Saturday, April 21, 2007

Apprentice Los Angeles Ends With a Whimper

Apprentice Los Angeles is down to the Final Four. The last task was fairly mundane - nothing like the previous finalists who had to run major public events. Here they just completed a fairly bland advertising task.

We can't get excited about any of the candidates. Nicole hasn't emerged as strong and certainly hasn't been a leader. The Bronx guy won't make it: too down to earth. It's down to Stefani and James.

My money's on James. Stefani has quietly emerged as a leader. She's calm and she appears to have influenced James's success. James has gotten calmer and more sensible. As a team, they're effective. But we haven't seen either of them alone, as we would if they'd been assigned to a big benefit.

Of course, after the last few seasons, what benefit would turn a major event over to an Apprentice wannabe?

Trump seems frustrated. He's been rude and insulting to the candidates. The tent business seems to distract us from the weaknesses of the show.

Sadly, it's time to give The Apprentice a decent burial.

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