http://www.realitytvworld.com/theapprentice5/ 120 The Apprentice 5 news from Reality TV World en-us Copyright 2012 Reality TV World The Apprentice 5 News 117 115 http://www.realitytvworld.com/theapprentice5/ http://cdn.realitytvworld.com/images/RTVWLogoSquare.gif Depending on how you want to look at it, there was good news and bad news in the ratings numbers for NBC's premiere of Donald Trump's The Apprentice:  Los Angeles. ]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/nbc-the-apprentice-los-angeles-debuts-lackluster-ratings-4526.php rtvw-news-nbc-the-apprentice-los-angeles-debuts-lackluster-ratings-4526 There will be some recognizable faces in "the mob" in an upcoming episode of NBC's 1 vs. 100.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/the-apprentice-alumni-joining-1-vs-100-mob-on-january-14-4484.php rtvw-news-the-apprentice-alumni-joining-1-vs-100-mob-on-january-14-4484 The battle between Donald Trump and Palm Beach, Fla., over the real estate mogul's 375-square-foot American flag shows no signs of wavering.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/palm-beach-sees-stars-over-the-apprentice-star-donald-trump-flag-1010384.php rtvw-news-palm-beach-sees-stars-over-the-apprentice-star-donald-trump-flag-1010384 Ivanka Trump, daughter of U.S. real estate tycoon Donald Trump, has said nothing will stop her from passing her famous last name to her future children.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/apprentice-star-ivanka-trump-wont-give-up-her-famed-last-name-1010334.php rtvw-news-apprentice-star-ivanka-trump-wont-give-up-her-famed-last-name-1010334 U.S. casino mogul Steve Wynn and developer Donald Trump are discussing a deal that reportedly involves property in Atlantic City, N.J.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/apprentice-star-donald-trump-talking-casino-deal-with-steve-wynn-1010263.php rtvw-news-apprentice-star-donald-trump-talking-casino-deal-with-steve-wynn-1010263 U.S. business mogul Donald Trump wants the public to drink Trump Vodka, even though he doesn't drink alcohol himself, a report says.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/apprentice-star-donald-trump-launches-trump-vodka-brand-1010083.php rtvw-news-apprentice-star-donald-trump-launches-trump-vodka-brand-1010083 Donald Trump aide George Ross says he does not feel sorry for Carolyn Kepcher, who was recently fired by Trump himself.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/george-ross-supports-firing-of-apprentice-advisor-carolyn-kepcher-1009790.php rtvw-news-george-ross-supports-firing-of-apprentice-advisor-carolyn-kepcher-1009790 U.S. home design author and TV personality Martha Stewart criticized mogul Donald Trump for firing his TV "Apprentice" sidekick, Carolyn Kepcher.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/martha-stewart-criticizes-donald-trump-firing-of-carolyn-kepcher-1009773.php rtvw-news-martha-stewart-criticizes-donald-trump-firing-of-carolyn-kepcher-1009773 Business mogul Donald Trump claims he was only looking out for his friend, former "Apprentice" advisor Carolyn Kepcher when he fired her from his company earlier this week.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/donald-trump-says-carolyn-kepcher-firing-a-good-thing-for-carolyn-1009678.php rtvw-news-donald-trump-says-carolyn-kepcher-firing-a-good-thing-for-carolyn-1009678 In an apparent case of the pot calling the kettle black, bombastic The Apprentice star Donald Trump, reportedly feeling that she's developed a swelled head, has fired Carolyn Kepcher, the Trump National Golf Club executive who has served as one of his Apprentice advisors since the NBC reality show first premiered in January 2004.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/donald-trump-tells-apprentice-advisor-carolyn-kepcher-youre-fired%21-4317.php rtvw-news-donald-trump-tells-apprentice-advisor-carolyn-kepcher-youre-fired%21-4317 Now that she's spent some time substituting for regular Donald Trump The Apprentice advisor Carolyn Kepcher, Ivanka Trump has newfound respect for NBC reality show's contestants.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/ivanka-trump-has-newfound-sympathy-for-the-apprentice-contestants-4314.php rtvw-news-ivanka-trump-has-newfound-sympathy-for-the-apprentice-contestants-4314 Donald Trump's $5 billion lawsuit against an author who said the developer was not really a billionaire may proceed, a New Jersey judge has ruled.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/judge-lets-apprentice-star-donald-trump-5-billion-lawsuit-proceed-1009584.php rtvw-news-judge-lets-apprentice-star-donald-trump-5-billion-lawsuit-proceed-1009584 Real estate magnate Donald Trump is set to open a new production company in Los Angeles to be run by one of his former "Apprentice" contestants.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/apprentice-star-donald-trump-starting-own-tv-production-company-1009082.php rtvw-news-apprentice-star-donald-trump-starting-own-tv-production-company-1009082 Just in case The Apprentice 5's lack of a formal post-finale "reunion" show and rather abrupt ending left viewers confused about his live finale statement that he was planning to marry fellow contestant Tammy Trenta, The Apprentice winner Sean Yazbeck has clarified that despite his vocal pronouncement, the pair are not engaged.