The Apprentice (U.S. Season 6) - Season 6 Changes

Season 6 Changes

In addition to the change of locale, the following changes (including some "Apprentice firsts") have been made in the show's structure for the sixth season as described herein:

• Candidates must earn the right to live in the provided Beverly Hills mansion by simply winning the weekly task. Otherwise, the candidates will live in "Tent City", a location across the hedge from the mansion's swimming pool.
  • Tent City will not have any access to electricity for common living tasks and will sleep in tents, outdoors.
  • Tent City does have access to two tents, private (cold) showers, fresh water, alcoholic drinks, and food (and a grill on which to cook it).
  • Tent City also appears to have access to an indoor "business center" adjunct to the mansion, with computers and Internet service, though the use of this room has only been shown during one task (Week 3).
  • Candidates appear to be able to communicate to each other over the hedge separating Tent City from the mansion's pool, based on footage from Week 5.
  • This season at the request of Trump is a battle between the "haves" (in the mansion) and the "have nots" (in Tent City).
• The candidates will be living next door to Trump's Los Angeles office mansion for this season.
  • The scenery and the elevation allows Trump to watch the teams in the top floor of his office mansion (both Tent City and the pool area) and observe the teams.
  • Trump, at his discretion, may also visit the teams while they are at the mansion to see some of the dynamics on the teams directly.
• The project manager from the winning team will continue to be the project manager for that team until the team loses.
• The project manager from the winning team will be allowed to attend and participate in the boardroom firings for the losing team.
• The final task was not between the final two candidates like in the previous five seasons. The final task involved the final four candidates instead. Stefani and James competed against Nicole and Frank, and neither team was fired during the episode. All four were invited back for the live season finale, where Frank and Nicole were ultimately fired first because they lost the final task. This was also different as four candidates had a chance to win on the final day, opposed to just two the first five seasons.
• This season is the only season to feature 8 men and 10 women competing instead of the usual 9 men and 9 women.