The Apprentice (American TV series) season 8
Template:Infobox Television The Apprentice The Celebrity Apprentice 2 (also known as The Apprentice 8) is the eighth installment of the United States version of the reality television series, The Apprentice. It premiered on March 1, 2009. It was told that they have been "getting calls from high-profile celebrities who want to challenge themselves". The Celebrity Apprentice 2 is expected to air for two hours on Sundays at 9:00 Eastern time.[1]
This season officially started shooting on October 8, 2008.[2]
Candidates
The following is the list of candidates for this season. The candidates are divided into two teams, Male versus Female. The women named their team Athena, after the Greek goddess of wisdom, strategic warfare and heroic endeavour. The men named their team KOTU, an acronym for Kings Of The Universe.
Weekly Results
| Candidate | Original team | Application result | Record as project manager |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annie Duke | Athena | ||
| Brande Roderick | Athena | 1-0 (win in week 3) | |
| Brian McKnight | KOTU | ||
| Claudia Jordan | Athena | ||
| Clint Black | KOTU | ||
| Dennis Rodman | KOTU | ||
| Herschel Walker | KOTU | 0-1 (loss in week 1) | |
| Jesse G. James | KOTU | ||
| Joan Rivers | Athena | 1-0 (win in week 1) | |
| Khloe Kardashian | Athena | 1-0 (win in week 2) | |
| Melissa Rivers | Athena | ||
| Natalie Gulbis | Athena | ||
| Tionne Watkins | Athena | ||
| Tom Green | KOTU | Fired in week 3 | 0-1 (loss in week 3) |
| Scott Hamilton | KOTU | Fired in week 2 | 0-1 (loss in week 2) |
| Andrew Dice Clay | KOTU | Fired in week 1 |
Elimination chart
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annie | Athena | IN | IN | IN |
| Brande | Athena | IN | IN | WIN |
| Brian | KOTU | IN | IN | IN |
| Claudia | Athena | IN | IN | IN |
| Clint | KOTU | IN | IN | IN |
| Dennis | KOTU | BR | IN | IN |
| Herschel | KOTU | BR | BR | IN |
| Jesse | KOTU | IN | IN | IN |
| Joan | Athena | WIN | IN | IN |
| Khloe | Athena | IN | WIN | IN |
| Melissa | Athena | IN | IN | IN |
| Natalie | Athena | IN | IN | IN |
| Tionne | Athena | IN | IN | IN |
| Tom | KOTU | IN | BR | FIRED |
| Scott | KOTU | IN | FIRED | |
| Andrew | KOTU | FIRED | ||
- The contestant won and was hired
- The contestant won as project manager on his/her team
- The contestant lost as project manager on his/her team
- The contestant was brought to the final boardroom
- The contestant was fired
- The contestant lost as project manager and was fired
- The contestant resigned
Episodes
Episode 1
- Airdate: March 1, 2009
- Task sponsor: The Celebrity Apprentice 2
- Task scope: The making and selling of homemade cupcakes.
- Athena project manager: Joan Rivers
- KOTU project manager: Herschel Walker
- Judges: Donald Trump; Ivanka Trump; Donald Trump, Jr.
- Winning team: Athena
- Reasons for win: Total sales came to over $61,000. Additionally, representatives from Crumbs bakery sampled both Athena's chocolate ganache cupcake and KOTU's vanilla cupcake, and Athena won an extra $15,000 because theirs was voted as better tasting.
- Losing team: KOTU
- Reasons for loss: Dice did not help with baking cupcakes. He also did not bring in any celebrities to help raise money. The team also forgot to put sugar into the chocolate cupcakes, and resulted in having to brush on syrup. Sold about $49,400 worth. Herschel Walker brought back Dennis Rodman and Andrew Dice Clay into the boardroom. Clay was fired for a number of reasons, mostly for his ineffectiveness. Herschel Walker was criticized for not being an effective leader.
- Sent to boardroom: Andrew Dice Clay, Dennis Rodman, Herschel Walker
- Fired: Andrew Dice Clay, for initially stating he wanted to quit; Trump later convinced him to not quit, but still fired him anyway.
- Notes: This is the first time a candidate suppressed the urge to quit and did not. This is the second time a celebrity contestant hinted he wanted to quit, and the fifth time by any Apprentice candidate.
Episode 2
- Airdate: March 8, 2009
- Task sponsor: zappos.com
- Task scope: Creation of a comic book character representing zappos.com.
- Athena project manager: Khloe Kardashian
- KOTU project manager: Scott Hamilton
- Judges: Donald Trump; Donald Trump, Jr., Erin Burnett
- Winning team: Athena
- Reasons for win: Though Natalie did not do her team any favors by saying she wanted to get out of the costume and Claudia was sick as she did the presentation, the CEO of Zappos generally liked their comic.