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/new-apprentice-winner-sean-yazbeck-clarifies-he-not-engaged-4172.php rtvw-news-new-apprentice-winner-sean-yazbeck-clarifies-he-not-engaged-4172 Sean Yazbeck a 33-year-old recruitment consultant from London, England, was crowned The Apprentice's fifth winner during last night's live broadcast of the NBC reality show's fifth season finale. Trump selected Sean over Lee Bienstock, a 22-year-old business analyst from New York City.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/sean-yazbeck-trumps-lee-bienstock-wins-nbc-fifth-the-apprentice-4171.php rtvw-news-sean-yazbeck-trumps-lee-bienstock-wins-nbc-fifth-the-apprentice-4171 The upcoming Los Angeles-based "Apprentice" sixth season will welcome Olympic gold medalist, Angela Ruggerio, to its pool of contestants.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/olympic-medalist-angela-ruggerio-compete-on-the-apprentice-6-1008627.php rtvw-news-olympic-medalist-angela-ruggerio-compete-on-the-apprentice-6-1008627 With last week's double firing of Allie Jablon and Roxanne Wilson having narrowed The Apprentice 5's field to the competition's two finalists, last night's The Apprentice broadcast set the stage for next week's live finale.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/donald-trump-the-apprentice-5-finalists-begin-their-final-tasks-4165.php rtvw-news-donald-trump-the-apprentice-5-finalists-begin-their-final-tasks-4165 Lawsuits filed in Los Angeles state and federal courts charging Donald Trump, NBC Universal and Mark Burnett with stealing "The Apprentice" have been settled.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/lawsuits-alleging-mark-burnett-the-apprentice-idea-theft-settled-1008540.php rtvw-news-lawsuits-alleging-mark-burnett-the-apprentice-idea-theft-settled-1008540 After teaming up to send their friend and co-worker Tammy Trenta home last week, The Apprentice 5 candidates Allie Jablon and Roxanne Wilson had no one but each other to go after when their team lost for the second week in a row. In doing so, Allie, a 30-year-old medical sales manager from Columbia, SC, and Roxanne, a 26-year-old appellate attorney from Austin, TX, appeared to annoy Donald Trump with their "disloyalty" to each other, resulting in both of them being fired.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/allie-jablon-and-roxanne-wilson-fired-from-the-apprentice-5-4152.php rtvw-news-allie-jablon-and-roxanne-wilson-fired-from-the-apprentice-5-4152 "School Days," our episode summary for the twelfth episode of The Apprentice 5, the fifth edition of NBC's The Apprentice series, written by zipperhead, is now available.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/the-apprentice-5---episode-12-summary-4153.php rtvw-news-the-apprentice-5---episode-12-summary-4153 Real estate mogul Donald Trump is coming up against a roadblock in his effort to get a street named for him in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/apprentice-star-donald-trump-hits-street-name-change-roadblock-1008440.php rtvw-news-apprentice-star-donald-trump-hits-street-name-change-roadblock-1008440 Being a The Apprentice project manager is always a high risk prospect, especially when -- for whatever reason -- the ideas and plans that end up being executed are almost exclusively yours.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/tammy-trenta-becomes-fourteenth-apprentice-5-contestant-fired-4140.php rtvw-news-tammy-trenta-becomes-fourteenth-apprentice-5-contestant-fired-4140 Sometimes you can be nice in business, but being nice to your competition after they have consistently beaten you is just foolish -- a lesson that Michael Laungani, a 29-year-old management consultant from New York, NY, learned the hard way during last night's The Apprentice broadcast.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/michael-laungani-thirteenth-apprentice-5-contestant-fired-4128.php rtvw-news-michael-laungani-thirteenth-apprentice-5-contestant-fired-4128 "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow," our episode summary for the tenth episode of The Apprentice 5, the fifth edition of NBC's The Apprentice series, written by KObrien_fan, is now available.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/the-apprentice-5---episode-10-summary-4124.php rtvw-news-the-apprentice-5---episode-10-summary-4124 For the second time this season, two The Apprentice contestants were fired for their failure on the same task. Citing her inability to lead Tarek Saab, Apprentice star Donald Trump fired Charmaine Hunt, a 27-year-old real estate consultant from Nashville, TN, during last night's boardroom session. Then, citing his inability to be led by anyone (logic that would appear to conflict with the reasoning behind Charmaine's firing), Tarek, a 27-year-old hi-tech manager from New Bedford, MA, was fired as well.