I couldn't watch the Celebrity Apprentice finale on the original night, because, shock, I was watching the Lost finale. Too much good TV n one night. .
So tonight I am watching it on On Demand. And writing about it as I see it .
The two finalists are Holly and Bret, who are very different. Holly is a very organized, no-nonsense type, and Bret, a rocker. And we all know that Bret has had some very serious medical problems. A brain hemorrhage and a TIA stroke? Good gosh--how frightening.
Watching both of their videos (in real time) I thought both were not as good as they could be. But Bret's was better. It had snap, which is good for a product like "Snapple."
The execs said Bret had the snapple attitude (snappitude) but they would put Holly on their board. They said it was close to a draw and that Trump would have a hard time deciding.
In the boardroom, Trump questioned Bret about choosing a diet Snapple. He said that he never thought diet drinks tasted right, that a diet drink is at a disadvantage I agree. But Bret said it is an exploding brand.
Trump asked why Holly didn't use Maria in her video, to use her celebrity to get better attention. (Trump said he thought Maria was beautiful.) Curtis, the chef, on her team helped create a very tasty drink.
Tropirocka was the name of Bret's drink--cool! Bret incorporated himself into the brand. was the name of Holly's drink.
Exec's thought Bret's label was too dark and it would get lost on a grocery shelf. Bret said it was bold.
Holly said her label was better, and Trump agreed. But Trump said he liked the inside of Bret's advertising materials better.
Summer Sanders thought Bret was very creative, Ivanka asked Summer if she wanted Holly to win (they are BFF, but Summer is on Bret's team). Trump asked Summer who she wanted to win. She chose Bret. Bret said he knew her heart was with Holly, but that her hard work was with his project. Trump and his son said it took too long for Summer to say that Bret was a good project manager, so they wondered if she really meant it.
Trump got advice from the first apprentice Bill Rancic and Joan Rivers. Joan talked about the two candidates--Holly, who was coming from the standpoint of a mother with a child with autism, and Bret, who came back from death's door to be at the finale.
Bill Rancic said that Holly has raised more money than any other apprentice member. Joan Rivers said she chose Bret. Rod (the fired ILL gov) said it was a matter of the head vs. the heart, but don't fire Bret, he said.
Bret's father, in the audience wears a bandanna on his forehead too--too funny! Very emotional to see Bret walk out onto the set and hugging everyone. Bret's doctors didn't want him to be there. Trump asked Bret if he was risking his life to be on the show. Bret said it seems like anymore he is just risking his life by standing up.
Holly said there was no animosity between she and Bret. "We all love you Bret," she said. It is Bretmania, she said. But I still did a good job, she said.
Trump asked Bret if he thought he was going to get a synpathy vote. Bret said that after looking at Holly in her hot dress, that he would definitely take a sympathy vote.
Trump said they both came here for personal reasons: Bret for the diabetes association, and Holly for autism. Holly said families struggle to pay for autism treatment. My son will be fine, she said. She is fighting for families who can't afford to pay for their treatment. Holly during the show had already raised more than $300,000 for her charity.
Cyndi Lauper sang, "I am just your fool."(A song that sounds way too country for Cyndi, IMHO.)
Holly making her case--what can I do if I get on the show? Talk about autism, which affects so many children, and I am not as mean as I seemed on the show! She found her extreme determination and she came to play.
Bret: I came to win, to make awareness for diabetes. But I didn't have to cut anyone's throat to do that.
Don (Trump's son) said he was not surprised to see Holly at the finale, but had never thought he would see Bret there.
Tension mounts......Drum roll. Who will become the Celebrity Apprentice? One good point, Snapple will match the prize, so both charities win $250,000. So in that way, no one loses. But Trump still has to choose the CA.
Trump says Bret has proven that he is really brave.
Final showdown: TRUMP FIRED HOLLY! Or actually, he said Bret was hired. (Of course I knew that already since the finale first aired last Sunday.)
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