Why do we love The Apprentice so much? Sure, it’s an award-winning show, but what makes it worthy of a water cooler? The Apprentice is a group of tough young entrepreneurs, all from drastically different backgrounds, gracefully climbing over one another to reach the next rung of the ladder, all the while managing to keep designer suits pressed, champagne flutes raised, the rock. -cut abs and a pencil well tucked into an elegant updo.
Perhaps seeing these hugely popular series for the first time, the hope is that the most worthy, honorable, hard-working guy will rise to the top of the heap. She or he may not win every battle, but with her head held high, she holds a steady course until the latest episode sees our hero in the shining and well-deserved moment. Yes. That’s a good picture. Of course, these candidates (they are candidates, friends, not “contestants”), although young, are already doing well in their respective industries. For the most part, they are earning a good salary even before they are cast on the show. Debra Barr, former candidate in The Apprentice UKHe was earning fifty thousand pounds in the digital media industry, prior to his appearance on the reality show.
Do we watch the show because we want to watch and take notes from some of the world’s most respected entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs? There is certainly no shortage of sage advice; there are plenty of reminders of common sense coming from the stars of shows. But let’s be real here: We see the trainee for the extreme and passionate drama. And who faithfully brings the drama, week after week? The villains do, of course.
It’s no secret that television audiences will faithfully flock to see a reprimand, an undeserved slight, or a stubborn, unconscious stance to support an obviously bad idea. From Ben, Debra and Katie from the Trainee United KingdomFor Omarosa, a legend on the American version of the show, the candidates and their extreme Type A toughness rarely disappoint. Nor, indeed, do our intrepid leaders, the stars of the show, disappoint. Voted the seventh scariest celebrity on TV in a 2006 Radio Times poll, Sir Sugar Alan continues a proud tradition of hosting Apprentice, taking brutal honesty to a whole new level.
Yes, Apprentice Bad Guys have become larger-than-life embodiments of everything we aspire to and everything we hate about the road to success. This, obviously, is a formula that works. The Apprentice franchise has been adopted around the world. Since the success of the original in New York, we’ve seen Martha Stewart’s Connecticut-based production, the hugely popular Apprentice UK, and even an Irish edition, starring Bill Cullen.