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The Apprentice & The Celebrity Apprentice (US) - General Information
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Season 12 -- 14 episodes -- Feb 19, 2012 to May 20, 2012 -- Completed
12x01 -- Feb 19, 2012 -- Hero Worship
12x02 -- Feb 26, 2012 -- Getting Medievil
12x03 -- Mar 04, 2012 -- How Much Is That Celebrity In The Window?
12x04 -- Mar 11, 2012 -- Failure To Launch
12x05 -- Mar 18, 2012 -- I'm Going to Mop The Floor With You
12x06 -- Mar 25, 2012 -- Party Like a Mock-Star
12x07 -- Apr 01, 2012 -- Walking Papers
12x08 -- Apr 08, 2012 -- Ad Hawk
12x09 -- Apr 15, 2012 -- Puppet Up!
12x10 -- Apr 22, 2012 -- Winning By a Nose
12x11 -- Apr 29, 2012 -- Jingle All the Way Home
12x12 -- May 06, 2012 -- Blown Away
12x13 -- May 13, 2012 -- And Then There Were Two
12x14 -- May 20, 2012 -- And The Winner Is.....
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About the show
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The Apprentice is an American reality television show hosted by real estate magnate, businessman and television personality Donald Trump, created by Mark Burnett and broadcast on NBC. Billed as "The Ultimate Job Interview", the show stars sixteen to eighteen business people competing in an elimination-style competition for a one-year, $250,000 starting contract of running one of business magnate Trump's companies.
Each season begins with a group of contestants vying to earn a place in one of Donald Trump's organizations. The contestants (who are referred to as candidates) come from backgrounds in various enterprises, but typically include backgrounds in real estate, accounting, restaurant management, consulting management, sales, and marketing. During the show, these contestants live in a communal penthouse, allowing their relationships to build. The only exception however, was in the sixth season, when the show moved to Los Angeles; Teams had been separated, with the winning team living in a mansion and the losing team taking up residence in tents located in the mansion's backyard. These candidates are placed into teams, and each week are assigned a task and required to select a project manager for the task. The winning team receives a reward, while the losing team faces a boardroom meeting in order to determine which team member should be fired and eliminated from the show.
Eliminations proceed in two stages. In the first stage, the entire team is confronted with their loss in a boardroom meeting. The project manager is then asked to select up to either one, two, or three of their team members who are believed to belong in the final boardroom meeting. In the second stage, the rest of the team is dismissed, while the project manager and the selected members face a final boardroom showdown where at least one of the candidates is fired and subsequently leaves the show. The show typically ends with Trump's trademark words, "You're Fired".
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Date of last review or update: May 26, 2012
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