I'm assuming they will do what they have done in the past: the first 10 minutes or so they show a montage of the interviews and then Trump invites the Four Horsemen (the interviewers) into the BR to give him advice on who to keep and who to toss. Then he brings in the final 3 (in this case) and lets them fight it out for a little while before letting the final cobra fly. Then the final two will be assigned their task, the teams member who are returning to help will be brought in and we will see the first part of the task.

The next week will probably be the conclusion of the task and, since the finale is only one hour this time (mercifully!), I'm guessing they won't show much of the task (maybe just the final BR?) before Trump announces the winners. Hopefully, there will be NO audience participation this year.


There will definitely be a final two, since we have been spoiled about what the final two tasks are (and who the final two are, for that matter). So only one will be fired after the interviews this time and the rest, we assume, will proceed as normal.

It's easy to say that Kendra has it in the bag now, but her task (or assigned team o'losers) could blow up in her face and help Tana score big points. I think Tana manages people better, and Kendra's biggest contribution is excellent marketing.

If you go back a couple of pages, there's a list of who gets assigned to each of the final two (Tana and Kendra). We know that the episodes are 5th, 12th and 19th.

5/5/05 - first 1/2 hour is interviews and firing Craig (yay!). Then immediately (as in past) assign the ex-Apprenti and give out the assignments. Rest of show devoted to establishing cliff-hangers for both teams either by incompetence of leader (aka Tana (snerk!)) or volatile nature of fired also-rans.

5/12/05 - Completing task and gathering in boardroom to discuss (using the term lightly) merits of each (since it's not a bottom-line type of result)....with cliffhanger of who wins.

5/19/05 - some discussion (speculation on my part) about who should win and naming Kendra the next Apprentice (because, come on! I don't want her bring her rhinestones to Las Vegas, that's for sure!)

PS - we have our own little "Trump" here by the name of Steve Wynn, just opened a $2.7 BILLION hotel called, what else, Wynn Las Vegas...would love for him and Trump to get together to do something....

I don't remember the previous seasons that well. The episode before the actual finale ends in the boardroom? I don't remember that. I thought it ended with the task. So, basically they sit there, yap a little, and he says, "Ok, see you in 6 months, bye."? How odd. Are the ex-Apprenti there, too? I can’t remember. You’d think I was 80 years old.

TA1, they actually had the boardroom all the way up to where he dismisses them to "discuss" with the viceroys. When they came back in (at the end of the hour) it was "live" and the reunion hour began seemlessly from there....you know...after the walls flew up and reveiled the yooge audience that was seemingly there for the entire 16 weeks!

I'm pretty sure that with TA2, they argued in the boardroom at the end of the task (the second hour of the final task) and didn't try to fool us by blending it. They then either started the finale then, or the next week they recapped a lot of it and draaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagged it on for 3 hours. It all merges horrbly in my head as one loooong experience!

Since we know it's only 1 hour, it's anyone's guess as to whether the defending starts at the end of the 12th or that's what the hour is on the 19th - ending with the announcement. However, since he has to pimp his project, and have Kendra....er, the new Apprentice, choose, I think we'll see arguments on the 12th and arguments on the 19th, with the decision coming somewhere in the middle of the hour. This allows us to have a teeny bit of reunion, and see what she chooses....

Note that the May 19th season finale isn't even an hour long. It's 59 minutes:



For those of you who can't find the info, here is what's happening May 5th and May 12th:

OK - so...
Epi 315 is interviews/Craig gone/start of final task.
Epi 316 is final task/final task/final task
Epi 317 is completion of final task (goodness gracious it's a long task, isn't it?!)/boardroom defense/switch to live feed (somewhere around 9:58....)
And at 9:59 (they do like to be precise, don't they?) Trump announces the winner just in time for the live reunion at 10:00.

Which really means that it is a 2 hour show, but that's better than the three hours last time, I guess.

Does that sound feasible to anyone?

Also - GO KENDRA!

ETA:

Translation: Tana, who is in charge of the NYC2012 Athlete Challenge, is responsible for the governor of NYC and has trouble locating her BeDazzled American flag...

Maybe she will just BeDazzle herself a flag out of an old pillow case?

I bet it's Tana. She called Chris out of his league and Kristen and Brian were fired so early on that she probably feels its unfair.

