The Apprentice Season 1

Synopsis

The season started with 16 contestants, eight men and eight women from around the United States. Each had been successful in various enterprises, including real estate, restaurant management, political consulting, and sales. During the show, the contestants lived communally in a suite at Trump Tower in Manhattan, located on the fourth floor. Elimination took the form of one contestant being "fired" by Trump at the conclusion of each week's episode.

Main Cast

Donald Trump

Self

Age : N/A | Popularity : 100%

Carolyn Kepcher

Self - Donald Trump's Aide

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

George H. Ross

Self - Donald Trump's Aide

Age : 97 | Popularity : 1%

Bill Rancic

Self - Candidate

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Kwame Jackson

Self - Candidate

Age : N/A | Popularity : 6%

Amelia Henry

Self - Candidate

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Nick Warnock

Self - Candidate

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Troy McClain

Self - Candidate

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Episodes

Episode 1

08 January 2004 - Meet the Billionaire

Starting with seed money of $250, purchase supplies and sell lemonade on the streets of New York.

Episode 2

15 January 2004 - Sex, Lies and Altitude

Both teams are to design an advertising campaign to sell private jet service, which they must pitch to the owner of the company and Donny Deutsch.

Episode 3

21 January 2004 - Respect

The teams are given a scavenger list of items which they are required to purchase during the day at the lowest possible total price.

Episode 4

29 January 2004 - Ethics Schmethics

The teams are required to collectively manage the Planet Hollywood restaurant in Times Square on successive evenings, with the performance judged by the increase in profits over the same day the previous year.

Episode 5

05 February 2004 - Trading Places

Starting with seed money, the teams are required to purchase items and sell them at the greatest profit return at an open-air flea market.

Episode 6

12 February 2004 - Tit for Tat

This week's task is to raise money for charity at a Sotheby's celebrity auction. The teams are told to sign up celebrities for an auction to benefit the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.

Episode 7

19 February 2004 - Dupe-lex

The teams must restore and rent out apartments.

Episode 8

26 February 2004 - Ice Escapades

Both teams sell bottled water called "Trump Ice" with Donald Trump's photo on each bottle.

Episode 9

04 March 2004 - DNA, Heads and the Undead Kitty

This week's task is to pick one artist from an array of controversial and strange painters, sculptors, and other kinds of artists. Then they must sell this art in a showing at a gallery. Protégé picks a surrealist artist named Meghan Boody, while Versacorp sticks with a more mainstream artist named Andrei Petrov, who specializes in abstract paintings.

Episode 10

11 March 2004 - Wheeling and Dealing

The teams take over a pedicab shift. Protégé Corporation sells prepaid punch cards, modeled after Troy's phased-sales plan that was the winner on the Trump Ice task. Versacorp sells advertising on the rickshaws that they ride.

Episode 11

18 March 2004 - A Look Back

Recap of first ten weeks, along with previously unaired footage.

Episode 12

25 March 2004 - Circus, Circus

The teams head to Atlantic City, New Jersey where they will be responsible for registering gamblers at the Trump Taj Mahal Resort and Casino. The team whose registered gamblers wager the most money wins.

Episode 13

01 April 2004 - The Price is Height

This week's task is to rent out a luxurious penthouse for one evening at Trump World Tower for no less than $20,000 for one night.

Episode 14

08 April 2004 - Down to The Wire

Face an interview with four of Trump's executives. Two people will be fired.

Episode 15

15 April 2004 - Season Finale

The final two contestants face off for the job opportunity of a lifetime.

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