The Apprentice (American TV series) season 5

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The Apprentice
Season 5
No. of contestants18
Winner Sean Yazbeck
Runner-upLee Bienstock
No. of episodes15
Release
Original network NBC
Original releaseFebruary 27 (2006-02-27) 
June 5, 2006 (2006-06-05)
Additional information
Filming datesSeptember 2005 (2005-09) 
November 2005 (2005-11)
Season chronology
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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.

Also, for the first time since the original season of the show, the successful project managers would not be exempt from firing the next week, therefore everyone had to do a satisfactory job in order to be safe. The season featured 3 double firings.

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 and the United Kingdom.

Team 1Team 2
Gold RushSynergy
CandidateBackgroundOriginal teamAgeHometownResult
Sean Yazbeck Recruitment consultantSynergy33 London, England Hired by Trump
(6–5–2006)
Lee BienstockBusiness analystGold Rush22 Brooklyn, New York Fired in the season finale
(6–5–2006)
Allie JablonMedical sales managerSynergy30 Columbia, South Carolina Fired in week 13
(5–22–2006)
Roxanne Wilson Appellate attorneySynergy26 Austin, Texas Fired in week 13
(5–22–2006)
Tammy TrentaWealth managerSynergy33 Edison, New Jersey Fired in week 12
(5–15–2006)
Michael LaunganiManagement consultantSynergy29 Chicago, Illinois Fired in week 11
(5–8–2006)
Tarek SaabHi-tech managerGold Rush27 New Bedford, Massachusetts Fired in week 10
(5–1–2006)
Charmaine HuntReal estate consultantGold Rush27 Nashville, Tennessee Fired in week 10
(5–1–2006)
Andrea LakeSticker company ownerSynergy31 San Diego, California Fired in week 9
(4–24–2006)
Leslie BourgeoisRealtorGold Rush28 Houma, Louisiana Fired in week 8
(4–10–2006)
Lenny VeltmanTrading company ownerGold Rush37 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Fired in week 7
(4–10–2006)
Bryce GahaganHome builderGold Rush28 Kansas City, Missouri Fired in week 6
(4–3–2006)
Dan BrodyClothing company ownerGold Rush31 Miami, Florida Fired in week 5
(3–27–2006)
Brent BuckmanAttorneySynergy30 Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fired in week 4
(3–20–2006)
Theresa BoutrossPsychotherapistGold Rush36 Barrington, Illinois Fired in week 3
(3–13–2006)
Jose "Pepi" Diaz AttorneySynergy25Miami, FloridaFired in week 2
(3–6–2006)
Stacy SchneiderCriminal defense attorneySynergy38 New York, New York Fired in week 2
(3–6–2006)
Summer Zervos Restaurant ownerGold Rush30 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".

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

SynergyGold Rush
PMAllieTarek
1TammyDan
2AndreaBryce
3MichaelCharmaine
4SeanLeslie
5RoxanneTheresa
6StacyLee
7PepiSummer
8BrentLenny

Weekly results

CandidateOriginal teamWeek 8 teamWeek 11 teamFinal week teamApplication resultRecord as project manager
Sean YazbeckSynergySynergyGold RushSynergyHired by Trump2–0 (win in weeks 6 & 12)
Lee BienstockGold RushGold RushGold RushGold RushFired in the Season Finale3–1 (win in weeks 2, 9, & 13, loss in week 11)
Roxanne WilsonSynergySynergySynergyGold RushFired in week 132–0 (win in weeks 5 & 11)
Allie JablonSynergySynergySynergyFired in week 131–2 (win in week 1, loss in weeks 9 & 13)
Tammy TrentaSynergySynergySynergySynergyFired in week 121–2 (win in week 10, loss in weeks 4 & 12)
Michael LaunganiSynergyGold RushGold RushFired in week 111–0 (win in week 7)
Tarek SaabGold RushGold RushSynergyFired in week 100–1 (loss in week 1)
Charmaine HuntGold RushGold RushFired in week 101–1 (win in week 4, loss in week 10)
Andrea LakeSynergySynergySynergyFired in week 92–0 (win in weeks 3 & 8)
Leslie BourgeoisGold RushGold RushFired in week 80–1 (loss in week 8)
Lenny VeltmanGold RushGold RushFired in week 70–1 (loss in week 7)
Bryce GahaganGold RushFired in week 60–1 (loss in week 6)
Dan BrodyGold RushFired in week 50–1 (loss in week 5)
Brent BuckmanSynergyFired in week 4
Theresa BoutrossGold RushFired in week 30–1 (loss in week 3)
Jose "Pepi" DiazSynergyGold RushFired in week 20–1 (loss in week 2)
Stacy SchneiderSynergyFired in week 2
Summer ZervosGold RushFired in week 1
Elimination Chart
No.Candidate1234567891011121314
1SeanINININININWINININININBRWININ HIRED
2LeeBRWINININBRBRINBRWININLOSEINWINFIRED
3RoxanneININININWININININININWINBRFIRED
4AllieWININININININININLOSEININBRFIRED
5TammyINININLOSEINININININWININFIRED
6MichaelINBRININININWININININFIRED
7TarekLOSEINBRINBRININININFIRED
8CharmaineINININWININININININFIRED
9AndreaININWINININININWINFIRED
10LeslieINININININININFIRED
11LennyBRINBRININBRFIRED
12BryceINININININFIRED
13DanININININFIRED
14BrentINBRINFIRED
15TheresaININFIRED
16PepiINFIRED
17StacyINFIRED
18SummerFIRED
  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

References

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