Tana Goertz

Tana Goertz (born Tana Colaizzi) was one of the candidates for the title of Donald Trump's "Apprentice" in the television show's third season. Goertz was 37 when the season was recorded/produced. She was fired in the season finale and ended as the runner-up. After the season ended, she made some disparaging remarks about fellow contestant and eventual winner Kendra Todd and Trump.

Life before the Apprentice

Goertz was the second of John and Deanna Colaizzi's five children. Her father was a salesman, and as a result, the family moved often. She spent her teenage years in Malvern, Pennsylvania and St. Davids and graduated from Archbishop Carroll High School in Radnor, Pennsylvania in 1985. She later attended Villanova University but left after three years, instead choosing to devote her time to her first marriage (she later divorced) and motherhood.

Goertz is a mother of two children, the owner of several start-up companies (including an Internet Commerce website), a self-made entrepreneur, and a high-ranking sales representative/executive for the Mary Kay Organization. She started her entrepreneurship at the age of nine when she sold telephone accessories strictly in the neighborhood level.

Goertz has been married twice. Her second husband is Kurtis Gertz, a weather forecaster for the KCCI-TV television station in Des Moines, Iowa.

Performance

Goertz was introduced on the "Apprentice" as a country hick from Iowa, and she herself played up such an image. However, as mentioned earlier, Goertz actually originates from Pennsylvania.

As a Season 3 Candidate, Goertz performed very well on the first 13 weeks, but started performing poorly from Week 14 and onward. She served as project manager for Week 5 and led the Net Worth team to victory. Goertz was only a passive figure on Weeks 6 and 7, when Net Worth's losing streak began before transferring to Magna on Week 8. During her tenure with Magna, Goertz also led a victory on Week 11. Her winning came to an end when she was transferred back to Net Worth and lost as Project Manager on Week 14, but was able to defend herself by bringing up her record of wins as Project Manager, which ultimately got Alex Thomason fired for lying to Trump.

During the interviews, Goertz survived, but on the final task, she lost control of her team, and called her subordinates insulting names at times. Because of Goertz's disrespect of her subordinates Trump hired Kendra Todd instead.

Post-Apprentice

Goertz aggressively denied her performance had anything to do with her loss after the ending of the Apprentice, and said she was naive to believe Trump would have chosen a "street smart" contestant over someone with "book smarts." She also said of Trump, "He wants a 'yes sir' [person and] I'm not the 'yes sir' girl, I'm going to tell it like it is, he saw what he was getting with me and he didn't want me so God bless." She also said, "That was why Kendra won. What you see is what you get with me, I'm not going to be the type of person to stroke you."

Goertz claims to have received many job offers but from her website it seems she is now a stay at home mom.

She is currently the star of a TV commercial for the Bedazzler, a product wanted to use in one of her assignments on "The Apprentice", though the commercial makes no attempt to show what show in particular she was from.

Tana and another "Apprentice" co-contestant formed a duo featured on the Reality TV Stars edition of "Fear Factor". Her team won a pair of Tivos in an early stunt but did not win the final one.

Quotes

*"Don't mess with a mom from Iowa - I'll take you down!" — Goertz after winning twice as Project Manager in The Apprentice 3.

ee also

*Kendra Todd
*Donald Trump
*The Apprentice 3
*List of the Apprentice 3 candidates

References

* [http://apprentice.tv.yahoo.com/03/candidates/tana.html "The Apprentice: Candidate Bios - Tana"] . Retrieved Nov. 25, 2005.
* [http://www.nbc.com/nbc/The_Apprentice_3/candidates/tana.shtml "The Apprentice > Candidates - Tana"] . Retrieved Nov. 25, 2005.
* [http://apprentice.tv.yahoo.com/03/theshow/recap/episode14.html "Episode 14 of The Apprentice: The Show"] . Retrieved Nov. 25, 2005.
*Rogers, Steve (May 23, 2005). [http://www.realitytvworld.com/index/articles/story.php?s=3528 "'Apprentice 3' runner-up Tana Goertz: 'It was all bull****'"] . "Reality TV World".

External links

* [http://www.heytana.com Official website]
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* [http://www.theapprenticerules.com/candidates/profile-tana-goertz.html Profile of Goertz from The Apprentice Rules] . Features quotes from Goertz throughout the duration of the program.
* [http://www.linkedin.com/in/tanagoertz Tana Goertz LinkedIn profile]
* [http://mybedazzler.com The 'Bedazzler' commercial featuring Tana can be viewed here.]