The men's team loses two members, Kevin Jonas and Terrell Owens, after failing in the latest challenges in the back-to-back episodes.
- Jan 6, 2015
AceShowbiz - The women's team is now slightly leading the men's team in terms of number on "The Celebrity Apprentice" season 7. After winning over Infinity in the first episode, Vortex lost two members in the back-to-back episodes aired on Monday, January 5.
Still divided by gender, the teams were tasked to create a commercial for organization company Neat's wireless scanner and cloud service. Kevin Jonas stepped up as project manager for the men's team, while Kate Gosselin said she would do it as her teammates were hesitant to be in charge.
Ian Ziering and Lorenzo Lamas helped Kevin with the concept, while Geraldo Rivera felt excluded from "the brain trust." Ian defended Kevin, believing that Geraldo had a "strategy" to "undermine" Kevin. Geraldo ultimately handled the script. Gilbert Gottfried starred in the ad, with Lorenzo as director.
Sig Hansen secured Mike Rowe of "Dirty Jobs" to do the ad's voiceover, but Geraldo felt he could do it better. Lorenzo tried to make Rivera feel more included by letting him record a backup voiceover, but the "News Icon" continued being egotistical and unfriendly.
The ladies were worried as Kate admitted that she wasn't good with technology. The team agreed on Shawn Johnson's concept using the company's "neatologist." As Kate was struggling to keep up, Leeza Gibbons acted a "defacto PM." Brandi Glanville and Vivica A. Fox starred in the ad with Leeza providing the narration. Kenya Moore, who was absent earlier due to a prior commitment, returned during the editing.
After the presentation, the executives declared Infinity as the winner though they felt the ad didn't "go far enough" or stress the cloud service enough. Kate won $40,000 for her charity, Camp Barnabas, which serves children with special needs.
Kevin quickly threw Geraldo under the bus after their team lost with Ian backing the singer. Kevin kept Geraldo in the boardroom and surprisingly also chose Ian, hoping that his alliance with the actor would save him from elimination. Donald Trump questioned his decision to take Ian instead of Lorenzo who served as the ad's director to the boardroom and fired the former Jonas Brothers member in the end.
For the next challenge, the teams had to create a product tasting and presentation for Luvo's healthy frozen food at a pop-up bistro. Vivica voluteered as PM for the women's team, while Terrell Owens led the men's team.
The men began dividing the task and each of them was responsible for scripting a presentation for a dish. They were concerned about Gilbert's pitch, and Lorenzo thought Geraldo's slogan was weak. Over at the women's team, Vivica didn't accept Shawn's "moon cycle" excuses and lost her patience when Kate was taking too long with the shopping.
During Vortex's presentation, it "went off without a hitch" until Gilbert made inappopriate joke about his wife having sex with him. The women, meanwhile, ran out of time when preparing the food for the presentation.
In the boardroom, Vivica complained about Shawn who "had a monthly problem that was bothering her," but fortunately they won the challenge and were all safe. Vivica won $50,000 for her charity, Best Buddies.
Terrell blamed Gilbert's inappopriate joke for the loss, while Ian called Geraldo's slogan "mediocre." Terrell took Gilbert and Geraldo to the boardroom. Donald Trump said he couldn't fire Gilbert for being "inappropriate," but since it's the executives who didn't like his joke, he said, "Gilbert, you're fired!"
