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Karl Puschmann: Is The Apprentice Aotearoa a success or a bankrupt idea?
6 May, 2021 06:00 PM
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Mike Pero (middle) will fire most of these people on The Apprentice Aotearoa, launching Monday at 8:30PM on TVNZ 1.
Mike Pero (middle) will fire most of these people on The Apprentice Aotearoa, launching Monday at 8:30PM on TVNZ 1.
Karl Puschmann is a senior entertainment writer and columnist for the New Zealand Herald.karl.puschmann@nzherald.co.nz@CritiKarl
The original American production of The Apprentice has a lot to answer for. It sold a bankrupt, shyster wheeler-dealer as a business savant with a decisive mind and a supernatural ability to close the deal.
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The business-themed reality series will showcase the entrepreneurs being put through their paces in a series of tasks, before entering the boardroom for what will be the toughest interview process around. The candidates must put together marketing, production and business plans each week based on the task given by Mike Pero and impress to stay in the competition.
Each episode will conclude with a compelling boardroom showdown, as Pero––along with the help of his advisors, Cassie Roma and Justin Tomlinson––evaluate the performances of all of the candidates before deciding which team wins the challenge and who’ll need to return to the boardroom.