The Apprentice (U.S. season 3)

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The Apprentice 3
Winner Kendra Todd
Season run January 20, 2005 – May 5, 2005
Filming Dates October 2004 – November 2004
Number of episodes 17
Number of candidates 18
Teams Magna and Net Worth
Season chronology
Previous season The Apprentice 2
Next season The Apprentice 4


The Apprentice 3 is the third season of The Apprentice. It premiered January 20, 2005 on NBC. In this season, two groups of nine were divided into book smarts (who took the name Magna Corp) and street smarts (called Net Worth) referring to those with and without a college education. This replaced the Battle of the Sexes concept used on The Apprentice and The Apprentice 2.

This was also the last season to land in the Top 20 Nielson ratings, ranking at #15, with an average of 13.96 million viewers.

Contents

[edit] Candidates

The Net Worth team contained four men and five women, and the Magna Corp team contained five men and four women. Trump stated that "You just have to be business-smart," no matter what kind of smarts you have. See the candidates page for specific details on the candidates. Trump also pointed out one other major difference between the two groups - those with only a high school diploma earn three times as much as the college grads. Stephanie suggested Magna for the team name. It was short for magna cum laude, which means "with distinction" and is often used as a title for high achieving graduates. Tara suggested Net Worth.

Book Smarts Street Smarts
Magna Net Worth
Candidate Age Hometown Result
Kendra Todd - Real Estate Broker 26 Boynton Beach, Florida Hired by Trump
Tana Goertz - Sales Executive 37 West Des Moines, Iowa Fired in the Season Finale
Craig Williams - Shoeshine Business Owner 37 Conley, Georgia Fired in week 15
Alex Thomason - Attorney 29 Seattle, Washington Fired in week 14
Bren Olswanger - Prosecutor 32 Memphis, Tennessee Fired in week 13
Chris Shelton - Real Estate Investor 21 Las Vegas, Nevada Fired in week 12
Angie McKnight - Gym Franchise Owner 41 Lake Balboa, California Fired in week 11
Stephanie Myers - Supply Chain Consultant 29 San Diego, California Fired in week 10
Erin Elmore - Attorney 26 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Fired in week 9
John Gafford - Technology Firm Owner 32 Tampa, Florida Fired in week 8
Audrey Evans - Real Estate Agent 22 Salt Lake City, Utah Fired in week 7
Tara Dowdell - Senior Governor Management 28 New York City, New York Fired in week 6
Michael Tarshi - Real Estate Developer 25 Boston, Massachusetts Fired in week 5
Kristen Kirchner - Real Estate Financier 31 Los Angeles, California Fired in week 4
Danny Kastner - Marketing Technology Firm Owner 39 Boston, Massachusetts Fired in week 3
Verna Felton - Business Manager 31 Seattle, Washington Quit in week 3
Brian McDowell - Real Estate Broker 29 Wildwood, New Jersey Fired in week 2
Todd Everett - Sales Manager 34 Carlsbad, California Fired in week 1

