The Apprentice (U.S. season 5)

For the UK series of the same name, see The Apprentice (UK series five).
The Apprentice (U.S. season 5)
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 15
Release
Original network NBC
Original release

February 27 (2006-02-27) – June 5, 2006 (2006-06-05)

Additional information
Filming dates September 2005 (2005-09) – November 2005 (2005-11)
No. of contestants 18
Teams "Gold Rush" and "Synergy"
Winner Sean Yazbeck

The Apprentice 5 is the fifth season of The Apprentice, with Donald Trump as the executive producer and host. Applications were available online[1] (as in previous seasons) and filming occurred in the fall of 2005. Sean Yazbeck was named the winner and hired by Donald Trump as the new Apprentice during the season finale. Lee Bienstock, the runner-up to Yazbeck, proved to be very competitive and was hired outside of television a few months later.

This season of the show was the first to not rank in the Top 50 according to Nielsen ratings and the first to garner less than 10 million viewers on average; it ranked #51 with an average of 9.73 million viewers. This was the last season to have George H. Ross and Carolyn Kepcher as main boardroom judges, although Ross's role was largely taken over by Bill Rancic in this season. The show moved to Los Angeles, California the following season and Donald Trump's children became the most prominent judges after him.

The Apprentice 5 on Monday February 27, 2006, right after the new hit game show Deal or No Deal.[2] NBC, facing a ratings slump, opted to put future seasons of the show on Monday nights (as opposed to its past Thursday 9 pm ET slot). The network hoped to build the show's audience by making this move, as the program had witnessed a fairly substantial erosion in ratings since The Apprentice 1. However, the show faced tough competition with the Fox's fifth season of 24. The finale for The Apprentice 5 took place in Los Angeles on June 5, 2006. Season five's finale was the lowest rated ever, down 23% from season four and down 28% from season three's final episode (in the important 18–49 demographic).[3]

The Apprentice 5 marked the debut of Donald Trump's children, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump, Jr. as boardroom judges when either George and/or Carolyn were unavailable.[4] Jack McConnell, the First Minister of Scotland, makes an appearance in one of the episodes.[5]

For the first time in Apprentice history, all episodes of this season (including the Clipshow with never-seen-before footage) could be obtained at iTunes for indefinite viewing after the episode has aired.

Candidates

This is the first season where not all of the candidates were exclusively American; this season contained cast members that were originally from Uzbekistan, the United Kingdom, and Canada.

Team 1 Team 2
Gold Rush Synergy
Candidate Background Original team Age Hometown Result
Sean Yazbeck Recruitment consultant Synergy 33 London, England Hired by Trump
(6–5–2006)
Lee Bienstock Business analyst Gold Rush 22 Brooklyn, New York Fired in the season finale
(6–5–2006)
Allie Jablon Medical sales manager Synergy 30 Columbia, South Carolina Fired in week 13
(5–22–2006)
Roxanne Wilson Appellate attorney Synergy 26 Austin, Texas Fired in week 13
(5–22–2006)
Tammy Trenta Wealth manager Synergy 33 Edison, New Jersey Fired in week 12
(5–15–2006)
Michael Laungani Management consultant Synergy 29 Chicago, Illinois Fired in week 11
(5–8–2006)
Tarek Saab Hi-tech manager Gold Rush 27 New Bedford, Massachusetts Fired in week 10
(5–1–2006)
Charmaine Hunt Real estate consultant Gold Rush 27 Nashville, Tennessee Fired in week 10
(5–1–2006)
Andrea Lake Sticker company owner Synergy 31 San Diego, California Fired in week 9
(4–24–2006)
Leslie Bourgeois Realtor Gold Rush 28 Houma, Louisiana Fired in week 8
(4–10–2006)
Lenny Veltman Trading company owner Gold Rush 37 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Fired in week 7
(4–10–2006)
Bryce Gahagan Home builder Gold Rush 28 Kansas City, Missouri Fired in week 6
(4–3–2006)
Dan Brody Clothing company owner Gold Rush 31 Miami, Florida Fired in week 5
(3–27–2006)
Brent Buckman Attorney Synergy 30 Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fired in week 4
(3–20–2006)
Theresa Boutross Psychotherapist Gold Rush 36 Barrington, Illinois Fired in week 3
(3–13–2006)
Jose "Pepi" Diaz Attorney Synergy 25 Miami, Florida Fired in week 2
(3–6–2006)
Stacy Schneider Criminal defense attorney Synergy 38 New York, New York Fired in week 2
(3–6–2006)
Summer Zervos Restaurant owner Gold Rush 30 Huntington Beach, California Fired in week 1
(2–27–2006)

Team selections

As with the previous season of the show, Trump hand-picked the candidates. Furthermore, Trump personally selected Tarek and Allie to be the very first project managers and to draft their own teams before the first task is issued. This is the first time in the history of The Apprentice that the teams were not formed by a certain set of characteristics, such as gender (Seasons 1, 2, 4) or educational status (Season 3).

