Ivanka Trump made her debut as a full-time boardroom judge this season (replacing Carolyn Kepcher, who was recently fired).
In addition to the change of locale, the following changes (including some "Apprentice firsts") have been made in the show's structure for the sixth season as described herein: The following is the list of candidates for this season, with their original team placements after teams were selected in week one.
[3] During the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Donald Trump announced that 12 Olympians (eight men and four women) from Team United States 2006 would be vying for a spot on this edition.
Critics and many fans alike were very unfavorable to the various radical changes the show had made (such as being a project manager until failing, or having a winning project manager serve in the boardroom and advise Trump on whom to fire) and thought the show lost its original appeal.
They believed that producers were trying to incorporate more of a sensational edge to the show, rather than focus on the aspects of the business world, and some speculated that the show was trying to specifically mirror Survivor, with having the weekly losing candidates live in tents with no power or running water.