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It was a double-whammy on last week's Apprentice as not one, but two of the candidates were fired in a dramatic boardroom showdown following what should have been called the Headless Kosher Chickens task.
We didn't shed any tears for either cheating, bully Jenny Celerier or sour-faced, ice queen Jennifer Maguire as both of them have had this coming for weeks. How did they manage to survive this far? Actually, how have about 90% of this year's candidates survived so far? It's hardly a vintage year!
Jennifer - the greatest sales person in Europe - was a useless team leader and made mistake after mistake as she struggled to control her team. In the boardroom, her vicious side surfaced once again as she played the blame game and tried to pin her failure on her team-mates. Whiner Alex was also guilting of blaming everyone else - as usual - but again he got off the hook. Why can't Sir Alan see through him?
Meanwhile, the other Jenny, who previously enraged us when she bullied Lucinda, came unstuck last night when she cheated during the task in an attempt to sabotage the other team's result. How on earth did she think she could do this ON CAMERA and then get away with it? Duh!
What really angered us was that Michael, who helped her out in the scam, managed to wriggle himself out of trouble. This was despite his aggressive behaviour in the boardroom (again) and a blatant attempt to gain favour with Sir Alan by playing the Jewish card (thankfully he didn't pull his trousers down to prove it, as was suggested).
Michael is possibly the most arrogant contestant ever to take part - has anyone so useless ever thought so highly of themselves? Margaret quite rightly branded him 'a waste of space'. So why is he still there?
Elsewhere last night, Claire is actually starting to warm on us. Yes, so she does get totally out of control during the tasks but this does make it fun to watch as her teamleader struggles to reign her in. Is it just us, or does she have a look of Kerry Katona about her? You get the impression that she'd be quite a laugh after a few drinks down the pub though we'd pass on having her as a manager as we prefer our back as it is - minus the knives.
Lee succeeded as teamleader but we can't stand all the macho posturing and, in our opinion, anyone who shouts 'C'mon!' each time they succeed in something should be taken outside and shot.
Sir Alan's aide Nick is fast becoming the show's king of the one-liners - "There were Gucci branded underpants everywhere you looked but you don't seriously believe they were the genuine article do you?" he seethed at Alex during one boardroom exchange. Nick also picked up on Sara's success during this task and it was also a good week for Lucinda and Raef. Are these three the dark horses who will make it to the final three?
What did you think of last night's show? Was Sir Alan right to fire both Jennifer and Jenny? Should Michael have been fired too for cheating? Let us know what you think...
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If this is the best talent Britain has to offer God help us. They are all talentless,useless and an insult to all young enterprising people.
Posted by: bobbieandterry on Thu May 08 12:47PM | Report abuseGutted that the irish one has gone, damn hot and looked dirty
Posted by: pugwashyabam on Thu May 08 12:48PM | Report abuseAbsolutely hilarious last night, - I think Michael should of gone as well as both the Jens, he is so STUPID!
Posted by: charterskl on Thu May 08 12:48PM | Report abuseI think Jenny Celerier was defintely the right one to get fired, but I think Micheal should have got the chop too, what they did was despicable, trying to bribe the staff in the shop was terrible. I felt sorry for the lady in the shop being put in such a position, Im glad she refused to do it. I hope they don't think all British act in this way!
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Posted by: kateandfox on Thu May 08 12:50PM | Report abuseits a crap programe anyway a waste of tv time ive got better things to do than watch that crap !!!!!!!
Posted by: quinboss on Thu May 08 12:50PM | Report abuseI agree I personally think that the so called apprentices have no common sense whatsoever, its about ego's rather than the job. Because you can speak the spoken word and have a degree in this and that just shows what happens in the real world. Having served in the army for 23 years proves that with the Officer element great degrees and academic quality NO common sense.
Posted by: w.mark92 on Thu May 08 12:50PM | Report abusehaha, some of these comments are halirious 'all of them arent worth a packet of biscuits between them' hahaha..yea best show ever, my eyes are glued to the TV every wednesday night! so happy both devious jens went, what a relief! sir alan was very quick to the point and slightly nasty last night..i love him! michael get those trousers down to prove ur a jew or ill sue!!! steph, belfast @#$%
Posted by: steph_boomer on Thu May 08 12:52PM | Report abuseMicheal should have been fired too. all 3 should of gone.
Posted by: jordan671 on Thu May 08 12:53PM | Report abuseWould like to know how many of the other "winners" are still with Sir Alan and what positions they hold. I sure as hell hope Sir Alan has a get out clause on how long he has to keep them. This year's are the worst lot so far. Don't think I've met a bigger bunch of incompetents in my life. Lucinda's probably the only one that's got anything going for her. Good team leader, good people skills and some common sense. I laughed my way thru the whole show last night.
Posted by: kateandfox on Thu May 08 12:54PM | Report abuse