This week’s task was to host a charity auction for the Ivanka Trump jewelry line. The event consisted of a runway show where models showed off the jewelry during a live auction. The team to raise the most money would be declared winner.
Unfortunately, we did not raise the most money, and we lost. Mr. Trump and Ivanka thought that one of the main reasons we lost was because the selected jewelry was not visible enough from the runway. And because I was in charge of picking the jewelry, I was the one to go. I found that choosing the jewelry was extremely difficult because all of Ivanka’s jewelry designs are stunning.
Our strategy was to put all of our money behind the least expensive piece of jewelry to make the greatest profit. We knew we would have to raise at least $100k in just one day in order to have a chance against Annie Duke. I must say that Annie is an amazing fundraiser! That said, the jewelry was insignificant because we were putting all of our money on one item.
Another fun moment was my attempt to get a rival poker player of Annie’s to fundraise for me, rather than for Annie. It was all in good fun. I almost had it pulled off with Phil Hellmuth, until Annie caught word. She was infuriated!! She was yelling in the room next to us and I knew she was would be coming my way shortly. Her reaction was exactly what I had hoped, and she was extremely upset.
While in the board room that night, I was sure that Clint Black would be fired. I thought he should have been fired last week, and I thought that this week was possibly his time. I also thought it might be Joan, because she was the project manager, and we did lose the task by $150k. In the end, even though I was the second leading fundraiser on our team, I ended up being fired. I did, however, feel that it was the nicest way I could have been fired.
As I mentioned in the episode, it is really challenging for me to fundraise. I had great support from sponsors and friends throughout the show. My favorite part of this episode was seeing how much money 8 people could raise in a single auction. It was pretty incredible that overall, there was more than $350k raised in one night! Amazing! One of the things I love most about this show is that with each task, everyone worked to raise money for charity.
So don’t stop watching the show. There are only a few episodes left and there’s a good chance I’ll come back before the season ends. I really had a good experience on the show. I loved raising money for charity, enjoyed the tasks, and getting to know the people on the show.
Bye for now to Celebrity Apprentice viewers – I hope you’ll continue to keep up with my LGPA and Team McGladrey activities!
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After a wild episode last week and watching 2 contestants get fired, although they didn’t fail on the task, who knew what was in store for this week’s episode!
This week’s task was to come up with a point-of-sale display and marketing campaign for Life Lock. Life Lock is a company that deals with identity theft, one of the nation’s fastest growing crimes. We had less than a day to create an in-store display, prepare a presentation and present our campaign to the Life Lock executives. I stepped up to be project manager of team KOTU. Unfortunately we were not able to change the name!
I was excited to be the project manager in hopes of keeping my team away from the boardroom and securing a win. I was also looking forward to having the opportunity to win money for my charity, The Boys & Girls Clubs of America. I felt that my biggest challenge would be to repair the relationship between Clint and Joan. We were off and running and the team was getting along beautifully. I decided to separate the group because I was still nervous about the volatile relationship of Clint and Joan. I sent Herschel and Clint to create the display, while Joan and I worked on the presentation, imaging for display, and the take aways.
This was a really challenging task because we had to make an intangible service (the service of Life Lock’s protection) into a tangible display that people could then buy off the shelf. I was really excited about our product, idea, and give aways. With very few set backs, we presented a great presentation to the Life Lock executives. We were judged on brand, messaging, originality and presentation. I know from my partnership with RSM McGladrey how important these things are, so I felt up to the challenge. Of course, we didn’t know the results until we went to the boardroom.
We won! Phew! I was thrilled to win $20,000 dollars for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. I was also excited that the team was working well together again!
It was sad to watch Brian McKnight get fired. I really enjoyed getting to know him throughout the show and am a huge fan of his music.
The end of the show brought a twist that no one expected! Exhausted at 11pm, we were pulled back into the boardroom for the next task. We knew we were going to have to pull an all-nighter, as if we weren’t tired enough. Here we go again!