I hate being wrong, really I do, (see Alex turning evil/almost intelligent on me when he picked Tana) but my first guess was Tana and the flag too. I wonder if that's just because they're having trouble with it and I hate thinking that could be Kendra.

How hard is it to find a flag?

This seems like Tana. I am dying to know if she had the balls to ask that of Trump and/or if she dared to say it in front of Kristen, Chris and Brian or was this just an interview away from everyone. The reactions will be fantastic if it’s the former.

If I was Chris, I'd cry again. Ok, honestly, I just want him to break down again. It's so fun! Maybe Kristen will deck her (and bitch about parking spots?). Brian will cuss her out. That's some great TV. Ok, I'm done fantasizing.

Raise your hand if Tana/Kendra are positively boring and the finale will reflect it. It's sad when the worst thing a candidate has done is drive an hour to pick up glitter.

According to NBCUMV for the 19th, ER has its season finale at 9:59. I don't think they're planning more than a single hour of TA that night.

Does anyone know if all the past TA1 & TA2 casts, have been invited to the AP3 finale?

Debbie Joan, I don't even think they're inviting the cast of TA3! Seriously, would YOU want Kristen in the building? Just kidding.

From what I have heard, the 5/5 episode is just like the second-to-last episode in TA2 - midway-boardroom, followed by suspense-building as the teams come in and proceed to act like the idiot losers they are.

Then the 5/12 episode is just like the first hour of the 3-hour embarrassment last season - it features both tasks, and ends with a boardroom, taped in November 2004, where Donald and the Viceroys grill the candidates.

Then the 5/19 live finale will feature a recap of the whole season, plus a recap of the final task. At about 10 or 15 minutes into the episode, they will truly be live in the boardroom, and the winner will be announced. The winner will choose (Kendra, Vegas, please?), and then there will be half an hour of "reunion."

So that's a semi-spoler of what lies ahead.

I think it's gonna be Kendra. Danny really shouldn't be a problem but Erin and Michael? I can see Kendra being very upset at being given those 2 clowns.

Tana has much better people skills than Kendra and she's done very well at keeping people happy. Many of the sponsors in the tasks responded well to Tana.

Bedazzling a flag, that I can see with Tana in charge.

I bet Ep 316 is mini-recap/final task/start of final boardroom.

How hard is it to find rhinestones in Manhattan?


On the other hand, that might mean that Kendra has to work at pleasing the sponsor, thus the phrasing. It's something that comes completely naturally to Tana, but not to Kendra.

However, I'm inclined to believe that Kendra is the one who wants to replace her team. I think Tana would have more confidence in her people management skills, even with two absolutely rotten people to manage (she can handle Chris).

Oh, whale crap, I slipped from 10th to 11th this week. Maybe I contracted some of those Net Worth loser cooties. Meanwhile, I have surgery scheduled Tuesday afternoon, and found myself worrying today that I won't be discharged by Thursday evening. Damn, that's sad, isn't it?

Tana might have some problems with Kristen (since Tana backed Audrey over Kristen in the BR) but Brian is probably a hard worker and will want to prove himself. Chris is a hard worker and Tana can probably control him.

Erin and Michael are nightmare employees, and I guess now we know why we saw the clips of Erin/Kendra and Michael/Kendra in the recap...to foreshadow. You'd think Danny would be supportive of Kendra since she supported him over Todd, but he probably only cares about making a fool of himself for the cameras.

That would explain the one-hour finale.

What I think happened was, NBC originally wanted a two-hour finale for May 12, but there may not have been a suitable venue available for that night, which may have forced NBC to split the finale over two weeks.

bwah! wonderful.

Anyone know if the interviewers will be Trump flunkies or outside business execs?

I don't think that's been released as yet. We should know by Tuesday afternoon when they put out the more detailed release at NBCUMV. Unless, of course, one of our people with an inside source can tell us before then.

Kendra gets Danny, Erin and Michael? Hah! I get the feeling that the teams were decided based on each of the final two's weaknesses. Kendra's is managing people and effective communication - so she gets the 3 most juvenile, irritating, disorganized and self-absorbed candidates.

Just wanted to let people in the area know The Apprentice is filming in Dicks Sporting Goods store in Woodbridge Mall in New Jersey until 7:00pm today. The other team is at the Dicks on Long Island (I overheard this). I'll post more details later, when I have more time.

