In the new assignment always given the morning after the boardroom firing?
if so I can see a Champaign toast. But if there is a day lag than a prayer is a better option. I recall Craig leading a prayer before the Home depot task.

I think I mentioned this long ago in reference to last season's interviews, but I think it would be better if Trump's employees did the interviews because it would be to their advantage to pick the most competant rather than the best BSer. Was there an article or something that said who the interviewers were going to be for sure?

As for the problem of overlapping season spoilers, Trump has made it known that TA:MS will not air at the same time as his show. They will always be one after another, so it shouldn't be too confusing for us.

But after the "I'll smoke them" comment from last week I lean to believe that Kendra is the owner of the Trump competition phrase. It may have been Kendra's elaborating on her real-estate resume: I achieved a lot and I'm going places, catch me while you can... a bit boastful, but not that much considering her talents.

And if Kendra is the "Trump competition" than one of the exec. may see her as too assertive- mind you not necessarily a minus for the Donald.

As for question #7...didn't Kevin get fired in S2 for lack of direction & goals (more or less)? I could be imagining that....it has been awhile.


How about "lack of depth and substance" for Craig. I belive that was Amy's problem in S1. If it is this one, then Craig is just a generality!!! (hee hee)

I think that Craig has a lack of direction and goals, If he had them he could not express them. Now, that is in addition to his poor command of the English language and disasters interpersonal skills. But reading his resume I could not see any goals or directional opposed to Tana and most certainly Kendra). I also think that it is nicer to be fired for lack direction than lack of substance. -Will Trump fire two black candidates late in the game for the same reason?!would that be politically incorrect? or am I over speculating?

Excellent point. Craig is a firefighter/EMT/shoeshine business creator/minor music mogul. Trump might find this too scattered a background; a variety of experiences could be presented as a great strength, but Craig doesn't have the communication skills to present it as such. Kevin was fired last season for being too stuck in the education mode - lots of degrees, no truly clear direction. Personally I think it was a bogus firing and Kevin should have taken Jenn M's place in the Final Two, but hey.

Oh yeah, I forgot all about Kendra's expansion to the Vegas market. In that context the remark makes a lot more sense coming from her than from Tana or Craig.

1. Key word is still. So who has thought this before? I think Craig.

2. It was on the recap preview, a toast.

3. Undecided, but I like the thought process everyone's using to try to figure it out. What on earth could Tana compete with Trump at? I seriously doubt he'll bedazzle his water bottles anytime soon.

4. Tana, her education (or lack thereof) has been discussed before.

5. I think it's 'too passive'. She might not seem that way when it comes to Craig, but compared to almost every single other reality contestant I've ever seen on any show, she's shown a huge amount of restraint. Has she ever even raised her voice? In an interview process, she might be calm, cool and collected but not show enough enthusiasm or character. I wouldn't compare her to Amy though which is probably why it's not going to be completely viewed as a negative.

6. I think Kendra. But there's at least 4 people interviewing. It only takes one of them to relate to Craig or Tana and think that of them. It's anyone's game on this question.

7. I was stuck between lack of character or lack of substance, but I really like what a few of you brought up about his resume. It fits. Trump is so predictable sometimes.

Good luck everyone! I want top 20 this week.

5. I think it's 'too passive'. ??!

Is it possible that the actual phrase for 5. was "almost too good to be true" and not she is "too good to be true" wouldn't be the first time that a questions was taken out of context.

All that Yahoo stuff is making my head spin. As usual, I made my picks on impulse, which is why I'm not in the top 20 (but am in the top 100, hello!). And the fact that even though I post spoilers here, I refuse to ask my sources for any hints relating to the specific Yahoo questions. I want to save some surprise for the show.


I don't think so. My excellent sources tell me that TA:MS is starting filming THIS WEEK, so not only are both filming, in NY, at the same time, but both will air this fall. TA:MS will be on some unknown night, but TA:TD will stay in its Thursday slot. Kind of like Law and Order on Wednesdays, and L&O:SVU on when? Friday? Sunday? I don't know.


The interviewers are corporate execs, not Trump insiders.

The most powerful, successful, richest, handsome, gorgeous, blah blah blah. At least that's how they'll be introduced.

Tana and Craig toasting was already shown I think. Back when Alex, Bren and Kendra were plotting to keep the original Magna together after the next corporate reshuffle, we saw Tana and Craig toast. It was randomly thrown in there, so it wouldn't shock me if that actually occurs when Tana returns from the BR and they just decide to reshow the footage.

