The Apprentice had a one and half hour Premier. The show has moved to LA with Donald acquiring a mansion for himself to oversee the contestants living next doors in lavish accommodations on a hilltop overlooking LA.
The same mix of candidates as usual.. although judges were shuffled. Donald wants to promote his daughter Ivana so she’ll be by his side in the boardroom. As an interesting twist, the other judge would be the Project manager of the winning team.
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finally the season's premiered.
The Tents thing is just plain cruel but I suppose it gets more people to watch the show.
Yesterday's task had a clear-cut best-of-breed approach winner... the losing team was lucky to have closed in as much as they did later in the day. James was the unsung hero of yesterday's task. Mr. Martin I'm too haughty rightly got fired!
Looking forward to the rest of the season... hopefully there'll be some interesting tasks ahead.
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I loved the first and second season...it's wierd now?
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This Sucked...
I think they should go back to New York
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Carey (black gay guy) got fired.. btw i seriously don’t know if the media could come out more with their blatant gay agenda. Can’t they find straight guys anymore?
anywho, it was a bikini design competition (great tasks Donald 
) and Heidi’s team won again. However there are some cracks in her team cuz of jealousy and rightly so.. Team wins and Heidi becomes the queen.. but if they lose, she won’t be fired outright but will have the chance to displace the blame.. hmm i see catfights in the future..
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maybe its just me, but this "apprentice return L.A" is just getting bland, too much focus is on flimsy stuff, I think.
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I also dont like their new format
the losing team sleeps outside, wtf is that?
and the winning project manager stays project manager. that is a very dum rule as it will prevent other people from shining.
and the winning team will be excempt from next week's task
they have completely ruined the format for the show
they should go back to new york and do it like they did the 1st 2 seasons
the ratings havent improved so this season's big change hasnt worked
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apparently Michelle agrees.. she resigned last night, making it the first on The Apprentice..
I'm sure she's joined by millions of viewers who kinda fall asleep halfway watching the idiocy play out.. seriously Donald.. get a clue!
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Although I do like the new format in which the winning team gets a task excemption and where the other team competes
Makes it much more fun
But the sleeping outside and the winning project manager stays as the project manager are just stupid
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Marisa got fired.. I guess more for alienating the team than anything else.. It underlines the importance of keeping the idiots in the team happy even though u know they are just idiots. she lost sight of that.
Her defence was weak too.. she couldn't drive her point home and shift focus away from herself and her critical mistake was letting Heidi off the hook when Trump asked who she'd fire. She should've gone after Heidi.. which would have put Heidi in a tight spot as to who else to bring to the boardroom.
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^^ hehe so true, Heidi was saved by Marisa, she just fold under pressure. Heidi just dodged the bullet.
I think next time around suriya would be the one to go, if his team loose, he is the odd man out in that group.
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exactly.. he was the only one working and vocal about his ideas.. not to mention the way the program edits made him stand out in a negative light.. appears he'll be the next one to leave..
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Marisa would just not stop talking. I mean she spoke about those chickens in the drive way like that would help them increase the sales? Other team was more organized and planned the whole thing to details, which is the reason they won.
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The format of the new show is a desperate attempt to get ratings. The show has lost its appeal. Instead of the business challenges, Trump & co. are now pandering to the drama of tent living and inner team conflict for ratings and viewership.
This show is bogus just like Trump water.
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well the team conflict aspect has always been an important one for the show.. but I agree.. the tent living is a desperate me-too to Survivor and the like.
How about more interesting tasks and relevant rewards instead of this stupid 'throw them in tents' or grant them immunity from tasks!! The tasks are probably the most entertaining aspect of the show.. followed closely by the boardroom battles.. The show should just return to it's roots.
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A task per episode is a bit limiting. They should have bigger tasks (in both scope and time) where teams would work on various aspects of something more exciting than selling/marketing tacos. People expect complexities whether they are in operations or boardroom. Let's associate a great concept with some genuine complexities.
It's interesting that on one hand Trump talks big about brand-this and brand-that and yet on the other he is dumbing down his own brand. He is hurting his own brand by truning this show into a gameshow and it will backfire. Watch the rating plummet.
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I didn't see any episodes, and only saw half of the last episode. Marissa was so irritating, as she constantly interrupted everyone at every opportunity. And the way she went on and on about her two chicken plan that was shot down (literally) by her team-mates, that it was a given that she will be fired, despite enjoying some initial goodwill with the decision-makers (Trump & co).
This is the first time I saw the whole tent thing, and while it looks border-line retarted, I guess it makes ppl realize that cost of failure is not just one team-mate being fired from the show but that the whole team suffers as a result. And then for one of them to complain about the dismal conditions of the tent was hilarious... grow up!!
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I am not sure if you have noticed that this show has the cut the amount of air time on the actual task but has increased the time in which the losing team reconciles how it lost and a longer board room
i think they are trying too hard to be like survivor
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Yeah.. I enjoyed the first few seasons only because the tasks were quite intensive and for giants like Pepsi or SONY... not silly regional fast food chains.
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Aaron got fired.. not entirely for his performance as a project manager on the current task but because of his lackluster 'performance' in the boardroom as the winning teams project manager turning the heat on the losing team.. apparently he was too soft on them and Trump didn't like that..
I'd say Suriya was very lucky to have survived this.. but he wouldn't the next time.. he's really alienated himself.. and we know that is a sureshot way of getting yourself fired.