Recap of last night’s episode below, courtesy of our friends at Maria Kanellis Online. Please head over there for more including pictures and videos from the show!
This week’s week’s episode started with the 5 remaining contestants in the suite, celebrating. Sadly the celebration didn’t last long because Mr. Trump asked everyone to come back to the boardroom almost immediately. Once everyone was good and seated, Mr. Trump congratulated everyone for making it this far, then followed up by saying that someone was going to be fired right now. The 4 remaining players will then be interviewed by last year’s winner, Joan Rivers and the first ever Apprentice winner Bill Lansing before 2 more people are also fired.
Mr. Trump then began asking each of them why they shouldn’t be fired, Maria butted in during Curtis’ speech where he mentioned going out on his own at 21. Saying that they all started working for their dreams at a young age, then mentioning how she began modeling at 15. When Trump asked her if she should be fired, she quickly told him no because she’s not afraid of working hard and wants to keep fighting til the end. Almost everyone was then asked who they thought the weakest player was, Holly quickly answered that she thought Maria was the weakest. She said that she believed that Maria doesn’t come from the purest of places, that she never hesitates to basically throw everyone under the bus to save herself in the boardroom. Maria seemed to let her comments roll off her back, saying that she never says anything that isn’t supportive and then going on to say that she knows Holly has had a hard life and that she respects her. Sharon also thought Maria was the weaker player.
Curtis was then asked who he thought was the weakest and it seemed as thought he was on Holly & Sharon’s side because he too, thought it was Maria. He seemed to still be a little ticked over Maria’s not so nice words about him in the boardroom a few weeks ago, although he claimed to be “over it” and that her words were unfounded. Maria completely laughed it off, going on to talk about a rather “gross” thing Curtis did. Claiming that Curtis was “so arrogant” that he came into their dressing room and “took a crap” in their bathroom, leaving the stench behind. Everyone laughed it up while Holly said that it was completely random for anything like that to be said. Mr. Trump agreed with Holly then went on to say that her behavior was unfit for his boardroom then firing her. Maria thanked Trump for the oppurtunity and left the boardroom. Maria was upset abotu being fired, saying that it was laughable to be fired over a comment rather than losing a task or anything of that nature.
After all the interviews were said and done, Mr. Trump had the job of firing the last 2 contestants. Curtis Stone and an extremely emotional Sharon Osbourne were sent home, leaving us with the final 2 of Bret Michaels and Holly Robinson Peete. The final task for Bret and Holly was, as Mr. Trump put it “A combination of everything that had done during the season.” The challenge was to create a brand new Snapple flavor. Along with that they also had to create a 3 page print ad, a 30 second television commercial, present the flavor to the people at Snapple and a public taste test. So this task is definitely huge one in the books. Bret & Holly were given a 2 person team, complied of former contestants from the season. Summer Sanders & Darryl Strawberry were brought back to help out Bret, while Curtis and Maria were back to help out Holly.
During the initial team meeting, Maria started throwing out ideas that Holly shot down quickly. Maria said she wasn’t going to fight for anything with Holly because she had already been fired and it was Holly’s baby, and that it’s good to connected to someone who can win rather than not. Before they could perform their taste tests, Bret & Holly had to negotiate for a few of the flavors for their Snapple flavor. Curtis was sent to debate with Bret over a few of the flavors, the major one being passion fruit. In the end, Bret gave up the passion fruit which helped Curtis in getting just about every flavor on Holly’s list. Holly’s combo of passion fruit & strawberry, aptly named “CompassionBerry” seemed to be a hit at the mall taste test, although Maria was worried that having only one flavor for the public to try might be a mistake. Bret’s “PearPlumNutty” combo had most people frowning in disgust, Maria snuck over and grabbed a bit to try herself. Curtis and Maria agreed it didn’t taste good at all, Maria even went on to say the drink was like Bret’s taste in women, all over the place and that it was like having all the “Rock of Love” chicks in a bottle.
Holly seemed to be right on point creating her photo spread and television ad while Bret was attempting to push it by creating not one but 2 tv spots. As part one of the season finale came to a close, Holly seemed calm & confident. Bret on the other hand was borderlining into panic mode, unable to get the equipment he needed for his shoot. Next week is the live finale where a brand new Celebrity Apprentice will be crowned. Who will it be, Bret or Holly?