Plotting against Kendra makes little sense at this point, so I'm leaning towards them having a spat over accomplishments. Although I can see them praying too, so I'm torn on that one.

hey yournightmare, You can have my 20th spot, but only if I can move up.

There are 2 pictures up at The NBC site

They really don't show anything except that they are not taken at the same time because I really doubt that Craig & Tana just switched seats to be next to Kendra for the photo!

OK, here's what I think. My reasoning for picking Kendra for this question is because now, I think that Kendra for some reason will be on fire. She is now confident to make a bold statement like this. At this point, she knows who her toughest competitors are and she has proven herself to be an excellent judge of character (from the decision to fire Todd to the marketing strategies).




Craig is a religious man, and I would think that since it is down to the wire and the heat is on and he is serious about working for Trump, he will definitely be bowing down and praying. Tana is the closest friend he has had on this experience, so he will get her to join.




Definitely sounds like Kendra is in rare form during the interviews. I am set to believe that she is gonna blow the interviewers away.

5.

(see the explanation for #3.)



Check the keyword in this question........reasons. Something tells me that Craig is gonna have the same problem Kevin did from S2. Craig is an EMT, music producer, and owns a shoeshine business. It becomes clear that he has a hand in many things, but they are unrelated to one another. Process of elimination leads to the answer in this case.

Hopefully, I can score a 150 for this week. Looks to the left. Eyes to heaven, and Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee!

I'm thrown off by your reply. I'm missing your #3 answer I think. You have Tana after the quote but Kendra is in bold. Then you have your answer to #5 as see question #3. Show me the way ghettofabman.

I'm sorry if I'm missing what you said on #3. I looked about 5 times and decided I was blind again. I get puppies for that!

As far as #1, is it possible you're missing on the 'still' word in the question? I only ask because you say because now.

I miss you Cooler. Your spoilers were the best. I hope if you gave in to your integrity that your friend wasn't too pissed off.

Sorry about that. Kendra is my answer to #3. Also the part about seeing question #3 implies that I am just continuing off the reasoning for answering that question. To sum it up, I believe Kendra is gonna be in rare form during the interviews and blow them away. That is why I said that one exec will consider Kendra "too good to be true." Sorry YourNightmare, I edited the post to make things clearer. Deepest apologies.

Cindy Adams offers a bit of a spoiler for TA4 in today's column.What we don't know was if that was for a task or a reward, but it's something. Oh yeah, the link to the entire article is in the Media thread, as usual.

I noted this already in the scheduling thread, but I think there's a possibility that NBC may premiere TA4 as early as July 28 (going against what NBC has said about not having TA air in the summer), in part so that TA:TD doesn't air at the same time as TA:MS, but also so NBC can get some momentum airing TA:TD opposite repeats of "CSI" for the first few weeks and so NBC doesn't upset the NFL by scheduling a new task episode directly opposite the season-opening NFL game between the Oakland Raiders and New England Patriots on ABC (NBC takes over that game next September as part of the Sunday night package that moves from ESPN next fall), as a 7/28 premiere allows for six episodes before September 8, in turn allowing for a clip show that night for those who hate football and/or have missed some episodes early on.

While August is a big vacation month, it no longer is in the way it once was, especially in the south where school starts as early as the first week in August (which is something many don't realize). TA2 was hurt by its premiere directly oppsite the NFL opener a lot more than many think in my opinion, and while late July is not an ideal premiere for TA4, it still is better than potentially losing viewers for the whole season because of airing opposite the opening NFL game.

That's also why I think NBC may go with a July 28 premiere of TA4. In turn, that would have the finale on the Thursday before Thanksgivng (November 17), then after a week off for Thanksgiving, having the premiere of TA:MS on Thursday, December 1, with new episodes every Thursday night and either extra episodes during the week between Christmas and New Year's or starting with January 5, 2006, going two nights a week until a February 9 finale. That finale would have to be February 9 because all of NBC's schedule is pre-empted for the Winter Olympics from February 10-26. Assuming that is the case, TA5 would then likely premiere the Thursday after the Olympics end on March 2 and go two nights a week from mid-April to the end, most likely on May 18, 2006.

