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23 year old Victorian real estate auctioneer Andrew ‘Morello’ has won The Apprentice Australia.
He defeated Heather for the inaugural title of the Nine reality series.
Third place-getter Gavin was eliminated following a dinner with boss Mark Bouris.
Both finalists had to draw teams from their former colleagues for a final challenge with the launch of a new men’s fragrance including name, bottle, TV ad and magazine campaign.
Heather settled on ‘Alpha Male’ fragrance, Morello chose a gangster theme named ‘Clyde.’ While Morello’s choices showed a lot of risk, Heather played it safe and simple.
Bouris seemed to accept that while Morello was best at managing people, Heather was stronger at completing a task.
In winning the Australian adaptation of the US series Morello lands a $200,00 package as Head of Business Development for wealth advisory company Yellow Brick Road with a 12 month contract.
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Yes, hate the promo, you could tell who is winning!!! Anyone heard of a movie named ”The Yes Movie”, it is about young people starting their business, apprentice fans might like it too.
The role was for a National Business Development Manager role in Bouris’ company. Morello is a good sales man and so was a better fit for the position.
After all, Bouris wants his company to succeed and so he was always going to go with the contestant with the best ROI for him. All the best to Morello, on the yellow brick road!
Like Many others I taped the final episode of the Apprectice through Foxtel, therefore unable to allocate extra time. The Mentalist was running late as usual, so I had a gut feeling the I would not see the final two minutes (the winner being announced) and I was right, totally spoild my night. Channel 9 you need to sort your programming schedules…not happy ….
I don’t know what use Mark Bouris would have for a real estate agent in a financial capacity. I would have thought a law degree would have been more attuned to business dealings of his calibre. Good luck I say….
Damn. This article spoiled it for me. WIN here didn’t air The Apprentice until tonight, but I saw this article title first.
Hang on, Morello is only 23? Ouch. And what the hell does he put in his hair? And his cologne in a vibrator won?
So many questions.
I think Heather was better, but she was severely lacking in the people skills department.
It just comes naturally to click on TVT on my www.!
You’d think the promo producers would be smart enough to flip the image of Bouris to show him pointing to a different side of the boardroom table – as to not give away the winner.
The job of apprentice is to learn and be mentored. Do you think Bouris would throw Morello into a high flying position right off the bat? Of course not. The kid is only 23 and he seems like he would be enthusiastic and eager to learn. Imagine Heather taking instruction … as we have already seen it’s not in her nature.
heather lost because she was not a team player, ignored her assistants completely, morello was the right choice, its `all about being part of a team, thats what mr. bouris wanted, not a stand alone prima donna
@jaxmachine
“i’m glad i’m not going to see Sabrina again”
haha – with u on that one!!
yeah i agree, when channel 9 show the promo, u know who won. That for me spoil the suspense of it
Well done to both finalist, u did well , and i’m glad i’m not going to see Sabrina again
Head of Business Development- marketing, legal, strategic, finance, administrative, planning, HR roles- while Morello is undoubtedly a nice guy and a very effective salesperson, I don’t get the feeling that he can step up and be the head of business development and take on all the necessary roles- not just sales. I wonder how the staff he will have working with him will respond when they realise that he really knows little about heading up business development .. While I enjoy the show, in the real world the marketing and sales tasks assigned to the competitors are not sufficient or accurate indicators of their business acumen, ability and skills for such a senior executive position eg selling pies in Hyde Park, being a TV presenter on TVSN. It obviously makes for good TV. Heather should have won, she had well rounded skills and would be able to take on the role wih more ease than Morello.
Morello had to win. For Gavin, he is already smart, qualified and successful, this job wouldn’t make him as happy as it would Morello. Morello would never get a chance to get a job like this in his life, but Gavin could. Bouris knew this.
It was really a tough choice for me.
Yeah I agree, the promo showed which side he was looking at when he said “Your hired!”… soon as morello walked to the other side, I knew it was him… Fail
when does he start his new job ????? i saw him on the weekend in essendon opening a fete !!!!
Splendid show last night but I still would like Heather to win.
Hopefully there will be a 2nd series and maybe, just maybe the final announcement should be made with a live audience a la Survivor finale!
Great show.
So based on his choice is Bouris opening a chain of car yards?
Really enjoyed last night. It was the right result. This series was the best thing on the box in 2009. Please bring it back 2010!
The Apprentice ran 2 minutes over last night. C’mon you pack of whingers! 2 minutes!! If you rely on a PVR, set it to record extra. 2 minutes cannot be helped. Find me one service in the world that runs on time to the minute, actually, find me one service that you do not pay for that runs on time.
No surprise that he won.
Although he is a nice guy he doesn’t have the talent to succeed in the business world.He might be able to sell most things but Bouris needs more than a one trick pony.
Good luck to him though.
