The Apprentice
The Apprentice | |
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Created by | Mark Burnett |
Original work | The Apprentice |
Owner | MGM Television |
Years | 2004–present |
Films and television | |
Television series | The Apprentice (independent international versions, see below) |
Miscellaneous | |
Genre | Reality talent game show |
First aired | 8 January 2004 |
Distributor | Fremantle |
The Apprentice is a
Created by U.S.-based British producer Mark Burnett, the show depicts contestants from around the country with various professional backgrounds in an elimination-style competition to become an apprentice to a businessman. The show was originally hosted by real estate magnate and future U.S. president Donald Trump, who was also one of the producers. Burnett developed the show after previous success in bringing Survivor to the U.S. Since its premiere, The Apprentice has spawned several licensed international versions as well as unlicensed imitations.
Original series
The U.S. version of The Apprentice is the first version of the reality game show franchise. It was broadcast on NBC and billed as "The Ultimate Job Interview". The show depicted a group of 15–18 businessmen and -women competing in an elimination competition for a one-year, US$250,000 contract to run one of real estate magnate Donald Trump's companies.
The first season aired during the winter and spring of 2004, executive-produced by Mark Burnett, Jay Bienstock, and Trump, who also hosts the show. The show led Trump to become known for his fateful catch phrase "You're Fired!". The theme song for the show is "For the Love of Money" by The O'Jays, and other themes and underscore are written by composers Mark T. Williams and Jeff Lippencott of Ah2 Music.
During Donald Trump's reign over the show, the contestants lived communally in a suite at
In June 2015, Trump announced his campaign
International versions
There are currently over 70 winners of the format, the first being Bill Rancic of the United States.
Overview
- Currently airing
- An upcoming airing
- Status unknown
- No longer airing
Area | Name | Host | Channel | Catchphrase | Winners |
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Global | The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition | Chatri Sityodtong | AXN Asia | You're not the "ONE"! | S1, 2021: Jessica Ramella[7] |
AU | The Apprentice Africa | Biodun Shobanjo |
S1, 2008: Isaac Dankyi-Koranteng | ||
Asia | The Apprentice Asia | Tony Fernandes | Asia | You're fired! | Jonathan Allen Yabut
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Middle East and North Africa | الإدارة جدارة Al Idara Jadara |
Mohamed Ali Alabbar
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LBC | S1, 2005: Cancelled | |
Australia | The Apprentice Australia |
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Nine | You're fired! | S1, 2009: Andrew Morello |
The Celebrity Apprentice Australia |
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Belgium | De Topmanager | Rob Heyvaert | VT4 | S1, 2006: Claudia Schiepers | |
Brazil | O Aprendiz | Roberto Justus | Record TV
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Você está demitido! | |
João Doria Jr .
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Aprendiz Celebridades | Roberto Justus | S10, 2014: Ana Moser | |||
O Aprendiz | Band | S11, 2019: Gabriel Gasparini | |||
Bulgaria | Звездни стажанти Zvezdni stajanti |
Stefan Sharlopov | Nova TV
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Ти си уволнен! Ti si uvolnen! |
S1, 2016: 100 Kila |
Colombia | El Aprendiz | Jean-Claude Bessudo | Canal Caracol | ¡Estás despedido! | S1, 2006: Kees Stapel |
Czech Republic and Slovakia |
Šéfka | Nora Mojsejová | U mňa si dnes skončil! | S1, 2011: Michal Pilip | |
Denmark | Hyret Eller Fyret | Klaus Riskaer Pedersen | Kanal 5 | Du er fyret | S1, 2005: Louise Holm |
Estonia | Mantlipärija | Armin Karu | TV3
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S1, 2007: Sverre Puustusmaa | |
Finland | Diili | Jari Sarasvuo | MTV3 | Olet vapautettu | S1, 2005: Olli Rikala |
Hjallis Harkimo | Sä saat potkut! |