Because this process was conducted after only preliminary introductions, some reasoning for certain selections had been somewhat arbitrary—such as Tarek picking Dan because he was a father, or Allie picking Tammy because she had the qualities of "a real tiger". For the first time since the original season of the show, the successful project managers would not exempt from firing, therefore everyone had to do a satisfactory job in order to be safe.

Using alternate selections, one at a time, both of them picked their respective teams in the following order:

Synergy Gold Rush
PM Allie Tarek
1 Tammy Dan
2 Andrea Bryce
3 Michael Charmaine
4 Sean Leslie
5 Roxanne Theresa
6 Stacy Lee
7 Pepi Summer
8 Brent Lenny

Weekly results

Candidate Original team Week 8 team Week 11 team Final week team Application result Record as project manager
Sean Yazbeck Synergy Synergy Gold Rush Synergy Hired by Trump 2–0 (win in weeks 6 & 12)
Lee Bienstock Gold Rush Gold Rush Gold Rush Gold Rush Fired in the Season Finale 3–1 (win in weeks 2, 9, & 13, loss in week 11)
Roxanne Wilson Synergy Synergy Synergy Fired in week 13 2–0 (win in weeks 5 & 11)
Allie Jablon Synergy Synergy Synergy Fired in week 13 1–2 (win in week 1, loss in weeks 9 & 13 )
Tammy Trenta Synergy Synergy Synergy Fired in week 12 1–2 (win in week 10, loss in weeks 4 & 12)
Michael Laungani Synergy Gold Rush Gold Rush Fired in week 11 1–0 (win in week 7)
Tarek Saab Gold Rush Gold Rush Fired in week 10 0–1 (loss in week 1)
Charmaine Hunt Gold Rush Gold Rush Fired in week 10 1–1 (win in week 4, loss in week 10)
Andrea Lake Synergy Synergy Fired in week 9 2–0 (win in weeks 3 & 8)
Leslie Bourgeois Gold Rush Gold Rush Fired in week 8 0–1 (loss in week 8)
Lenny Veltman Gold Rush Fired in week 7 0–1 (loss in week 7)
Bryce Gahagan Gold Rush Fired in week 6 0–1 (loss in week 6)
Dan Brody Gold Rush Fired in week 5 0–1 (loss in week 5)
Brent Buckman Synergy Fired in week 4
Theresa Boutross Gold Rush Fired in week 3 0–1 (loss in week 3)
Jose "Pepi" Diaz Synergy Fired in week 2 0–1 (loss in week 2)
Stacy Schneider Synergy Fired in week 2
Summer Zervos Gold Rush Fired in week 1
Elimination Chart
Candidate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Sean IN IN IN IN IN WIN IN IN IN IN BR WIN IN HIRED
Lee BR WIN IN IN BR BR IN BR WIN IN LOSE IN WIN FIRED
Roxanne IN IN IN IN WIN IN IN IN IN IN WIN IN FIRED
Allie WIN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN LOSE IN IN IN FIRED
Tammy IN IN IN LOSE IN IN IN IN IN WIN IN FIRED
Michael IN BR IN IN IN IN WIN IN IN IN FIRED
Tarek LOSE IN BR IN BR IN IN IN IN FIRED
Charmaine IN IN IN WIN IN IN IN IN IN FIRED
Andrea IN IN WIN IN IN IN IN WIN FIRED
Leslie IN IN IN IN IN IN IN FIRED
Lenny BR IN BR IN IN BR FIRED
Bryce IN IN IN IN IN FIRED
Dan IN IN IN IN FIRED
Brent IN BR IN FIRED
Theresa IN IN FIRED
Pepi IN FIRED
Stacy IN FIRED
Summer FIRED
     The candidate was on the losing team.
     The candidate was hired and won the competition.
     The candidate won as project manager on his/her team.
     The candidate lost as project manager on his/her team.
     The candidate was brought to the final boardroom.
     The candidate was fired.
     The candidate lost as project manager and was fired.
     The candidate did not participate in the task.

Episodes

Week 1: Summer of Sam's Club

Week 2: The Razor's Edge

Week 3: Get It In Gear

Week 4: Cereal Killer

Week 5: Cruise Control

Week 6: King of the Jingle

Week 7: It's More Than Decor

Week 8: A Slice of Heaven

Mid-season highlights

Week 9: Assault on Battery

Week 10: Blow Out

Week 11: Back to School

Week 12: Backs Against the Wal-Mart

Week 13: Who Wears the Pants?

The Final Task: The Mother of All Tasks

Decision Time

See also

References

External links

Show-related sites

Candidate websites

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