The Apprentice (American TV series) season 4
The Apprentice 4 is the fourth season of The Apprentice, with Donald Trump as the Executive Producer and Host. The show is aired on Thursday Nights at 9 PM Eastern Time on NBC and started September 22, 2005.
Candidates
The season goes back to the Battle of the Sexes format before corporate restructuring is required throughout the "Job Interview" (Donald went back to this format for good reason—Season 3 was Book Smarts against the Street Smarts, a concept that the Donald didn't like on the long run). The all-women team named their corporation Capital Edge while the all-men team named their corporation Excel. Capital Edge had 4 wins and 7 losses (and was the first corporation to be shut down by The Donald in the history of The Apprentice) while Excel had 7 wins and 4 losses.
- Kristi Caudell 24, (Gainesville, Georgia) - Sales Executive (Assigned to Capital Edge in Week 1, Fired in Week 5)
- James Dillon 27, (Alexandria, Virginia) - Sales Executive (Assigned to Excel in Week 1, Fired in Week 6)
- Marshawn Evans 26, (Atlanta, Georgia) - Recent Law School Graduate (Assigned to Capital Edge in Week 1, Transferred to Excel in Week 6 and Fired in Week 8)
- Markus Garrison 41, (Sarasota, Florida) - Inventor (Assigned to Excel in Week 1, Transferred to Capital Edge in Week 6, Fired in Week 7)
- Melissa Holovach 30, (Tampa, Florida) - Real Estate Investor (Assigned to Capital Edge in Week 1, Fired in Week 1)
- Adam Israelov 22, (Atlanta, Georgia) - Risk Manager (Assigned to Excel in Week 1, Transferred to Capital Edge in Week 6, Fired in Week 10)
- Rebecca Jarvis 23, (Chicago, Illinois) - Financial Journalist (Assigned to Capital Edge in Week 1, Transferred to Excel in Week 6, Fired on the Season Finale)
- Mark Lamkin 35, (Louisville, Kentucky) - Wealth Manager (Assigned to Excel in Week 1, Fired in Week 6)
- Clay Lee 28, (College Station, Texas) - Realtor (Assigned to Excel in Week 1, Transferred to Capital Edge in Week 6, Transferred back to Excel in Week 9, Fired in Week 9)
- Brian Mandelbaum 23, (New York City, New York) - Print Company Executive (Assigned to Excel in Week 1, Fired in Week 8)
- Felisha Mason 29, (Kansas City, Missouri) - Real Estate Developer (Assigned to Capital Edge in Week 1, Fired in Week 11)
- Toral Mehta 29, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) - Investment Banker (Assigned to Capital Edge in Week 1, Fired in Week 4)
- Jennifer Murphy 26, (Los Angeles, California) - Ad Sales Manager (Assigned to Capital Edge in Week 1, Transferred to Excel and Fired in Week 6)
- Randal Pinkett 34, (Somerset, New Jersey) - Consulting Firm Owner (Assigned to Excel in Week 1, Transferred to Capital Edge in Week 5, Transferred back to Excel in Week 7—Hired)
- Josh Shaw 30, (New York City, New York) - Beauty Company Owner (Assigned to Excel in Week 1, Fired in Week 6)
- Chris Valletta 27, (Dallas, Texas) - Marketing Executive (Assigned to Excel in Week 1, Fired in Week 2)
- Jennifer Wallen 31, (Anthem, Arizona) - Realty Company Owner (Assigned to Capital Edge in Week 1, Fired in Week 3)
- Alla Wartenberg 31, (Las Vegas, Nevada) - Salon & Spa Chain Owner (Assigned to Capital Edge in Week 1, Fired in Week 11)
Episodes
Week 1: Let's Get Physical
- Airdate: September 22, 2005
- Hosting Company: Bally Total Fitness
- Project: Teams had to design a workout class for Bally Total Fitness.
- Capital Edge Project Manager: Kristi
- Excel Project Manager: Markus
- Winning Team: Excel (Markus not exempted - only Adam and Randal supported an exemption; reason given by Chris was that no one player should be above the rest of the team)
- Excel's Special Commendation: Friar's Club lunch with Donald Trump.
- Losing Team: Capital Edge
- Sent to Boardroom: Kristi, Melissa
- Fired: Melissa, for the following reasons:
- Excessive negativity and conceitedness.
