“I was just on the floor crying,” she said. Being that little bit extra is something that helped propel Goodson to her eventual win, with CEO Mike Pero praising her “infectious charisma”.
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Vanessa Goodson is named the winner of The Apprentice Aotearoa It drove her candidacy right from the beginning. Unfamiliar as she was with the format, “I went into the interview [to be on the show] and I just rambled, and had the best time talking about myself, and my business plans, my dreams, and all of that. The savvy and sure-headed businesswoman wrapped up in bubbly packaging became Goodson’s persona on the show and, she said, it’s all real.
Cassie Roma watches. (Photo: TVNZ)
1) Mike Pero does a new ‘you’re fired’ point every week
For weeks, speculation has been rife about the Pero point. How many variants are there? Is there a plastic hand involved? Why is it sometimes a jab motion and other times a swing motion? “First thing first: it’s a new point every week,” said Roma, who also confirmed there was some initial workshopping. “The first week we were asking ‘do we bring it over the top with the point, or do we do a rainbow arc? Do you use your elbow and pivot down?’” Another huge scoop: there was initially a prop involved. “Mike has this pen that looks like a sword, and at first he wanted to use the pen, but the contestants were terrified. So he put the pen down.”
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“I was terrified of working that side of the camera. I’ve worked in TV many years, but that really pushed me out of my comfort zone. “I remember saying to my wife, Christabel, ‘Look, I’ve been asked to go and do the screen test and I’m really not sure that it’s me but I’m kind of intrigued’. “And she said, ‘No, you have to do it, you have to go and just find out’. And so she gave me the little push that I needed. You don’t grow from being comfortable.”
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Mike Pero (centre), pictured with Cassie Roma (left) and Justin Tomlinson from The Apprentice Aotearoa.
But… two days? I know. There’s something about this show, and its weird and wacky tasks that completely undermines the people who actually do this stuff for a living, working their tails off for years to make a mark. I’m sure the local fashion designers are stoked to see a bunch of personal trainers and gold investors playing pretend, and trying to shortcut their way to success, like it’s that easy. But this is reality TV, so hey ho.
Sure. Some of them know about “fashion” though, right? Technically, yes. Leader of the women’s team, Nicola, is a swimwear designer, and has got togs on the Kardashians and Hailey Bieber. She doesn’t, however, seem to know the word “hello”, as one of the outside experts brought in during the episode quickly found out.