The Apprentice

The Apprentice

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                                                             The Apprentice is one of the successful American reality television shows hosted by Donald Trump. There are totally eight seasons from 2004 to 2009, and the seventh and eighth season were competition between celebrities for charity. Except seventh and eighth season, the winner of every season can get the chance to run one of the Donald Trump’s companies. After the pre-selection, all of the constants from different background are about 16-20 people. The contestants were separated into two groups to accomplish the mission every week, and the losing team should gather into a boardroom to face Donald Trump’s decision. After Donald examines the contestants’ performance and their potential, he will choose a person and say the most famous catchphrase in the series of show: “You’re fired.”

      During the competition, Donald Trump expressed his opinion to audiences about what are the key points to be a successful manager: leadership, communication, creativity, position, and social skills, etc. The most important point is whether you will fight back for yourself if the contestants meet the attack. What’s more, the most interesting and attractive point is no matter the team members are good friends or not; after the losing team goes into the boardroom, every team member will become your enemy. The series of reality show can reveals the existence rules in the business world.

      It is no doubt that Donald John Trump successfully promoted his image through the series of show. Donald Trump is the founder and the CEO of the Trump organization, a real-estate developer. Donald Trump also focuses on the casino business. During the 1990’s, he bankrupt under the financial depression; however, until the 2000, he became one of the richest people in the world again. What’s more, Donald Trump has married for three times. His wife Melanija Knavs who showed up in The Apprentice frequently gave birth to a Donald Trump’s fifth children in 2005. Not only his extravagant lifestyle and outspoken manner have made him a celebrity for years, but also he has made appearances as a caricatured version of himself in television series and films. In the apprentice, Donald Trump gave the winning team some great reward and told the contestants consistently that they can own all of the luxury and what they want one day. Indeed, in the series of The Apprentice, the contestants and the audience can see all the luxury which was provided by money, and the contestants tried their best to pursue the dreams. After a period of time of observation, audiences can found out that the winners of every season are always those people who showed themselves at the right time and the right place.

     On a long list of people who were fired by Donald Trump, the most famous one must be the Carolyn Kepcher, who was his good assistant in the competition before. After The Apprentice broadcasted, Carolyn became famous, and she started to have a speech all over the country and wrote the books of how to make money. Because of Carolyn’s fame, Donald Trump thought she couldn’t focus on the business and fired her. To audiences, Carolyn is a woman with calm and competent. Everything seems under her control. As a key player of a boardroom judge, Carolyn always can criticize the contestants directly. After Carolyn’s leaving, Donald Trump began to use his children Don Jr and Ivanka as boardroom judges and he also generously wish Carolyn can get what she want and have a better life.

      The producer of The Apprentice Mark Burnett said the television reality show refers to a group of reality characters to perform in the reality. Not all of the dialogues condition and emotions are true, but it will let the audience integrate the show with their reality lives. The cost of the reality show is much lower that the fiction because the characters and the position are not fictitious because it happens in the reality, and the producer just need to ass some interesting plot to make it more vivid. No matter it is true or not, the things the audiences care about are who the winner of the season is and whether it is true that the winner will get the position of one of the Donald Trump’s companies.