- Inability to work with other women.
- Special Note:
- The season began with a new "twist" in that all 18 players had to race to Trump's helicopter. The first person to get there would guarantee his team the use of the helicopter for the first task. Mark won for Team Excel.
- Melissa is the first woman to be fired in the first episode.
- Randal was interrupted this episode by news of his grandmother's death. When given an opportunity to leave the show, Randal declined, saying that it's his grandmother's wish for him to continue. He was given a special helicopter flight to attend his grandmother's funeral.
Week 2: There's No Little "i" in Team
- Airdate: September 29, 2005
- Hosting Company: Lamborghini
- Project: Teams had to create a television advertisement for Lamborghini cars.
- Capital Edge Project Manager: Marshawn
- Excel Project Manager: Chris
- Winning Team: Capital Edge (Marshawn exempted)
- Capital Edge's Special Commendation: Hockey with New York Islanders legends and prospects. (The NHLPA Lockout had not ended at the time of filming.)
- Losing Team: Excel
- Sent to Boardroom: Chris, Markus
- Fired: Chris, for blaming the wrong person for the team's defeat and not bringing Mark back to the boardroom.
- Special Notes:
- Rebecca broke her ankle during the reward task while playing hockey, she had to use crutches because of this injury for the entire series (which was taped in approximately 45 days except for the live announcement). She refused a chance to go home.
- Carolyn cited a fatal mistake when she saw Chris and Markus back for the final boardroom—Should Chris have brought back Mark, then Chris would've went further during this Job Interview.
- Randal worked with Excel during the entire task, and broke only on the day of his grandmother's funeral, surprising the team when he returns to the game that afternoon, arriving at the advertising agency's office shortly before the presentation began.
- The little "i" refers to a lower-case "i" which was used in Excel's presentation about Lamborghini's Italian roots. The tag line they proposed stated "Rebirth of Italian Intimidation", and the "i" in "Italian" was in lower-case, which led to a major discussion in the Boardroom.
Week 3: Something Old, Something New
- Airdate: October 6, 2005
- Hosting Company: Best Buy Geek Squad
- Project: Teams had to host a seminar on home electronics at a senior citizen's retirement home.
- Capital Edge Project Manager: Rebecca
- Excel Project Manager: Randal
- Winning Team: Excel (Randal exempted)
- Excel's Special Commendation: Handing out toys to children at a hospital.
- Losing Team: Capital Edge
- Sent to Boardroom: Rebecca, Jennifer M., Jennifer W.
- Fired: Jennifer W., for mismanaging the entire event setup.
- Special Notes:
- All members of Capital Edge (except Rebecca and Toral) felt Toral should be fired for her poor demonstartion. Rebecca argued that she believed in Toral's abilities and could not bring her into the final boardroom. Trump, although disagreed with her decision, commended Rebecca on her fierce loyalty to Toral.
- After the final boardroom, Trump commented "[Rebecca] is either gonna be great or a disaster.".
Week 4: Ice Cream of Genie
- Airdate: October 13, 2005
- Hosting Company: Dairy Queen
- Project: Teams had to create a new promotional character for the Dairy Queen Blizzard Treat.
- Capital Edge Project Manager: Felisha
- Excel Project Manager: Clay
- Winning Team: Excel (Clay exempted)
- Excel's Special Commendation: Playing Baseball with the New York Mets
- Losing Team: Capital Edge
- Sent to Boardroom: No nominations
- Fired: Toral (on the spot) for the following reasons:
- Not accepting the role as Project Manager
- Refusing to wear the promotional character costume by making ridiculous excuses
- Lying about statements she and others made
- Doing close-to-nothing on this task
- Special Note:
- Toral was the third person fired on the spot without a final boardroom, the other two were Brian from Season 3 and Elizabeth from Season 2.
Week 5: Lost In Space
- Airdate: October 20, 2005
- Hosting Company: Sony Pictures
- Project: The teams had to design a parade float in order to advertise for the upcoming release of Zathura.
- Capital Edge Project Manager: Jennifer M.
- Excel Project Manager: Brian
- Winning Team: Excel (Brian exempted)
- Excel's Special Commendation: A Recording Session with Wyclef Jean.
