The Apprentice | |
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Season 6 | |
No. of contestants | 18 |
Winner | Stefanie Schaeffer |
Runner-up | James Sun |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 14 |
Release | |
Original network | NBC |
Original release | January 7[1] – April 22, 2007 |
Additional information | |
Filming dates | June 2006 July 2006 | –
Season chronology |
The Apprentice: Los Angeles is the sixth installment of the US version of The Apprentice reality television show. It was confirmed on November 30, 2005. Like the other Apprentice seasons, Donald Trump is the executive producer and host in his quest to hire a sixth apprentice. In a departure from the previous five Apprentice seasons, this one was shot in Los Angeles, California. As with seasons two through five, this season featured 18 contestants (whom Trump calls "candidates"). Ivanka Trump made her debut as a full-time boardroom judge this season (replacing Carolyn Kepcher, who was recently fired).[2] Donald Trump Jr. also made his debut as a full-time judge this season (replacing George H. Ross, who did not appear due to the show's LA filming schedule, but did make a cameo appearance in the finale).
In addition to the change of locale, the following changes (including some "Apprentice firsts") have been made in the show's structure for the sixth season as described herein:
The following is the list of candidates for this season, with their original team placements after teams were selected in week one. Some contestants did not have to audition but were recruited by the casting members.[3]
Team 1 | Team 2 |
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Kinetic | Arrow |
Candidate | Background | Original team | Age | Hometown | Result |
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Stefani Schaeffer | Defense attorney | Arrow | 32 | Los Angeles, California | Hired by Trump (4-22-2007) |
James Sun | Internet company owner | Arrow | 29 | Seattle, Washington | Fired at end of the season finale (4-22-2007) |
Nicole D'Ambrosio | Real estate broker | Arrow | 25 | Chicago, Illinois | (4-22-2007) | Fired in middle of the season finale
Frank Lombardi | Real estate developer | Arrow | 27 | Bronx, New York | (4-22-2007) | Fired in middle of the season finale
Kristine Lefebvre | Licensing attorney | Kinetic | 37 | Los Angeles, California | (4-8-2007) | Fired in week 12
Heidi Androl | Sales manager | Kinetic | 26 | Santa Monica, California | (4-8-2007) | Fired in week 12
Tim Urban | Tutoring company owner | Arrow | 24 | Los Angeles, California | (4-1-2007) | Fired in week 11
Angela Ruggiero | Olympic athlete | Kinetic | 26 | Oyster Bay, New York | (3-25-2007) | Fired in week 10
Muna Heaven | Family law litigator | Kinetic | 28 | Matawan, New Jersey | (3-18-2007) | Fired in week 9
Surya Yalamanchili | Brand manager | Kinetic | 24 | Cincinnati, Ohio | (3-11-2007) | Fired in week 8
Jennifer Hoffman | Publicist, Writer, Performance Artist | Kinetic | 26 | Phoenix, Arizona and Huntington, NY | (3-4-2007) | Fired in week 7
Derek Arteta | Entertainment lawyer | Kinetic | 34 | Los Angeles, California | (3-4-2007) | Fired in week 7
Aimee Trottier | Surgical sales rep. | Kinetic | 32 | Miami, Florida | (2-18-2007) | Fired in week 6
Aaron Altscher | Real estate sales manager | Arrow | 25 | Chicago, Illinois | (2-11-2007) | Fired in week 5
Marisa DeMato | Class action attorney | Kinetic | 28 | Wellington, Florida | (1-28-2007) | Fired in week 4
Michelle Sorro | Real estate consultant | Arrow | 34 | Los Angeles, California | (1-21-2007) | Quit in week 3
Carey Sherrell | Marketing firm owner | Arrow | 25 | Atlanta, Georgia | (1-14-2007) | Fired in week 2
Martin Clarke | Attorney/Professor | Arrow | 37 | Atlanta, Georgia | (1-7-2007) | Fired in week 1
During the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Donald Trump announced that 12 Olympians (eight men and four women) from Team United States 2006 would be vying for a spot on this edition. Voting continued throughout the entire Olympics concluding on the Closing Ceremonies.[4] Although not all of them made it to the "interview process", the 12 Olympians are as follows:
Athlete | Sport | Notes |
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Allison Baver | Speed skating | |
Travis Cabral | Freestyle skating | |
Casey FitzRandolph | Speed skating | |
Todd Hays | Bobsled | |
Chad Hedrick | Speed skating | |
Danny Kass | Snowboarding | |
Joe Pack | Freestyle skiing | |
Jeret Peterson | Freestyle skiing | |
Angela Ruggiero | Ice hockey | Chosen as a candidate on May 30, 2006[5] |
Katie Uhlaender | Skeleton | |
Seth Wescott | Snowboarding | |
Chris Witty | Speed Skating |
Kinetic | Arrow | |
PM | Heidi | Frank |
1 | Derek | Carey |
2 | Aimee | Tim |
3 | Marisa | Aaron |
4 | Angela | Nicole |
5 | Surya | James |
6 | Kristine | Stefani |
7 | Muna | Michelle |
8 | Jenn | Martin |
Candidate | Original team | Week 3 team1 | Week 4 team | Week 10 team | Week 12 partner | Final task team2 | Application result | Record as project manager |
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Stefani Schaeffer | Arrow | Team Aaron | Arrow | Arrow | James Sun | Arrow | Hired by Trump | |
James Sun | Arrow | Team Aaron | Arrow | Arrow | Stefani Schaeffer | Arrow | Fired in the season finale 3 | 2–1 (win in weeks 9 & 10, loss in week 11) |
