[TV] The Apprentice (BBC1)

[Weststander]

Interesting the one fired last week showed zero bitterness about why fired but instead only talked about how he will grow his business and Lord Sugar said keep in touch when he fired him.

As “the process” gets towards the end, AS often seems to take a shine to contenders he’s firing.

I wonder if he acts as a business angel to people in general away from the show?

 

[Beach Hut]

As “the process” gets towards the end, AS often seems to take a shine to contenders he’s firing.

I wonder if he acts as a business angel to people in general away from the show?

I would like to think he does as clearly business is in his blood

 

[Weststander]

Two baby food products with shockingly bad branding and blunders.

Then waffling for England to try to dig themselves out of it with Ocado, no honesty/humility.

Worst pool of candidates, ever?

 

[Motogull]

No orders at all. What a mess.

 

[Weststander]

No orders at all. What a mess.

I was hoping for that rather than the usual contrived “Well, they loved your [shit] product and branding, ordering 20,000”.

Jokers tonight.

Aaron - lazy.
Akeem - perennial rabbit in the headlights.
Brittany - faux American enthusiasm, vacuous.

 

[Gazwag]

Worst pool of candidates, ever?

I just said the same thing, shame he can't fire them all they are all useless

 

[Weststander]

I just said the same thing, shame he can't fire them all they are all useless

Imho normally it’s 13 arrogant no-hopers and 3 stars with common sense/acumen.

Harpreet is the only one who’s bright.

 

[Lower West Stander]

Harsh on Arron.

Yes - he was rubbish, but those two girls ducked the responsibility and got away with it.


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

 

[Weststander]

Harsh on Arron.

Yes - he was rubbish, but those two girls ducked the responsibility and got away with it.


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

The clincher was when earlier AS said to him “Well, this was a food task”, after he tried to play down the adverse significance of the lentil/rice polyfiller.

 

[Bry Nylon]

CEO Iceland: “When I look at that label it reads, First Time **** Dies.”

Candidate: “Thank you so much for that feedback.”

 

[SeagullsoverLondon]

Imho normally it’s 13 arrogant no-hopers and 3 stars with common sense/acumen.

Harpreet is the only one who’s bright.

Agreed, he should have fired the other 5 and just announced Harpreet the winner there and then. I think they are the worst bunch ever.

 

[RM-Taylor]

How Steph is still in this is laughable, she’s been terrible for weeks and should have been fired once again tonight.

 

[RM-Taylor]

Harpreet and Brittany will be the final two.

 

[Weststander]

Agreed, he should have fired the other 5 and just announced Harpreet the winner there and then. I think they are the worst bunch ever.

Definitely.

I’ll be surprised if she doesn’t win.

It may come down to dessert/coffee outlets isn’t AS’s thing, out of his comfort zone, as a business proposition. That’s been decisive in his final choice in past series.

 

[clapham_gull]

I always turn this programme over.

Many years ago I worked in a large multi company building where the independent production company was based. The format started in the States was hawked around in Europe until the BBC bought it.

However awful the actual contestants are we were routinely subjected to those before who never made it in public areas preparing for their auditions.

I find it an excruciating programme massaging the public ego of Lord Sugar. However contrived it is, I'd rather watch Dragons Den.

I'm not sure either satisfy a public service remit, but I do like The Den.

 

[A1X]

Stephanie is winning this. Three weeks in a row Sugar’s had a gilt-edged chance to get rid of her and hasn’t.

If she doesn’t he’s missed so many clear chances he could play up front for us.

 

[Pevenseagull]

CEO Iceland: “When I look at that label it reads, First Time **** Dies.”

Candidate: “Thank you so much for that feedback.”

...we are happy to change that

 

[AIT76]

An enjoyable episode, but for me sometimes the dialogue edits, scripting and set-ups were a lot more obvious than in previous shows.

I know, it's only telly...

 

[Weststander]

[Spoiler alert, if you’re that one other remaining viewer. Catching up later] ….


…. well, Harpreet won. It was pretty obvious a month or two back.

In a series of seriously flawed candidates, she was actually a grown-up, with a viable business idea already up and running on a small scale.

Well done.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

British high streets are littered with cake and dessert shops, in places like Crawley they much make up 1 in 5 of shops. Reckon most of them are a front.