I am not sure Annie has earned it as much as she was smarter......remember she deliberately refused to be PM until she was called out for it by Ivanka.......then she won.....but there was less competition...so she let others be the PM and let them crash & burn......early on....Melissa & Brande came up with the ideas and worked harder......

I got the impression this whole season that Clint Black was an inflexible control freak, and it finally bit him.

As far as the final 2, the "interview" w/ Piers was a joke. I feel like he totally just came back & told DT what he knew DT wanted to hear, which was to pick Joan & Annie. It will probably make better ratings.

I'm sorry to see Jesse & Brande go, though. He seems like a genuine, decent guy, and she seems like a decent person who is smarter than people give her credit for (spelling faux pas notwithstanding--I mean, read 1/2 the episode recaps on this website and these people are professional "writers".)

I know he's always had an issue with direction....but Annie/Brande didn't mention the pouch packaging or the product name as many times.........it seemed the execs liked the comedy of Clint's better......

Both Jingles were actually really good! I liked Clint's because it was short, simple and would easily get caught in my head(Plus I personally like the country music aspect).
Annie's was good too though! Still pretty catchy, and it just included more... the right team definitely won the task... plus their radio spot was better in the sense it was more professional. Joan's voice on the radio ad sounded like they were selling a meal replacement or something like that!
And it was fair to see Clint get fired, as PM there really wasn't any out for him.

Now as for the Final 4 interviews and such... I'm not really a fan of Joan making it to the final 4, I personally liked both Brande and Jesse much more. Jesse seemed just way too reserved, he needs to start speakin up a little bit, but on the other hand, the guy has a very successful business and if this were the REAL apprentice he would easily kick everyone's ass!
Brande was probably most deserving to be in final 2 besides Annie. She was successful on most tasked, worked well with pretty much everyone, and was able to raise the appropriate funds to help her team win many times.

Joan should not be in the final 2, she's rude and has been extremely trashy towards Annie the entire time. I honestly cannot see her winning at all! That being said... the finale is going to be one of the dirtiest, most messed up things on TV! She is going to be so petty and rude, that it will just make it worth watching.

As for Annie... there was absolutely no way she wasn't going to make it into the finale! Her track record was great, her fundrasing superb, and she knows how to play The Game(as she stated to Piers). I have a feeling that she will win by a landslide, and if she doesn't, and Joan somehow wins, that will be a HUGE must see shocker.

But they did. They mentioned the convenience of the pouch and all other packaging in the 30 second ad that they did with the two soccer moms.[/quote]


I told the wife as soon as Clint's jingle sounded country (of course it was a natural for Clint to go that way) to a limited audience, Annie's team would win...they may have won anyway as they did a heck of a job and I'm not a Annie fan...I would have been, but tired of her I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, me, me, me, me, me, week after week!!!

It was pathetic how she went on about how the odds were greatly in Clint's favor!

I'll be pulling for Joan for that reason. If Annie wins, she'll certainly have billboards installed worldwide that read...I, I, I, I, I, I, I, etc., etc!

I finally had some time to catch up on Apprentice...

First of all, I did like both Jingles and was surprised by how well Annie and Brande did after their rough start. In the end I had to agree with the executives choice though; their jingle was a bit more catchy.

What did bother me was Annie's ego - again. I completely agree with Carnac about the I, I, I stuff being so annoying. She does not give enough credit to her partners and others on the task, and in this case Brande, who we saw working side by side with her throughout the task. In the final task she'll be asked to work on a significantly bigger project and is she going to do it all? Or just take credit for doing it all when it's over?

I hope Joan ultimately wins. I just can't stand any more of Annie. Having said that, I think Annie's chances of winning are quite good.

But they did. They mentioned the convenience of the pouch and all other packaging in the 30 second ad that they did with the two soccer moms.

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Well...there was something they didn't do enough of that Donald mentioned that the execs said was lacking.......either way....it comes down to preference....

That's what bothered me string as well.....the I, I, I stuff......