[edit] Weekly results

Candidate Original team Week 8 team Week 10 team Week 12 team Week 14 team Final task team Application result Record as project manager
Kendra Todd Magna Magna Magna Magna Magna Magna Hired by Trump 3-0 (win in weeks 8, 12, & 14)
Tana Goertz Net Worth Magna Magna Magna Net Worth Net Worth Fired in the Season Finale 2-1 (win in weeks 5 & 11, loss in week 14)
Craig Williams Net Worth Magna Magna Magna Magna Fired in week 15 2-0 (win in weeks 9 & 13)
Alex Thomason Magna Magna Net Worth Net Worth Net Worth Fired in week 14 1-2 (win in week 6, loss in weeks 11 & 13)
Bren Olswanger Magna Magna Magna Net Worth Fired in week 13 1-1 (win in week 10, loss in week 5)
Chris Shelton Net Worth Net Worth Net Worth Net Worth Fired in week 12 0-2 (loss in weeks 8 & 12)
Angie McKnight Net Worth Net Worth Net Worth Fired in week 11 1-1 (win in week 3, loss in week 9)
Stephanie Myers Magna Net Worth Net Worth Fired in week 10 1-1 (win in week 7, loss in week 10)
Erin Elmore Magna Net Worth Fired in week 9 0-1 (loss in week 4)
John Gafford Net Worth Net Worth Fired in week 8 1-0 (win in week 1)
Audrey Evans Net Worth Fired in week 7 0-1 (loss in week 7)
Tara Dowdell Net Worth Fired in week 6 0-1 (loss in week 6)
Michael Tarshi Magna Fired in week 5 1-0 (win in week 2)
Kristen Kirchner Net Worth Fired in week 4 0-1 (loss in week 4)
Danny Kastner Magna Fired in week 3 0-1 (loss in week 3)
Verna Felton Magna Quit in week 3
Brian McDowell Net Worth Fired in week 2 0-1 (loss in week 2)
Todd Everett Magna Fired in week 1 0-1 (loss in week 1)
Elimination Chart
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17
Kendra IN IN IN IN IN IN IN WIN IN IN IN WIN IN WIN IN WIN
Tana IN IN IN BR WIN IN IN IN IN IN WIN IN IN LOSE IN LOSE
Craig IN IN IN IN IN BR BR IN WIN IN IN IN WIN IN FIRED
Alex BR IN IN IN IN WIN IN IN IN BR LOSE BR LOSE FIRED
Bren IN IN IN BR LOSE IN IN IN IN WIN IN BR FIRED
Chris IN IN IN IN IN IN IN LOSE BR BR BR LOSE
Angie IN IN WIN IN IN IN BR IN LOSE IN FIRED
Stephanie IN IN BR IN BR IN WIN IN IN LOSE
Erin IN IN IN LOSE IN IN IN BR FIRED
John WIN IN IN IN IN IN BR LOSE
Audrey IN IN IN BR IN BR LOSE
Tara IN IN IN IN IN LOSE
Michael IN WIN BR BR FIRED
Kristen IN IN IN LOSE
Danny BR IN LOSE
Verna IN IN QUIT
Brian IN LOSE
Todd LOSE

[edit] Episodes

[edit] Week 1: Whopper 101

  • Airdate: January 20, 2005
  • Hosting Company: Burger King
  • Magna project manager: Todd
  • Net Worth project manager: John
  • Project: To promote a brand-new hamburger product from Burger King.
  • Winning team: Net Worth
    • Reward for Winning: Dinner with Trump at the famed Club 21 restaurant.
  • Losing team: Magna
    • Final Boardroom: Alex, Todd, and Danny
    • Fired: Todd, for making poor decisions and being a very ineffective leader.
  • Episode Recap on NBC.com

[edit] Week 2: Motel 666

  • Airdate: January 27, 2005
  • Hosting Company: Yahoo!
  • Magna project manager: Michael
  • Net Worth project manager: Brian
  • Project: To renovate a motel requiring a mandatory guest review on a local Yahoo! site.
  • Winning team: Magna
    • Reward for Winning: An evening of dinner, drinks, and cigars with businessman Steve Forbes aboard his yacht.
  • Losing team: Net Worth
    • Final Boardroom: No nominations, no "Internal Executive Review"
    • Fired: Brian, for wasting money on too many replacement toilets, not having a budget, being an incompetent leader, and for saying Trump should fire him. Although the episode made it seem like there was more debate after Brian requested his termination, Donald Trump said at that point that Brian was finished. He then questioned the other team members about issues and problems not related to Brian, before picking up the thread and telling Brian to get lost.
  • Episode Recap on NBC.com

