Topic: The Apprentice

[jillcwhomever]

So funny, when he decided to bring the whole team back. 

[JerseyKloppite]

So funny, when he decided to bring the whole team back. 

I really presumed it was because he wanted to fire one of them, so was a bit odd when he fired people from who were already in the room.

[jillcwhomever]

I really presumed it was because he wanted to fire one of them, so was a bit odd when he fired people from who were already in the room.

Good point actually, I forgot that. I was under the impression he was putting pressure on all of them as I think he said it was the worst performance by a team on that particular task in all the shows. 

[The G in Gerrard]

Flo Edwards seems like the best candidate by some distance so far.

[Graeme]

Flo Edwards seems like the best candidate by some distance so far.

Yeah none of them have really stood out up until this task but I did spot she was making some sensible comments on where the best places to get the items from would be. Stuff like saying the waves on the south of the island would be bigger so they’d probably have the best chance of getting the surfboard there etc. Just little details that on the likes of this task make a big difference.

[GinKop]

Flo Edwards seems like the best candidate by some distance so far.

Agreed, she's been very good so far. Balanced and measured in her approach.

[tubby]

That OutRun logo is killing me every time fucking hell.

[jillcwhomever]

Putting a tree on was plain daft as no one wanted to put their brand inside another one.  Paul got away with that, as he was a lousy team leader and also cost his team money as the tree was taking up valuable sponsoring space.

[Libertine]

Pursliow on You're Fired.

[The G in Gerrard]

Flo Edwards seems like the best candidate by some distance so far.

Streets ahead of everyone else so far.

[jillcwhomever]

Phil must have an awesome idea to be allowed to stay in yet again, just crazy that he wasn't also sacked. He basically wrecked the recipe by not following the instructions!

[LovelyCushionedHeader]

Phil must have an awesome idea to be allowed to stay in yet again, just crazy that he wasn't also sacked. He basically wrecked the recipe by not following the instructions!

I'm not so sure about that. The other team followed the instructions and there's too tasted like shit by all accounts. I actually think he was right to reduce the quantities, just not by as much as he did!

[jillcwhomever]

I'm not so sure about that. The other team followed the instructions and there's too tasted like shit by all accounts. I actually think he was right to reduce the quantities, just not by as much as he did!

He still hasn't won once though!

[ValiantInstance]

They just get dumber every year don't they. And now it's incredibly obvious that they keep incompetent candidates around just because they're good television. Worst example was that woman who resembled Olive from On the Buses a couple of years back.

[Daniel Cabbaggio]

Bitta passion fruit in the Arctic? Bitta frozen whale meat in the Sahara? Why not

[Graeme]

Moira is a very very lucky girl. Taking Flo off the wine task after she’d done all the research and learned all of the facts was suicide. She deserves no credit for that win. It could have and should have backfired.

[killer-heels]

Moira is a very very lucky girl. Taking Flo off the wine task after she’d done all the research and learned all of the facts was suicide. She deserves no credit for that win. It could have and should have backfired.

Plus its a wine tour. They were always going to win and always bring in more money.

[The G in Gerrard]

That Fawlty Towers Experience looks shite.

[sinnermichael]

That Flo is one terrifying, miserable bint.

[tubby]

Plus its a wine tour. They were always going to win and always bring in more money.

Yup, way easier to upsell bottles of wine to people drunk on wine instead of having to sell pretzels.

Tre is brilliant at the schmoozing side of things, really personable and engaging.

[tubby]

Worst PM ever?  Terrible idea, awful advert, and completely bottled the pitch.  She was a right brat throughout too, incredible she lasted as long as she did.

[Libertine]

Worst PM ever?  Terrible idea, awful advert, and completely bottled the pitch.  She was a right brat throughout too, incredible she lasted as long as she did.

Probably the least controversial firing ever. She didn't even turn up to You're Fired. And the audience vote was all but one for firing.

Mind you, they could have narrowly won the task as the other team were almost as bad.

[Musketeer Gripweed]

Anyone else really annoyed by Tre? He thinks he has won it already. Smarmy git.

[tubby]

Anyone else really annoyed by Tre? He thinks he has won it already. Smarmy git.

I like him and he's great at winging it.  Don't think he'll win, Flo is the one who is getting all the favourable editing.

[GinKop]

What were they thinking with the logos. I shout at my TV so much during this show.

eBNB - fucking hell.

[Stockholm Syndrome]

Probably the least controversial firing ever. She didn't even turn up to You're Fired. And the audience vote was all but one for firing.

Mind you, they could have narrowly won the task as the other team were almost as bad.

Didn't even get asked who to bring back, or any of the Lord sugar "and that's why...I'm struggling" gaff, just fired right there on the spot with no fuss or real debate.

I really want that Maura to go soon, never seen someone so confident and smug yet so incompetent in a long while of this.

[Stockholm Syndrome]

I like him and he's great at winging it.  Don't think he'll win, Flo is the one who is getting all the favourable editing.

He is one of the few with an actual achievement to his name, getting no 3 in the UK charts 24 years ago

It isn't much but you don't have to have much to have more achievements than this lot

[Graeme]

I really want that Maura to go soon, never seen someone so confident and smug yet so incompetent in a long while of this.

Yep she's dreadful.

[GinKop]

These are my pick for the last 4 (is that how many go to interviews?);

Flo
Tre
Rachel
Steve

[killer-heels]

These are my pick for the last 4 (is that how many go to interviews?);

Flo
Tre
Rachel
Steve

5 for the interviews.

[GinKop]

5 for the interviews.

In that case,

Flo
Tre
Rachel
Steve

For the fifth, I'm split between Paul and Phil. I think Phil is decent, but losing every single task he's been on isn't a good look.

[jillcwhomever]

Why is Phil still in this. He hasn't been on the winning team once, I can't believe how many chances he gets for not very much return. Right sacking and it's poor of her if she didn't turn up for You're Fired.

[jillcwhomever]

In that case,

Flo
Tre
Rachel
Steve

For the fifth, I'm split between Paul and Phil. I think Phil is decent, but losing every single task he's been on isn't a good look.

Decent at what exactly? 

[Stockholm Syndrome]

Decent at what exactly?

Baking. He can actually do all that alright it seems

[Sarge]

She had an absolute fucking mare and deserved to go, shocking.

[smicer07]

She had an absolute fucking mare and deserved to go, shocking.

And seems a terrible person.

[Pistolero]

And seems a terrible person.

How so?.....

[JerseyKloppite]

I’d be wary of judging anyone based on their appearance in a heavily edited reality show. But she came across as someone who refused to listen to constructive ideas from people with more experience than her which is a huge mistake.

In fairness the other contestants have largely ignored her for the duration of the show. She seems quite meek and nervous and I don’t think inspires much confidence in the others. So when she actually got the chance to make the decisions, she seemed to want to do it all herself to prove that she was competent and that backfired massively.

[Libertine]

Her reaction to the video in the boardroom was hilarious though - "That was great".

Sugar nearly had a meltdown....

[alonsoisared]

Her little comment of "oooh that's you" when they were talking about the branding in the pitch was pretty shithousey as well I thought. She couldn't have been more delighted.

It was actually quite a good idea I thought, just horribly executed and she carried herself terribly.