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France | The Apprentice : Qui décrochera le job ? | Bruno Bonnell | M6 | Vous n'êtes pas prêt ![9] | S1, 2015: Séverine Verdot |
Germany | Big Boss | Reiner Calmund | RTL | Sie haben frei | S1, 2004: Carmen Dohmen |
Georgia | კანდიდატი Kandidati |
Lado Gurgenidze | Rustavi 2 | S1, 2004: Luka Lomaia | |
შეგირდი Shegidi |
Kakha Bendukidze | Imedi | S1, 2011: ? | ||
Greece | Ο Υποψήφιος | Petros Kostopoulos | Alpha TV | S1, 2004: Thanos Marinis | |
Hungary | Az álommeló | Levente Balogh | RTL |
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Indonesia | The Apprentice Indonesia | Peter F. Gontha | Indosiar (2005) | Anda saya pecat |
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TBA | RCTI | ||||
Ireland | The Apprentice | Bill Cullen | TV3 | You are fired! |
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Celebrity Apprentice Ireland | Caroline Downey | S1, 2013: Edele Lynch | |||
Italy | The Apprentice | Flavio Briatore | Sei fuori! |
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Mongolia | Аппрентис Монгол Apprentice Mongolia |
Ganhuyag Chuluun Hutagt | Mongol TV | S1, 2020: Ts. Barkhas[10] | |
Netherlands | De Nieuwe Moszkowicz | Bram Moszkowicz | AVRO | S1, 2005: Nienke Hoogervorst | |
Topmanager Gezocht | BNN | Met jou ga ik niet ondernemen! | S1, 2011: Rogier Berlips | ||
New Zealand | The Apprentice New Zealand | Terry Serepisos | TV2 | S1, 2010: Thomas Ben | |
The Apprentice Aotearoa | Mike Pero | TVNZ 1 | You're fired! | S1, 2021: Vanessa Goodson | |
Norway | Kandidaten | Inger Ellen Nicolaisen | TVNORGE | Du har sparken | S1, 2005: Jeanette Bretteville[11] |
Portugal | Temos Negócio | Leonor Poeiras | TVI | S1, 2015–16: Luís & Rodrigo | |
Russia[12] | Кандидат Kandidat |
Arkady Novikov | TNT | Вы уволены |
S1, 2005: Tatyana Burdelova |
Vladimir Potanin |
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South Africa | The Apprentice: SA | Tokyo Sexwale | SABC3 | You're dismissed! | S1, 2009: Zanele Batyashe & Khomotso Choma |
Magda Wierzycka[13] | |||||
Spain | El Aprendiz | Lluís Bassat | LaSexta | Estás despedido | S1, 2009: Juan Ignacio Lanchares |
Sweden | The Apprentice Sverige | Gunilla von Platen | TV4 | S1, 2022: Tom Flumés | |
Switzerland | Traum Job | Jürg Marquar | SF1 | Sie sind raus | S1, 2005: Martin Bachofner |
Turkey[14] | Çırak | Tuncay Özilhan | Kanal D | Seninle çalışmak istemiyorum! | S1, 2005: Ahmet Isik |
United Kingdom | The Apprentice | Alan Sugar | You're fired! |
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United States | The Apprentice | Donald Trump | NBC | You're fired! |
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The Apprentice: Martha Stewart | Martha Stewart | You just don't fit in! | S1, 2005: Dawna Stone
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The Celebrity Apprentice | Donald Trump | You're fired! |
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The New Celebrity Apprentice | Arnold Schwarzenegger | You're terminated! | S15, 2017: Matt Iseman | ||
Vietnam | Ước mơ của tôi | Phạm Thu Nga | VTV3 | S1, 2007: ? |
Africa
Pan-African
An African version, The Apprentice Africa, is hosted by advertising magnate and co-founder of Insight Communications, Biodun Shobanjo. The Apprentice Africa is based in Lagos, Nigeria. It is aired in Nigeria on (Nigerian Television Authority), Silverbird TV, Super Screen, and MBI Television; Ghana on (TV3); Kenya on (KTN); Uganda on (WBS); and Tanzania (TBC1). It premiered in February 2008. Eighteen contestants on the show come from Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Cameroon, and Republic of Guinea. Owner Patrick E. Isibor and Jajaebu Kamarou.
The maiden edition of The Apprentice Africa was won by Isaac Dankyi-Koranteng, a 31-year-old Sales Manager from Ghana. Isaac beat Eunice Omole, a Nigerian American in a final show that saw most of the evicted contestants supporting the winner. Isaac was hired for Bank PHB Plc and will be assigned special responsibilities, by the Managing Director and CEO of the bank, which include research and development of products, and roll-out strategy for the bank in new markets, with supervision by the Apprentice Africa "CEO", Mr. Biodun Shobanjo.
