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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 still cant believe any of these people make more money than me. They are inept, deluded individuals who are hounded around like sheep. Take last night, Jenny knew she had to save herself, so blamed Sara, Kevin, who wouldnt have a clue if it came up and bit him decided to sheepily follow that and then Claire - who we all know will jump on any blame bandwagon thats not for her - followed again. And then the rest of the house baa's along and decided that Kevin should have STAYED!? Come ON people.
Posted by: manofdann on Thu May 01 11:02AM | Report abuseIn truth,with the exception of Lucinda,Sara and Raef, I wouldn't micturate on any of them if they spontaneously combusted - they are an awful bunch of @#$%s and with very little idea of how the world works .
Posted by: tyetechcleansx on Thu May 01 11:02AM | Report abuseSave The Planet Week was stupid, here's a card telling you to recycle. I thought greeting cards were supposed to be cheerful or offer comfort not to preach. Jenny is two face, in week two she turned against Shazia and got her fired unfairly and in the week Simon got fired she and Alex tried, and ultimately failed to make Claire seem like she had let them down. Third time lucky for her that she managed to get Sara in the boardroom and save her skin again. She's vile, as is Lee who showed his true colours with his attack on Sara because his 'mate' got the boot. Raef is the true winner of this show no matter the final outcome, good on him sticking up for Sara and trying to put an end to the bullying that was going on at the close of the show.
Posted by: therickiwef on Thu May 01 11:03AM | Report abuseThe attack on Sara was not jusified at all. She did have some ideas but made the mistake of not putting them forward with as much assertiveness as other members of the team. I think that that Kevin should have been fired, he was too aggresive, unprepared and in short totally unprofessional during the pitching. Also, his arrogance but inability to understand working relationships (getting the best out of your team) is a real grey area. He failed to allocate the right job to the best suited candidates in his team, ignoring their talents and making a complete farce of the task. This task has proved him to be immature and lacking in real project management, key skills that are essential in business. His @#$%yness was annoying and I don't think anyone would want someone like that on their team, so I am glad he got fired!
Posted by: nazrinwilkinson on Thu May 01 11:03AM | Report abuseThe right person got kicked out. Arrogance is never going to win on this show. I do think that it is obvious after the first 5 mins who will go because the editors have them bigging themselves up waiting for a fall. I could imagine Kevin in a lesser bank getting people to sign up for ridiculous loans. He is now totally unemployable.
Posted by: alansavill on Thu May 01 11:03AM | Report abuseI think it was very unfair how they treated Sara, they all ganged up on her.. poor girl didn't even defend herself. She has brilliant ideas but no one listens to her... i hope she wins! and Jennie and the bullies should defo go... Lee was out of order too.
Posted by: qureshianq on Thu May 01 11:04AM | Report abusesara did give very good idears but was ignored the way she was treated was just shear bulying and i hope sir alan realises this i dont think she is the best candidate but neither was any of them last night they acted very badley.
Posted by: midazmi on Thu May 01 11:04AM | Report abuseSara has been team leader already... the bollywood night, and I thought she was quite good, her team did win. I thought she was treated really badly, her and Raith seem the only decent human beings there, the rest are backstabbing b*****ds. Jenny should have been fired, she was awful, but Kevin deserved it by being so easily influenced in taking Sara into the boardroom.
Posted by: jo_louise79 on Thu May 01 11:04AM | Report abuseI think it's true that some team members are stifled and don't get the chance to get their ideas and opinions heard. There's some big ego's that want it their way no matter how rubbish that way is! As for their card ideas....how could they not see save the planet week was awful...I did like the photo's they all came up with though
Posted by: lauren.john on Thu May 01 11:04AM | Report abuseIf these apprentices are the best the country can produce, Lord hep us !
Posted by: vlcek on Thu May 01 11:05AM | Report abuse