The Australian franchise of U.S. tv series The Apprentice can’t quite compete with the original due to its host Mark Bouris lacking the frightening douche-factor of a Donald Trump; however for a forthcoming “celebrity” version of the show, Australian producers have gathered a cast so insanely random that it might just have the potential to be a real doozy.
According to the Daily Telegraph the contestants include:
GERMAINE GREER: The celebrated feminist and author has never shied away from the spotlight and she’ll probably relish the chance to raise her profile while openly dissing the other contestants, the show and the organisation she’s trying to get an apprenticeship with. I mean, it does seem a little off that the woman who once said “Women have very little idea of how much men hate them” would want to work underneath a man. So to speak.
PAULINE HANSON: Pauline needs no introduction. No stranger to reality tv, Pauline made it to the grand final of Dancing With The Stars one year, so she knows how to work a camera. Shudder. She makes a lot of LOL comments because she’s batshit crazy and is also a generally terrible person – both of which make for quality viewing.
LINCOLN LEWIS: What can I say that hasn’t already been said about Lincoln Lewis. The guy is the son of Wally “The King” Lewis and is a known drug offender! He’ll probably go far in the competition using only his singlet-wearing skills to pass challenges.
SHANE CRAWFORD: You might know him as former Hawthorne Football Club captain and a regular guest on the AFL Footy Show but I know him as that guy who had that hair.
Also on board is newly crowned winner of The Block Polly Porter – a beautiful indication of Australian televisions’ standards of what a “celebrity” actually is.