That's the only way to me NBC can run all three on Thursday night without two versions airing at once, which again may be necessary in part due to NBC having the Olympics next February knocking out their entire prime-time lineup for two and a half weeks.

Thank you, ghettofabman. No apologies necessary. I understand it now. I am starting to agree with that answer for #5 but since I love my bonus points I am stuck with 'too passive'.

I never saw a toast scene with Craig and Tana. What a bummer I missed it and now missed the question. I bet it is 'pray together'.

I'm actually getting excited the show is almost over. After last season I missed the show but this time I could care less. Only 2-3 more months before it's on again. Sheesh.

I don't know how long it's been up but on NBC's front page they're already recruiting for TA5. Slow down Trump. It's not that great of a show.

Sorry in advance if I double post, forum is wacky for me today. My 4th try.

Saw this up at nbcumv.com.

NEW YORK -- May 3, 2005 -- The countdown to "The Apprentice" one-hour finale on NBC begins as the final three candidates get grilled by four of the nation's top executives during the dreaded interview round leading to the penultimate firing of the season. Donald Trump issues the final two tasks, which will ensue over the next three episodes beginning May 5 (9-10pm ET) continuing on May 12 (9-10pm ET) and resulting in the ultimate boardroom hiring of the third "Apprentice" on May 19 broadcasting live from NYU's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts (9-10pm ET).

The executives featured in the May 5 interview round are:

David A. Brandon, Chairman & CEO Domino's Pizza, Inc
Darlene Daggett, President, U.S. Commerce QVC, Inc.
Howard M. Lorber, Chairman, Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate
Greg Brenneman, Chairman & CEO, Burger King Corp.

The final tasks feature the coordination of "The Best Buy Video Game World Championship" at Webster Hall involving a new video game from EA Sports and running "The NYC 2012 Athlete Challenge" at Chelsea Piers that will promote New York City's bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.

Each finalist is assigned three employees to help execute these tasks and both are outraged to discover which "firees" return to join them on the mission.

Remaining Candidates: Craig, Tana and Kendra

"The Apprentice" is produced by Mark Burnett Productions in association with Trump Productions LLC. Mark Burnett, Donald Trump and Jay Bienstock are executive producers. Conrad Riggs and Kevin Harris are co-executive producers.
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Nothing that spoilerish except that both candidates are outraged over the returning firees.

Both are outraged. That's pretty funny and damn extreme. I would bet that's a bit of an exaggeration. I've never seen Kendra show anything resembling an emotion beyond mild annoyance. Should be a fun TV moment though.

Maybe we'll get a priceless scene (Stephanie being given back to her team) where they'll try to send them back to Sequesterville. It'd be great to finally have a PM fire someone during the final task. Viewers want it, ever since Kwame was told he should've fired that ass-I-won't-name.

Hey wait a minute. Isn't Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate the company that Jen worked for before appearing on the Apprentice and then got fired from for her "JAP" comment on the show? I wonder if his appearance on the show has something do with damage control.

Very interesting, yadayada. My first thought when I heard someone from a real estate company was one of the interviewers was (of course) that they were likely to be impressed by Kendra's background. However, for balance, there is also someone from QVC, perhaps likely to be impressed by someone like Tana (or even Craig, though we know he doesn't move on). Daggett's necklace is not a great advertisement for her company IMO. Why two dudes from fast food companies? What an amazing coincidence that both companies are Apprentice sponsors who paid millions to be featured in episodes this season.

I could go for a Papa John's pizza right about now.

That was where Jenn C. had worked when she was on the show. It was clearly obvious to me that it was the editing that showed Jenn C. to be the way she was portrayed on the show, with her company in my opinion overreacting in retrospect in firing her as she did (and quite a number of people I know who are Jewish felt Jenn C. did nothing that was really out of line with her comments).

That was why I posted on other boards earlier this winter that I wished that NBC and/or ESPN/ABC had used Jenn C. on their coverage of Horse Racing if her interest was serious enough (one of Jenn C.'s interests in her official profile was "The Races at Saratoga"). That would have sent a message to her former employers that they did overreact in firing her for real if she had been then considered good enough to appear on national coverage of Horse Racing in my opinion.

Edited to correct a couple of things.

The NBC site has the preview up now. It's doesn't give too much away this time.

I could be wrong but I believe the NBC preview is always up. You just click on the Video link on the Apprentice page and it's up the same night or next day after the show.

