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- Video: Watch the moment Lindi is fired
Lindi may have been the one who got the boot after the ice-cream marketing task but last night it was all about Jennifer.
Yes, we have a new villain in our midst as Jennifer steps forward to stake her claim as The Apprentice's resident bitch.
We'd always suspected that the self-proclaimed 'best salesperson in Europe' was a nasty piece of work - let's be honest, the constant scowling and eye-rolling was a bit of a giveaway and last night she confirmed our suspicions.
When Jennifer found herself in the firing line, alongside Lindi and Lucinda, she wasted no time in turning on closest pal Lindi in an effort to save her own neck.
It worked as Lindi became the latest hopeful to get the sack. It certainly wasn't undeserved though because, as head of the sales team, half of the appointments Lindi had set up were with businesses that already made their own ice-cream (next week they try to sell ice to the eskimos?).
There was a definite chill in the house when Jennifer returned and quizzed the others about whether they thought she was an ice queen. That'll be a yes then! Annoyingly the cameras then cut away - we want to know what happened next! Maybe they should film the candidates 24 hours around the clock next year and show the best bits from the house on BBC3?
This is certainly bound to stir things up over the coming weeks. In particular, Jennifer now thinks Helene has been talking about her - we'd love to see this pair square up to each other. Let's hope they are in the same teams next week.
The other big story of the week was Lucinda's emergence as a potentional dark horse to win the series. We all love an underdog and Lucinda has certainly tugged at our heartstrings over the past few weeks as we've seen her bullied by the other members of her team.
Last night, as team-leader, she gained the support of her team (apart from Jennifer of course) and even Sir Alan's aide Margaret was full of support for her. Also, call us shallow, but her kooky fashion sense also makes her the best dressed candidate for the job. Lucinda to win!
Interestingly, last week's villain Claire took Sir Alan's advice on board and kept her head down and got on with the task as team leader. Was she really a great team leader or was she just lucky? We're not convinced. Whiney Alex continued to play the blame game - let's hope he gets another shot at being in charge soon to see how he copes.
What did you think of last night's show? Should Jennifer have been sacked? Who do you think will win the series?
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I hope Jennifer wins, shes the kind of gal who goes for what she believes in, she's in a class of her own, Sales Person Of the Year three years running in Europe and just an amazing character. Wow go girl....
Posted by: junipaire on Thu Apr 24 01:15PM | Report abuseI have to say it was nice to see a week where both teams did well, and it was more of a case of the best team won, rather than both teams being dreadful, and someone winning by just being not as bad as the other. They both made big profits, both made a good name for themselves around the place, and I hope it continues. As for the firing, first of all I was surprised that it wasn't Claire's team up for the dreaded meeting with Sir Alan. I genuinely thought they hadn't done enough to win, but they pulled it out. But from the other team it was simply a case of women b*tching about eachother, and whoever did it best survived. Must admit I know she's an ice queen but I like Jennifer. I think she did some unbelievably stupid decisions last night, but I'd like to see how she would do as team leader. Good to see Lucinda have a good week to shove down everyone's throats after a few tough weeks, I think people respond much more to a friendly-boss approach than the bully who lets the power go to their head. And it showed. Didn't really have much for or against Lindi, but trying to sell ice-cream to ice-cream makers... come on, it's like selling wood to a lumberjack. Can see why she's gone but it could have been any one of them three. Alex is skating on thin ice for me though. He needs to stop whining and start delivering. He should be a team leader next week and Jennifer.
Posted by: chris_rabz on Thu Apr 24 01:16PM | Report abuseThey're all a bunch of idiots. Why not properly apply for a job like everyone else, although I suspect they wouldn't even be succesful in applying for a job at Burger King
Posted by: tpmalh on Thu Apr 24 01:16PM | Report abuseHave a public vote and be done with it! How did Sugar get as far as he did?
Posted by: suzannerussell on Thu Apr 24 01:17PM | Report abuseWhy is it so many of the weekly tasks are associated with food & food sales? Can we have something original next week please?
Posted by: paulrobertthompson on Thu Apr 24 01:18PM | Report abuseI think you must mean 'confirmed our suspicions'...
Posted by: matthew.baylis on Thu Apr 24 01:19PM | Report abusethey're all so far up their own backsides i dont really care who wins, well, apart from that claire, she looks to be a class A b***h from the little ive seen.
Posted by: jarrax on Thu Apr 24 01:21PM | Report abuseYes she should be sacked and Linda should be re-instated
Posted by: leeuwen on Thu Apr 24 01:21PM | Report abusejennifer is the epitomy of a typical one track minded sales person. All she wants to do is make herself look good and thinks this will be achieved by making a quick sale. Desperation came through yesterday as clearly she knows she has nothing else to offer. She has no conception of the wider impact of her actions and has no people skills or business acumen. All she is usedful for would be a telesales where she can be constrained and scripted. NO good for you Sir Alan
Posted by: kevsharp on Thu Apr 24 01:22PM | Report abuseI think the girls should be made to decide their differences with some good old-fashioned naked mud wrestling.
Posted by: mark_finney64 on Thu Apr 24 01:23PM | Report abuse