Now that Don's visited and we've seen everything we could possibly see from these weird 10-by-10-foot box displays, the executives show up (because, remember, these episodes have to be bloated into lasting two hours). Steve, Tomisue, and Melinda show up at ASAP first. La Toya explains the concept to them: why she added the snow and the beach. Star says she's sure that they liked the brand integration and messaging, but is less sure about their creativity and originality. She likes that they added something different, though. La Toya says that, even though she was PM, she's been ostracized and she knows what her team's trying to do, but it's not going to work. She's not going away.
Next up, the executives visit Backbone. Meat Loaf greets them with his pirate accent, and they're laughing and enjoying it until Busey comes up and pulls them away while Meat Loaf's talking. Meat Loaf and Mark both interview about how the only thing that could possibly go wrong is going wrong: Busey showing them around the experience. Steve asks Busey if they can walk around and look at the exhibit, and Busey tells him no. The guys come over doing their chant and try to take the executives away, but Busey pushes Mark away and tells him he has something to show them. Mark's worried they'll hold Busey's behavior against the team. Finally, Tomisue talks to Mark and he spins it all very positive and feels that he saved everything. Mark congratulates everyone on his team and tells them how unbelievable that was. I think he means in a good way...
Trump meets with the executives. They tell him they loved the men's jingle and buzz they created outside the box. However, they didn't utilize "Live the Gold Life" or Sydney, the koala bear, which they stressed in their Q&A with the teams. They liked the women's messaging, that they used "Live the Gold Life" and Sydney. But they didn't think they utilized their team very well, since Hope was wearing a jacket and playing volleyball; they thought she'd be front and center drawing in a crowd. They tell Trump this is one of the most difficult decisions they've had to make at Australian Gold, but the winner is...
Boardroom time. Trump asks La Toya how her team did. She says she hopes they did extremely well. He asks Nene, who thinks they did okay, because La Toya was just okay as the project manager. She says La Toya never really nailed down a concept, but she hopes they won. He asks if she's a big fan of La Toya and the job she did. La Toya says Nene isn't a fan of hers, because "That's just Nene." La Toya says actions speak louder than words to her, and she doesn't like Nene's actions. Ivanka reminds Nene that she has been verbal about La Toya's inadequacies, and Don agrees. Nene asks if they're talking business or personal. Trump says he's surprised because she's done really, really well. Nene has the nerve to tell Trump, "I don't think you know everything" that's happened. He asks her to tell him and says the executives thought she did really well. Nene says she can tell him that her team probably doesn't agree. Why do I love her so? Trump asks Marlee, who says La Toya couldn't be any sweeter as a person, but has a different energy and style as a leader. She says the previous leaders had more emphasis on organization and agenda. La Toya disagrees and says Marlee has no right to say that, since she wasn't around her. Nene says they all have a right to speak their opinions, and La Toya agrees.