Well, the preview gives 2 fantasy game spoilers. Craig thinks he and Tana are the best left and Craig and Tana pray before tomorrow.

I didn't realize she might have meant the Yahoo preview.

I can't believe Tana is in a shirt with underwear. I wonder how their spouses will like that scene. Not only that, but I wonder if they continued to share the room even though there are empty rooms in the suite. Things that make you go hmmm...

Hehe, nice that they answer two of the fantasy questions in the one preview scene.

Not that I have any desire to get into a conversation about Tana and her undergarments, but on my computer it was dark. Maybe I'm wrong but it looked like she could have easily been wearing a pair of shorts underneath the long night shirt or whatever.

Dammit!! I wanted a 150 for the week in the Fantasy Game, too, which would have finally put me over 1000 points. Oh, well. The first question was a five pointer, and I still want the 50% bonus, so I won't change it.

Those are Tana's bare legs but she could be wearing shorts under the shirt. I can't see her running around there with just a shirt and panties.

They're really playing up the poor little Kendra vibe. I guess they want us to root for her ahead of time before she's stuck with the hideous hosebeasts.

That seems to be what they're setting up Kendra for, so we side with her even more. That clip doesn't really do it though. They show Craig give Tana a big hug on returning but you notice the camera cuts away as soon as Tana goes over to give Kendra a hug. It's not as if she hugged Craig and then left Kendra hanging. The praying also happened I'm sure right before they went to sleep. For all we know it's something they did every night, but either way Kendra obviously wouldn't be in the room since she sleeps in a different room. It's not as if they are deliberately excluding her here, at least not on what they show here.

I also have to believe that while Craig thinks both he and Tana are final two material, I don't think Tana is that deluded. I think she knows full well that Kendra is her main competition.

I have to say I missed (in the fantasy game) Craig's comment that he and Tana are the real competition. Talk about delusional. I know he does not get along with Kendra, but when Tana has lost once and been in the boardroom twice and Kendra has never lost nor been in the boardroom, I cannot see anything except animosity to say Tanna and he are the two best left.

But to be fair, would you admit to millions of people that you don't think you are the best? Anyone in that situation would include themselves. I think even he knows at this point that he's a dead Apprenice walking.

I missed the craig and tana "two to beat" comment too. I also missed the prayer one. I went for the toast. I'm hoping to beat the odds and have the other ones right . It's not worth losing the bonus points to change those. I don't imagine I'll be keeping my #8 spot this week. (and life goes on....).

They can't be showing too much of the interviews if craig is fired within the first 1/2 hour. Some of those could be interesting to watch just to see the answers they give to the questions! I am looking forward to the "outrage" by Tana & Kendra.

Alex's Thoughts on Final Three

This was posted in the Media Articles thread but it is also a bit on the spoilerish side so I thought it belonged here too.

There are many interesting things here, but I also have to take into consideration that this is all information coming from Alex.



Despite the fact that Alex was deluded enough to think he's going to the final two, does it surprise anyone else that he is so fully backing Tana? I thought for sure he would be a Kendra supporter. Maybe just because they were both Book Smarts, or because Kendra referred to Bren and Alex as "my boys". I know Bren backs Kendra, but I just thought that odd that Alex is very clearly rooting for Tana.



Okay, since we know what contestants are coming back, does this mean Chris is well behaved and people like Danny and Erin become hostile? I think this bodes badly for Kendra since she has the seemingly less hostile players on her team. Since all of Tana's team had anger issues in the past, does this mean that her team is pretty well behaved in the final task? If Kendra has to deal with bad behavior on top of everything else, while she is seemingly the front runner, it might hurt her performance in the final task.

OK, this doesn't make much sense. Or maybe I'm thinking too much about Survivor, where you deliberately plot to have yourself face off against a weak player in the Final Two. Alex knowingly picked someone that he knew would likely beat him? (Well, I guess he didn't have much choice - he knew that Kendra would smoke him and Craig would probably be a liability.)


Wow. I wonder if he's going to get the same lambasting Lindsay Lohan got when she used that word. And she's a ditzy teenager. Alex should supposedly know better than to use it in an interview.

I also think that Alex thought that having Tana as his partner would be his best chance at winning that last task and making it through to the interviews.