[edit] Week 3: Trouble is Brewing

  • Airdate: February 3, 2005
  • Quit: Verna. From the second episode, it was noticeable that Verna had lost her motivation to continue in the proccess. Danny asked the team if it was OK for Verna to sit out the Week 3 challenge, but the team was not OK with the idea and asked what would happen if they lost and had to go to the Boardroom. Verna then opted to resign for unspecified personal reasons. This is the first time someone has opted to voluntary discharge from The Apprentice.
  • Hosting Company: Nestlé
  • Magna Project Manger: Danny
  • Net Worth project manager: Angie
  • Project: To promote Nestlé's premium coffee brand, Nescafé Taster's Choice.
  • Winning team: Net Worth
  • Losing team: Magna
    • Sent to boardroom: Stephanie, Danny, and Michael
  • Fired: Danny, for being responsible for the loss and bringing Michael (who was exempt because of his win as Project Manager) back to the boardroom.
  • Notes
    • This episode features the first time in Apprentice history that a contestant quit (Verna).
  • Episode Recap on NBC.com

[edit] Week 4: Soap Dopes

  • Airdate: February 10, 2005
  • Task sponsor: Dove and Deutsch, Inc.
  • Task scope: To create an advertising campaign for a new product from Dove: Cool Moisture Body Wash.
  • Magna project manager: Erin
  • Net Worth project manager: Kristen
  • Both Magna and Net Worth failed the task—Both teams are asked to return back to the boardroom
    • Sent to boardroom: Erin, Michael, Bren (Magna), Tana, Kristen, and Audrey (Net Worth)
    • Fired: Kristen, for not holding her team together and losing the post-task Boardroom team defense to Erin.
  • Notes
    • This episode features the first time in Apprentice history that there are no winners and no rewards due to both teams completely failing at the task.
    • While Net Worth's marathon runner commercial was a failure on The Apprentice 3, the same concept was used on a commercial in France for Mennen Sport.
  • Episode Recap on NBC.com

[edit] Week 5: Airstream of Consciounsness

  • Airdate: February 17, 2005
  • Sponsor: Visa USA and Airstream
  • Magna project manager: Bren
  • Net Worth project manager: Tana
  • Project: To create their own mobile service business with the help of Visa and Airstream.
  • Winning team: Net Worth
    • Reward for Winning: $20,000 shopping spree for pearls at Mikimoto
  • Losing team: Magna
    • Final Boardroom: Stephanie, Michael, and Bren
    • Fired: Michael, for the lasting impact of loafing during the Week 3 task, and for interrupting Bren's Boardroom explanation of why Stephanie deserved to be fired.
  • Notes
    • Change in Judges: Jill Cremer (for Carolyn)
    • This was the last time Net Worth won.
  • Episode Recap on NBC.com

[edit] Week 6: The Writing on the Wall

  • Airdate: February 24, 2005
  • Sponsor: Sony Electronics and Sony PlayStation
  • Magna project manager: Alex
  • Net Worth project manager: Tara
  • Project: To create a graffiti advertisement in Harlem for Sony PlayStation 2's new racing simulator game, Gran Turismo 4.
  • Winning team: Magna
    • Reward for Winning: Photo shoot with a well-known photographer
  • Losing team: Net Worth
    • Final Boardroom: Audrey, Tara, and Craig
    • Fired: Tara, for ignoring the Sony executives' wishes and producing an inoffensive but useless final ad, even though John and Chris both said that Audrey should have been fired.
  • Special notes:
    • Change in Judges: Jill Cremer (for Carolyn)
    • This is the start of Net Worth's Major Losing Streak
  • Episode Recap on NBC.com

[edit] Week 7: Project Putt-putt

  • Airdate: March 3, 2005
  • Sponsor: Golfing segment of The Trump Organization
  • Magna project manager: Stephanie
  • Net Worth project manager: Audrey
  • Project: To build a miniature golf course and attract the most business.
  • Winning team: Magna
    • Reward for Winning: Golf game with Trump and Christy Kerr
  • Losing team: Net Worth
    • Final Boardroom: Craig, John, Audrey, and Angie
      • John was disrespectful of Audrey and maintained a poor attitude through the task, which did not unnoticed by guest Observer Ashley Cooper.
    • Fired: Audrey, for not having good leadership skills and losing her team's respect.
  • Special notes:
    • Change in Judges: Ashley Cooper (for George)
    • Chris was lambasted for chewing tobacco in his clown costume.
    • Kendra cut Net Worth off at the knees by doing exclusive promotion deals to place her flyers at many other kid-friendly establishments.
  • Episode Recap on NBC.com