- Losing Team: Capital Edge
- Sent to Boardroom: Jennifer M., Kristi
- Fired: Kristi, for being controlling, a distraction and a nuisance.
- Special Note:
- Before the task began, a corporate restructuring took place to even up the teams, since Capital Edge was down to 6 women (Excel had 8 men, a fatal disadvantage to the women).
- Capital Edge chose Randal to join them, but Capital Edge lost in spite of having Randal in their ranks.
- Capital Edge missed the point, that in order to win, they had to do what they could to make Zathura a household name. Team Excel had audio to go along with the float, so that audience members would hear the correct pronounciation.
- After the firing, Jennifer M. tried to apologized to Kristi for getting her fired, but Kristi was infuriated after the boardroom and quickly snapped back at her..
- At the end of the broadcast, instead of the usual theme, the Excel team's recording of "Rubble Man" was broadcast as the show ended.
- Before the task began, a corporate restructuring took place to even up the teams, since Capital Edge was down to 6 women (Excel had 8 men, a fatal disadvantage to the women).
Week 6: Take Me Out to the Boardroom
- Airdate: October 27, 2005
- Hosting Company: Dick's Sporting Goods
- Project: The teams had to design a sporting theme that is designed to increases sales. Capital Edge chose golf and Excel chose baseball.
- Capital Edge Project Manager: Alla
- Excel Project Manager: Josh
- Winning Team: Capital Edge (Alla exempted)
- Capital Edge's Special Commendation: Taking a Private Jet to Montauk for a fishing trip and seafood dinner on the beach
- Losing Team: Excel
- Sent to Boardroom: Josh, Jennifer M., James, Mark
- Fired: All four of them for the following reasons:
- Josh for the following reason:
- Being the project manager for the worst handled project in the history of The Apprentice
- Jennifer M. for the following reason:
- failing to sell as much as she promised and letting The Donald down
- James for the following reasons:
- Used a batting cage that took up excessive space in the Dick's Sporting Goods store.
- Hurting sales with the Batting Cage alone
- Not doing the task and/or following directions correctly.
- Used a batting cage that took up excessive space in the Dick's Sporting Goods store.
- Mark for the following reasons:
- Not following the task directions (admitted this flaw before Bill Rancic)
- Doing absolutely nothing
- Josh for the following reason:
- Special Notes:
- This was the first time that Mr. Trump was not present to assign the teams their task; rather, Carolyn sat in Mr. Trump's chair and assigned the corporate reform and the task.
- This was only the second time where there is more than one person fired in an episode (outside of the interviews); the first time was when Wes & Maria were fired in Season Two.
- In a corporate shuffle Carolyn asked the teams to send three players they believe are weak to the other side; Jennifer M., Rebecca and Marshawn were sent to Excel. Adam, Markus and Clay were sent to Capital Edge.
- This is the worst defeat ever for a team on this show—Capital Edge increased sales by 74% and Excel actually lost sales at -34%. These statistics irritated the Donald, even though he said that he needed to make some serious changes to "this team", referring to Capital Edge, since Capital Edge had a shoddy record-to-date (As of the conclusion of this task, Capital Edge is 2-4).
- This is the first time the project manager wasn't allowed to choose who they are taking to the final boardroom since the defeat has never been grievously bad prior to this task (with the exception of when Donald fired a candidate on the spot).
- Mr. Trump allowed the following members of Excel to return back to the suite for the following reasons:
- Brian, since he was the winning Project Manager from the previous week and he was exempt from firing for this task.
- Rebecca for being the strongest salesperson for the team
- Marshawn for doing well as a salesperson for the team
- Mr. Trump allowed the following members of Excel to return back to the suite for the following reasons:
- James, Mark, Josh, and Jennifer M. sold the least—Jennifer M., claiming to be the "queen of sales", let the Donald down because she didn't sell as much as she promised. James, Josh, and Mark didn't sell whatsoever and didn't follow task instructions closely.
- This was also the first time that none of the candidates from the final boardroom returned to the suite, because all four of them were fired, hence it's the very first Boardroom-Cleaning Spree of The Apprentice.
Week 7: Back to School
- Airdate: November 3, 2005
- Hosting Company: The Learning Annex
- Project: The teams had to design a new class for the Learning Annex. Capital Edge chose Sex in the Workplace and Excel chose Making a Bold Statement.