If I lived in Jersey I'd be going there in an instant. Not to be a famewhore or to get on TV, I'm too shy, but to watch them screw up and come back to gleefully report it to you guys!

Thank you for posting the info! Did you take notes on the descriptions of the various Apprentices so we can obsess over them later? Anyone manage to sneak in with a camera phone? (I suppose the producers would be a bit upset if they caught anyone taking photos...)

I've lost track of the math... about which # task would this be for the season 4 candidates?

That got me thinking what would happen if an ex-candidate who just happened to plan to be shopping at a store where filming was taking place the day it did and walked in totally unaware of what was happening. How would that former candidate and the producers handle such if it ever came up?

A candidate from a former season? Otherwise, sequesterville pretty much takes care of that.

So ... I would guess it would go something like this:

"Hi."
"Hey."
"How's it going?"
"Good, you?"
"Good, thanks."
"Cool, well, you're working, so see ya."
"Alright, buddy, so long."

:)

On another topic, we got an excellent look at the interviewers in the promo (especially with the help of TiVo) ... anyone recognize someone from the promo?

Outside execs from Burger King, Domino's, QVC, and some hedge fund or venture capitalist firm - can't remember which.

Anyone surprised?


Season started filming April 13th. I believe this is the filming of task number 6. SOMEONE GO TAKE PICTURES!!!!

Sorry, I couldn't write more before. This was Episode 6. It is very hard to tell production people, the apprentices, and the people the apprentices hired (handing out flyers, selling hot dogs) apart. My best guess is that there are 7 apprentices left on this team. A tall beautiful (someone said she was a beauty queen) blond haired woman early to mid twentys would be my guess, while some were out with Carolyn getting supplies, she was painting a sign. A slightly shorter black woman, very pretty, didn't see her do much, she was in the group that went to get supplies. I would guess she is also in her twentys. The third woman looked like early twentys, shorter, brown hair, and she had a broken right leg, Her foot to just below her knee was in a blue fiberglass cast, she was using both crutches and at times a wheel chair. I heard she broke her leg before coming on the apprentice, but I'm not sure. I'll ask if anyone knows what happened to her and post it if I have more on her. There were 4 guys. A tall (6'2'' I guess) light brown hair, gorgeous guy named James. He was very friendly and excellent with little children. A nice looking guy about 5'10 with brown hair, he was running the machine that shoots out the baseballs (I'll explain later). There was a guy with dirty blond hair and glasses. I believe his name was Josh, he was about 5'9'' and slightly heavier than the other men, but not fat by any means. He was one who stayed behind to set up the baseball nets. Then there was a very short (5'7" maybe) guy with darker brown hair. He also helped set up the nets.

The task apparently involved each team going to a Dick's Sporting Goods Store and choosing a department and promoting the sales from 2pm to 7pm. The team at Woodbridge chose baseball/softball. They had all the equiptment set up around two batting cages, one normal size that normally retails for $399.99 but I think was on sale for $299.99, and a small net (looks like a dome size tent) that was set up for small children with a tee ball. James ran this and was trying to get the parents to purchace the net ($80.00), The other guy was running the baseball/softball set up. The others were selling gloves, bats, etc.. The team also had hot dogs for sale (they hired people to help with this).

While I was watching there was a woman who I think was Carolyns' assistant. She would come behind where I was sitting and would talk to someone and was relaying all the details and criticizing different things (like they didn't have enough flyers being passed out in the mall, they didn't have someone bringing people into the wing that the store was located). The guy next to me thought the voice he heard (coming from the phone) was Carolyns'. This woman was definately with production.

Sorry, I had to leave while the task was still underway. If I hear any more information, I'll post it.

IIRC, wasn't one of the interviewers none other than the original Apprentice himself, our (mostly) beloved Bill Rancic??

Thanks, Debbie Joan. If it was week 6, then there were 13 people left going into the task. So 7 people would be about right. At least we know they don't split it up next season men/women! It sounds like there were a lot of beautiful people. Maybe next season's theme is pretty/ugly?

We'll be calling back on you again when the new cast is announced in August.

The broken leg/wheelchair is interesting. Recall that someone sued the show for discriminating against disabled people, and the case settled quickly after the producers agreed to clarify that disabled people were welcome. Looks like they're trying to put an exclamation point on that.

I don't think Bill is an interviewer. But I could be wrong.