[edit] Week 8: Bling it On

  • Airdate: March 10, 2005
  • Hosting Company: FUSE TV, a cable-TV channel
  • Magna project manager: Kendra
  • Net Worth project manager: Chris
  • Project: To run a charity auction where the bidders will get special attention/prizes from famous music stars.
  • Winning team: Magna
    • Reward for Winning: None, since this was a charity episode.
  • Losing team: Net Worth
    • Final Boardroom: Chris, John, and Erin
    • Fired: John, for bad negotiations and continued sexism; John later claimed that Donald Trump expressed a wish to fire Stephanie (who had immunity from her week 7 PM win) but this has never been confirmed.
  • Episode Recap on NBC.com

[edit] Mid-Season Highlights: What You Didn't See ...

  • Airdate: March 17, 2005
  • This episode featured unaired footage from the first eight weeks. Among other new details:
    • The Net Worth team struggled while learning how to use Burger King's computerized order system.
    • Kendra found a great bargain on furniture, but Michael's decision to have Bren and Danny pick it up instead of paying for delivery led them to bad-mouth him.
    • Brian gave a post-firing interview where he declared that Donald Trump should hire him anyway.
    • Michael and Stephanie both annoy their teammates with their poor attitudes during the Airstream task.
    • After Stephanie is cast off of Magna by Kendra, Chris asks Donald Trump if he can send her back; Trump says no, but also that he'll remember the request.
    • Tana asks Erin, who was cut from Magna to Net Worth along with Stephanie, if Erin and Stephanie will trade bedrooms so that each set of traded competitors (Tana and Craig are the other one) can be near their new teams. Erin was angered by the request and said no.

[edit] Week 9: Pandora's Box

  • Airdate: March 24, 2005
  • Hosting Company: Home Depot
  • Magna project manager: Craig
  • Net Worth project manager: Angie
  • Project: To create a short presentation/event for Home Depot.
    • Magna: Craig decides Magna should make a box. Alex, Bren, Kendra, and Tana think this is a horrible idea with no imagination and drag their feet for a long time. Craig winds up alone building the box in Home Depot. Eventually they come around and kick in. Their presentation ends up being a big draw for kids, because they can finger paint and draw on the boxes and build it with their parents.
    • Net Worth: Net Worth decides to build a mobile kitchen island. Angie decided not to make Erin the presenter because of her bad attitude earlier; Erin said she doesn't know anything about Home Depot, and Angie felt she isn't participating. Their presentation flops as Chris puts the top on upside down, and the short presentation winds up being more than 20 minutes long. The crucial factor, in the eyes of the expert assessors, was that in a clinic it is vital to have customer involvement, but here the team did the assembly themselves.
  • Winning team: Magna
    • Reward for Winning: Taking a ride in a Zero-G jet, simulating weightlessness in space.
  • Losing team: Net Worth
    • Final Boardroom: Chris, Angie, and Erin
      • Trump says Erin should have been the presenter and is considering firing Angie (even though George and Carolyn advised against it). Trump talks about always listening to George and Carolyn when Erin says "Do you have to?" in a flirtatious manner, winking at Trump. This sets off Carolyn who says "That was a dumb statement". Trump says, "You're a real wise guy" to Erin, and then fires her.
    • Fired: Erin, for not contributing anything during the task, being openly disrespectful to Carolyn and George and attempting to flirt with Trump in the boardroom.
  • Episode Recap on NBC.com

