The Apprentice (U.S. season 2)
| The Apprentice (season 2) | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release |
September 8 – December 16, 2004 |
| Filming dates | May 2004 – June 2004 |
| No. of contestants | 18 |
| Teams | "Apex" and "Mosaic" |
| Winner | Kelly Perdew |
| Season chronology | |
September 8 – December 16, 2004
The Apprentice 2 is the second season of The Apprentice, which began on September 9, 2004 on NBC. Although this season did not match the ratings of the first and dropped out of the Top 10 Nielsen, it still performed strongly overall, ranking #11 with an average of 16.14 million viewers.
This season featured 18 candidates, whereas the first season only had 16.
Three new twists were introduced to The Apprentice this season. First, each team was unexpectedly forced at the season's outset to make a 1-for-1 player swap, resulting in a male on the female team (Bradford), and a female on the male team (Pamela). The traded members then became the project managers for the first task. Second, it was revealed that a project manager for the winning team would be immune from being fired the following week.
Finally, the losing project manager could choose either two or three people to bring to the boardroom to be considered for firing. Surprisingly, the option to take three people to the boardroom was only used twice, with the first person (Ivana Ma) who did so making the decision after pressure to do so from Donald Trump.
1 – In an unannounced move, Trump fired two candidates week 11. Boren was fired first.
2 – As planned, Trump fired two candidates week 14. Allen was fired first.
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