As the least dramatic person left, Dayana finally found herself being fired in The Celebrity Apprentice 5 Episode 11.
Teresa thinks she’s Lisa’s next target. After all, she needs somebody to pick on.
This week’s task is to create a 4 page print ad campaign to promote a touch screen hair dryer. It would be nice to have Dayana here. They will be judged on brand messaging, print ad campaign, and overall pitch.
Lisa and Teresa are the project managers.
Because Farooq loved Aubrey, Teresa will be going for the redhead since presumably that’s what Aubrey’s hair color is supposed to be. They also decide on a guy they want. Lisa and Clay have no preference.
They must negotate for models. Teresa reveals all her cards at the start of the meeting. This leads to Lisa pretending that she really wants all the same models. It could be argued that Lisa’s unnecessarily being a bitch, but Teresa just performed poorly at this negotiation. In the end, Teresa got two of the four people she wanted, while Lisa lost nothing because she really didn’t care as long as she got all women, not two guys like she forced Teresa to accept.
For all the drama, the reality is that none of these models are going to either make or break this task.
Aubrey has an idea. She wants to hire her favorite model. Aubrey. Ironically, when their redheaded model that they wanted so badly arrives, she’s blonde, so they send her home.
Lisa’s team has gone with a theme of women being more than what they are on the outside, a concept that may be difficult to portray on paper in 4 pages. The other team has a futuristic theme in which their models are in yoga poses to go along with the Chi brand.
On both teams, it’s difficult to tell who’s the project manager, as neither team leader seems to be managing anything.
After the presentation, Aubrey informs us, as usual, that she did everything, so if they lose, it’s not her fault.
The executives thought Teresa’s team had a lot of passion, and Arsenio was great for a hairless guy. They didn’t think the ad pointed out the features, they didn’t think the photos were really Elle, and they thought Teresa was awkward during the presentation.
As far as the other team, they had a lot of information, paid attention to both the Elle and Chi audiences, and they liked the back cover with the tomboy look. However, the clothing was a bit dated, and the presentation lacked passion.
Based on the feedback, it’s pretty obvious who won this. Lisa’s team wins, and she receives $100,000 for her charity.
Teresa would fire Arsenio because he did not do much work. Arsenio responds with the same criticism to her. For a change, Aubrey can just sit there and keep her mouth shut, while these two argue with each other.
Since the executives loved Aubrey and Arsenio, Teresa is fired.
After the boardroom, they are called right back to the boardroom. It’s interview time with John Rich and Marlee Matlin. After that, two people will be fired. I suspect one of Aubrey and Lisa will survive unscathed, but they will be split up as they should have been weeks ago due to their very bad creative concepts and general mean spiritedness.
Marlee thought Aubrey was nervous, but she can identify with her charity. John thinks she’s a chess player, who’s a little green.
Marlee feels Clay is sweet and genuine, but she wonders whether he’s a leader or a follower. They both give him a hard time for only being project manager twice.
John likes Arsenio’s energy, though he can be a little out of control. Marlee can see his passion about his charity.
Lisa talks a lot and comes on strong, and she can’t control her emotions. John can appreciate her toughness because she had to travel a lot like he does.
Due to her lack of emotional control, Lisa has been fired.
One more person will be fired. Next week.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Celebrity Apprentice 5 Episode 13, which airs Sunday at 9/8c on NBC.