Is this latest bunch of “Apprentice” candidates the nastiest we have had?
Where’s the energy of Saira Khan, star of the first series? Or the sales skills of Ruth “the Badger” in the second? Where’s the personality of the “Nutter” Jo Cameron, or the bare-faced cheek of Tre Azam?
It is now four weeks into the latest series, and all I see is cowardice.
While there were arguments and character clashes in the past, at least the candidates realised you had to pull together and work as a team to avoid losing and stay out of the boardroom.
But this lot just don’t seem to have cottoned on yet. The laundry exercise in the second week was the only time we have seen it, when the boys pulled together under the leadership of Raef Bjayou.
This week, we even had the girls’ project leader risk her team’s success by putting the weakest technical person in the role of handling a computer.
For what? A personal vendetta? Just what does Helene Speight have against Lucinda Ledgerwood?
The only gelling going on, it seems, is on the boys’ hair. I wonder if their vanity has anything to do with their vacuous performance.
This is a bunch after all who don’t know how to spell “accent” and think the Wallace Collection is a clothes shop.
All that’s left to watch is Jurassic Jenny and her prehistoric business skills.
Bring back Katie Hopkins. At least you could sneakily admire her.
“At a business level you have one speed setting and that’s slow, slow, slow. Someone put the wrong speed dial in when they created you sweetie.”
Ah, nostalgia.
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This is not about business skills. This is now just become an entertainment show. The real “business” candidates are all of those who have been fired including wonderful Simon. There are only 2 decent candidates left in the show - the rest of them couldnt even fry chips.
An show that definately does “not” represent good business talent.
I will be switching off from now on.
- Posted by MarinaI abhor the Apprentice series with it’s little ceasar Mr Allan S.
All it does is showcase the anti-teamwork ethos that encourages people to be nasty, two-faced and vile.
Would you work with these people? Of course you would not, because they are the work colleagues from hell!
These trite, facile, superficial and morally challenged dupes are nothing to look up to. Pity them! Loath their kind!
They breed contempt and therefore must be seen as contemptible.
Allan S must hang his head in shame!
- Posted by Keith M WarwickI agree with keith - the kind of scheming, self serving, backstabbing and big ‘I AM’ attitude of these people is deeply unpleasant. the danger is that the new generation of business people think that this is the way to behave.
unfortunately though, there is something in this, as todays big business world is morally bankrupt and only cares about the bottom line. being a ‘nice bloke’ is seen as weakness - not being cut throat enough - a sad state of affairs.
- Posted by AlexThe difficulty with the show is very obvious. Everyone who has ever been in business knows that success depends on collaboration, firstly with your team but perhaps more importantly your suppliers and clients - most people will only be ripped off once and business thrives on repeatedly doing mutually beneficial deals.
I like the apprentice, but it is a lesson on how not to be successful - clients are expensive to aquire!
- Posted by FWMI really like the show, more for highlighting the inadequacies of even supposed high-level business people, however I think the competition (and not the show itself) is causing good candidates to fall be the wayside. Simon Smith, James Max, Saira Khan, and Kristina Grimes have put on excellent performances however I believe the show is now becoming like Ch4’s Big Brother - original intent of the show has been lost with the back-stabbing, cowardice and vitriol of the contestants taking it’s place. Luckily Sugar can see past most of this ‘toot’ to concentrate on business acumen, but it must be distracting when it comes to choosing who goes through.
- Posted by Owen Cattigan