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Mamaschatzi:
Congratulations Bill :D You deserve it!
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Bill Gets the Job on 'The Apprentice'
24 minutes ago
By FRAZIER MOORE, AP Television Writer
NEW YORK - Kwame was fired. Bill is hired. "The Apprentice" came to its much-anticipated climax Thursday when Donald Trump chose Bill Rancic, the street-smart 32-year-old Internet entrepreneur from Chicago, to be his apprentice for the next year.
"Kwame, I think you have an amazing future," said Trump. "You're a brilliant guy, great education, and I have no doubt you're going to be a big success. But right now, Bill, you're hired."
Rancic edged out fellow finalist Kwame Jackson, the laid-back 29-year-old New Yorker and Harvard MBA, for the Trump-described "dream job of a lifetime" and its $250,000 salary.
Rancic will get to return home to Chicago to manage the construction of a hotel and residential tower.
"Don't worry, you're going to have plenty of supervision of that building, I don't care if you're president or not," Trump told him. "I'll be the one supervising."
The decision closed out a two-hour showdown for the hit NBC reality competition. Billionaire developer Trump, the host, put 16 would-be apprentices through numerous business tasks — then, in the boardroom, "fired" someone at the end of each episode.
For his final assignment, Bill was put in charge of a Trump golf tournament, while Kwame handled an appearance by pop star Jessica Simpson (news) at one of Trump's Atlantic City casino hotels.
Each "boss" was teamed with three "employees": previously fired "Apprentice" candidates who, possibly still nursing grudges, sometimes seemed as much a hindrance as a help.
Thanks to Bill's team, a vital sponsor's sign went missing.
Thanks to Omarosa on Kwame's team, Jessica Simpson went missing. Then disappeared again, while Trump tapped his foot.
When was an apprentice ever made the president of a company right away? And how can 15 people be fired when they were never hired in the first place? Those are questions that may never be answered.
But the boardroom summits with Trump, where he pronounced "you're fired" amid even more exchanged glances than you'd find in the squad room of "NYPD Blue," helped make "The Apprentice" a sensation since its January premiere.
Created by Mark Burnett, who brought "Survivor" to the airwaves, "The Apprentice" trades on a similar survival-of-the-fittest strategy.
"It's not a game," Trump declares. "It's a 13-week job interview."
Viewers have flocked for the bravura display of competitive greed and backstabbing. Another draw, perhaps: the eight female contestants were attractive and tended to wear short skirts.
"The Apprentice" has launched Trump into stratospheric new heights of renown. Not only has he dined out on the catch phrase "you're fired" (and threatened to copyright it), he scored deals for a Trump-brand credit card and as a celebrity spokesman for a telecommunications company.
Two weeks ago he was guest host on "Saturday Night Live" and has agreed to come back for a new edition of "The Apprentice" next season, reportedly at a substantial pay raise.
Meanwhile, the show has had several breakout characters, chief among them Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, who's beautiful, scheming and cantankerous. Her feigned martyrdom from falling plaster on one episode earned her the ultimate pop-culture salute: She was spoofed on "Saturday Night Live."
Suspected hanky-panky between two other rivals, Nick Warnock and Amy Henry, has also added to the fun.
Whatever the reasons, "The Apprentice" has been a huge hit, last week ranking second in viewers, with 22 million — even edging out CBS' "Survivor: All-Stars." It ranks seventh for the season to date, according to Nielsen.
Taking a page from CBS' playbook on publicizing "Survivor," NBC blanketed its schedule with "Apprentice" promotions, especially on its news shows. "Apprentice" stories were set for "Dateline NBC" the day before and after Thursday's finale.
And "coverage" on Thursday's "Today" show included an appearance by a CNBC business analyst with her forecast of the winner. She predicted Kwame, whom she described as "charismatic," "coachable" and a "complement" to Trump's style. Trump, of course, was on hand at "Today," too, along with his "You're fired!" punch line.
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puddin:
:'( :'( Thats great that Bill won Mama..but ,I was such a fan of Kwame that I was really upset...Dang Omarosa!!!!!!
Mamaschatzi:
I like Kwame also Puddin but he secured his loss by picking Omarosa. I can't believe she LIED on national tv. I think she has definitely ruined her chances at getting another high profile job. She has shown that she can't be trusted.
Theresa:
Woo hoo, i didnt listen to Puddin and i changed it to Bill right before work yesterday, lol (i think)...
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