- Capital Edge Project Manager: Adam
- Excel Project Manager: Randal (Excel took him back from Capital Edge)
- Winning Team: Excel (Randal exempted)
- Excel's Special Commendation: A shopping spree at Michael Kors.
- Losing Team: Capital Edge
- Sent to Boardroom: Adam, Clay, Markus
- Fired: Markus, for doing next to nothing on the project and not being able to get his ideas across clearly.
- Special Notes:
- Clay calls Adam a "shy, tight Jewish boy" during the sex presentation and was immediately chastised for it by Adam (Clay apologized) and later George. Clay said that Adam was discussing his not wanting to pay a lot of money on dates, and he was going with Adam's own idea. Adam used this to try to get Clay fired, but he said he did not feel Clay was anti-Semetic.
- Excel is given the opportunity to steal a Capital Edge member, and they take back Randal.
- At one point during the sex presentation, Markus can be seen playing with a yo-yo. He is later seen smoking a cigar before returning to the boardroom.
- Donald Trump asked Clay whether he was a homosexual and Adam whether he had any sexual experience. In a typical job interview, those questions should not be asked, but this is not a typical job interview.
Week 8: Store Wars
- Airdate: November 10, 2005
- Hosting Company: Lucasfilm and Best Buy
- Project: The teams had to design an interactive display for the DVD release of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith & Star Wars: Battlefront II
- Capital Edge Project Manager: Clay
- Excel Project Manager: Brian
- Winning Team: Capital Edge (Clay not exempted—Reason: not functioning well as a leader and a team player, task imbalance according to Alla)
- Capital Edge's Special Commendation: Spending time with Bill Rancic, and touring Trump Tower at City Place in White Plains—The Donald deduced the winning team needed more tutelage from a proven worker since Clay is not exempt.
- Losing Team: Excel
- Sent to Boardroom: All members of Excel—No "Internal Review" by the execs since The Donald had enough evidence to fire 2 people
- Fired for the following reasons:
- Brian, for being late for the wrong reasons and missing the meeting with the clients (Randal took over and did the lecture himself)
- Marshawn, for refusing to present (when Marshawn stepped down, Rebecca stepped up, despite the fact that she was still hobbling around on crutches).
- Special Notes:
- This is the third time that two or more people have been fired on the Apprentice , the first occurrence was in Season 2 (Maria & Wes) and the second in Season 4 Week 6 (Jennifer, Josh, James, Mark).
- This is also the second time this season that more than one person has been fired, making the event an Apprentice first.
- One of the reasons why Excel's display didn't compare with Capital Edge was because according to the Donald, Darth Vader was omitted. In business, it's really important to include central characters when making a sales display for movies, television, or other entertainment that exists.
Week 9: One Hit Blunder
- Airdate: November 17, 2005
- Hosting Company: XM Radio
- Project: The teams had to choose an unsigned singer and create a song for them to sing. The song would be aired on XM Radio Café channel and critiqued by listeners who called in.
- Capital Edge Project Manager: Felisha
- Excel Project Manager: Rebecca
- Winning Team: Capital Edge (No exemptions issued)
- Capital Edge's Special Commendation: A private helicopter tour of popular New York City buildings with Donald Trump.
- Losing Team: Excel
- Sent to Boardroom: All members of Excel—No "Internal Review" by the execs as only three players remained.
- Fired: Clay, for excessive abrasiveness (being too difficult to work with) in both this task and in the past
- Special Notes:
- Excel lost because the song created did not fit the market of the station.
- Exemptions are no longer being offered—from this point on, everyone is at risk.
- Rebecca's meltdown moment came by when Clay just jumped in interrupting Rebecca's speech to the XM executives.
- While both Rebecca and Randal did a poor job this task, Trump fired Clay for being difficult to work with on this task as well as prior ones.
Week 10: Shaniagans
- Airdate: November 24, 2005
- Hosting Company: Coty, Inc.
- Project: The teams had to wrap an object to promote Country Pop music star Shania Twain's new fragrance by Stetson
- Capital Edge Project Manager: Alla
- Excel Project Manager: Randal
- Winning Team: Excel
- Excel's Special Commendation: A horseback ride through Central Park and dinner with Shania Twain.
