The Apprentice - Season 5
 

It's only been 2 or 3 years since this show has been on air & already there's Season 5?!

Anyway, we watched the first episode tonight. I'm proud to see Allie, a fellow Univ of Florida alumna as a candidate (the winner of Apprentice 2 or 3 was a UF grad, too! :)..

Allie was a Gator Cheerleader...and a Kappa Delta!!! Woohoooo!!

And I'm happy to see that she was the first winning Project Manager of this season!

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ETA:

Make that TWO KDs!

Charmaine Hunt is also a Kappa Delta from Western Kentucky!

I will not be watching this season. In my opinion Donald Trump is a jerk. I might not like Martha Stewart but he used this little public argument to boost his rating for this season. I use to admire him for his business savy but with recent events with the Apprentice 4 winner and the Martha Stewart incident he just seems like a attention seeking person instead of a business minded person.

To tell you the truth, I'm not sure how much business savvy he really has; he hasn't really been that successful as a businessman, especially when you consider the fact that he nearly wasted his inheritance.

I think Trump is a joke, but that's part of the entertainment value of the show.

I have 2 questions:

What kind of lame name is Gold Rush?

And have Tarek and Summer never watched this show before? What clueless maroons!

Hasn't a team already used Synergy (or something close to it) for a team name already?

Apprentice Teams:

Season 1 -- Versacorp and Protege
Season 2 -- Apex and Mosaic
Season 3 -- Magna (college grads) and Net Worth (non-college grads)
Season 4 -- Excel and Capital Edge
Martha's Apprentice -- Matchstick and Primarius
Season 5 -- Synergy and Gold Rush

I still think Matchstick is the best name any of the teams has come up with, while Gold Rush has to be the worst. Most of the other names, including Synergy, are just blah.

ETA: I asked rhetorically earlier whether Tarek had ever watched this show before, since he made stupid mistakes that anyone familiar with the show (and in MENSA) should know to avoid. Well, apparently the rhetorical question wasn't so rhetorical after all. Per the "interview" on NBC.com: "I've only seen a few episodes of the Apprentice because I don’t own a television, but from what I gather the past winners seem like high achievers who have benefited from a lot of luck."

Another candidate is a KD:

Charmaine Hunt is Kappa Delta from Western Kentucky.

Yay! Now I have someone to cheer for. At least until I see what their personalities are like.

PS- how do you find stuff like this out?

I dig the Russian dude.

I get it emailed to me from other KDs....because I am "Annie Online!"

What did everyone think of yesterday's episode?

I remember when Ivanka was a little teeny kid. Seeing her on this episode just made me feel old. :)

I went to the movies once with Ivanka.

-Rudey
--OK I sat 7 rows behind her but still it was a date in my book.

Personally I was excited to see Bill. Yeah, I'm a dork and I will admit that I think he's kind of cute. LOL.

I thought Lee was a horrible PM. He really should have waited a while to be one.

I think Brent is annoying. His ideas are insane. Trump is right, he won't last long.

I really like Allie.




Any picks on who might be the next apprentice?



At this point the only one I can really pick out is Allie, whether she becomes the next apprentice or not, I think she will definately make it far in the competition. None of the guys have really stood out yet. IMPO.

Ivanka has to have the most boring personality and is not engaging at all. I remember when she would do commentary on the Miss Teen USA pageant... UGH! Zzzzz. It's like she's on downers constantly.

She's a pretty girl, but lifeless.

I'm not sure what I think about this season. I've never watched any of the seasons religiously, but I tuned in last night to see the 2 KDs and because nothing else decent is on Monday night.

They have to weed down a bit before I can have any favorites. Brent strikes me as someone who because he's not usually taken seriously (unfortunately I think it's appearance related), he goes over the top to prove himself and be the center of attention. He won't last long. Buuuuuuut - at the same time - I really did not like how they tried to make him the scapegoat for why they failed. I'm glad Trump fired who he did.