In the Yahoo footage, Alex is asked why he chose Tana. He replied that 1) He thought she was the best, and that the two of them would win over Kendra and Craig; and 2) He knew that K&C hated each other, and felt that their infighting would make those two even easier to beat.

As far as picking someone who could beat him, I can see where he's going with that logic. He was betting the farm that he and Tana would win, but knew that if they didn't he would most likely be fired.

I am a big fan of using Mark Burnett's editing choices to figure out where the story is headed.

After the last episode, with Tana's performance and Boardroom comments from Carolyn and The Donald about her leading a Trump company, is there any doubt that Kendra will be selected as the Apprentice?

See, that is what bothers me. It would be very easy to continue showing Tana in a positive light to keep the final outcome somewhat in suspense. Now that perhaps 80% of viewers are firmly on the Kendra train, I think there may be some events that surprise people.

Could it be that Tana kicks Kendra's butt during the interviews? Could Kendra wind up having a real problem with her returnees on the task? I just think that Mark Burnett is a better producer than to draw a straight line from last week's episode to "Your Hired!".

I am with you King Soloman. I still think Kendra will ultimately win, but I don't think it will be as much of a runaway as we are led to believe right now.

After the AE task, a lot of people all of a sudden got behind Tana but since her fall in the Pontiac challenge it's been all about Kendra. I agree that Mark Burnett is a lot sneakier than that and I don't think he'd make things quite that simple for us. However, then again, I think last year was pretty damn straightforward since I knew Kelly was going to win from the get go.

My guess is I think Kendra will do well on the final task but Tana will do better hence making the final decision a little harder than it seems right now.

New York’s 2012 Olympic bid will be featured on the May 12 episode of the hit reality show “The Apprentice 3”.




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I don’t think so. According to my timeline, the final task was filmed NOVEMBER 17-19, 2004. The Bishop Loughlin Games were indeed on DECEMBER 18, 2004. Pity, since I ran in them several times and would love to see them on TV.

According to NYC2012 info, they release their Bid Book on November 17, 2004, so the event could have been tied in with that. Also, US Swimming held their 1st annual Golden Goggles (I am not making this up) Awards night on November 17th, so many former Olympians would have been in the area.

Yes, I thought last season's outcome, meaning Kelly's victory, was fairly obvious. Especially during the last two or three team tasks, the interview and the final task--there were a few minor jigs and jags, and maybe a half-hearted attempt to make it look as though Jen had an outside chance of winning, but if Burnett was trying to create serious doubt about who would be the Apprentice, he didn't do a very job of it. At least not last season, not to me.

Trying to create drama out of the situation, now that's something else. I don't think Tana's out of the running, but based on George and Carolyn's comments regarding her in last week's boardroom, she's got an uphill climb. So the producers can use that dynamic to liven up the narrative, or at least that's what I'm anticipating.

Tana entering after the BR (Yahoo exclusive preview)--"Honey I am home!", hanging around Craig's neck for five minutes or so. I really start to miss Nick and Amy at this point.

Okay -- am I correct in thinking there will be no more spoilers because the Apprentice honest-to-god won't be decided until the live show? (I think I just answered my own question -- how embarrassing that I even asked.)

I thought Kendra had it bagged, but after tonight's show, not so sure. I'm DYING to see how it turns out. The time when I really really really want a spoiler, no can do.

Also -- WHEN are the fired people released from their hotel or wherever they're staying as the show is filming?

I still think Kendra is the best choice for the job, but I guess we'll have to see how next week goes......where is COOLER when we need him?!!!! (we could find out if there were any snafus (sp?) during the events. However, I sincerely doubt that any of it would really make that much of a difference.

I hate not knowing. ARGH! (absolutely pitiful isn't it?:)

WOOHOO! I just checked the fantasy game and I moved up to # 5!
Congrats to AmberDawn (6), FireTrump (7) and Coastcat (12).

Congrats to all Fantasy Gamers. I moved up to #16 this week!

I was hoping for all my questions to be right so I could move from #139 to #77, but instead, I got shafted and only moved up to #128. Congrats to everyone else, though. AmberDawn, coastcat, Magsi2, and GreenBean227, you all rock!! Everyone else rocks, too. Especially you, Cooler. Thanks for the help.

Well, I am up to 22, so I am happy. However, am I crazy or did the game get it wrong? While watching I am sure that it was Craig who said that he got his education a different way, and I was bummed because I picked Tana. But the game says it WAS Tana. WTF?