South Africa
The
Asia
Pan-Asian
The Asian version of The Apprentice was aired on
Indonesia
Media mogul Peter F. Gontha is the host. The show, the first Apprentice spin-off in Asia, started on 3 October 2005, and aired every Monday on 21.30 Western Indonesian Time (GMT +7) on the television station Indosiar. According to the show's official website, the apprentice winner, a 29-year-old male whose name is Fendi Gunawan Liem, will be earning a salary of 600 million rupiahs, equivalent to about US$66,000.
Malaysia
The Apprentice's
Cross-continent
Pan-Arab
Real estate tycoon
Russia
In Russia the show is called Candidate (Russian: Кандидат) and is broadcast on the TNT channel. The first season in 2005 was hosted by restaurant tycoon Arkady Novikov, and the winner, Tatyana Burdelova, was hired as the CEO for one of Novikov's companies. The second season in late summer of 2006 was hosted by the mining, metals, banking and property tycoon Vladimir Potanin. As of January 2007, Potanin's personal wealth is estimated to be $14.2 billion (roughly 369 billion rubles) [1], which makes him the richest host of any version of the show so far. The catchphrase is Вы уволены, or "You are fired".
Candidate failed to attract a Russian audience. British TV producer Peter Pomerantsev credited Russian culture with its failure, writing, "The usual way to get a job in Russia is not by impressing at an interview, but by what is known as blat – 'connections'. Russian society isn't much interested in the hard-working, brilliant young business mind."[17]
Turkey
Turkey's version is hosted by one of that country's most successful businessmen, Tuncay Özilhan the CEO of Anadolu Group. The show is titled Çırak (The Apprentice), and the catchphrase is "Seninle çalışmak istemiyorum!" ("I do not want to work with you"). Ahmet Isik was the winner of the first season.
Europe
Belgium
In Belgium,
Denmark
Hosted by Klaus Riskaer Pedersen in the Danish version. Pedersen's catchphrase is "Du er fyret" ("you're fired"). Louise Holm was hired at the end of the first season.
Estonia
The Estonian version called Mantlipärija was hosted by Armin Karu, the owner of the Olympic Entertainment Group (casinos and hotel chains). It was shown on
Finland
Former talk show host and current consulting firm owner Jari Sarasvuo hosted the Finnish version on MTV3, called Diili (slang term for "deal"). Olli Rikala was the winner of the first season, although his competitor in the final was also hired, as well three of the other competitors. The show was aired in spring 2005.
The second season was shown in Autumn 2009. It was hosted by well-known business entrepreneur and TV personality
Germany
In September 2004, German TV station
From October 2004 to January 2005, German TV station
Ireland
An
The show's first scandal involved Joanna Murphy, one of the contestants. She had been in contact with her family between takes, even though it is forbidden according to the rules of the show. She used the project manager laptop to communicate with her husband, and received his help in the hope of winning a task. Her team had to collect electrical equipment, and this would be recycled. The team with the most equipment won the task. It was exposed that Joanna's family and friends were actually raiding a recycling centre near
The success of the first series has led to a second series being produced, which aired on TV3 in 2009. The winner of the 2009 series was Steve Rayner. He won the show despite admitting on the show that he is a recovering alcoholic and gambler.[26]
Italy
In 2012 and 2013, Sky Italia aired first on Cielo and then on Sky Uno, two seasons of The Apprentice, with Flavio Briatore as main host.
The Netherlands
In 2005, high-profile lawyer
In 2011, a new Dutch adaptation of The Apprentice aired, called Topmanager Gezocht, closely following the BBC format. This time, the series centered around Dutch entrepreneur Aad Ouborg, known mostly for creating and managing the Princess Household Appliances brand. The phrase used by Ouborg to fire contestants is Met jou ga ik niet ondernemen!, which translates as "I'm not going into business with you". Key scenes were filmed in Rotterdam, although the Boardroom scenes take place in a theatre in the city of Breda, which is the city where Ouborg's HQ.
Norway
Produced for network
Spain
The Spanish version of the show, called El Aprendiz, premiered in September 2009 on
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Alan Sugar, founder of electronics company Amstrad, is the boss on The Apprentice in the United Kingdom. He ranks 84th on The Sunday Times Rich List 2007 with an estimated worth of around £973m. His catchphrase is "You're fired". Like the US version, the show also has a narrator, Mark Halliley. It has a very different visual and musical style to the US series, and in keeping with BBC guidelines, features no product placement. In later series, Lord Sugar offers the winner an investment, rather than direct employment.
