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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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I was so desperate to see Raef go! That guy really gets me annoyed with posh talk. Its so obvious that he is putting it on, like he is impersonating some toffy nosed git that he admires. False is the word for that twit. And god help anyway working alongside him!
Posted by: fionzm1971 on Thu Mar 27 01:52PM | Report abuseWhat about all these people who say they joined "the real world" straight out of school and yet stayed living with mummmy and daddy when uni students went off to live on their own, I'd say that shows more independance, cos not all of them would be that well supported by their parents? And whats wrong with working hard at school rather than in world of work first, it's six and two 3s. I'd say they had right idea. Not that I'm one of them, flunked uni and joined army
Posted by: hinedat on Thu Mar 27 01:53PM | Report abuseEducated way beyond his capability.
Posted by: teresanash41 on Thu Mar 27 01:53PM | Report abuseWho cares? It's a load of drivell
Posted by: martbart58 on Thu Mar 27 01:53PM | Report abuseI enjoyed the show. The contestants didn't disapppoint as they would need to be a certain "type" anyway to put themselves up in front of the most arrogant of them all Alan Sugar!!!! I was totally in agreed with the first firing - Sir Alan got that 100% right, it's just a pity Raef couldn't have gone too. There is no way he can claim he was a scapegoat, even his final word from the taxi at the end he couldn't admit he had cocked up his part in the trial and it was a plain as the "hair on his chin"! Having worked for 10 years in one of the leading law firms in London City I can honestly say he is instantly recogniseable and fits in well with that environment - they do blow a lot of hot air and believe all the rubbish they come out with. He should be very grateful that to date his parents have been in a position to afford his arrogance. Raef nearly had heart failure when it was proposed that he be the first project eader. He comes across as someone who is all for show and will only put himself forward when it suits him proving he is not quite as determined and ambitious as he would like to think he is. I firmly believe his vanity and high opinion of himself will go on to cause him his biggest problems. Alex may have made some mistakes particularly in his people skills but in my opinion he gave it his best shot and I would like to see him be project leader again in future trials as I believe he will really show his worth. Looking forward to next week's show.
Posted by: fionambarber on Thu Mar 27 01:54PM | Report abuseSix figure sum, for that ass!
Posted by: robchalk1970 on Thu Mar 27 01:54PM | Report abuseIt's not REALLY about who can do a job. It's about people being telegenic or devastatingly NOT telegenic, bullying, gamesmanship, one-upmanship, entertainment and ritual humiliation. And about viewers really hating some of the competitors and watching, night after night, rooting for the "hated one" to be booted out. It's about human nature - ours as well as theirs. Obviously the producers have pulled it off again.
Posted by: ebaylady on Thu Mar 27 01:54PM | Report abuseOh my God! If ANY of these morons make it through the TRIALS and tribulations of the series then my opinion of AMS 1 will rapididly diminish. Guilty as hell M´lud.
Posted by: david.eileen on Thu Mar 27 01:55PM | Report abuseHehehe!!!! Predicted "Old Nick" would get booted out the second I saw him!!! Up the workers!!!!!
Posted by: d_emmons on Thu Mar 27 01:55PM | Report abuseI liked Nick. He was blatantly used as a scapegoat and I thought he was hilarious on 'You're Fired' afterwards and took all the jesting really well. I thought it was Alex who was a blameful a*sehole who clearly will do whatever it takes to rid himself of any blame, ever. Hope he doesn't win. I hate people like him.
Posted by: louisek81 on Thu Mar 27 01:55PM | Report abuse