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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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I would have fired all of them to be honest apart from claire because she entertains by not listening to any1 and doing what she wants. I find lee annoying i don't think he should have got this far in show just think he was lucky last night because the other team were just so bad.
Posted by: grant_mcilloney on Thu May 08 11:50AM | Report abuseEveryone else hated her but i loved Jenny Celerier! Maybe i just have a thing for redheads, but she looked hot on The Apprentice: You're Fired too!!
Posted by: donnyboy3000 on Thu May 08 11:51AM | Report abusei think by this point we no them v well. i wanted red jenny to go weeks ago, on the laundry task in fact shes just a cow, and jenny two also deserved to go, and so did micheal hes just a pompous idiot
Posted by: magicsparklerfizzles on Thu May 08 11:51AM | Report abusei do love watching this programme...must see viewing, but this has to be one of the worst line up of candidates ever..few seem to display any business acumen, let alone common sense.. Next to go will be Lee & Michael...... the winner....Sara or Helene.. Andy, in Trowbridge
Posted by: thedogsbollox4 on Thu May 08 11:51AM | Report abuseSir Allan should have fired them all. Lying cheating attempted sabotage, I run a small business and would not offer any of them a job. Most employers look for honesty, integrity and skills.
Posted by: tonyclark111 on Thu May 08 11:51AM | Report abusenone are up to the task of aprentice
Posted by: buyimage on Thu May 08 11:52AM | Report abuseGood God what people! If the likes of them are to hold the economic keys of our society and the various celebrities are our new role models, please stop the world I want to get off! Disgusting! Alessandra Smith
Posted by: alessandra_smith on Thu May 08 11:52AM | Report abuseThe hypocrisy of Sir Alan Sugar!. It's OK for Michael to bribe someone to sabotage the other team that's just overenthusiasm but for a female such as Jenny (redhead) who did the same, well she's a snake and has to be fired. Is Sugar a sexist pig or what !!
Posted by: victoriabate on Thu May 08 11:52AM | Report abuseAs has been said before, by others, its becoming more and more obvious that its all "fixed" for the sake of whats regarded (by the BBC) as "better" viewing. Waste of an hour.
Posted by: jro7563 on Thu May 08 11:52AM | Report abuseA very good article on the show, in my view Michael is indeed 'a waste of place'. He should have been the first to be thrown out for the kosher blunder.
Posted by: jayanarayan_bhat on Thu May 08 11:53AM | Report abuse