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Matt Lucas-alike Kevin became the sixth candidate to be fired in last night's Apprentice. Was Kevin the right person to go?
Well, of the three candidates he took back into the boardroom - yes. He refused to listen to the other team members suggesting that they would be better to do the sales presentation and as a result his pitches were disasters.
Kevin made a catastrophic mistake in not taking Jenny back into the boardroom. Jenny should have been in there and should have been fired for her appalling 'save the earth' week idea - let's all save the planet by cutting down lots of trees to send cards to each other. Clever.
So, did the other candidates agree with Sir Alan's decision? Absolutely not. The last five minutes of the programme when the contestants return to the house are fast becoming the best in the whole show. This week saw everyone turn on Sara and tell her to her face that she deserved to be fired.
We've praised Lee in previous weeks but his behaviour last night was disgraceful as he shouted at Sara that next time if she doesn't contribute he will not accept it and will be taking her into the boardroom with him. Annoyingly Sara failed to defend herself - though possibly she was simply shocked after finding herself under attack from all sides.
Does Sara still deserve to be in the running? Well, it's difficult to tell because we haven't really seen her in action yet. Does this mean that she doesn't contribute or simply that she is not getting much screentime? We don't know. Hopefully she will get to be team leader next week and then we will finally see what she's made of.
The other memorable moment last night was Michael's triumphant - and very inappropriate - football yob yell in the boardroom. We thought poor Margaret was going to have a heart attack. Michael's team had a very narrow victory - mainly because the other team's idea was so bad. Earlier in the task he had spent several hours trying to work out where to put an apostrophe. Michael tried to find the answer by calling up the editor of the Telegraph and the British Library. Had he thought about using a dictionary? We know where we would suggest he put the apostrophe...
What did you think of last night's show? Do you think Sara was treated unfairly? Was Kevin the right person to go? Let us know what you think...
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I couldnt believe the treatment that Sara received. Early in the show she came up with possibly the best greeting card idea, of celebrating different cultures religious festivals. She also repeatedly suggested using Pets in some way. I was dismayed that the TV company didnt see fit to show this clip again when she was accused of not coming up with any ideas at any stage, do they forget that it is all on Camera?
Posted by: dmatthews01 on Thu May 01 11:30AM | Report abusesorry kmd295 your apostrophe was in the wrong place. Your 'egos' was a plural so needed none. Apostrophes denote belonging or missing letters, so the card lady on You've been Fired was wrong to suggest it should be 'Single's' as the team were referring to more than one single. I can't think why they didn't contact (or look in) the Oxford English Dictionary rather than the Telegraph. Bullying of Sara was unforgiveable. She seems to be a valuable team member quietly getting on with task (as in photography session) Good for Raef down with bullies Lee, Jenny, Helene and wuite plotter Alex
Posted by: hayesmilligan on Thu May 01 11:30AM | Report abuseAll i can say is get Clair out, what an annoying cow. She elongates every word and constantly skirts around what she really wants to say so that it looks as though she's been ignored and therefore makes the person in her firing line look bad. Helene is just as bad! Poor Lucinda, she's the only one who is actually half decent!
Posted by: ashmeluk on Thu May 01 11:30AM | Report abuseHow does he look like Matt Lucas? He's nothing like him
Posted by: jodaclements on Thu May 01 11:30AM | Report abuseKevin was stupid to take Sara into the boardroom - if he had taken Jenny in with him, then Sir Alan could have sacked her for her stupid idea (which Sara tried to change, although failed), and then her horrendous @#$% up in the pitch when she admitted that as an enviromentalist she buys less cards! So in the end Kevin got his just desserts. Sara's treatment in the boardroom and by most of her colleagues was disgraceful. And Alex and Lee's outburst and blatant bullying would have got them the sack from me on my shopfloor at work. Good on Raef and Claire for pointing out that it was Sir Alans decision, and that in fact Jenny had come up with a lame duck idea in the 1st place. I hope Sir Alan gets to see this footage and makes an example out of this hideous behaviour.
Posted by: michduncg on Thu May 01 11:30AM | Report abuseIt's all in the editing folks. Don't get suckered!
Posted by: seaninog on Thu May 01 11:31AM | Report abuseThe gangup against Sara was unprofessional and did look like racism...but then Sir Alan saw through it
Posted by: emirfeisal on Thu May 01 11:31AM | Report abuseHonestly, is there one of them in there that you would want working for you?
Posted by: ajpmurphy on Thu May 01 11:31AM | Report abuseJenny was an absolute disgrace with her dreadful environment idea. She should definately go-I wonder if suralan can see through her. Sara did voice her opinion at the start but no one listened. Kevin deserved to go out of the three as he was only interested in doing it his way and his way clearly didn't work. Suralan did recognise that they were ganging up on Sara but as an employer he should do more to discourage this behaviour.
Posted by: martin2209 on Thu May 01 11:31AM | Report abuseIt's very hard to tell who was worse as the editing can be misleading. However there is no getting away from the fact that when the candidate on the chopping board is asked why they shouldn't be sacked, their formulaic response is cringe worthy. I would love them to say "well sir Alan,I am not going to lower myself to beg for a job but i don't do very much and i am still so much better than these jokers."
Posted by: chrislaingtraining on Thu May 01 11:31AM | Report abuse