The show started on 16 February 2005 on
A second series of The Apprentice UK began on Wednesday 22 February 2006, with the winner being Michelle Dewberry, chosen over Ruth Badger.[29]
Series three of The Apprentice UK began on Wednesday 28 March 2007, 'promoted' to the more mainstream BBC One channel because of the series' increasing popularity. The winner was Simon Ambrose who was chosen over Kristina Grimes.[30]
Series four of The Apprentice UK began on Wednesday 26 March 2008 on BBC One and ran for twelve weekly episodes. A record 20,000 applications were received. The winner of the 2008 series was Lee McQueen, having beaten Claire Young, Helene Speight and Alex Wotherspoon in the final, which featured four candidates instead of the usual two. The series peaked at 9.7 million viewers during the last episode, an unprecedented figure for the series.
A spin-off show,
The
The BBC has also screened series 1–5 of the US version (as of winter 2010), being broadcast some considerable time after the original US airing, and in the graveyard slot (11:00 pm onwards).
The television show inspired recreation of the show in form of competitions amongst student enterprise community and in 2013 has launched as a joint event called National Student Apprentice.[31] A number of university societies organised local 'Apprentice Competitions'.
In 2011, the 7th series was broadcast, with one major difference: the candidates would be competing for a £250,000 investment into their business for a 50% equity stake from Lord Sugar. In previous years, the prize was a six-figure job at one of Lord Sugar's companies. It is widely viewed as the reason that the show has continued to air whilst all other international versions have fallen away.
Oceania
Australia
The
The Celebrity Apprentice Australia began screening on the Nine Network in October 2011, with comedian Julia Morris winning the first season. Two more seasons followed. The show did not air in 2014, but returned in 2015 for a fourth season, with singer and model Sophie Monk winning.
New Zealand
The Apprentice New Zealand, initially aired in 2010, was hosted by Terry Serepisos. The show had 14 contestants each vying for the prize of getting a six-figure salary at one of Serepisos' companies. The show began screening on 16 February 2010 on TV2.
The series relaunched in 2021 under the title The Apprentice Aotearoa, hosted by Mike Pero. The relaunched series began screening on 10 May 2021 on TVNZ 1.
South America
Brazil
O Aprendiz, a
Justus returned in 2013 to host the ninth season with a cast of candidates from previous seasons. In late 2013, Rede Record confirmed the first season of Aprendiz Celebridades, a Brazilian version of
After almost five years, the reality show returned again, featuring 18 digital influencers competing for a R$1,000,000.00 cash prize. It was broadcast by
Colombia
The
Similar programs
- The Apprentice: Martha Stewart, a spin-off with Martha Stewart
- The Cut, with Tommy Hilfiger
- Project Runway, with Heidi Klum
- The Assistant, with Andy Dick, an MTV-produced parody.
- The Benefactor, with Mark Cuban of the NBA Dallas Mavericks
- Fire Me...Please/The Sack Race, where contestants try to get fired from their job
- The Law Firm with Roy Black
- My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss, a parody and hoax
- The Rebel Billionaire: Branson's Quest for the Best, with Richard Branson of the Virgin Group
- Ultimate Hustler, with Damon Dash
- I Want to Work for Diddy, with "P. Diddy" Sean Combs
- Tycoon, with Peter Jones
- Dragons' Den
- The Next Internet Millionaire, by Internet entrepreneur Joel Comm
- 50 Cent: The Money and the Power, by 50 Cent
- The Grand Hustle, by T.I.
- The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition, with Chatri Sityodtong
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External links
- Trump not over just yet
- The Apprentice Los Angeles computer game
- The Armchair Apprentice Podcast and Blog Archived 2016-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
- The Apprentice Official Site on Yahoo!
- NBC.com: The Apprentice season 1, season 2, season 3, season 4, season 5, season 6
- NBC.com: The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
- The site for the UK version on the BBC
- The Apprentice UK Blog at Blogger
- The site for the Asia version on the AXN Asia
- The site for the South African version on SABC3
- The site for the German version on RTL Archived 2005-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
- The site for the Colombian version on Canal Caracol
- O Aprendiz – The Brazilian version of The Apprentice (Portuguese language)
- The site for the Finnish version on MTV3
- The site for the Indonesian version
- The site for the Spanish version on La Sexta
- NBCUniversalStore.com Archived 2006-05-09 at the Wayback Machine – NBC's The Apprentice Store
- "Who's the Boss," a theory on how Donald Trump and Martha Stewart were picked to host the two Apprentice shows