Good catch if true ghettofabman. I rewound about 10 times and didn't recognize anyone. I saw 3 men and 1 woman. Two older, two middle-aged. I didn't see Bill and deleted the show after that so I can't check again. What an interesting idea to have winners do interviews.

Since we've had a few TA4 spoilers come our way now, is it appropriate to start a different spoiler section for them so we will have them for next season? Or does someone pull them over when it starts? This is my first season on TWoP so I'm not familiar with the procedure.

Thank you very much for sharing Debbie Joan. I'm looking forward to the man-candy.

I'll jump on the bandwagon and thank Debbie Joan for her fine reporting work. Dick's Sporting Goods, well, sounds like more of the mass-market retailers are jumping on board for next season.
I'm already prepared to give this candidate kudos: to my mind, it takes some gumption to go on national television hobbling around with a fiberglass cast. Please, God, don't let her turn out to be someone I can't stand . . .

ETA: Interesting point, spindotdat. It sounds as if the injury happened after she was picked for the show, but since the lawsuit happened a few months ago, perhaps the producers and staff used the experience to everyone's advantage.

Your Nightmare, they keep the same thread for spoilers. As long as people identify whether they're typing about TA3 or TA4 it shouldn't be too hard to discern which is which. So far we've managed at any rate. Also, since TA3 is nearly over, we will be pretty much able to conclude that TA4 is the season being spoiled. Until next fall when they start filming TA5.

I dunno what we'll do if we start getting TA:MS spoilers though. I seriously doubt if TA:MS will get its own section, but the admins may surprise me.

Dang. Now I'm wanting TA:MS spoilers!

Thank you for explaining that. I looked back on page 1 of this thread and I understand what you mean.

I can't stand her (MS) but I might still watch it. If spoilers came in, it'd definitely help peak my interest or prove that it's pointless to watch. She's so damn annoying.

Some people wonder why others like spoilers. Well, I probably wouldn't have watched this entire season if it weren't for spoilers. The show is so boring this season. Now knowing there some yummy man-candy to watch on TA4, I'll definitely tune in for at least the first show. Otherwise, I prefer Miss Alli's recaps over the actual show.

I'm Wondering:

Could it be they are filming TA4 as early as they are (as opposed to TA2, which didn't start filming until around last May 10 or so) because either:

The events secured for the final task occur somewhere between Memorial Day weekend and approximately June 11 (and if it is on June 11, one of the tasks involves events surrounding The Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park)?

OR

NBC may be looking at as early as a July 28 premiere for TA4?

I say the latter is a possibility even though NBC has said they don't intend to air The Apprentice during the summer because:

1. A July 28 premiere would give TA4 six shows before Labor Day Weekend, allowing NBC to air a clip show on Thursday, September 8 opposite the season-opening NFL Game on ABC between the Oakland Raiders and New England Patriots. TA2 last fall had to air opposite the season-opening NFL game between the Indianpolis Colts and Patriots on ABC, which hurt it and the show a lot, as a good number of people never came over for TA2 like they did for TA1 solely because of TA2's opener airing opposite the NFL opener (and ironically NBC takes over that game next year as part of its new Sunday Night NFL package).

2. All of NBC's schedule will be pre-empted from February 10-26 by the Winter Olympics. By having TA4 start July 28, it could air straight through to the Thursday before Thanksgiving, followed by the Martha Stewart version the Thursday after Thanksgiving in early December through February 9 (with some two-night-a-week airings throughout) and then following the Olympics, TA5 starting March 2 with two-night-a-week airings from mid-April through the end in late May.

Thoughts?

If we're already into the taping of Week 6 of Apprentice 4, then chances are slim that we'll ever see Kendra during that season. Maybe during the final task or interview stage?

Kendra? Why, since Tana is going to win! (Oh, please, one for us Midwesterners!)

Does anyone think it odd that Tana is currently promoting and selling both a t/shirt and childrens book Here
Could it be possible she actually flunks at the interviews? It seems strange that Mark Burnett Productions & The Donald would agree to allow their future Apprentice to be out and about self promoting their goodies at this stage of the series!!

Do the final 2 get to pick their own teams as happened season 1 or are they just stuck with teams as happened season 2 (I think)?

Raoul and Daltrim, the answer to your questions is easily found a few pages back. Danny/Erin/Michael are foisted upon Kendra, and Kristen/Brian/Chris upon Tana (not Craig, who flunks the interviews).

gapkid, I think you'll see some of Kelly in TA4, but not Kendra or Tana.