- Losing Team: Capital Edge
- Sent to Boardroom: Adam, Felisha
- Fired: Adam, for his reckless budgeting and for using more than half of Capital Edge's $10,000 seed money for carriages that looked bad.
- Special Notes:
- Alla is the first project manager not to face the board room, since Donald Trump did not consider her responsible for the loss.
- Previously unaired footage was shown for one hour prior to this episode.
- With Excel's latest victory, Randal is now the only candidate who has never lost as Project Manager (3-0).
- The Internal Review of the Execs was performed immediately after Alla was sent back to the suite; as in the final moments of Chris from The Apprentice 3, the candidates had to remain in the boardroom although it counted as an internal review.
- When Randal called Radio Shack to ask for megaphones, the assistant told him another group of people (Capital Edge) called in for megaphones. Randal and Rebecca engaged in a "Megaphone Heist". Upon hearing this (from Alla), Donald Trump and Bill Rancic both approved of Excel's caper. This is one turning point of the task.
- A main turning point on this task was Adam and Alla spending a majority of their budget on renting the horse and carriages. This forced Felisha to cut the number of temps they could hire.
Week 11: To Lead or Not to Lead
- Airdate: December 1, 2005
- Hosting Company: Microsoft
- Project: The teams had to design a commercial Microsoft's Live Meeting Program
- Capital Edge Project Manager: Felisha
- Excel Project Manager: Rebecca
- Winning Team: Excel
- Excel's Special Commendation: A private sailboat ride around New York City
- Throughout the private sailboat ride, Randal received a surprise visit by his wife Zahara, and Rebecca received a surprise visit by her boyfriend Matt.
- The Donald chose the Private Sailboat Ride as the reward mainly because he believed that Excel needed to "relax".
- Excel's Special Commendation: A private sailboat ride around New York City
- Losing Team: Capital Edge
- Sent to Boardroom: Both Felisha and Alla, no internal review
- Fired: Both of them for the following reasons:
- Felisha, for her excessive incompetence (i.e. lack of toughness)
- Alla, for excessive insubordination (i.e. being difficult to manage, disobeying supervisors), and for producing/directing/compiling an unairable commercial.
- Special Notes:
- This is the third multiple-firing spree conducted this year.
- Season 4 had the most multiple-firing sprees in one season of The Apprentice with the Donald alone (All multiple-firings were unannounced).
- This is the first time the finalists have been decided by an unannounced multiple-firing alone before the one-on-one interviews with the four prominent executives.
- This is the second time in the series that Trump fired every candidate in the boardroom at the time. The first time was in week 6.
- Capital Edge is the first team ever to be completely jettisoned (or "out of business") before the one-on-one interviews, because there are no more Capital Edge members.
- The turning point during this task was when Felisha and Alla butt heads during the acting part of the task, where Felisha failed to halt Alla's insubordination.
- During the boardroom, Alla and Felisha, again, argue, causing Felisha to break into tears. This occured despite their supposed friendship. Trump told Alla she was unmanageable, citing that Alla acts like a bully even though Felisha is nice to her. Obviously Felisha was the only one expected to be fired for mass incompetence, but when Alla attempts to leave, Trump tells her to sit back down and (in a surprising twist) fires Alla as well.
- After the boardroom, Donald Trump went to inform Randal and Rebecca that they were the Final Two.
- As Alla and Felisha reflect their time in the job interviewing process inside the cab, the taxi can be seen running a red light.
- After the task, and before the Boardroom, Randal had a 7-4 record in the 11 tasks. The women were 4-7 a piece. Alla was 1-1 as Project Manager, Felisha and Rebecca were 1-2 each. Randal had the best record with 3-0.
- Normally, when there's only three or four candidates remaining, there would be an interview process in which the Donald (at the behest of the executives) determines whether or not a candidate would be eligible to participate in the final task. For this season, there won't be an interview week since the number of candidates went down from four straight to two.
- This is the 2nd man vs. woman final, the other being Season 2 (Kelly Perdew vs. Jennifer Massey). Unlike Kelly vs. Jen Massey, both Randal and Rebecca got along pretty well, though both were in different sides of the coin.
