The Apprentice Asia season 1

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The Apprentice Asia
Season 1
No. of contestants12
Winner Jonathan Allen Yabut
No. of episodes11
Release
Original network AXN Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Philippines, Thailand)
TV3 (Malaysia)
DZBB-7 (Philippines)
Mediacorp Channel 5/HD5 (Singapore)
MCOT HD (Thailand)
TVB Pearl (Hong Kong, Macau)
SINDOtv (Indonesia)
Original release22 May (2013-05-22) 
31 July 2013 (2013-07-31)
List of episodes

The first season of The Apprentice Asia aired in the summer and fall of 2013. It featured 12 candidates.

Contents

After the last show, Tony Fernandes hired contestant Jonathan Allen Yabut of the Republic of Philippines, a senior product manager. Andrea Loh Ern-Yu, a civil-and-commercial litigation lawyer, of Singapore was the runner-up. [1] [2] Yabut beat eleven finalists, winning a one-year contract and a six-figure salary job in Fernandes' airline, AirAsia. [3]

Summary

This season was hosted by magnate Tony Fernandes, who was later joined by Mark Lankester, CEO of the Tune Hotels’ Group, Rob Jesudason, finance executive, and Kathleen Tan, CEO of Expedia Asia. The role of the hosts in this show is to analyze what went wrong with the contestants' strategies and business outcomes, and to determine which team member of the losing team should be "fired" from the show. [4] [5]

The season started with 12 contestants, six men and six women from across Asia. All of the participants had been successful in various enterprises, including restaurant management, IT, and sales. During the show, the contestants lived communally in a suite in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where they were divided into two teams based on their gender. Each week, Fernandes assigned the teams a task. Each team selected a "project manager" to lead them in the week's assigned task. The winning team received a reward, while the losing team faced a boardroom showdown with Fernandes and two of his associates in order to determine which team member would be fired. Elimination proceeded in two stages. In the first stage, Fernandes confronted the losing team and required the week's project manager to select two additional team members which the project manager believed were most responsible for the loss. The rest of the team was dismissed (allowed to go back up to the suite, because they were safe to stay for the next round), and the project manager and the two other selected members faced a final confrontation several minutes later in which Fernandes fired one of the three.

Candidates

Initially both teams, or "corporations", were divided by their gender.

Color key
ContestantAgeBackgroundOriginOriginal TeamsWeek 3 TeamsWeek 5 TeamsResultEpisode Date
Jonathan Allen Yabut [6] 27 [4] Senior Manager [4] Philippines MavericksMavericksMavericksHired by Fernandes(Finale)July 31, 2013
Andrea Loh Ern-Yu [7] 25 [7] Lawyer [7] Singapore ApexMavericksMavericksFired (Finale)July 31, 2013
Alexis Lothar Bauduin29Company Director China MavericksMavericksApexFired (Week 9)July 17, 2013
Samuel Rufus Nallaraj37Company Vice-President India MavericksMavericksApexFired (Week 9)July 17, 2013
Dian Krishna Mukti [8] 36Homemaker & Miss Universe Indonesia 2003 [8] Indonesia ApexApexMavericksFired (Week 8)July 10, 2013
Celina Le Neindre [6] 30 [4] F&B Consultant [4] Philippines ApexApexApexFired (Week 7)July 3, 2013
Nazril Idrus [9] 38Financial Coach [9] Malaysia MavericksMavericksMavericksFired (Week 6)June 26, 2013
Nik Aisyah Amirah Binti Mansor [10] 25 [10] Auditor [10] Malaysia ApexApexApexFired (Week 5)June 19, 2013
Ningku Lachungpa [11] 29 [11] Company Director [11] India ApexApexFired (Week 4)June 12, 2013
Dussadee Oeawpanich35Restaurateur Thailand ApexApexQuit (Week 3)June 5, 2013
Hanzo Ng Kian Tat34Business Owner Malaysia MavericksFired (Week 2)May 29, 2013
Hendy Setiono [12] 30 [12] Founder & CEO F&B Company [12] Indonesia MavericksFired (Week 1)May 22, 2013

Elimination table

Elimination chart
No.CandidateTask Number
12345678910
1JonathanINBRINININLOSEINBRINHIRED
2AndreaININWINININININLOSEINFIRED
3-4AlexisBRININWINBRINLOSEINFIRED
SamuelINLOSEININLOSEINBRWINFIRED
5DianINININBRINBRWINFIRED
6CelinaININLOSEBRINWINFIRED
7NazrilBRINININWINFIRED
8NikWININBRINFIRED
9NingkuININBRFIRED
10DussadeeINWINQUIT
11HanzoINFIRED
12HendyFIRED
References [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [1] [22]
Color keys

Episodes

Episode 1: Get Ready for Sharp Suits and Even Sharper Claws

Episode 2: Hollywood Dreams, Lots of Sukling, and a Boardroom Battle. Meow.

Episode 3: The Hand, the Clueless Local, and the Shocking Twist

Episode 4: Coffee Can Be A Challenge

Episode 5: One Befuddled Nash; One Distrusted Sam; And Winners and Losers

Episode 6: Tony. Loses. It.

Episode 7: They Rap! They Beat-box! They Make Girls Cry!

Episode 8: An Immature Girl, A Scheming Man, And A Fake Tony Fernandes!

Episode 9: And Then, There Were Two.

Episode 10: Bonnie And Clyde Organize A Charity Ball

Episode 11 (Finale): An Apprentice Is Chosen

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