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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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does anyone really care?, and who in their right mind watches this rubbish. This type of tv is only making me switch off my tv.
Posted by: lexusles1 on Thu Mar 27 02:38PM | Report abuseComplete idiot he just came across as a jumped up toff.Whats the point in having all those qualifactions if they cannot be applied to a real life setting. Common sense is clearly not a quality he posesses.
Posted by: natasha8703 on Thu Mar 27 02:39PM | Report abuseYes, He was the right choice
Posted by: shamvaghela on Thu Mar 27 02:39PM | Report abuseYes, He was the right choice
Posted by: shamvaghela on Thu Mar 27 02:39PM | Report abuseYet more evidence that "Nasty is the New Nice".
Posted by: thejohnstewart on Thu Mar 27 02:40PM | Report abusewell deserved firing. Jumped up insulting B*st**d. pity it took to the end of the episode to fire him. He should have gone at the fish market.
Posted by: jazzyroylane on Thu Mar 27 02:40PM | Report abusestuck up ponce
Posted by: michaelj46 on Thu Mar 27 02:40PM | Report abuseis the future really in the hands of jumped up arrogant people like these?it did make me screw up my face and inhale through pursed lips on many occassions.i,m glad i dont have to face the world after saying some of the comments leaving there mouths.idiots do have a place in society and the apprentice is one of them.put em downt pits.this is not for one moment saying miners are idiots.
Posted by: pujapete on Thu Mar 27 02:41PM | Report abuseBesides the horror hairstyle of Raef his comments on working with Princes and Paupers was hilarious!!!
Posted by: sazcaz2006 on Thu Mar 27 02:42PM | Report abusewhy cant this show have normal people instead of jumped up big headed prats.. does not take rocket science to sell a bit of fish on a street market
Posted by: michaelj46 on Thu Mar 27 02:42PM | Report abuse