Tuesday, 17 February 2015

Task 12 - "I'm running my own race"

Trump calls the final three into the boardroom and asks them who he should pit against eachother for the final task. Vivica admits that Leeza is a stronger candidate than her. In the end, Trump fires Vivica, leaving Leeza and Geraldo as the final 2.

The final task is to produce a commercial for Universal Orlando resort. Both competitors get a team of past candidates to help them. Leeza gets Brandi, Johnny and Kevin. Geraldo is less happy with his team, which is Vivica, Lorenzo and his old rival Ian.

Geraldo casts himself as Harry Potter and uses the tagline "discover your inner hero". Lorenzo comes up with a list of shots, but becomes annoyed when Geraldo takes over and uses his own. They also run into a delay when they have to go back to the war room to get the child actors. Geraldo manages to secure Tony Orlando to provide music for his presentation.

Leeza wants to focus on the magic, and appoints Kevin the director, who does an excellent job. Johnny and Brandi however go missing and decide to go on a rollercoaster instead of shopping. Leeza brings in Olivia Newton-John as her musical act.

In the boardroom, Trump reveals that Geraldo's commercial was good but didn't emphasize the family element, whereas Leeza's had a great theme but didn't really utilize the celebrity angle. He also announces Leeza raised the most funds for the task.

Trump gives the candidates one last chance to plead their case for why they should they should win. Geraldo says he was a risk-taker and made good television. Leeza emphasizes her impressive win/loss record. In the end, Trump makes Leeza the celebrity apprentice, for proving herself a strong leader that could work with difficult people.

Tuesday, 3 February 2015

Task 11 - "When the Lord is speaking"

Trump brings them to a Blues club for the next task, which is to write a jingle for Budweiser. With Vortex having suffered 5 losses in a row, Trump gives them Leeza to help them out. Leeza becomes Vortex's PM whereas Brandi takes the job for Infinity.

Ian writes a jingle based on La Cucaracha, but it's not a hit with the rest of the team, so Brandi opts to go with Johnny's instead. When Ian starts pouting about his ideas not being used, Brandi has to tell him off.

Leeza comes up with a catchy tune, but Geraldo wants to do something Latin. Leeza feels the pressure of keeping Geraldo under control, but does use his line "nice over ice". During the performance, Geraldo does the rapping and the two girls dance.

In the boardroom, Trump announces that Leeza's jingle was very well-received and that Johnny's was too wordy. Ian gives Trump the jingle he proposed, but Trump says that it's not original. In the end, Trump fires all three of them - Ian for pushing his bad ideas, Johnny for writing the losing jingle, and Brandi for refusing to throw Johnny under the bus.

Task 10 - "You are a toxic trick"

The task is to create a photobomb campaign for King's Hawaiian bread. Johnny takes the PM job for Infinity, and Kenya takes it for Vortex.

Kenya tries to put her feud with Vivica behind her for the sake of the task. The idea they go with is to play on the idea of buns. However, Vivica feels completely underutilized on the task. Later, Vivica finds her phone is gone. Geraldo does the presentation, which receives mixed reactions - so Kenya starts plotting about how to ensure her own survival.

Infinity shoot down some of Ian's suggestions and go for Brandi's idea of "rising high". Ian gets a helicopter to take photos of New York from above. As they design their pictures, Leeza makes sure that they don't neglect the projection integration. Johnny also lets Leeza do the presentation.

In the boardroom, Infinity are named the winners after Vortex's campaign is deemed too inappropriate. Kenya brings up a tweet Vivica has made about menopause which Vivica denies writing. Vivica accuses Kenya of stealing her phone and sending the tweet herself. In the end, Trump fires Kenya, saying she had the idea that lost the task.