[edit] Week 10: The Pie's the Limit

  • Airdate: March 31, 2005
  • Hosting Company: Domino's Pizza
  • Magna project manager: Bren
  • Net Worth project manager: Stephanie
  • Project: To create a new pizza for Domino's Pizza, and sell it from a mobile street trailer.
    • Magna: Tana brings out her Italian cooking knowledge and builds a nice design. Magna did well because they decided to sell to the city banks who would give them big orders.
    • Net Worth: Chris and Alex sell a bunch of advanced-order pizzas to a construction site near where the task starts. Unfortunately the actual selling site the next day winds up being across town. There are so many pizzas that it takes two people to carry them on the subway. Stephanie decides to go do this personally and apologizes to the workers because she feels it is a stain on her honor to have the pizzas get there late. While Stephanie is gone from the pizza making site, Chris gets in a fight with Alex, Alex asserts himself, Chris makes aggressive statements. Later on during discussion Stephanie uses the word "threat", which Alex then agrees is what happened. Stephanie tries to use all this in the boardroom to get Chris fired, but doesn't notice that Alex explicitly says he won't only be targeting Chris in the Boardroom. The marketing street workers that Net Worth hires mill around and do not hit the hot spots, focusing their energies on the NYU campus which has people around at lunch but is not as busy as the business areas that Magna succeeds with.
  • Winning team: Magna
    • Reward for Winning: Having breakfast with Trump in his gold-plated palace apartment.
  • Losing team: Net Worth
    • Final Boardroom: Alex, Stephanie, and Chris
      • Carolyn made it clear that she wanted Chris to go because she was concerned about his volatility. However, while Trump was upset at Chris's performance, he was more concerned about Stephanie's poor leadership skills and her inability to handle difficult people (especially Chris). This caused Trump to fire Stephanie instead of Chris as the ability to overlook subordinates is an important task for a Project Manager. In addition, Alex said he would prefer to work with Chris instead of Stephanie, saying she was bad at every task and her performance here was only good by comparison.
    • Fired: Stephanie, for the bad decision with the construction site delievery, lack of overall leadership, and lingering disdain for her efforts stemming from earlier in the season.
  • Notes:
    • Team Reassignments: Alex, from Magna to Net Worth
    • Both teams use 'meatballs' as Pizza toppings since Trump said he likes meatballs.
  • Episode Recap on NBC.com

[edit] Week 11: Seams Stress

  • Airdate: April 7, 2005
  • Sponsor: American Eagle and Sony
  • Magna project manager: Tana
  • Net Worth project manager: Alex
  • Project: To create some kind of 'high tech' modifications to clothing for American Eagle Outfitters company.
    • Magna: Magna does more research than Net Worth, figuring out that the gadget the market most wants is the cell phone. Tana tries to keep a positive attitude, even when Bren and Craig bring back clothing that has been manhandled by the silkscreen shop, with paint blobs and a backwards logo on one of the items.
    • Net Worth: Angie feels that Alex assigned her too many tasks, pointing out the white board where she has over 15 things to do while he has one. She runs out of time and doesn't prepare for the presentation well. Angie guesses that the gadget the market most wants is the iPod. There is chaos as the presentation approaches and one of the models forgets to bring their clothing. Angie stammers in the presentation, repeats sentences and reads off cue cards.
  • Winning team: Magna
  • Losing team: Net Worth
    • Final Boardroom: Chris, Angie, and Alex
      • Carolyn criticises Chris while Michelle criticises Angie. Trump says that Chris and Angie have both been there six times. Trump goes on to attack Angie, while saying that Alex had done well but was brought down by these two 'losers'. Trump asks her "did you choke", to which, after much hasseling from Trump, she replies "yes", and she's fired. Trump says, afterwards, "I don't want chokers in my organisation". Later in the Taxi Cab Angie says she wants everyone to know that she "didn't choke".
    • Fired: Angie, for choking during the presentation.
  • Special notes:
    • Change in Judges: Michelle Scarbrough (a Trump Organization staff attorney) (for George)
  • Episode Recap on NBC.com