Wallyhorse, the answer to your question is no. Nobody watches TV in August - it is a huge vacation month. The decrease in advertising revenue is reason alone to avoid August. TA4 will premiere September 8, 2005 - the first Thursday after Labor Day.

As for TA5, well, they'll figure something out.

I think Trump won't compete with what's offered after the Superbowl. I could see the show premiering after a Superbowl but not show a regular season show after the Superbowl. It would be pointless.

To me, TAR and Survivor are hurting right now because it's getting to be too much. Apprentice is heading down that road if they make the shows that close together. Everyone needs a break frmo reality. Especially when the people are so damn boring.

I know August is a huge vacation month, and under normal circumstances I would agree with you, however, NBC knows that TA2 was hurt tremendously by the fact the first episode aired directly opposite the season-opening NFL game on ABC and never really recovered. Sure, you'd lose some ratings with a late July premiere and airing new episodes in August, however, it's not nearly as much as many people think (especially in the south as school starts in some areas the first week of August), and you probably lose much more having the premiere air directly opposite the season-opening NFL game again.

I think NBC doesn't want to risk having TA4 hurt the same way TA2 was, and that's why I think NBC may opt for a mid-summer premiere, mainly so they can air a clip show on September 8. If not, I suspect the premiere would then be September 15 or 22 so as not to upset the NFL, especially since NBC takes over the Thursday night opener as part of their Sunday Night NFL package in 2006.

The other thing NBC could do is have a "preview episode" of The Apprentice on September 8 that does little more than preview the candidates and upcoming season, with the official premiere and first task the following week.

Too funny, Tana who said that the F in MILF was "fool around" gets the three filthiest mouths out of the group.

hee





A woman with a cast on her leg isn't disabled, she's INJURED! A person with MS or an amputee or a Spina Bifida victim is 'disabled'. The cast will eventually come off, but the amputated limbs and deformed spine are not going to heal. How about a REAL handicapped person? Maybe the next group will include somebody who lost their contact lenses or something.

That is one cheezy effort to be PC.

I didnt mean to do that, sorry.

Tobacco chewing was this season's disability. Addiction in the workplace......Chris needs to contact the EEOC.

Erin returns??? Say it isnt so! Grandiosity is a sign of certain types of mental illness....maybe she should contact the EEOC as well if someone can let her know what those letters stand for.

If the lady-with-cast spotting was ostensibly partway through the season's filiming, perhaps she was injured during one of the tasks.

After all, a 1" piece of dry..., er, "large chunk of seement" could have fallen on her leg, and the cast could be strictly a precaution so that any latent damage would heal properly.

Yahoo! fantasy-game questions for this week's episode (#15) have just gone up. I'm still figuring out some of my answers.

Did we ever see the context for that quick clip of them toasting each other with champagne? If it hadn't been shown before, then I agree that we'll see it this week. Did the Final Four in either previous season have champagne handy? I remember Bill and Kwame did, but my memory is fuzzy otherwise.


I'm pretty sure Kendra is smart enough to remember that Trumpy will hear about any such boast. My initial choice was Craig, but now I'm leaning more towards Tana. She's certainly full of confidence - or something...

I don't see Trump using lack of sales experience as cause for firing. Kwame, Kelly, and Jen also lacked that sort of experience. The other three are tough - I think Craig has creativity and direction, but he doesn't exactly have a history of conveying his ideas very well. The executives will perceive a lack that isn't necessarily lacking. Hmm. Craig also doesn't give reasons for his decisions - he was right about opting for a simple box, and I sided with him on the star v. heart question, but in neither case did he explain his rationale. He might do the same in the interviews, giving responses without explaining any of the thought processes behind his answers. So my selection is "lack of depth and substance".


Damned if I know. I don't believe she'll be overly assertive in the interviews, she's not overly polite, and she's not too good to be true, which leaves passive but she's hardly been passive when faced with Craig. Anyone have a 4-sided coin to flip?

I'm thinking this is Kendra. I've read that her real estate company is expanding to Las Vegas -- and isn't one of the rumored job opportunities a Trump property in Sin City?

I'm not so sure it will come off as delusional but rather just a statement that she's going to be working on Vegas properties either with Trumpy or without.