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By TARA MERRIN — Calgary SunDonald Trump should be hanging his head in shame.
After boasting he hand-picked the contestants for The Apprentice 5, it has come down to British playboy Sean Yazbeck and absent-minded college grad Lee Bienstock in the finale.
While both hold impressive resumes, their often painful performances on the weekly tasks (does anyone remember their embarrassing X-box interactive display?) have left many fans questioning if Trump will fire them both.
That’s not likely, because admitting he failed would be worse than death for The Donald, so the master manipulator has instead devised a plan to make sure he won’t be blamed for hiring a dud.
In a departure from previous seasons, Trump is seeking input from fans on who he should hire.
By sending a text message or logging onto nbc.com/apprentice, viewers are invited to submit their votes and questions for Trump to ask the two during the final boardroom.
The results will be presented during the live finale in L.A. tonight before he chooses.
So who, pray tell, should we choose?
After last week’s episode, it’s a tough call between Bienstock, the 22-year-old who seems incapable of making a simple decision, and Yazbeck, the 33-year-old British player.
If Trump’s clever editing can be believed, Bienstock has made a complete mess of his final project — hosting a Pontiac celebrity hockey event benefiting the Denis Leary Fire Fighter Foundation.
He struggled to come up with ideas which were appealing to the executive, and when the head of the Foundation called him for an update, he answered the phone with, “Hey Liz. Whazzup?”
Things also looked bleak for Yazbeck, whose team is in charge of running a Barenaked Ladies concert in Atlantic City benefiting the World Wildlife Foundation.
While his meeting with the Wildlife executive went smoothly, he seemed more interested in romancing former Apprentice wannabe Tammy Trenta than planning the event.
Then, in the cliffhanger ending all fans expect from the finale — part one, he lost a teammate because she was coughing up blood.
Despite all this, Yazbeck will likely be named this season’s Apprentice. He’s charming, apparently smart and he’s the only reason Bienstock is still in the game.
The Apprentice 5 season finale, in which Michael J. Fox, Jaime Pressly, Denis Leary, Jason Priestley, Stephen Baldwin and the Barenaked Ladies appear, airs tonight at 9:30 p.m. on Global and 10:30 p.m. on NBC.
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