- This is also the first time two candidates that were interrupted by reward-related injuries and family-related issues refused to quit, even though they were offered a chance to postpone their hunt for the ultimate job, it was likely their family's wishes that both Randal and Rebecca continued to pursue. Verna was the first person to quit, unannounced, but Randal and Rebecca proved that proactiveness pays off.
Week 12: The Final Showdown
- Airdate: December 8, 2005
- Hosting Company: Yahoo! and Outback Steakhouse
- Finalists: Rebecca and Randal
- Task Dossier for Rebecca: Work with Yahoo! to host a comedy event raising money for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.
- Rebecca's Recruits: Chris, James, and Toral
- Task Dossier for Randal: Work with Outback Steakhouse to host a celebrity softball tournament for Autism Speaks.
- Randal's Recruits: Josh, Mark, and Marshawn
- Special Notes:
- There are no more teams from this point on— Randal and Rebecca are on their own.
- Corporation names were used in the final task for the first time in Apprentice history—previously no corporation names would be used on the Final Task
- Capital Edge "re-opened for business under new ownership and management"—with Rebecca as the sole candidate of the corporation
- Randal is now the sole candidate of Excel, even though in the last task team names would not be used
- Because the Donald fired Alla and Felisha at the end of Week 11, Season 4 is the first season that does not require one-on-one interviews with the prominent executives.
- This is the first time that Donald visited the candidates' suite on camera in lieu of declaring both Randal and Rebecca The Final Two.
- As opposed to Season 3 which recruits were assigned, Randal and Rebecca were allowed to choose their teams.
- In season 1, Bill Rancic and Kwame Jackson were allowed to choose their teams, but they were only allowed to choose among the last six fired candidates from that season (Amy, Katrina, and Nick for Bill and Heidi, Omarosa, and Troy for Kwame). In this season, Randal and Rebecca could choose from the entire cast of candidates, regardless of what position they finished in.
- As promised, the tasks are ridiculously hard with obstacles that include, but not limited to, executives threatening to pull out from the event planning project, and/or mother nature (there was a thunderstorm and a very loud lighting flash shown at the end of the episode).
- After the Donald fired Felisha and Alla, he went up to the suite and told Randal and Rebecca to meet George and Carolyn at a restaurant. The Donald told both to enjoy themselves because he promised the last task would be hell.
- Both Randal and Rebecca reserves the right to re-fire any recruits should for any reason the recruits displease either of them.
- There are no more teams from this point on— Randal and Rebecca are on their own.
Week 13: Decision Time
- Airdate: December 15, 2005
- Preface: Aired live at the Alice Tully Hall within the Lincoln Center limits at New York City before a televised audience, with the remainder of the final task pre-recorded
- Project: Picks up from where the obstacles started to ensue from Week 12
- Weather was a threat for Randal—Randal had no choice but to hold the event indoors, not just because of the rain, but because the cold weather as well.
- Desertion was a threat for Rebecca—Rebecca was forced to utilize a Plan B.
- Outcome:
- Rebecca hired a new comedian, but fails to raise money for the Elizabeth Glaser AIDS Foundation
- Randal forced the charity event inside. He failed to check the weather and used cramped space, but raised money for Autism Speaks.
- Boardroom: Each of the six recruits get to discuss their bosses, then both Randal and Rebecca had to defend their performance in the final boardroom.
- Decision: Aired live before a televised audience
- Toral defended Rebecca since Rebecca did the same for Toral, the Donald replied that Toral better defend Rebecca since Rebecca worked really hard for Toral. Trump also stated he agreed with Toral for the first time.
- Marshawn was probably the most impartial of the "opinion board"—she gave neutral reasons why Randal should be hired
- Jennifer M. also got a chance to speak. While Jen M. really liked Rebecca, Jen M. preferred Randal citing Randal's natural-born leader tendencies.
- Alla got a chance to respond as well. Alla preferred Randal and brow-beat Rebecca for being the weakest link (mirroring Alla's blatant brow-beating of Felisha). Alla recieved boos by the audience for giving overly harsh criticism of Rebecca. Alla said she saw nothing in Rebecca. Trump wasn't happy with her response and cut her off.
- Fired: Rebecca for her failure to raise money for her charity event and her 1-2 record as Project Manager in spite of performing well even with only one functional ankle.
