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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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Loved Alex, so much nicer than stupid nicholas - he deserved to get fired! or Raef for that stupid hair style! but to be honest, it doesnt matter what someone talks about in conversation, it doesnt make them a better/worse person! completely stuck up and ignorant! A B at GCSE's a failure? Yeah right. Get a life mate.
Posted by: freedynan on Thu Mar 27 04:26PM | Report abuseyou are stupid
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Posted by: the4pennells on Thu Mar 27 04:38PM | Report abusei cant bekieve that a group of so called proffesional people didnt know about fish or prices Have none of them ever been shopping are they stupid no one had any innovative ideas at all what a bunch of idiots shame about the guy thet went but Sir Alan was spoilt for choice.I would love to be on this programme as i have loads of what no contestants seem to have on this programme and thats common sense.They should have 1 ordinary member of the public with these people who isnt up themselves and just gets on with it .
Posted by: jcorneill on Thu Mar 27 04:39PM | Report abusei didnt mind if it was him or that other posh guy erm raef they both mucked up on the day looks like its gonna be another brill series woo lol
Posted by: punckprincess2003 on Thu Mar 27 04:45PM | Report abuseWhy are people raving about Alex? What exactly did he do that was so special? He couldn't manage a teddy bear's picnic let alone a group of entrepreneurs.
Posted by: le36dd on Thu Mar 27 04:48PM | Report abuseMost of the footage of this first episode of the Apprentice showed persons who appear to believe that an aggresive attitude to business,fellow competitors & the public is axiomatic to success in life & the workplace.Leaders are dedicated,determined & brave persons who are neither aggressive to nor dismissive of others.Leaders value the gifts of the team & motivate it to achieve the task successfully. Leaders learn from situations & people,generate ideas & enthusiasm & are an amalgam of humility & courage. They are free of cant.They respect the task,the team, the market & take responsibility for THEIR decisions.Success pivots on clear thought,clear planning & efficient execution of the task however challenging. These self-ful candidates demonstrate few of the above qualities. There is some doubt that these young turks,without a damascene revelation will become vibrant future leaders. Is there a REAL "apprentice" amongst the crop? Over to you Sir Alan!
Posted by: planetzorros on Thu Mar 27 04:49PM | Report abusegood bye to the snob
Posted by: carltarry1828 on Thu Mar 27 04:53PM | Report abuseof course it was wot a toss pot...what was all that sh*t about not having a public school boy education...that makes you thick?! wot an arrogant tosser and to be honest i think a "B" is perfectly accesptable in your gcse's!!!
Posted by: munchkinmoo2 on Thu Mar 27 04:56PM | Report abuseWhat a wet wimp! All the academic qualifications in the world wouldn't give him a personality.
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