[edit] Week 12: A Lonely Drive

  • Airdate: April 14, 2005
  • Sponsor: Pontiac and General Motors
  • Magna project manager: Kendra
  • Net Worth project manager: Chris
  • Project: To prepare a sales brochure for the Pontiac Solstice car.
    • Magna: Magna comes up with a round brochure that looks very interesting and unique and has spaces for a CD and business cards. Its theme is the emotions that the car engenders. Pontiac is so impressed that they decide to use the brochures in their stores. However Tana and Craig go to sleep before it is done (a decision that ended up haunting Tana later on), leaving Kendra to finish it all. In the presentation to Pontiac, Tana tries to take over from Kendra but Kendra gets her two cents in.
    • Net Worth: Net Worth's brochure has boring writing and looks generic. The lead photograph of the car is blurred with the intention of conveying speed. In the presentation to Pontiac, Chris gets nervous and stumbles over his lines, making up new words like 'interiorally and exteriorally'.
  • Winning team: Magna
  • Losing team: Net Worth
    • Final Boardroom: Alex, Bren, and Chris
      • George rages on their 'fuzzy picture'. Alex says Bren's writing is boring. Bren defends his writing by saying Alex should have told him the problem sooner. Trump starts grilling Chris about why he has been in the boardroom losing so much. Chris doesn't flip out but admits that they lost. Donald asks George and Carolyn who they would fire and they both say Chris. This, and a seven week losing streak, seals Chris's fate. He starts crying when he is fired. Trump calls him back and says he is a good kid and to stop chewing tobacco and watch his temper.
    • Fired: Chris, for his 7-week losing streak.
  • Special notes:
    • Team Reassignments: Bren, from Magna to Net Worth
    • Tana leaves Kendra alone to work on the Solstice ad and cites her Immunity from being fired in the process. George Ross would jump on this point during the final episode when Kendra and Tana were the Final 2.
  • Episode Recap on NBC.com

[edit] Week 13: I Can't Believe It's Not Clutter

  • Airdate: April 21, 2005
  • Hosting Company: Staples
  • Magna project manager: Craig
  • Net Worth project manager: Alex
  • Project: To design an office organizer for Staples and successfully present it to a focus group of Staples executives and managers.
    • Magna: Magna (Craig, Kendra, and Tana) creates a space-saving, efficient desk organizer (See 'Special notes' below) in spite of continued conflict between Craig and Kendra, almost all of it initiated by Craig. They held face-to-face meetings with the Staples executives and a group of managers as a focus group.
    • Net Worth: Net Worth created a space-wasting, awkwardly-arranged invention (basically, a mobile second desk) that paled in comparison to Magna's space-friendly, and efficient invention. In fact, Magna's invention has easier access to 'things' as opposed to Net Worth's invention. Alex had decided to dispense with face-to-face meetings, to save time, but Bren was unable to set up a focus group conference call.
  • Winning team: Magna
    • Reward for Winning: Breakfast at the Rainbow Room with George and Carolyn
  • Losing team: Net Worth
    • Final Boardroom: Alex and Bren
      • George is embarrassed at both Alex and Bren for poor invention skills, although Alex and Bren thought they had a better-looking product. The focus of this boardroom was that Alex and Bren's invention took up too much space, plus all the papers and supplies had to be placed in an awkwardly inconvenient matter. Carolyn pointed out the design/invention flaws during the boardroom. Donald, George, and Carolyn apparently were not happy with the difficulty of use arising from this "Packrat" invention idea Alex and Bren had.
      • Alex showed his killer instinct in the boardroom while Bren let slip that he does not like to take risks at all. This caught the attention of Trump; Bren was therefore fired for his inability to take risks.
    • Fired: Bren, for his unwillingness to take risks and Trump's recognition that he was simply not as business-tested as the other candidates.
  • Special notes:
    • Trump stated that regardless of the outcome of this task, because the interview is entering its final stages, no further exemptions would be issued.
    • You can now purchase Magna's invention (officially dubbed and released as The Desk Apprentice) at Staples stores everywhere or through Staples Online for about $29.99 USD.
  • Episode Recap on NBC.com

