UK Timeline The Apprentice 2012

MovedGoalPosts · 21-03-2012, 23:17

First programme of the series and it's already shaping up to be a corker.

One has to wonder where these "best of the best" business brains live in the real world. They clearly don't watch TV or they'd know not to over exude confidence and all the overused cliche phrases that just draw our attention to their naivety. Given that they are supposed to be the brains of the future you'd hope they would have learn't from previous seriies but no the same traps are fallen into again and again. And of course you need to learn when to shut up or you will talk yourself into the receiving end of Lord Sugar's "Your Fired" finger

And the best bit is the follow up BBC2 post mortem on the firing as you watch the candidate try and salvage an ounce of credibility

Derek · 22-03-2012, 06:34

Can see plenty of scope for them making a complete mess of things. There are also a few I'd never tire of punching in the face.

Can't see any standouts just yet.

MalteseFalcon · 22-03-2012, 08:17

I think the Apprentice, judging solely by last night, is getting tired and needs a rest. The men's products were crap, lousy quality and the price was a bit too high for the rubbish. The women, if they had worked a bit better and had Gabrielle worked out a price instead of leaving it until the last minute may have seen them win last night.

At the moment, none of them look like a worthy winner but it surely can only get better next week?

**Chris** · 22-03-2012, 08:22

The best bit last night was watching Bilyana talking herself into getting fired right at the last moment. That blonde girl couldn't believe her luck.

MalteseFalcon · 22-03-2012, 11:04

I know, what a dopey woman she was. Paloma did that in her series, Alex was a goner until Paloma attacked him. Sugar doesn't like that sort of thing, so bye bye Paloma.

Tim Deegan · 22-03-2012, 12:51

After watching The Apprentice since the start, there have been very few candidates that I would employ. It seems that most of them don't live in the real world. An example is in the last series when they needed to get a top hat. Now I know you would be unlikely to get one from a market stall, but somewhere like Moss Bros would have been a fraction of the price they paid in the West End. In fact I suspect that even Harrods would have been.

Alan started off from humble beginings, and he likes people who are more street wise. But I sometimes wonder if they select these idiots for entertainment value.

Osem · 22-03-2012, 13:01

Sadly, I too think the show has probably run it's course, in its present format anyway. It's getting too predictable and the tasks too similar but it's still worh watching, just. Britain's brightest talents? I must say that quite a few of the candidates would be more accurately referred to as Britain's biggest BS merchants. It's a bit like Big Brother with suits and I'm pretty sure many are chosen for their entertainment value more than anything else.

Tim Deegan · 22-03-2012, 13:05

I think that maybe they should pick candidates for the next series from more working class backgrounds. Or even from unemployed.

I bet they would be far better at the value for money tasks.

Russ · 22-03-2012, 21:06

My mate Ricky is on there so this is the first time I've watched

I don't usually like this sort of show because of the egos however I can see how much is put-on. The guy on-screen is part Ricky Hype (the wrestler) and part himself, so it's all an act. He's using his usual 'bad guy wrestler' persona and it's fairly entertaining so I'll give this a go.

MovedGoalPosts · 04-06-2012, 00:53

So Russ's mate won.

But overall this series wasn't as good as the others. The candidates were more toned down than in previous series, with none of them really being the types that you wanted to shout at the TV at. Yes many had egos that were too big, and they made the same mistakes as in previous series, but there was very little that was memorable.

MalteseFalcon · 04-06-2012, 09:43

The one that I wanted to win was Jade, but she lost out because her business plan was for a call centre. When I heard that, I sort of went of her a bit.

My brother was upset yesterday when he found out that Katie had gone weeks ago.

DocDutch · 04-06-2012, 09:55

this series was fun but yeah a bit tame compared to other years when you had proper characters that you could detest to the max (other than Steve in this series)

MalteseFalcon · 04-06-2012, 10:17

I didn't like that Jenna. Christ, the voice just made me want to pull my hair out. Had to mute it when she was on screen.