Bret Michaels Is Celebrity Apprentice

Rock music front man Bret Michaels, seemingly America's adopted son, has been chosen this season's Celebrity Apprentice. Throughout the season, Michaels warmed over even his critics by coming to work on every task and his dedication to his cause. Michaels was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 6. A series of health problems including a brain hemorage that nearly took his life, did not stop Michaels from attending the live program, which featured all the fired contestants, except for Sharon Osborn and Pro Wrestler Bill Goldberg. former contestant Cyndi Lauper performed a song off her latest album. Michaels beat Holly Robinson, an excellent contestant, who just did not project the needed on-screen ethos that would endure her to the public.

Celebrity Apprentice--It's Bret vs Holly

The contestants are in the suite celebrating the fact that they are still in the game when the phone rings. Trump wants to see the candidates in the boardroom. They return to the boardroom where Trump says that he needs to fire someone right away. He asks everyone who they think should go. The consensus seems to be that it should be Maria. Maria makes a comment about Curtis that Trump finds disgusting, He wastes no time in firing Maria.
The four remaining candidates are Holly Robinson Peete, Curtis Stone, Bret Michaels, and Sharon Osborn. They are about to undergo a rigorous series of interviews with Apprentice Winners Bill Rancik and Joan Rivers. After the interviews Trump refers to the feedback from Rancik and Rivers. He determines that all the candidates are good but he can only take two the final task. He fires Curtis and Sharon. That leaves Bret and Holly to go at it.
The final task is to create a flavor of Snapple, then design a commercial and advertorial to go with it. Whoever does the best job is the new Celebrity Apprentice.

Teams are chosen Bret gets Summer and Daryl Strawberry. Holly gets Curtis and Maria. No rhyme or reason why they got to come back while Cyndi, Sharon, and the like had to call it a game.

While Holly (a somewhat abrasive candidate) looks like the early favorite. There is little doubt that most of the viewers will be pulling for Bret.

Celebrity Apprentice--The Requsite Apartment Fix-Up

The challenge is as old as the show itself. This week's task was for the teams, once again realigned, to fix up a two bedroom corporate apartment. Once again, Trump decides to realign the teams. Sharon and Maria last week spoke of their dislike for Curtis Stone, so Trump decides to put Curtis on their team, Bret goes to team Tenacity--a recipe for disaster if their ever was one. Control freak, Holly is Tenacity's PM. Sharon takes the reigns of the new Rock Solid.
Rock Solid continues to run smoothly in spite of or maybe because of the addition of Curtis. Sharon has a good idea of what corporate people want in their apartment. With the two most unique candidates, pop star Cyndi and Rock Star Bret, Holly is going crazy, but actually it is Holly who makes some unwise decisions on how to decorate. In the boardroom, I was hoping that Holly would be fired, but Trump considers Cyndi unmanageable and give her walking papers.

Celebrity Apprentice-- Another New Trump

Amongst the Rogue's Gallery of characters that make up the contestants, Olympic Swimmer Summer Sanders was the least exciting. Which means of course, she was probably the only one of the bunch that you really would consider hiring. In this competition, for the most part, she brought very little in the way of skill or management, a follower at best, bad TV at worst.

Last week, little Baron Trump was introduced to the viewing nation. This week, a Trump that I had not heard of, Eric (pictured above), would sit at a chair in the boardroom. I was totally unaware that this Trump even existed.

This week's task was to do a series of radio spots for Clockwork Home Services, a company that features fast home repair. Clockwork Homes Services consists of three companies, one of which was Ben Franklin Plumbing. This was a little odd because Ben was mostly associated with Electricity, but that's Mr. Sparky Electricians, and finally there is One Hour Heating And Air Conditioning.

Both teams were told to lay off the humor. Bret Michaels is project manager for Rock Solid, now with more girls than guys. That of course does not bother Bret. Tenacity, with Summer as project manager, takes a straight forward aproach, Bret on the other hand is going to be Bret. He makes references to the cliches about plumbers knowing that it could cost the team a victory and lead to his firing. The thing is that Bret does radio spots really well and Rock Solid wins the task.

Summer brings Cyndi and Curtis into the boardroom, abrasive Holly gets to go back to the Suite. Summer does nothing to defend herself as everyone on the team thinks that she should be fired. It leaves Trump no choice but to fire her.

Celebrity Apprentice--The Realignment

I cannot kid you, this was a rather difficult episode to watch. The vibrant Bret Michaels, who in spite of his goofiness, has been a spot-on contestant, is now in a hospital fighting for his life, but let's move on.

The teams gather on what seems to be Trump's rooftop, where his youngest son is taking a few golf swings. Immediately, I wonder if young Baron is going to be sitting in on the boardroom replacing either his brother or sister.

Rock Solid has only two members left, so Trump mixes up the teams so Sharon and Maria go to Rock Solid and Curtis goes to Tenacity. This works out well as Sharon had grown weary of the bickering Tenacity team. She teams up with Bret and women's wrestler Maria. The team gels right away. No sooner are the teams announced when Cyndi Lauper announces that for the second time, she will have to be absent for a task. Once is understandable, but twice shows a lack of committment in my opinion.
The task was to set up an exercise class for "24 Hour Fitness", it was a two prong task. First was to come up with an original idea, which Rock Solid nailed with a Rock Concert theme. The other was to raise the most money, which Tenacity did. Trump was pleased with both efforts and nobody was fired.

Celebrity Apprentice--Bret Michaels Stricken

By now you probably have heard that Bret Michael has been hospitalized with a brain hemorrhage, Barers Of Maple Valley wishes a full recovery. Michaels, of course is appearing on this season's Celebrity Apprentice. Since entire show, save the final episode, is prerecorded, he will continue to appear.