[edit] Week 14: Bedazzled by a Beefy T

  • Airdate: April 28, 2005
  • Hosting Company: Hanes
  • Magna project manager: Kendra
  • Net Worth project manager: Tana
  • Project: To design a t-shirt for Hanes celebrating their 50th anniversary, and make the most money selling the shirt.
  • Winning team: Magna
    • Reward for Winning: Engaging in a Dogfight in two fighter planes. Kendra's plane won out over Craig's. Kendra revealed that her father had been a "Top Gun" pilot.
  • Losing team: Net Worth
    • Final Boardroom: Alex and Tana
    • Fired: Alex, for not contributing much to the task, his 5-week losing streak, and also for saying he had only lost once as Project Manager--Donald Trump viewed Alex's statement as dishonest.
  • Notes:
    • This the end of Net Worth's major losing streak. Although Tana lost, the teams will not be called "Net Worth" or "Magna" anymore.
  • Episode Recap from NBC.com

[edit] Week 15: The Inteviews

  • Candidates: Craig, Tana, and Kendra
  • Objective: Have an interview with four of Trump's executives.
  • Results: Two excutives thought Tana was the best candidate while the other two thought Kendra was the best candidate. All four agreed Craig was the worst of the trio.
  • Tension: When asked which teammember they liked best, both Craig and Kendra said Tana while Tana says it is Craig. Kendra's face registers slight unhappiness when Tana mentions this.
  • Fired: Craig, by recommendation of the executives.

[edit] Weeks 16 and 17: The Games People Play/Into the Stretch

  • Airdates: May 5, 12 and 19, 2005
  • Sponsors:
    • Book Smarts: Sony PlayStation, Best Buy, and Electronic Arts Sports Division
    • Street Smarts: NYC 2012 Olympics Board/Committee with the City of New York
  • Book Smarts Finalist: Kendra
  • Street Smarts Finalist: Tana
  • Project:
    • Book Smarts: To do the Best Buy Fight Night Promotion.
    • Street Smarts: To do the NYC 2012 Athlete Challenge.
  • Hired: Kendra
  • Fired: Tana, for treating her team members unfairly.
  • Special notes:
    • The one-on-one interviews aired on the first part of the May 5, 2005 episode.
    • The first part of the final task was aired on May 5, 2005 after Craig's firing in the middle of Episode 15.
      • During the interviews, Kendra said that she would threaten to "compete with Trump" if he didn't hire her (but he did hire her).
      • All interviewers unanimously recommended that Craig was not suitable for the Trump Organization.
    • First time in Apprentice history that final pair are both women.
    • Second part of this episode was the allocation of the final tasks. Since there was one left of each original team, it also became the final Book Smarts vs Street Smarts
    • Trump hired/picked the "employees" of each team. Employees hired:
      • Magna Corp aka Book Smarts Team: Michael, Danny, and Erin (scatterbrains, people with a level of incompetence)
      • NetWorth aka Street Smarts Team: Brian, Chris, and Kristen (worst tempered, included people who hated each other)
    • Although it appeared that Tana and Kendra's "employees" were going to discuss their "employers" on the finale (based on the ending to the penultimate episode), the finale went directly to the live hiring instead. The speculation was that Tana's performance was hammered so thoroughly that the show decided not to show it, after being criticized for the endless footgage on the 2nd season of almost everyone saying that one candidate (Jennifer Massey) was much worse than the other (Kelly Perdew).
    • The live finale took place in New York University
    • Kendra becomes the first apprentice to stay in the same team the entire interview process.
  • Episode Fifteen Recap on NBC.com
  • Episode Sixteen Recap on NBC.com
  • Final Episode Recap on NBC.com

