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    1. TVs Michael Harmstone

      Yep, they released a trailer for a Vier show last night called “Lion Meets Legend”, but it starts a not very hidden Gilles as the main character and the title is an anagram of “De Mol Griekenland”.

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      1. Brig Bother Post author

        Oh that’s interesting. I wonder how often they were spotted by Belgian tourists, and if it was a first choice location?

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        1. TVs Michael Harmstone

          I do wonder if Lion Meets Legend was the cover title and they said Gilles was filming a documentary. It’d make sense given they filmed a month earlier than normal.

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          1. Brandon

            As Gilles explained before, part of the reason they avoid filming in Europe is to make it less likely that he’s spotted by Belgians. When it’s him on his own they can easily say it’s a documentary, but when he’s also with the contestants and a Belgian tourist spots them, how do the producers handle that?

          2. TVs Michael Harmstone

            From speaking to Gilles, I think they basically just ask people not to blab and ruin the show for anyone else. Honour amongst thieves. So far, it’s worked.

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