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OK, now we're confused. Only last week we were saying that it seemed Sir Alan had a soft spot for Simon and that the ex-squaddie could do no wrong - and now just one week later he's been fired!
To make matters worse, Sir Alan fired Simon over Alex and Claire (more about those two in a moment) - what is going on?
To be fair, it was a disastrous task for Simon with his team managing to lose money - their photography business having to turn customers away after a mix-up over order numbers. But just how big a part did Alex and Claire play in his downfall?
Last night saw those two - favourites of ours earlier in the series - show their true colours as total snakes. Alex was shirking responsibility right from the start of the task when Simon wanted to appoint him as deputy. This is despite his own declaration that he is the strongest person in the contest! If Alex really is that talented, he's been hiding it well. It was also interesting to see Alex turn on Claire in the boardroom when he thought his own position was in danger. Sir Alan, please see through the sad eyes and pretty boy looks and fire him!
Like Alex, Claire was obstructive throughout the task and seemed to be enjoying it when everything started to go wrong for Simon. Margaret (who appeared to be in a foul mood last night - go Margaret!) got it spot on when she commented that Claire had treated Simon like dirt. So why would Sir Alan want someone like that working for him? It will be interesting to see how she copes next week as team-leader. The others looked less than thrilled at this news.
The Lucinda bullying continued last night with Helene taking her turn to pick on the softly spoken, beret-wearing one. Is anyone going to step in and defend her? And what's wrong with Raef? He spoke about two words last night. We're heard of keeping your head down in the early stages but this is ridiculous.
Are you as shocked as we are to see Simon out of the contest? How did Alex and Claire manage to escape this time? And with Simon gone, who is your favourite to win now?
Let us know your thoughts...
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simon shouldnt of been sacked , it should of been claire , or alex , he seemed out of his depth , this week and last week ,
Posted by: sjharper1 on Thu Apr 17 01:25PM | Report abuseSimon Should of stayed Sir Alan Should of fired Claire she was argumentative, backstabber, two faced she's got to go next week
Posted by: a.smith186 on Thu Apr 17 01:25PM | Report abuseIt was a toughy, all diddnt perform, I like Simon and at the start I thought he would seriously be a contender, but everyweek he seemed to loose one more attribute of his qualities, in the laundry task he was great but slightly worse off in the bar task. Last night he ws robbed though Claire will NEVER work for Sir Alan so why keep her! Alex just needs to stop lying, but watch out for him
Posted by: bazzagoode on Thu Apr 17 01:26PM | Report abuseI watched in disbelief when Claire was chucked out of the boardroom and returned to the house - she should of been FIRED!!!!!!!
Posted by: familyjohnlewis on Thu Apr 17 01:27PM | Report abuseI can't believe Simon was fired over that cocky, oppresive, rude, annoying, inconsiderate woman Claire! I would love to see her fail next week - how can anybody work with her she is totally unprofessional and she should be ashamed of herself.
Posted by: walshcusack on Thu Apr 17 01:27PM | Report abuseIts only another game show|||||
Posted by: claudep on Thu Apr 17 01:28PM | Report abuseoh no Simon should not have been fired - he was an honest candidate and admitted that he should have done things differently and for that I think he should have been given another chance to show what he could do - Claire should have been the one to go - she is very demonstrative and rude and no one it seems can get a word in edgewise when trying to communicate with her - I doubt she would have been able to have done any better she is far too mouthy and as for Alex what a whimp as he said that if he got called in by Simon he would blow him away and then he changed his attitude when it looked like it could be him walking. No Simon should still be there as he seems to be the only grounded person out of all of the candidates. As for Lucinda, she is sweet, I don't know whether she will get much further but she did seem to be thrown in the deep end - she clearly said that she was not technical in any way shape or form and hey ho she gets the most technical of jobs - Helene was far too bolshy - so its a toss up in my opinion who goes next or maybe both her and Claire should get the chop.
Posted by: dpeters007 on Thu Apr 17 01:29PM | Report abuseOD
Posted by: ian.wilki7 on Thu Apr 17 01:29PM | Report abuseI think it is more about entertainment value than logic. Those expelled tend to be the least colourful so in that respect Sir Alan disappoints.
Posted by: peter.dalton9 on Thu Apr 17 01:29PM | Report abusei felt sorry for lucinda, not her fault she got stuck in a job she wasn't good at! she did tell Helene after all... it'll be funny to see how claire deals with being project manager-betcha she gets fired.
Posted by: super.smiley.lou on Thu Apr 17 01:29PM | Report abuse