On Tuesday's finale of MTV's "Miss Seventeen," the girls deliver speeches to Seventeen magazine reader contributors and staff, where they each give heartfelt, tear-jerker stories about their reasons for competing. Jessica, whose parents are originally from Colombia, says, "I truly believe I am living their American dream." Jen discusses her parents' problems with addiction, alcoholism and incarceration, saying she wants to make her family's name good again. Fast forward to a live finale in New York City's Times Square, where Jen is named Miss Seventeen as her beautiful magazine cover is plastered on a giant billboard, and of course, the girls still can't stop crying. Jen, 20, has every reason to cry tears of joy -- she wins the February Seventeen cover spot, a college scholarship, a paid internship at the magazine, a Maybelline print ad campaign and $25,000.

After a 13-week job interview, Randal is named "The Apprentice." The 34-year-old consulting firm owner, Rhodes Scholar and Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate wins a six-figure salary position with Donald Trump expanding and renovating the real estate mogul's three Atlantic City, N.J., casinos. Randal played the game almost flawlessly, winning every task on which he was Project Manager, and always acted professionally and personably throughout the competition. So it's great that Randal wins NBC's "The Apprentice," right?

Wrong.

Randal's true colors come out right before the final commercial break during last week's two-hour live finale. Randal and Rebecca state why each should be named The Apprentice, and Randal delivers a really low blow to Rebecca, who is a financial journalist: "I run business. She writes about business." Ouch. Trump acknowledges that Rebecca, 23, handles pressure well and calls her "outstanding" -- it's obvious he has a tough decision to make, but names Randal The Apprentice. Rah, rah, everyone cheers, and Trump tells Randal to sit back down and asks him seriously, "If you were me, would you hire Rebecca also?" Randal, being the nice guy that he's been all season, says yes, right? Wrong again.

"I firmly believe this is 'The Apprentice,'" Randal says. "There is one and only one Apprentice." What a jerk!

"I'm going to leave it at that then," Trump says. "I think I could have been convinced."

Confident Rebecca still manages to keep her cool, saying "that's unfortunate" when Randal gives her the big diss. Really, would it have hurt Randal to tell Trump to hire Rebecca, too? No way!

Rebecca even chose Trump's other position earlier -- working on the Trump Plaza luxury condominium construction in Jersey City, N.J. -- so it's not like they'd even work together. I think Randal's choice is unnecessarily cruel, and it makes him look bad. Really -- how tacky.

The Veterans win their first mission on "The Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Gauntlet II," tying up the pot with $10,000 for each team. Veterans' female captain, Ruthie, is safe, and Rookies' captain, Kina, is sent to the Gauntlet. Rookies' Cameran decides she'll willingly give up her spot in the competition to go into the Gauntlet with Kina for the Capture the Flag challenge. She gives no real explanation for giving up -- how lame -- and everyone lets her know how stupid she's being. "Is there anybody else who wants to quit?" host TJ Lavin asks. Cameran should have competed against Kina. I think Cameran should be banned from future Challenges. "Gauntlet II" airs Monday night on MTV.

Channel surfing: On last week's "Project Runway," the designers create new looks for My Scene Barbie -- one outfit for the doll and one outfit for a model. The winning design will be reproduced and sold as a limited-edition My Scene Barbie doll by Mattel. Nick wins the challenge with his flashy green-and-rainbow-colored dress and head scarf on model Tarah. Santino is obviously jealous Nick wins, and swears, "I can't believe that ..." Give me a break; what a baby. It's down to Marla and Raymundo for elimination, and Raymundo's depressing, drab design gets him cut. "My Scene Barbie is a teenager," host Heidi Klum says. "It looked like you designed for her mother. Raymundo, you're out."

"Project Runway" airs Wednesday night on Bravo.

Coming up: "Celebrity Fit Club 3" starts Jan. 1 on VH1. A&E's "Rollergirls" premieres Jan. 2. "Meet the Barkers" season two premiere is Jan. 3 on MTV. "The Biggest Loser: Special Edition" begins on NBC Jan. 4. "Dancing with the Stars" returns to ABC for season two on Jan. 5. "The Bachelor" is set in Paris this season, and features Travis Stork, a 33-year-old emergency room doctor. The show premieres Jan. 9 on ABC. Ex-boy bander Ashley Parker Angel stars in "There & Back," premiering Jan. 9 on MTV. Ashton Kutcher-produced "Beauty and the Geek" returns to the WB for its second season of eight episodes, Jan. 12. Season four of "American Idol" comes to Fox Jan. 17.