[edit] Quotes

  • Trump: "Are you not a homosexual?"
    • Chris: "Sir, I am not a homosexual!"
  • Michael: "I'm in this team no matter what. Let's make this vegetable porno the best vegetable porno we can possibly make — with a gay twist."
  • Trump: (To Audrey) "And he is right, (referring to John) you are a beautiful, beautiful young woman. But sometimes, beauty just doesn't do it. And in this case, Audrey you're fired."
  • Trump: (To Alex) "I've always said, if you hang out with losers, you become a loser. And that's what's happened to you, Alex."
  • Erin: "As a former beauty queen, I know what a crown is but I don't know what crown molding is."
  • Tana: (referring to her pretzels) "I paid for these bitches and they're coming home with me!"
  • Trump: (after watching Magna's failed Dove commercial) "Ay-yi-yi."
  • Craig: (referring to another team member wanting to use horizontal folders in The Desk Apprentice) "Now, if I put a horizontal folder in a vertical product, people would ask me...why did you put this horizontal folder in your vertical product?"
  • Carolyn: (to Erin) "That was a dumb statement."

[edit] Additional information

  • On April 10, 2005, Chris Shelton was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge in Hillsborough County, Florida, after arguing over a $20 cover charge at a bar in the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. He was released on $250 bail. The charges were later dismissed.[citation needed]
  • The BBC showed this series in the UK on BBC2. The first episode aired on August 30, 2006 and the series finished on October 21, 2006.
  • Following the season finale, Tana appeared in commercials for the Bedazzler, the very product she insisted on obtaining in the Hanes t-shirt episode. In the commercials, The Apprentice is not referred to by name and is only referred to as "national television."[1]
  • Kristen also appeared as a contestant in the 2001 Fox reality series Murder in Small Town X, wherein she was notable for having established contentious relationships with all of her fellow contestants. She was eliminated at the end of the 7th episode.

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Notable Properties
Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago, Dubai, Fort Lauderdale, Honolulu, Las Vegas, New Orleans, New York, Panama City, Phoenix, SoHo, Toronto)

Trump Tower (New York City, Tampa, Philadelphia, White Plains, Denver, Atlanta, Charlotte)

Trump Tower Variations (Trump World Tower, Trump Elite Tower, Trump Towers by the Sea)

Trump Plaza (Atlantic City, Palm Beach, New York City, New Rochelle, Trump Plaza Tower)

Atlantic City Casinos: Trump Taj Mahal, Trump Plaza, Trump Marina

Other Properties: Mar-A-Lago, Trump Grande, The Trump Building at 40 Wall Street, Trump Palace, Trump Parc, Trump Park Avenue, Grand Hyatt New York, Daewoo Trump World, Riverside South/Trump Place, Ocean Resort Baja Mexico, Trump at Cap Cana

Trump Golf: The Estates at Trump National, Trump International Golf Links
Various Enterprises
Miss Universe • Trump Ice • Trump Model Management • Trump Mortgage • Trump Shuttle • Trump University • Miscellaneous
Annual Revenue:▼ $26.5 million USD (FY 2005) | Employees: NA | Stock Symbol: NASDAQ: TRMP (Trump Entertainment Resorts only)| Website: The Trump Organization
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The Apprentice
Mark Burnett, series creator • Donald Trump, executive producer
Original series
Starring: Donald Trump • Ivanka Trump • Donald Trump, Jr. • Carolyn Kepcher • George H. Ross
Production: Bill Rancic, frequent recurring advisor
Candidate residences: Trump Tower in Manhattan (Location for seasons 1-5, 7)
Seasons:  1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 (Celebrity Edition) • 8 (Celebrity Edition 2)
Winners:  Bill Rancic • Kelly Perdew • Kendra Todd • Randal Pinkett • Sean Yazbeck • Stefani Schaeffer • Piers Morgan
Martha Stewart series
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