Heather got knifed in the back by her gutless teammates.She was superior in almost all the business tasks.I guess talent doesn’t always win,particularly in game shows!
Brilliant show. Well done morello & well done
nine!
A deserving winner and some classic telly.
yes morello deserved to win, great effort
Nine has had many failures but this show shone through, I’m really hoping for a series 2. The success of this show can be attributed to the fact that they stuck very close to the US Apprentice format and didn’t try Australian-ise it too much.
Apprentice Australia and the seven Habits of highly effective people
While Heather more focus on her ‘private victory’, The first three habits of 7 habits of highly effective people, 1. Be proactive, 2. Begin with and end in mind, and 3. Put the first thing first, to accomplish her tasks amazingly.
There is no doubt that Morello has implemented the foundation necessary to move on to the more difficult “public victory” of 7 habits of highly effective people . He absolutely uses the three public victory habits 4. Think Win/Win; 5. Seek First to Understand, then be Understood; and 6. Synergise with his team and Win Mark Bouris heart.
A strong Collaboration is a Key Factor to his Win.
I’m glad Morello won but then I couldn’ t really decide I liked both.
Great show.
NIne is usually late, as much as 16 minutes in one show. Very unprofessional, but they what would expect?
The man with the big ego choose an overweight, badly dressed sweaty real estate agent?? You got to be kidding
And really Matt, you’ve only got yourself to blame if you visit a TV news website Before a winner of a show you are watching is announced, whether it is on delay or you are still yet to watch it on tape.
I was a fan of the original Trump series, and didn’t really want to give this a chance after the first episode after seeing the fake boardroom, and the fake receptionist pretending to type onto the computer desktop screen… anywho, I’m glad I stuck with it as I enjoyed it more as the weeks went on. Here’s to a second series next year depending on tonights figures…
I can’t believe people still aren’t getting the spoiler thing.
If you aren’t in the Eastern States and don’t want television shows ruined for you, Don’t Come Online and specifically don’t come to a TV news site.
And most of all, don’t complain about it.
Keep on trucking with the site David, it’s brilliant.
gee… thanks… had to post that up – spesh with the fix and title for all the west aussie viewers… arggggg :/
wow … kinda surprised by morello of the three … but nowhere near as surprised as sabrina’s answer to “so, who do think should win?” lol … aaargh!!! hat with that girl?!
Great end to a pretty good show!
I could really do without the Masterchef/Biggest Loser like pauses and recaps at the return from every break though :S
Woo hoo! Morello all the way! Love the show, bring on series 2!
Morello for the win! great ep tonight, really enjoyed the challenge.
I have to say that the quality of this show was very impressive. Nine got something right for a change. They must have a second series, but play it bloody earlier this time.
Morello totally deserved it. A great ending to a fantastic show. I was skeptical at first but nine have done an amazing job with this show. Their best show of the year hands down.
Cracker of an episode tonight & the right result. The Apprentice was a fantastic show. My family loved every minute of it. Can’t wait for next year!
Haven’t watched the show but to me he deserved to win “Alpha Male” was very cliched while “Clyde” seemed like an original idea to me.
Happy to hear that Morello won, but how ridiculous is it that Channel Nine can’t keep their programming on schedule. I missed the end as well. I feel like I’m living in a third world country. Get with the program!
Thought it was great…………would love to be a part of ot. Is there going to be another series in 2010? If yes, when are the auditions?
I totally agree about the logo Peter!!! Why not just put it in the middle of the screen channel 9 and be done with it!! Again so tacky.
Summary: I think heather does a great job in the end & is more professional than morello but how long could you seriously work with her. She’s just not a team player so she has to work alone, what’s the point! morello is so the opposite but in time (remember how young he is!) he will be more polished & professional but he will have both people & business skills, heather can’t change & become a people person, although a great worker it was a good choice mr bouris !!
I picked Morello from the very first episode. He was just the stand-out and performed the best pretty much every week. Heather was good, but I think in the end Morello probably had this in the bag.
Overall a great season and I really enjoyed it. Hope there’s going to be a second season
We taped it to watch later & of course missed the most important part, the end because channel 9 can’t keep to their timetable! How annoying to say the very least I’m sure another channel can do a better job as they seem to be seriously slacking off! What is their issue with time??? So tacky. Ruined our night.
a rather low key ending announcement. after all these weeks i was expecting something a bit more spectacular.
Booo! Heather was way better
Oh well.
i would’ve bought Heathers product, just seems more high end while Morello’s was more childish.
that stupid olympic logo is huge!! and with 9′s watermark already being too far from the edge of the screen, it has to be the most distracting thing ever!
Awesome that Morello one – I would have chosen him as well had I been Bouris.
Is there going to be a second series? The show didn’t have flash ratings but I think a second one could potentially do very well.
nine’s promo gave away the answer!!