The Apprentice Asia


The Apprentice Asia is an Asian reality game show that was broadcast from June until July 2013. In this show, a group of aspiring young businesspeople compete for the chance to work with the host of the show, Malaysian entrepreneur Tony Fernandes. Dubbed as “The World’s Toughest Job Interview,” the show is the Asian version of the original American show, The Apprentice. It was aired on AXN Asia and produced by FremantleMedia Asia, All American Television, Turner and Saban International.
After the last show, Tony Fernandes hired contestant Jonathan Allen Yabut of the Republic of Philippines, a senior product manager. Andrea Loh Ern-Yu, a civil-and-commercial litigation lawyer, of Singapore was the runner-up. Yabut beat eleven finalists, winning a one-year contract and a six-figure salary job in Fernandes' airline, AirAsia.

Overview

The Apprentice Asia was hosted by magnate Tony Fernandes, who was later joined by Mark Lankester, CEO of the Tune Hotels’ Group, Rob Jesudason, finance executive, and Kathleen Tan, CEO of Expedia Asia. The role of the hosts in this show is to analyze what went wrong with the contestants' strategies and business outcomes, and to determine which team member of the losing team should be "fired" from the show.
The season started with 12 contestants, six men and six women from across Asia. All of the participants had been successful in various enterprises, including restaurant management, IT, and sales. During the show, the contestants lived communally in a suite in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where they were divided into two teams based on their gender. Each week, Fernandes assigned the teams a task. Each team selected a "project manager" to lead them in the week's assigned task. The winning team received a reward, while the losing team faced a boardroom showdown with Fernandes and two of his associates in order to determine which team member would be fired. Elimination proceeded in two stages. In the first stage, Fernandes confronted the losing team and required the week's project manager to select two additional team members which the project manager believed were most responsible for the loss. The rest of the team was dismissed, and the project manager and the two other selected members faced a final confrontation several minutes later in which Fernandes fired one of the three.

Candidates

Initially both teams, or "corporations", were divided by their gender.
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ContestantAgeBackgroundOriginOriginal TeamsWeek 3 TeamsWeek 5 TeamsResultEpisode Date
Jonathan Allen Yabut27Senior ManagerPhilippinesMavericksMavericksMavericksHired 31 July 2013
Andrea Loh Ern-Yu25LawyerSingaporeApexMavericksMavericksFired 31 July 2013
Alexis Lothar Bauduin29Company DirectorChinaMavericksMavericksApexFired 17 July 2013
Samuel Rufus Nallaraj37Company Vice-PresidentIndiaMavericksMavericksApexFired 17 July 2013
Dian Krishna Mukti36Homemaker & Miss Universe Indonesia 2003IndonesiaApexApexMavericksFired 10 July 2013
Celina Le Neindre30F&B ConsultantPhilippinesApexApexApexFired 3 July 2013
Nazril Idrus38Financial CoachMalaysiaMavericksMavericksMavericksFired 26 June 2013
Nik Aisyah Amirah Binti Mansor25AuditorMalaysiaApexApexApexFired 19 June 2013
Ningku Lachungpa29Company DirectorIndiaApexApexFired 12 June 2013
Dussadee Oeawpanich35RestaurateurThailandApexApexQuit 5 June 2013
Hanzo Ng Kian Tat34Business OwnerMalaysiaMavericksFired 29 May 2013
Hendy Setiono30Founder & CEO F&B CompanyIndonesiaMavericksFired 22 May 2013

Weekly elimination results

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International broadcasts

The Apprentice Asia is expected to broadcast in all parts of Asia via the cable channel Sony Pictures Television International. Additionally, other local free-to-air channels aired the series.
Country of BroadcastBroadcasting StationBroadcasting ChannelStart DateEnd DateAiredUTCDubbingSubtitle
Indonesia
Malaysia
Singapore
Philippines
Thailand
Vietnam

Sri Lanka		Sony Pictures Television InternationalAXN Asia22 May 201331 May 2013Wednesday at 20:00 WIBEnglishSubtitle in various languages in Southeast Asia
Indonesia
Malaysia
Singapore
Philippines
Thailand
Vietnam

Sri Lanka		Sony Pictures Television InternationalAXN Asia22 May 201331 May 2013Wednesday at 21:00 MST/SST/PST/HKTEnglishSubtitle in various languages in Southeast Asia
MalaysiaMedia Prima Television Networks TV31 August 201311 October 2013Saturday at 00:30 MSTEnglishMalaysian
ThailandMCOTMCOT HD1 August 201311 October 2013Saturday at 00:30 TSTEnglishThai
Indonesia SINDOtv31 May 201316 August 2013Friday at 21:03 WIBEnglishIndonesian
Indonesia SINDOtv31 May 201316 August 2013Friday at 22:03 WITAEnglishIndonesian
PhilippinesGMA NetworkDZBB-731 May 201316 August 2013Friday at 22:00 PSTEnglishTagalog/Filipino
SingaporeMediacorp TVChannel 5/HD51 August 201311 October 2013Friday at 22:00 SSTEnglishChinese
Hong KongTVBTVB Pearl1 October 201311 October 2013Weekday at 20:00 HKTEnglishChinese
MacauTVBTVB Pearl1 October 201311 October 2013Weekday at 20:00 HKTEnglishChinese
VietnamVTCLet's Viet/VTC923 June 20131 September 2013Sunday at 21:30 VSTEnglishVietnamese