The Apprentice UK #2

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queencarmen said:
luisa's season was the first overly produced season (season 9? i think?) i remember there was a clear shift from the previous season to a much more glossy version
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I think Leah from that series was the first investment winner. There was such a change in the applicants at the point where it became about investment rather than a job. Now it's even worse as they all want investment for basically social media businesses and to become influencers 🙄

A previous contest was on a sex show on channel 4 last year, which is obviously something you would do when you want to be a serious businessman 🤣
 
Had to watch most of that episode through my fingers as it made me cringe so hard. Both teams were awful did they forget they were supposed to be advertising a motor bike.
Right decision on the firing but should of been a double firing as the name and branding sucked too.
Next week's episode looks good
 
RJF said:
Having not watched since 2015, it’s really jarring that the show hasn’t changed much since it’s inception and is almost identical to the episodes they were airing a decade ago. Same boardroom set, same editing style, same music, same tasks. The presence of Tim is the only thing that distinguishes it.

I might have posted this on here before but I do think that replacing Alan with Deborah Meaden and having a complete refresh would do it wonders. Set it outside of London, have completely new tasks, a new visual style etc. The whole thing currently presents such a 1980s view of how business works.

(I do think that changing the prize from a job to an investment was when it started to jump the shark, but I can’t see them going back to then old format).
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I agree about the format being worn out. I used to really look forward to the show and the spinoff, now I find the main show pretty dull and the spinoff unwatchable.
 
Dogtanian said:
This was a few years back but does anyone remember the ex-apprentice candidate who was invited to appear at a parliamentary committee on reality TV?
She basically said that production actively sabotaged the tasks to make them look bad, so it made a better TV programme.
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Found the article.
www.dailymail.co.uk

Former The Apprentice candidate accuses show of 'sabotaging' tasks

Aleksandra King, 41, from Buckinghamshire, who quit The Apprentice in week four of series 12, has written a letter to MPs listing a number of allegations against the show.
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House of Tea said:
Joseph’s business plan is lip balms…ocean saving lip balms. Random.

If Lord Sugar wants to invest in a business to help save the ocean, one lip balm at a time, then I’m his guy,” he adds. We’ll have to tune in to learn more about these eco-friendly balms.
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This has baffled me because I keep noticing that his lips look really pale and dry! Unless he is wearing his product and it leaves a really bad white cast that makes him look unwell.
 
Anyone else find that Joseph looks a bit panicked when not smiling? I kept noticing last ep. Maybe it's the Shazia effect
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Talking of Shazia, she came across as smug as anything after the results were announced

Meanwhile, Victoria just appears miserable. But she's been more bearable of late
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Kay's Good Cooking said:
Anyone else find that Joseph looks a bit panicked when not smiling? I kept noticing last ep. Maybe it's the Shazia effect
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Talking of Shazia, she came across as smug as anything after the results were announced

Meanwhile, Victoria just appears miserable. But she's been more bearable of late
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Joseph was probably panicked because he knew Shazia was leading them to certain failure. God she was so, so unlikeable.

I feel like Victoria speaks a lot of sense in the interview bit where they talk directly to the camera (not sure what that bit is called) but she always seems mute and miserable in the actual task. Her lip fillers are wonky as well which irritates me.
 
RJF said:
Having not watched since 2015, it’s really jarring that the show hasn’t changed much since it’s inception and is almost identical to the episodes they were airing a decade ago. Same boardroom set, same editing style, same music, same tasks. The presence of Tim is the only thing that distinguishes it.

I might have posted this on here before but I do think that replacing Alan with Deborah Meaden and having a complete refresh would do it wonders. Set it outside of London, have completely new tasks, a new visual style etc. The whole thing currently presents such a 1980s view of how business works.

(I do think that changing the prize from a job to an investment was when it started to jump the shark, but I can’t see them going back to then old format).
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And that stupid article in the Radio Times this week didn't help either with Sirallun saying that you can only work in an office, working at home isn't really working. Is he even aware the 1980s were 40 years ago, the rest of us have moved on with the times?
 
I didn’t think Shazia looked very well when they were doing this task. I also felt the boys in her sub team deliberately “went along” with her ideas because they could make her the scapegoat when it went wrong. She did deserve to go though.
Bradley (Rick Astley lookalike) said he was a petrol head and into bikes so why didn’t he ride it in the advert?

Also, when they get the task ‘phone call at 4am it is pitch black yet when the cars collect them “20 minutes later” it is broad daylight! 🙄
 
Whatwouldyoudo said:
I think Leah from that series was the first investment winner. There was such a change in the applicants at the point where it became about investment rather than a job. Now it's even worse as they all want investment for basically social media businesses and to become influencers 🙄

A previous contest was on a sex show on channel 4 last year, which is obviously something you would do when you want to be a serious businessman 🤣
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I think it was Tom Pellereau who was the first investment winner with his nail files (he was also a nice person, which is as rare as rocking horse shite on this programme)

www.walesonline.co.uk

These are the most successful winners of The Apprentice

Research used latest financial reports to find out the net assets in each of The Apprentice winners’ businesses
www.walesonline.co.uk
 
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