other when Audrey went after Kristen's leadership. Trump did state that Tana wasn't in fault from this task or in the hot seat, and picked Kristen as the most liable for the loss as she didn't control her team and failed to follow through on the original concept, which combined with her past performance, and also saying that the team was hard to lead, give Trump enough information to fire her. Fired: Kristen Kirchner – for not holding her team together, inability to control the team, being extremely abrasive and difficult to work with, not having a good reason for bringing Audrey and especially Tana back into the boardroom, for making excuses about the models being out of control (Audrey and Tana have said that the models were happy and fine), and making a key mistake during the commercial filming (having one of the male models use the body wash in a way that was very unappealing), on top of losing the post-task boardroom defense to Erin. Trump felt that while Magna had held together well and tried their hardest to execute a very poorly conceived idea, Kristen had a good idea in her hands but completely ruined its execution, which he deemed unforgivable. Notes At the beginning of the episode Michael was confronted by his team about his laziness in the previous task. Bren (who said the dad in me awoke) lectured him on how he felt Michael didn't give a damn about the team. He then reminded Michael about how everyone was disappointed in him and he needed to step up. This episode features the first time in Apprentice history that there are no winning team or a reward due to both teams completely failing at the task. This happened again in The Apprentice (American season 8). In the boardroom, Chris made several homophobic remarks when discussing Magna's advert. Trump asked Chris whether he was in fact gay himself, but Chris strongly denied that this was the case, which got an openly skeptical reaction from the other candidates. Erin meanwhile defended the homosexual overtones by pointing out the hit show Will & Grace, a show notable for featuring gay characters prominently. After returning to the final boardroom, Trump took the unusual step of telling Erin that she was in absolutely no danger of being fired, since she had led the team well, and that she would instead be