LAST EDITED ON 10-19-04 AT 03:19 PM (EST)

I was talking to someone at an event the other night, and she gave me some interesting information about Apprentice 3.

Apparently one day last week, she was in New Orleans eating lunch with some friends and saw a camera crew rushing through a restaurant. And being the upfront and outgoing person that she is, she went straight up to some of the people with the camera crew and asked what they were filming for. They told her it was for The Apprentice. The challenge involved selling of Red Bull drinks. Unfortunately, she is not a watcher of the show, so she didn't pay any attention to the possilbe contestants or anything -- darn!

But just thought it was interesting that they would come all the way to New Orleans. Wonder what that was all about.

Anyway, I also found this article about the current taping for the next season:

Trump Confirms 'Apprentice' 3 Now Filming
Oct 18, 6:07 PM (ET)

(AP) Donald Trump attends the CFDA Fashion Awards, held at the New York Public Library, June 7, 2004...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Although the second season of "The Apprentice" is far from over - 12 candidates remain - Donald Trump has confirmed the third installment is now filming. "It's going very well," Trump told The Associated Press. "It's a great group."

Trump also said that John Willenborg, the latest "Apprentice" to be fired from the second season of the NBC reality show, deserved to get the boot.

"He's a great guy, a terrific man in many respects. But it was not a good week for John," said Trump, who had joined "Apprentice" fans and fired contestants of past and present at a downtown Manhattan pool-hall lounge to view Thursday night's episode.

Willenborg, 24, was fired for making too many bad decisions, such as not being involved in the pricing of the clothing line that his team designed and failing to bring teammate Wes Moss, who overpriced the clothes, back into the boardroom.

In a phone interview, Willenborg described the show, where participants compete for a job with Trump, as a mixture of highs and lows. "You're winning and losing. You're not sleeping at all. The tasks go on for days. The experience is both exciting and very stressful," he said.

"It was a tough night, the evening of my demise," Willenborg told the AP on Friday. "I received the all-popular cobra from Donald Trump," referring to the real estate mogul's hand signal, which is accompanied by the words, "You're fired," at the end of each boardroom session.

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LAST EDITED ON 10-20-04 AT 08:32 PM (EST)

Thanks for the A3 info and the article, greeneyes. I wonder if A3 was in New Orleans just for that challenge, or for their entire competition? That would mean that The Donald would have to fly down to New Orleans each week for a boardroom (the fake boardroom could easily be copied in New Orleans....)

PS George (Senior Henchman...) had said in an article that if the Apprentice goes into a third season, he would ask to be paid.. I wonder how that worked out for him...

Was the restaurant one of Emril's or a famous one? you know this season they have been working with some pretty big names!

If they're filming right now, then the new contestants probably saw only a few episodes of season 2.
They could pick up a few more tips and strategies.
I don't think the studio allow them to surf the net to find out what's going on.

Next time I talk to her, I'll have to ask her the name of the restaurant again. When she said it, it was not a name that I recognized. The only other details that I can remember are that it was in the French quarter, and it was a bar type place.

A few nights ago George was on John McEnroe's Tv show and mentioned how hard it had become to film tasks in New York after season 1 aired.

Maybe the solution was to take the show on the road.

Film A3 in New Orleans, A4 in Miami etc...

Or Task 1 in Miami, Task 2 in New Orleans, Task 3 in Vegas etc...

Or Task 1 in Miami, Task 2 in New Orleans, Task 3 in Vegas etc...

Oh that would be cool, but really expensive... I think the budget for the show would be way too much this way, too many airline tix & cabs or rental cars & hotel rooms, etc.

I'm just a squirrel trying to get a nut.

I Don't think it would be as expensive as The Amazing Race, and TAR isn't as big a hit as The Apprentice is.

It would add to the cost of the show, but with a Mega hit I think they can afford it - and they may not have a choice if crowds get to thick in NY while they are trying to film the tasks.

I think TAR is more popular than the Apprentice. Of course the true measure of this would be if they were on at the same time. There are many more people on these boards on TAR than on here. Plus, TAR won the Emmy this year and that will likely bring it's ratings even higher.

However, the Apprentice wouldn't need a budget as big as TAR b/c they would not be travelling the entire world in your scenario, just parts of the US.

I'm just a squirrel trying to get a nut.

But New Orleans seems like such a random city to hold The Apprentice in, especially after The Donald's (highly exaggerated) comments about NYC - "benchmark of success", "fashion capital of the world" etc.

Boston or Chicago would be a better choice.

Thanks for passing the info along Greeneyes!

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