- Hired: Randal for raising $11,000 for Autism Speaks, in spite of not giving celebrities enough time to be highly visible, not checking the weather, and for not having a backup plan ahead of time.
- What is next for Randal: Renovation of the chain of the Trump Casinos at Atlantic City.
- Special Notes:
- As with Season 3 of the Apprentice, the two projects were described prior to Trump's decision; in Seasons 1 and 2, they were always presented to the hiree after he or she was coronated. This may have been because finalists Rebecca Jarvis and Randal Pinkett were so closely tied for the job that Trump may have been considering hiring both of them. Trump asked each finalist which project they would choose if they were hired.
- Choice 1 was the Trump Casino renovation spree at Atlantic City (Chosen by Randal and will commence)
- Choice 2 was the Trump Tower project at Jersey City, New Jersey (Chosen by Rebecca, but won't begin)
- A surprising twist (and an unprecedented move) at the end was that Trump asked Randal if he would also hire Rebecca into the Trump organization, an Apprentice first.
- Although Mr. Trump said he could have been convinced that Rebecca should also be hired, Randal recommended that Mr. Trump rescind an Apprentice-first twist, citing that the premise of the "ultimate job interview" was to hire "only one candidate" (the show is called "The Apprentice" and not "The Apprenti" [sic]). This elicited a shocked reaction from the audience. Thus the Donald, at Randal's recommendation, rescinded what could have been the first multiple-hiring and an Apprentice first.
- Yahoo!, to make up for not allowing Rebecca to raise money for Rebecca's project, opted to raise money for the Elizabeth Glaser AIDS Foundation through their website. They also pledged $50,000 to both charities presented on the show.
- On The Today Show after the finale, Rebecca recieved an offer from Wenda Millard (one of the Yahoo! Associates who oversaw Rebecca's final task) to write for Yahoo! Finance.
- As with Season 3 of the Apprentice, the two projects were described prior to Trump's decision; in Seasons 1 and 2, they were always presented to the hiree after he or she was coronated. This may have been because finalists Rebecca Jarvis and Randal Pinkett were so closely tied for the job that Trump may have been considering hiring both of them. Trump asked each finalist which project they would choose if they were hired.
Week by Week Results
Candidate | Original Team | Episode 5 Team | Episode 6 Team | Episode 7 Team | Episode 9 Team | Finish |
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Melissa Holovach | Capital Edge | Fired; Week 1 | ||||
Chris Valletta | Excel | Fired; Week 2 | ||||
Jennifer Wallen | Capital Edge | Fired; Week 3 | ||||
Toral Mehta | Capital Edge | Fired; Week 4 | ||||
Kristi Caudell | Capital Edge | Capital Edge | Fired; Week 5 | |||
Jennifer Murphy | Capital Edge | Capital Edge | Excel | Fired; Week 6 | ||
Josh Shaw | Excel | Excel | Excel | Fired; Week 6 | ||
Mark Lamkin | Excel | Excel | Excel | Fired; Week 6 | ||
James Dillon | Excel | Excel | Excel | Fired; Week 6 | ||
Markus Garrison | Excel | Excel | Capital Edge | Capital Edge | Fired; Week 7 | |
Brian Mandelbaum | Excel | Excel | Excel | Excel | Fired; Week 8 | |
Marshawn Evans | Capital Edge | Capital Edge | Excel | Excel | Fired; Week 8 | |
Clay Lee | Excel | Excel | Capital Edge | Capital Edge | Excel | Fired; Week 9 |
Adam Israelov | Excel | Excel | Capital Edge | Capital Edge | Capital Edge | Fired; Week 10 |
Felisha Mason | Capital Edge | Capital Edge | Capital Edge | Capital Edge | Capital Edge | Fired; Week 11 |
Alla Wartenberg | Capital Edge | Capital Edge | Capital Edge | Capital Edge | Capital Edge | Fired; Week 11 |
Rebecca Jarvis | Capital Edge | Capital Edge | Excel | Excel | Excel | Fired; Season Finale |
Randal Pinkett | Excel | Capital Edge | Capital Edge | Excel | Excel | Hired |
See also
- Season 1 (Bill Rancic hired)
- Season 2 (Kelly Perdew hired)
- Season 3 (Kendra Todd hired)
- Season 5
- Season 6