The Four Forever Friends Headed for Finals
The Four Forever Friends Headed for Finals by Roxanne McDonald
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They lost together in the tent, they won together in the tent, and they complained together in the tent, says James. But now they compete together for the final position as Apprentice Number Six. |
In what was likely a change for better ratings—or maybe Trump just got tired of dragging the process of elimination out any longer—the thirteenth episode became the penultimate episode of “The Apprentice: Los Angeles.”
Maybe it was for better ratings (not only speeding up the endless and drawn out but hyping the competitive angle by having four very aggressive or three aggressive and one assertive and cool players) that Trump jumped from final four to finale mode, or maybe it was TV scheduling issues (which is not unlikely what with so many new shows, other program popularity/competition, and baseball…..
And then again, if the reason is held to the integrity of the show alone, maybe Trump is sending Nicole, Frank, James, and Stefani to the finals because they deserve it.
Trump has pointed several significant critiques at each of the remaining apprentice hopefuls, and writers following “The Apprentice: Los Angeles” have had this to say about them:
Frank — Reality Dish calls him “over the top” and “feisty”; and Reality TV Calendar’s Donna Emery determines that while has been “every PM’s right-hand man…, it won’t be that fair if he makes the final two” [is there a final two this season, Donna?]
James — Reality Dish calls him “excitable” and “sharp”; and Reality TV Calendar’s Donna Emery calls him the “more well-rounded” and “most qualified” candidate left.
Nicole – Reality TV Calendar’s Donna Emery says she “…isn’t the worst candidate ever to apply for this show, but she hasn’t shined in the way [Emery] would have expected a Final Four candidate to shine;” NBC5 Online described her episode 16 competitive composure as “strong and confident;” and Reality Dish is “not sure why” Nicole has made it this far.
Stefani — Reality Dish describes her as the “quiet, confident” one; and Reality TV Calendar’s Donna Emery says she has seldom seen such professionalism” and that if Trump is going for a woman this year, Stefani is “the only one worth considering.”
Trump has said that Frank is a “tough guy to fire” (whatever that means); has called James “something special; has called Stefani the “sleeper” (while forgetting his own Project Manager who wins gets to stay PM, duh); and has spent more time grilling Nicole about love for and from Tim than assessing her professional skills, so I’m not sure (or can’t recall) what Trump thinks of her in the business milieu.
I still think Frank is the Mouth from the South of Center; James is Mr. Tendentious and bordering on sycophantic (though surely a hard-working and well-qualified
professional); Nicole is the quirky dark horse, if anything; and Stefani is the Empress of “The Apprentice”. Gee, see where my vote would go if we were called on to make the choice this season?
Okay, so for a minute I second-guessed myself, thought I had spent all this time misinterpreting episode 16, thinking that the finale is a two-parter, and four will not be finalists, necessarily, but two—with the four competing in the first hour and the traditional two apprentices vying for the confirmed title in the second hour…. But then I recall Trump did say he was changing up the format this season…. So you can ignore this last paragraph altogether. Doi.
Oh, well, I am too tired from taxes that I (unlike some other wealthier folks with tricky tax attorneys) have to pay.
The compliments and positive critiques, regardless, still stand.
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