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/charmaine-hunt-and-tarek-saab-fired-from-the-apprentice-5-4115.php rtvw-news-charmaine-hunt-and-tarek-saab-fired-from-the-apprentice-5-4115 "Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Whoring Masses," our episode summary for the ninth episode of The Apprentice 5, the fifth edition of NBC's The Apprentice series, written by buckeyegirl, is now available.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/the-apprentice-5---episode-9-summary-4110.php rtvw-news-the-apprentice-5---episode-9-summary-4110 Andrea Lake, a 31-year-old sticker company owner from San Diego who had shown herself to have something of a brash and abrasive personality, became the ninth person fired from The Apprentice 5 after she became cross with her team and they turned on her in the boardroom.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/andrea-lake-becomes-tenth-contestant-fired-from-the-apprentice-5-4097.php rtvw-news-andrea-lake-becomes-tenth-contestant-fired-from-the-apprentice-5-4097 Billionaire real estate developer and star of NBC TV's "The Apprentice," Donald Trump, is creating a New York state park in his name.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/apprentice-star-donald-trump-donates-land-for-new-york-state-park-1008225.php rtvw-news-apprentice-star-donald-trump-donates-land-for-new-york-state-park-1008225 "Three Vodkas for Lenny," our episode summary for the seventh and eighth episodes of The Apprentice 5, the fifth edition of NBC's The Apprentice series, written by Scuba Steve, is now available.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/the-apprentice-5---episodes-7-%26-8-summary-4099.php rtvw-news-the-apprentice-5---episodes-7-%26-8-summary-4099 Miss Universe pageant owner Donald Trump says he is considering a tribute to the newly crowned Miss Iraq, who has been hiding amid death threats.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/apprentice-star-donald-trump-calls-new-miss-iraq-very-brave-1008142.php rtvw-news-apprentice-star-donald-trump-calls-new-miss-iraq-very-brave-1008142 In order to make room on its schedule for next week's week-long Celebrity Cooking Showdown reality cooking competition, NBC opted to air back-to-back The Apprentice episodes last night. The broadcasts saw two more losing project managers bite the dust, with Lenny Veltman going home after being unable to relate to his task's judges and Leslie Bourgeois later joining him after her failure to properly price Gold Rush Corporation's product resulted in the team's fourth consecutive task loss.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/lenny-veltman-leslie-bourgeois-fired-in-apprentice-5-doubleheader-4072.php rtvw-news-lenny-veltman-leslie-bourgeois-fired-in-apprentice-5-doubleheader-4072 "Sometimes Taking Responsibility Isn't a Good Thing," our episode summary for the sixth episode of The Apprentice 5, the fifth edition of NBC's The Apprentice series, written by mysticwolf, is now available.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/the-apprentice-5---episode-6-summary-4069.php rtvw-news-the-apprentice-5---episode-6-summary-4069 Done in by his refusal to place his team's failure to win the week's task on anyone who contributed to it, Bryce Gahagan, a 28-year-old home builder from Kansas City, MO, became the seventh contestant fired from the fifth edition of The Apprentice.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/bryce-gahagan-seventh-contestant-fired-from-nbc-apprentice-5-4061.php rtvw-news-bryce-gahagan-seventh-contestant-fired-from-nbc-apprentice-5-4061 Deemed to have failed to bring the person whom Donald Trump thought might be most responsible for his team's task failure into the final boardroom, Dan Brody a 31-year-old clothing company owner from Miami, Florida became the sixth contestant fired from the fifth edition of The Apprentice.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/dan-brody-becomes-sixth-contestant-fired-from-the-apprentice-5-4048.php rtvw-news-dan-brody-becomes-sixth-contestant-fired-from-the-apprentice-5-4048 "Cereal Killers," our episode summary for the fourth episode of The Apprentice 5, the fifth edition of NBC's The Apprentice series, written by zipperhead, is now available.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/the-apprentice-5---episode-4-summary-4044.php rtvw-news-the-apprentice-5---episode-4-summary-4044 Billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, have named their newborn son Barron William Trump.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/apprentice-star-donald-trump-and-wife-melania-name-baby-barron-1007757.php rtvw-news-apprentice-star-donald-trump-and-wife-melania-name-baby-barron-1007757 Done in by his decision to pick a boardroom fight with his teammates despite the fact they did not appear to be targeting him as the reason for their loss, Brent Buckman, a 30-year-old attorney from Fort Lauderdale, FL, became the fifth contestant fired from the fifth edition of Donald Trump's The Apprentice.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/brent-buckman-becomes-fifth-the-apprentice-5-contestant-fired-4039.php rtvw-news-brent-buckman-becomes-fifth-the-apprentice-5-contestant-fired-4039 Donald Trump's wife Melania gave birth Monday morning to a baby boy, "The Apprentice" star told MSNBC.