- Losing team: KOTU
- Reasons for loss: The CEO of Zappos said he was impressed by both teams, but he couldn't quite understand why the character was named EEE (Scott's name that Tom fought against). This was ultimately the deciding factor.
- Sent to boardroom: Scott Hamilton, Tom Green, Herschel Walker
- Fired: Scott Hamilton, for giving the comic book character a name that started with an E instead of a Z and for not sending Clint to the boardroom, and for not having his team under control.
- Notes: Melissa Rivers took all the credit for the "Z" name even though Claudia thought of it.
Claudia was sick in this episode and asked to go home (from the task, not from the show) early, infuriating Annie. This also affected Claudia's presentation that morning, but the women won nonetheless. Dennis Rodman wanted to make KOTU's comic book character a transvestite. Annie did not want Joan, an accomplished writer, to write the script, which infuriated Joan. Khloe gradually stepped into her role as project manager after several hours of people talking over each other. However, the general consensus among her team was that she did quite well. The men took much longer than the women to come up with a concept. A feud erupted between Tom Green and Scott during the task. Scott thought that Tom was being distracting, and Tom thought that no one was listening to him. Herschel told Tom to shut up numerous times. Herschel was brought into the boardroom solely to advocate against Tom. Clint Black constantly interrupted and bossed people around. Several celebrities commented about his demeanor and said it looked like he thought he was project manager. Clint Black and Dennis Rodman had many tense exchanges of words. Natalie had to wear her team's costume since the model was late. Due to their feud, Scott's one clear choice to bring back to the boardroom was Tom. However, citing Gene Simmons' strategical error in the previous season of Celebrity Apprentice where Simmons chose to only bring one team member back to the boardroom instead of the required 2, Scott chose to bring Herschel back to the boardroom as well. During the episode, Scott explained that he chose Herschel because he wanted him to be "an advocate" in the boardroom. Trump saw through this and later sent Herschel back to join the rest of the team before the final verdict was delivered.
Episode 3
- Airdate: March 15, 2009
- Task scope: Sell 125 wedding dresses
- Athena project manager: Brande Roderick
- KOTU project manager: Tom Green
- Judges: Donald Trump; Ivanka Trump; George Ross
- Winning team: Athena
- Reasons for win: Higher sales in relation to KOTU.
- Losing team: KOTU
- Reasons for loss: Low sales in comparison to Athena. Undecorated sales site.
- Sent to boardroom: Instead of the project manager bringing back two other people to the boardroom, all members of KOTU were present for the entire boardroom debate and firing.
- Fired: Tom Green for poor performance, inability to control his team, poor sales in comparison to Team Athena, and sleeping in.
A few of the men grumbled that this episode's task left them at a natural disadvantage, since the women were in their element with selling wedding dresses. In the event, this appeared to be so; although the women sold 22 dresses to the men's 21, they brought in far more money. The women brought in $103,000, while the men only brought in a little over $63,000. Citing a need to promote team amity, the men's PM Tom Green, insisted upon speaking in very positive terms throughout the project, but failed to provide any substantive leadership. He decided that their store, next door to the women's store, would be "minimalist" in decor, in order to appear as if a the men were having a clearance sale. On the other hand, the women decorated lavishly, including lots of flowers. Green sent Rodman and Walker out to find customers or otherwise raise money, and while they did raise some money and brought in at least one model to show off dresses, this expedition seemed to focus around Rodman hopping bars and chatting up women. On the second day Rodman was totally absent, complaining of eye problems due to an allergy to either cats or dogs. One comment by the women that the cat might have been a lady named "Kitty" and a possible hangover. He did not answer the door to Green's knocking, because as he said, he "didn't feel like it." Green himself missed the first shuttle back to the store in the morning, but not because he was knocking on Rodman's door. Throughout the episode whenever Athena was seen on-camera they were involved in purposeful, harmonious activity; KOTU seemed listless and uninspired.
Episode 4
- Task scope:
- Athena project manager: Annie Duke
- KOTU project manager: Dennis Rodman
- Judges:
- Winning team:
- Reasons for win:
- Losing team:
- Reasons for loss:
- Sent to boardroom:
- Fired:
External links
References
- ^ "Celebrity Apprentice 2 expanded to two hours". reality blurred. Retrieved 2008-12-03.
- ^ "First Look: 'Celebrity Apprentice 2'". OMG Yahoo.
- ^ NBC ANNOUNCES THE 16 ALL-STAR CELEBRITIES READY TO TAKE ON DONALD TRUMP IN THE BOARDROOM WHEN 'THE CELEBRITY APPRENTICE' PREMIERES SUNDAY, MARCH 1 (9 P.M. ET)
- ^ Herschel Walker