THE APPRENTICE-The Final Two-May 29,2006
06-09-06 | 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Bill Needle
Interesting that all of the previous winners were there except Kendra (at least I did not see her). I don't recall her being heard from since she won, as opposed to the other winners popping up every so often.
Actually, I saw Kendra earlier in the season. She was in one of the scenes from one of Trump's "business lessons that are in each show. She was shown sitting with him in his office.
06-09-06 | 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Decker
Here's my problem with the Apprentice final task : It's too subjective and the result may not mean anything. Occasionally it can be the deciding factors (like the street smart / book smart season when it was pretty even until the finale when Kendra won because the other gal was slamming her teammates), but usually there's one candidate that's way ahead of the other so that the result of this task is meaningless. Remember S2 when Kelly clearly had the inside track over Jen? Both did well on their final task, but Jen was ripped to shreds in the boardroom. It's not fair, but that's the way it plays out. This season again we have an inside track guy (Sean, obviously), so unless Lee raises a million dollars for the firefighters while Sean and Tammy fornicate onstage and again on the buffet table at the after party, we sorta know the outcome of this task is meaningless.
They need to up the stakes : Whichever finalist does better in the final task (by whatever criteria they use) get hired. Period. Then it would be worth watching the finale.
They need to up the stakes : Whichever finalist does better in the final task (by whatever criteria they use) get hired. Period. Then it would be worth watching the finale.
06-09-06 | 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by atari2600
you cant do that - trump needs to (and usually does) always hire the best guy overall. not the one guy who happen to do better on one task. the type of show it is doesnt allow your idea to work.
06-13-06 | 12:49 AM
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That's the problem with this "contest." Trump can decide on the winner before production even begins, and barring that person leaving the show unexpectedly there is no reason he need change his mind. The rest is all for show.
06-13-06 | 02:08 AM
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Originally Posted by magiccmom
I agree. I think Trump is very careful on who he hires, and watches the tapes daily to best help make his decision. He seems to always work the boardroom to get rid of the ones he would never hire, even if they werent at fault for that task. He has to make sure he doesnt hire the jerk, sexist, racist person and have a scandal. I'm sure he knows what he is doing all along.
in the end, he wants the best guy. but dont doubt for a second he wont keep people around who make a great tv show.
07-06-06 | 08:39 AM
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Trump, "Apprentice" loser going Hollywood
By Steve Gorman 1 hour, 3 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Real estate tycoon and reality TV star Donald Trump said on Wednesday he is adding a Hollywood production company to his business empire, and has named a "fired" contestant from "The Apprentice" to run it.
"He's a very talented guy, a very fine student from Harvard, and he's going to be terrific. I have no doubt about it," Trump said of Andy Litinsky, the young Ivy League graduate put in charge of Trump's as-yet unnamed new company.
Trump said he is developing a television show based on the classic real-estate board game Monopoly that is likely to be one of the first projects to emerge from his latest business venture.
Trump said he and reality TV producer R.J. Cutler, who helped make the Oscar-nominated documentary "The War Room," have been shopping the TV "Monopoly" idea to major networks and "people are very interested in it."
Monopoly seems like an ideal fit for Trump, who owns several casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey -- the original setting for the board game in which players buy and develop property while trying to force each other into bankruptcy.
Trump, 60, already has had a hand in producing "The Apprentice," as well as the
Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants, but wanted an outlet for developing new programs.
Litinsky, a champion debater and Harvard graduate from Florida, was 23 when he appeared on "The Apprentice 2" in 2004 as one of 18 corporate wannabes competing for a high-paying job in the Trump organization. He even took his final Harvard exams while the show was in production.
Although Trump gave Litinsky his trademark board-room dismissal "You're fired!" in one of the final rounds of the show, Litinsky made enough of an impression to land a job later as a project manager on Trump's business development team.
"He did very well; he just had a particularly bad night," Trump said of Litinsky's "Apprentice" performance.
By Steve Gorman 1 hour, 3 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Real estate tycoon and reality TV star Donald Trump said on Wednesday he is adding a Hollywood production company to his business empire, and has named a "fired" contestant from "The Apprentice" to run it.
"He's a very talented guy, a very fine student from Harvard, and he's going to be terrific. I have no doubt about it," Trump said of Andy Litinsky, the young Ivy League graduate put in charge of Trump's as-yet unnamed new company.
Trump said he is developing a television show based on the classic real-estate board game Monopoly that is likely to be one of the first projects to emerge from his latest business venture.
Trump said he and reality TV producer R.J. Cutler, who helped make the Oscar-nominated documentary "The War Room," have been shopping the TV "Monopoly" idea to major networks and "people are very interested in it."
Monopoly seems like an ideal fit for Trump, who owns several casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey -- the original setting for the board game in which players buy and develop property while trying to force each other into bankruptcy.
Trump, 60, already has had a hand in producing "The Apprentice," as well as the
Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants, but wanted an outlet for developing new programs.
Litinsky, a champion debater and Harvard graduate from Florida, was 23 when he appeared on "The Apprentice 2" in 2004 as one of 18 corporate wannabes competing for a high-paying job in the Trump organization. He even took his final Harvard exams while the show was in production.
Although Trump gave Litinsky his trademark board-room dismissal "You're fired!" in one of the final rounds of the show, Litinsky made enough of an impression to land a job later as a project manager on Trump's business development team.
"He did very well; he just had a particularly bad night," Trump said of Litinsky's "Apprentice" performance.
Ironically this could potentially be a better gig than some of the winning deals.
