Looks like Apprentice would-be Chris had a bad week last week. He not only was fired from the competition, seems he got arrested. In a casino. And it wasn't Trump's.
The Apprentice Contestant "Chris" arrested
Monday, April 11, 2005 Posted: 1:24 PM EDT (1724 GMT)
TAMPA, Florida (AP) — Real estate millionaire Chris Shelton, a
contestant on NBC's "The Apprentice," was arrested on a disorderly
conduct charge.
Shelton, 22, one of six remaining contestants competing for a job with
Donald Trump, was taken into custody early Sunday at the Seminole Hard
Rock Hotel & Casino. He was released after posting $250 bail.
It really was time for Chris to go. He'd been on a losing team nine times. This past week he was the project manager of the losing team.
It's gotten so the teams-Net Worth and Magna, have gotten hard to differentiate. The book smart team has been all but annihilated. The teams then had to trade and choose replacements so much that hey, there were teams of three: Bren, Chris and Alex on one team, Tanna, Kendra and Craig on the other.
The task this past week was to design a brochure for a car. Each team had a bevy of photographers and graphic designers and boom, it would be done.
Chris' team produced the worst brochure imaginable. Add to it Bren's boring and dry verbiage and Chris' horrific presentation. The man totally makes up words. Interiorially? Exteriorially? If this guy is so smart than there is no such thing as stupid.
I'll never know why on earth they put that blurry car picture at the front of the brochure. Such as blurry car pictures are not lost on me, the idea being the blurriness is caused by motion. Speedy motion being a much desired feature of a handsome car. First, THAT blurry pic was awful. A blurred picture should manage to reveal the entirety of the car. The picture these guys chose for the happening blurry image of a car scooting along didn't look like a photographer's creativity. It looked like something I would take with my cell phone. Second, it might have been fine as part of a picture collage sort of happening car moving fast as it should be. It was definitely not premier picture status.
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1 - The Theory
I don't think Alex will come in #1. The fact that he took a nap during his team's project lowered him in Trump's eyes.
I think it'll go down like this:
#2. Bren
#1. Kendra
2 - Braffle
Up until this week I liked Tana. Kendra deserves to win this competition. Craig is so rude to Kendra. Tana did nothing to help make that brochure for Solstice and acted like it was all her idea. Craig also did not add anything to help Kendra. They both were nothing but obstructionist in this project. They both set back and let her do all the work. What kind of integrity do either of them have?
3 - Triniman
Tana, Craig and Alex diminished themselves this last episode. Tana espeically disappointed me and she was my #1 pick. Alex was my # 2 pick but he either didn't care or was careless.
I'm getting a stronger and stronger sense that people aren't willing to play for their project managers as much as you would expect them to.
4 - Noel
I don't understand how Donald could fire Angie and not Chris in the previous show. Donald, for some unexplained reason, kept giving Chris chances. Perhaps it's because he's made a lot of money. However, what DT fails to realize is that there isn't always a positive correlation between the amount of money someone earns and their intelligence/education. If anyone took the time to read Chris' bio they'll see that the chap has worked for his dad's real estate business since dropping out of college. How smart do you have to be to do that? The chap is immature and out of his league leading teams or being a cross-functional member of a team. He also has serious problems communicating, presenting, and nurturing colleagues. He should have been fired weeks ago.
Kendra won over America with the way she single-handed designed and produced the brochure. Tana disappointed, and Craig has some unresolved issues. I think he has problems conceptualizing ideas other put forward.
Alex totally messed up by not taking a picture of the front of the car, especially since Chris specifically directed him to take that picture. Alex is weak and it's begun to show. Eventual winner Kendra.
5 - Coach Deb
I have to agree that Kendra should be in the top two - esp after this week's show.
But Alex? Sure, he's avoided conflict and flown "under the radar" for this long, but WHAT has he really done that has been exceptional?
And what's up with The Donald firing Angie over Chris last week?!
I mean - Come On!
Angie has displayed her abilities week after week after week. Chris on the other hand, has displayed his inability to control himself.
And that's critical in the business world, not to mention a CEO position or in the corporate world. IF it's anything the corporate world values more than anything - is predictability.
