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Ian couldn't bring himself to say, or even spell, the word 'loser' but last night he became one after Sir Alan fired him from The Apprentice.
Ian and Kevin were equally useless - in fact, if we'd been Sir Alan we think we would have fired both of them.
It was always going to be between this pair as soon as they got into the boardroom. Simon was there too but it's obvious Sir Alan has a soft spot for him, however, he's clearly going to have to do more than 'cut up onions' over the coming weeks to remain in his favour. Expect Simon to be appointed teamleader in a task very soon.
Bank Manager (and Matt Lucas lookalike) Kevin was quick to volunteer for the position of head chef because he's eaten in Italian restaurants - not the best of qualifications for the job. The alarm bells started to ring when he struggled to name the ingredients for a carbonara and wanted to charge £4.95 for a bowl of soup 'because that's what it costs in Guildford'.
Pouty Ian struggled to manage the team - he began the task by going round the guys and asking them to give him their commitment (Raef gave 110% as usual), but by the time they opened the pub kitchen for business he had lost any grip he ever had on them. He sulked in the corner after Kevin decided to give the team a pep talk and later denied this had ever happened in the boardroom.
Ian had managed to keep his head down in previous weeks and avoid Sir Alan's scrutiny but as team leader his flaws were exposed. We don't think Kevin will go very far in the competition either, unless running a kitchen is the one area in which he lacks expertise. We doubt that.
So, what about the girls? We had been expecting fireworks between Lucinda and Jenny following last week's boardroom showdown but it never happened. Jenny wisely kept a low profile this week and it was Claire, an early favourite of ours, who stood out in the girls' side - for all the wrong reasons. Claire seems to have some issues with being managed and clashed with teamleader Sara, who in all fairness seemed to do a pretty good job. Also, anyone else notice that Claire never takes off that pearl necklace? She even had it on when she got out of the shower? What's going on there?
Let us know what you thought of the latest task. Would you have sacked Ian? Or did Kevin deserve to go? Have you got any favourites to win the series?
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If Kevin is a typical Bank Manager, then heaven help the public. I would not trust him with ONE penny of my money.
Posted by: kibblecards on Thu Apr 10 12:07PM | Report abuselol...reality tv is for idiots..the only people worse than those who watch it are those that are on it.
Posted by: peter_lap2005 on Thu Apr 10 12:08PM | Report abuseIan was rubbish,Simon will win he knows what he is doing,kevin reminds me of Gary Busey.
Posted by: whiteparklane1959 on Thu Apr 10 12:09PM | Report abuseHe deserved to go for being such a big loser. His parents looked like losers as well. His whole persona cried: LOSER!
Posted by: cats_mountain on Thu Apr 10 12:09PM | Report abuseIan deserved to go and deosnt deserve to be there after what he did to his @#$%friend not a very nice person and not very successful in life he is Looser with a capital L he doesnt like saying that word as he has a fear of it and he should be scared as he is going to loose in life if he goes around with that chip on his shoulder it is life to loose some and sin some! Simon didnt deserve to be in the boardroom he is the only one keeping them together... kevin was funny!
Posted by: emmaholden1979 on Thu Apr 10 12:09PM | Report abuseGh
Posted by: chicksohza on Thu Apr 10 12:09PM | Report abusehe thinks he's a winner!! i despair. self respect, i don't think so! he'd have licked alan sugars a.. he thinks he's a winner!? i despair! self respect, i don't think so!? he and his fellows would lick anyones a**e 2 b a 'winner'. tragedy is they will go on 2 have children, imagine him! ' daddy what r morals'?! lifeboatmen, firemen, surgeons, nurses, doctors etc these r the true winners. these programmes r a dreadful reflection of this so called society! shame on u all.
Posted by: ponytails53 on Thu Apr 10 12:09PM | Report abuseThe young Asian @#$% certainly does have a great set of eyes. Only thing worth watching for ;)
Posted by: jackiekirby_uk on Thu Apr 10 12:10PM | Report abuseIan made a total hash of the whole thing really he wasn't a strong enough personality to take charge of everybody and let things get out of hand!! Got to say though Kevin was very annoying and a bit caught up in his own self importance!! I was so releaved when Simon was not thrown out he did nothing wrong and was trying to advise on the major problems facing the team as the s**t headed towards the fan at high speed!! Simon is great, I like him ALOT!
Posted by: dizliz29 on Thu Apr 10 12:10PM | Report abuseyeah simon
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