Nicole D'Ambrosio | Arrow | Team Michelle | Arrow | Kinetic | Kristine Lefebvre | Kinetic | Fired in the season finale 3 | 0–1 (loss in week 2) |
Frank Lombardi | Arrow | Team Michelle | Arrow | Arrow | Heidi Androl | Kinetic | Fired in the season finale 3 | 0–1 (loss in week 1) |
Kristine Lefebvre | Kinetic | Kinetic | Kinetic | Nicole D'Ambrosio | Fired in week 12 | 1–1 (win in week 8, loss in week 9) | ||
Heidi Androl | Kinetic | Kinetic | Kinetic | Frank Lombardi | Fired in week 12 | 3–1 (win in weeks 1, 2 & 11, loss in week 4) | ||
Tim Urban | Arrow | Team Michelle | Arrow | Arrow | Fired in week 11 | |||
Angela Ruggiero | Kinetic | Kinetic | Kinetic | Fired in week 10 | 0–1 (loss in week 10) | |||
Muna Heaven | Kinetic | Kinetic | Fired in week 9 | |||||
Surya Yalamanchili | Kinetic | Arrow | Fired in week 8 | 2–1 (win in weeks 6 & 7, loss in week 8) | ||||
Jenn Hoffman | Kinetic | Kinetic | Fired in week 7 | 0–1 (loss in week 7) | ||||
Derek Arteta | Kinetic | Kinetic | Fired in week 7 | |||||
Aimee Trottier | Kinetic | Kinetic | Fired in week 6 | 1-1 (win in week 5, loss in week 6) | ||||
Aaron Altscher | Arrow | Team Aaron | Arrow | Fired in week 5 | 2–1 (win in weeks 3 & 4, loss in week 5) | |||
Marisa DeMato | Kinetic | Kinetic | Fired in week 4 | |||||
Michelle Sorro | Arrow | Team Michelle | Quit in week 3 | 0–1 (loss in week 3) | ||||
Carey Sherrell | Arrow | Fired in week 2 | ||||||
Martin Clarke | Arrow | Fired in week 1 |
^Note 1 : Kinetic was exempt from week 3 as a result of their win in week 2. Arrow was split in two factions (Team Aaron and Team Michelle) during week 3.
^Note 2 : As there were no more project managers or team names for the final task, each team was identified simply as "James & Stefani" or "Frank & Nicole." However, an Arrow sign could be seen in the background of James' and Stefani's editing room, while a Kinetic sign could be seen in the background of Frank's and Nicole's editing room. For the final task, the final four candidates were directed to split into two teams, and each team was asked to choose two previously fired candidates to assist them. James and Stefani chose Angela and Aaron, while Frank and Nicole chose Tim and Surya.
^Note 3 : Trump fired three people during the course of the live finale. Frank and Nicole were fired in the middle of the finale, while James was fired at the end of the finale.
Elimination chart | |||||||||||||||
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No. | Candidate | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |
1 | Stefani | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | HIRED | |
2 | James | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | BR | WIN | WIN | LOSE | IN | FIRED | |
3 | Nicole | IN | LOSE | IN | IN | BR | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | |
4 | Frank | LOSE | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | |
5 | Kristine | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | LOSE | IN | IN | FIRED | ||
6 | Heidi | WIN | WIN | IN | LOSE | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | FIRED | ||
7 | Tim | BR | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | BR | IN | IN | FIRED | |||
8 | Angela | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | ||||
9 | Muna | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | |||||
10 | Surya | IN | IN | IN | IN | BR | WIN | WIN | FIRED | ||||||
11 | Jenn | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | BR | FIRED | |||||||
12 | Derek | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | BR | FIRED | |||||||
13 | Aimee | IN | IN | IN | BR | WIN | FIRED | ||||||||
14 | Aaron | IN | IN | WIN | WIN | FIRED | |||||||||
15 | Marisa | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||
16 | Michelle | IN | BR | QUIT | |||||||||||
17 | Carey | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||||
18 | Martin | FIRED |
The sixth season of The Apprentice was by far the worst-received season of The Apprentice, and also the least watched on its initial run (the tenth season would later receive considerably lower viewing figures). Critics and many fans alike were very unfavorable to the various radical changes the show had made (such as being a Project Manager until failing, or having a winning Project Manager serve in the boardroom and advise Trump on whom to fire) and thought the show lost its original appeal. They believed that producers were trying to incorporate more of a sensational edge to the show, rather than focus on the aspects of the business world, and some speculated that the show was trying to specifically mirror Survivor, with having the weekly losing candidates live in tents with no power or running water. Moreover, footage of the actual projects that candidates would work on was substantially cut, after the tasks in this season often took up as little as a fifth of the episode, whereas the tasks in previous seasons took up between a third and a half of the episode's running time. Trump later blamed creator and executive producer Mark Burnett for these ideas, who ironically is also the creator of Survivor. The 90-minute premiere of the sixth season averaged 9.1 million overall viewers and a 4.1/10 rating/share in the Adults 18–49 demographic. The figure for total viewers for the show's sixth season debut was much lower than that of the show's fifth season debut.[18] The second episode of season 6 averaged 7.3 million viewers.[19]