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From the opening moments of last night's Apprentice it was clear that we had another bunch of jumped-up, arrogant, cringeworthy know-it-alls battling for a job with Sir Alan - in other words we are in for another excellent series.
Ian can't even bring himself to say the word 'loser', Jennifer rates herself as 'the best salesperson in Europe', Claire says she likes to crash through everything like her family's german shepherd dog and scary Sara doesn't like to beat her opposition, she likes to thrash them.
The first task saw the group split into male and female teams and given a load of fish to sell at a London market. Easy? Well, no. The teams struggled to tell their Monkfish from their Sea Breams and ended up selling the fish at a fraction of the actual value.
Other highlights of the first episode included sulky Ian pursing his lips and declaring that he hated losing, Lucinda's kooky dress sense (do health and safety regulations allow people to sell fish wearing a purple woollen beret?) and, of course, Raef's hair - what's that all about?
The award for best line has to go to Sir Alan's sidekick Nick who asked the boys' team "Did it strike anybody that a £5 lobster is bloody cheap?"
The boardroom showdown saw the girls triumph and drippy boys' team leader Alex chose to take Nicholas and Raef back into the boardroom with him.
Things quickly escalated into a class war with Nicholas declaring that the group had split into the educated and the non-educated. Alex was quick to point out that he also had a university degree which led Nicholas to point out more differences between the boys - he likes to talk about arts and culture and they like to talk about football apparently. The writing was really on the wall for Nicholas at that point and Sir Alan rightly fired him.
What did you think of the first episode? Who are your favourites and which of the candidates are getting on your nerves. Let us know...
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Too right he got the boot. Even I know the price of lobster and I haven't been to University. - The split he talked about was obvious as HE walked on HIS own in the house. He knew he'd been rumbled. Talkers talk, doers just do.
Posted by: xv535man on Thu Mar 27 01:47PM | Report abuseIt was right that Nicholas should go - the jumped up little prat, He talked his way out of it when he tried to show Sir Alan that he was well-educated in the arts and can't talk about football. Did he think it would impress Sir Alan. He should have done his homework on Sir Alan, then he would have known that Sir Alan left school very young and was not brought up with a silver spoon in his mouth. And he would have also known that Sir Alan was involved with Tottenham Hotspur. Nicholas was too up himself to stay.
Posted by: linda_robinson10 on Thu Mar 27 01:47PM | Report abusei thought he was rude bad mannered and proves that people who have got higher education dont nessacary have people skills or think before they speak...glad he was fired!!!
Posted by: sharmaineglenister on Thu Mar 27 01:47PM | Report abuseIf these people are so well educated, why do they have to go onto a Reality TV programe to get a job???
Posted by: tiataylor04 on Thu Mar 27 01:48PM | Report abuseLook at where Sir Alan Sugar came from and you realise that Nicholas probably came very close to personally insulting the very person who would employing him! And he said he was very intelligent? To be honest, in a commercial world, the skills needed include personal communication, relationship building and the ability to work with a broad spectrum of cultures and personalities. Clearly, Nicholas has NONE of those attributes.
Posted by: timhodgetts on Thu Mar 27 01:48PM | Report abuseSir Alan was heavily involved in football (Tottenham I believe) which illustrates just how incredibly stupid Nicholas is - insult the boss's interests to get ahead!
Posted by: lespdesigns on Thu Mar 27 01:48PM | Report abuseSuch an upper class twit and snob, he was justly fired. Raef should follow.
Posted by: rubanesqu on Thu Mar 27 01:48PM | Report abuseOh I'm so glad that man was fired I wanted to smack him the big headed fool!!!
Posted by: boughtonwater on Thu Mar 27 01:48PM | Report abuseNick is ace.
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