In the firing line
IT TAKES a certain amount of confidence, bravado – and an ego the size of Texas – to host a show where contestants learn to emulate you and your particular brand of business.
Property mogul Donald Trump has this kind of confidence in truckloads.
As the main attraction of the hit reality show The Apprentice, tonight on SABC3 at 7.30pm, he uses his clout and absolute, unwavering belief in how fabulous and successful he is to run a show where the grand prize is a job in one of his companies.
Now in its second season, it’s clear that Trump and producer Mark Burnett, the same guy behind the Survivor series, are on to a good thing.
Sixteen contestants have to prove their business savvy in tasks set up every week.
Every week, a contestant is “fired” by Trump until finally a “winner” emerges. This is no boring business how-to programme. The attraction for viewers lies in how the contestants relate to each other under immense pressure. It’s only a matter of time before one or more crack.
This week, Trump orders a switch among the teams so that now instead of contestants being drawn along a men-and-women divide, the teams will be a mixed bunch in terms of gender.
Thank goodness.
Other avid viewers may agree that there was far too much oestrogen flowing around the women’s team for them to be at all successful. Here’s hoping they get their act together.
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