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/donald-trump-and-wife-melania-celebrate-birth-of-new-apprentice-1007719.php rtvw-news-donald-trump-and-wife-melania-celebrate-birth-of-new-apprentice-1007719 "Please Don't Squeeze The Charmaine," our episode summary for the third episode of The Apprentice 5, the fifth edition of NBC's The Apprentice series, written by newsomewayne, is now available.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/the-apprentice-5---episode-3-summary-4030.php rtvw-news-the-apprentice-5---episode-3-summary-4030 Another week, another bad leadership casualty on NBC's fifth season of The Apprentice.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/theresa-boutross-becomes-fourth-apprentice-5-contestant-fired-4023.php rtvw-news-theresa-boutross-becomes-fourth-apprentice-5-contestant-fired-4023 "A Definite Lack of Synergy," our episode summary for the second episode of The Apprentice 5, the fifth edition of NBC's The Apprentice series, written by ARnutz, is now available.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/the-apprentice-5---episode-2-summary-4014.php rtvw-news-the-apprentice-5---episode-2-summary-4014 Choosing an awkward time to exhibit what a NBC spokesperson later insisted was only his seldom seen sense of humor, The Apprentice star Donald Trump joked about dating Ivanka Trump, his 24-year-old daughter, during the pair's Monday appearance on The View.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/apprentice-star-donald-trump-jokes-about-dating-daughter-ivanka-4007.php rtvw-news-apprentice-star-donald-trump-jokes-about-dating-daughter-ivanka-4007 Having premiered to less than stellar ratings NBC's The Apprentice 5 looked to rebound with last night's second episode broadcast which featured a lopsided win and a double firing.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/stacy-schneider-and-jose-pepi-diaz-both-get-fired-from-apprentice-5-4000.php rtvw-news-stacy-schneider-and-jose-pepi-diaz-both-get-fired-from-apprentice-5-4000 "'Genius Has Its Limits' -- An Adventure In Rough Paraphrase," our episode summary for the premiere episode of The Apprentice 5, the fifth edition of NBC's The Apprentice series, written by Estee, is now available.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/the-apprentice-5---episode-1-summary-3995.php rtvw-news-the-apprentice-5---episode-1-summary-3995 The latest season of Donald Trump's The Apprentice got off to a somewhat rocky ratings start on Monday night, with the NBC's premiere of The Apprentice 5 failing to break the 10 million viewer mark and finishing in fourth place in the reality show's first broadcast in its new Mondays at 9PM ET/PT time period.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/nbc-the-apprentice-5-premieres-rocky-monday-night-ratings-3991.php rtvw-news-nbc-the-apprentice-5-premieres-rocky-monday-night-ratings-3991 "The Apprentice" boss Donald Trump was incensed to hear a member of his Palm Beach, Fla., club did not tip his staff after they found her diamond bracelet.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/apprentice-star-donald-trump-shames-guest-into-good-manners-1007467.php rtvw-news-apprentice-star-donald-trump-shames-guest-into-good-manners-1007467 After struggling early last season, the ratings of Donald Trump's The Apprentice series rebounded towards the end of its run, giving NBC hope that the franchise which was once the network's crown jewel of reality TV might recover from both The Apprentice 3's disastrous casting and last fall's failed Martha Stewart spinoff. However, if The Apprentice's revival is to succeed, it will have to do so in its new time night -- Monday nights.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/summer-zervos-becomes-first-apprentice-5-contestant-fired-3984.php rtvw-news-summer-zervos-becomes-first-apprentice-5-contestant-fired-3984 NBC has revealed the identities of the eighteen candidates who will be competing on The Apprentice 5, the upcoming fifth edition of the Donald Trump reality show that will premiere Monday, February 27 at 9PM ET/PT.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/nbc-reveals-donald-trump-the-apprentice-5-contestants-3948.php rtvw-news-nbc-reveals-donald-trump-the-apprentice-5-contestants-3948 NBC has announced that The Apprentice 5, which it had previously announced would premiere "after the Olympics," will literally do so, premiering on Monday, February 27, the day after the network's Sunday night broadcast of the closing day ceremonies of the 2006 Winter Olympics.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/the-apprentice-moves-mondays-fifth-edition-debut-february-27-3916.php rtvw-news-the-apprentice-moves-mondays-fifth-edition-debut-february-27-3916 Donald Trump and Martha Stewart's new twin The Apprentice editions won't premiere until this fall, however NBC announced yesterday that it will launch a new nationwide casting tour for the fifth edition of the Donald Trump version of the series beginning this weekend.]]> http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/nbc-launches-the-apprentice-5-nationwide-casting-call-tour-3575.php rtvw-news-nbc-launches-the-apprentice-5-nationwide-casting-call-tour-3575