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Celebrity Apprentice was crazy last week when Donald Trump inexplicably did not fire Clint Black for his video. Clint Black put the rather silly, rather unfunny video together with virtually no input from his teammates and was rejected by the All detergent execs for its suggestive nature.
I wonder what you think really happened? My suspicion is the producers needed to get rid of two dead wood personalities (sorry, T-Boz and Khloe) and keep the clashing of Joan Rivers-Clint Black going a while longer.
This week, Sunday’s episode focused on the two Rivers and poker player the outspoken Annie Duke. And since the first challenge was kinda boring (and eliminated the uninspired Brian McKnight), the second hour contained another challenge, a fashion show/fundraiser featuring Ivanka Trump’s jewelry.
The fireworks started during the boardroom of the first challenge, in which the two teams created a point-of-sale display for an identity theft program Lifelock.
Both teams did a good job but Natalie Gulbis‘ team, with Joan Rivers, Herschel Walker and Clint Black, was far more creative in it’s packaging. The lone drawback, the display didn’t hold the item they were selling.
Clint Black and Joan Rivers got along during the first challenge after clashing last week. Very strange but not unexpected as they probably received some feedback that they looked a little silly.
Joan Rivers contention was that Annie Duke was going to take down Playboy Playmate Brande Roderick in the boardroom for being lame and not so smart but instead Annie Duke let Rivers’ daughter Melissa be the one facing the ire of Donald Trump.
During the fashion show challenge, Annie Duke strangely became cutsie with Brande Roderick, who was slef indulged by this particular task and was even going to be a model during the show. Melissa Rivers was extremely jealous.
Natalie Gulbis came up with the amazing thought “it’d be great to get one of Duke’s poker rivals to show up at the fashion show and buy jewelry for the Joan Rivers team.” Joan Rivers was very excited that Natalie Gulbis was willing to go in the “gutter” with her and show some spunk.
The two hour Celebrity Apprentice ended with a twist. Last year’s winner Piers Morgan will help out Donald Trump to oversee the two teams, noting that Jesse James hasn’t raised any money and Melissa is a bit of a drama queen and isn’t well liked. It will be interesting just how much more competitive Morgan can make both teams.
I look for Natalie Gulbis to get very high marks if she can help pull off another win with her great idea!
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What a wild episode!!! The task was to create a 60 second video for All detergent. The episode started with Donald Trump switching up the teams. I was moved from Team Athena, where we enjoyed much success, to Team KOTU (the boys' team), which stands for Kings of the Universe. What a ridiculous name! Although I wasn't thrilled to be moved to a new team, we had work to do.
Our project manager was Clint Black. I really enjoyed my time with Clint. He would break out his acoustic guitar and play old rock-and-roll hits, or whatever we requested (he's also an avid golfer, by the way, which meant he and I had a lot in common). As a project manager, however, he was a nightmare. He shot, starred, edited and produced the "Untitled" video that our team presented to the All executives. It was a mess! I was surprised that the All executives disliked Team Athena's video, which I thought was very funny, especially Jesse James. In the end, both teams wound up losing, and one member from each team was set to be fired. I have learned from my experience with Team McGladrey, that with the right team, anything is possible. For this particular task, however, we apparently didn't have the "right team."
Tboz was up first for the firing squad. She was fired due to volunteering. Team KOTU was next, and Clint Black decided to bring Khloe and me back to the board room. I was really mad that he didn’t choose to bring Joan back, as those two were at each other the entire task. Clint even said at one point that he thought he was going home, and that he was tired of fighting with Joan. Well, it turned out that Clint didn't get fired, although in my opinion, he was clearly at fault and deserved to go. In the end, Donald spared him and fired Khloe. I thought that wasn't the best decision, because he fired her for something she had done that didn't relate at all to her performance on the show. Clint Black was project manager for the task, therefore, he should have been held accountable for the team's performance. I know it's reality TV, which can be unpredictable and unfair, but Khloe wasn't the reason Team KOTU lost the task.
You can now be sure that in the episodes going forward, there are no rules, and anything can happen!
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