Perhaps The Donald sees a little of himself in Chris, and excuses his weaknesses - but that's a reflection of bias, and I'm sure Mr. Trump is much wiser than that to do that sort of thing in "the real business world" (right?)
And as for "people skills" and the ability to motivate people... Kendra hasn't displayed this ability. She's displayed a little more immaturity than I'd prefer to see as one of my executives leading others.
We'll see what Kendra does in next week's episode to see if she'll fold or flourish under pressure when she goes head to head with Craig, who openly displays his sexist opinions when he deals with Kendra.
Up until this time, the camera seemed to enjoy showing Kendra with her jaw dropped in shock or exhuberance. But she certainly displayed her talents this time around with an amazing brochure, and the commercial that Pontiac did for the solstice seemed like a hand-in-hand match.
She certainly has a job in advertising after this show - that's for sure. I wanted to hire her after I saw that show.
I'll take a hard-working, go-getter, don't take no for an answer person over a sleepy, "I've got to get my rest" kinda person any day and twice on Sunday.
But - she still did impress me in MANY of the shows up until this point. So the real question is... what will she do in the remaining few episodes to prove her abilities or show the world she's not willing to "go the distance" when it comes to her convenience.
I was a huge fan of Tana until this show when she happy admitted her limiting beliefs about "requiring" sleep, as well as her taking all the credit for an idea and a job that was obviously not hers.
That's SO not cool! And the first time someone displays a lack of integrity is the moment they lose all credibility in my book.
Perhaps she really was getting sick, and was just not "herself" but her fake smile is exactly what I can't stand seeing women do in the business world.
After all, if you don't like something I do - just tell me!
Am I Right?
No mamby-bamby nonsense. Just tell it to me straight up and let's deal with it. Otherwise, don't be fake. :-( MAJOR points lost in my book - because before this week - she was a CLEAR Winner in my eyes. Mary Kay, MILF all the way is what my husband and I both agreed to. But...
I'll do something I never do in "the real world" is I'll give her another chance, assuming she "took a pass" on this task b/c she thought she was going to lose, and therefore, why try hard anyway? Let's see what she does next week.
If I were in The Donald's shoes (which I'm glad I'm not, b/c that would mean I'd be still living in New York, instead of in Hawaii, I'd like to see Tana and Kendra go head to head in the last episode.
So HELP me if two more men are in the final two. To me, and I think to the rest of the TV viewing audience, the men in this group are weak compared to the women who have displayed their abililities over and over again, and led their team to victory.
And for those of you who may think it's just a "woman's issue" - trust me - it's not. I've been a fan of the winners from the two previous episodes. It was clear each of the male winners had talent, intelligence and integrity.
(Although I really would have loved to see Troy win the first one - but I think Mr. Trump is less of a risk taker than he'd like to admit to.)
For once, I not only think there are two well deserving women who should be qualified as the final two - I ALSO think seeing two women go head to head will be quite entertaining to the American audience.
Esp since more often than not, when women fight - they fight HARD in business. They take no prisoners, and aren't afraid to pull hair. :)
Go Tana and Kendra...
or... if I predict The Donald's next move... it's more like:
Go Alex and Tana... we'll see though.
6 - vikk
Tana certainly fell down on the job this week. I had thought she just might win but not after this last performance. Meanwhile, Kendra's stock has definitely risen. Her brochure was great.
7 - El Bicho
Angie absolutely deserved to be fire. She choked under the pressure and couldn't handle it. He also wanted to get rid of her earlier. While Chris should have been gone weeks ago, Angie was the worst on that task.
As far as Kendra, this week she proved she is smart, creative and a very hard worker. She also showed she is a poor leader and that's what Trump is hiring. I would want her working for me, but not in charge of too much. Look at how Craig handled the team with his box. Yes, he's rude at times, but he motivated them all to get behind his idea when they were ready to quit on him. That is leadership, but he'll probably do poorly in the interview process if he's around for it.
I think Tana and Bren will do good in the interviews if they make it through. Thank goodness they cut the final down from three hours but one isn't enough. They need a one-hour competition and then a one-hour wrap-up.