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'Rough diamond' Lee McQueen has snatched Apprentice victory from Claire Young after what felt like the closest boardroom showdown in the programme's history.
We were disappointed that gutsy Claire didn't triumph as she once again proved herself to be a great team leader during the final task and she also helped to carry Lee through the difficult presentation and very tough Q&A section.
In the end, it seemed that Sir Alan felt that Lee was 'more convincing' in his determination to win the job and perhaps he sees Lee as the sort of chap who he can mould to fit into his organisation. Could anyone really mould Claire?
Although Claire managed to keep her mouth shut in the later stages of the series, perhaps Sir Alan just wasn't willing to take a chance on her in case the brash 'rottweiler' we saw in the early tasks returned. Also, we have an inkling that Lee needed to win the series more than Claire - we have a feeling that she will rise to the top without Sir Alan's help.
As for the final task, both teams' performances were pretty poor. Claire and Lee's winning Roulette fragrance 'for real men' was straight out of the 70s (they should just have called it Brut and had done with it). Meanwhile, the only innovative thing about Alex and Helene's fragrance was the bottle - and that was the designer's idea. We would have been interested to see the bottle they had come up with if they had gone along with the name Helene suggested for the fragrance - Girth.
Our highlights from the final episode were the return of the unintentionallly hilarious Kevn (someone give him his own series) and, of course, the long awaited and long overdue sacking of Alex. Hooray!
What did you think of the final? Would you have bought either team's fragrance? Did Lee deserve to win? Was Claire robbed? Let us know what you think...
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Ok - Lee has some faults - but didn't they all?! I am glad that he and Claire made it to the final, but really pleased that he won in the end. I felt that he maintained his true character the whole way through - eg calm; funny; passionate about each task; a good planner etc not to mention good looking! Not one of his fellow contenders ever had a bad word to say about him either. He had a couple of blips which isn't bad over the whole series. He will have a secretary to deal with poor spelling and he is not the first in the world to be poor at that. Hopefully he can do his "sums" which will be more important in his role! Good on him.
Posted by: sarahlathomsharp on Fri Jun 13 07:44PM | Report abuseDoes anyone think that Lee resembles Sly Stalone? It's the mouth!
Posted by: sarahlathomsharp on Fri Jun 13 07:49PM | Report abuseLee stood out from day one! He was up for it every task and gave 100% every time, a real geezers geezer! Good on yer big bird!! AAAAHHHAAAGGGHH!. Loved the brainstorm session for the final task. Pure brilliant. Still laughing!
Posted by: s.cameron61 on Fri Jun 13 09:29PM | Report abuseLee and Sugar are two of a kind, inarticulate, lying, cheating cockney wide @#$%. Success is assured.
Posted by: wrenn4sale on Sat Jun 14 06:13PM | Report abuseAthough I'm pleased for Lee, on the whole Lucinda was the best candidate & really deserved to be ine final & win.
Posted by: guatellodonnell on Mon Jun 16 07:43PM | Report abusei was so raging that lucinda was put out i sooooooooooooooo wanted her to win
Posted by: joey12florida on Mon Jun 16 09:22PM | Report abuselee deserved to win we was way betta than claire
Posted by: mariyah_rulez on Fri Jun 20 05:29PM | Report abuse