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ElectricDreams said:
The Apprentice candidates seem like GCSE students working on a project to me. The tasks seem so basic yet they make simple mistakes all the time. They're so keen to boast about their contributions and torn on each other when things go wrong. They don't come across as intelligent adults at all.

But I think that is to do with the tasks. They seem more staged somehow than ever, like they're spoonfed what to do, and they are set up to fail by always splitting the team in half so they don't know what the others are doing and the outcome is all disjointed. The editing seems to be done in a way that makes them look incredibly stupid, until the last weeks where suddenly they're absolute geniuses that can do no wrong.

It might be because I've stopped paying attention but I really didn't understand the point of this week's task with the pod car thingies!
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It all seems ridiculously set up to fail as you say. In reality both teams should be consulting and working together to make a coherent end product. You would think that they would be communicating by phone all the time.

Both teams didn't appear to understand the brief at all this week. Akim only won because Sophie's idea was so terrible.
This was the week they really should have gone for the eco green angle.

If I was travelling in a driverless car the last thing I'd want was bloody karaoke. 😃 can't think of anything worse!
 
Scotch Mist said:
It all seems ridiculously set up to fail as you say. In reality both teams should be consulting and working together to make a coherent end product. You would think that they would be communicating by phone all the time.

Both teams didn't appear to understand the brief at all this week. Akim only won because Sophie's idea was so terrible.
This was the week they really should have gone for the eco green angle.

If I was travelling in a driverless car the last thing I'd want was bloody karaoke. 😃 can't think of anything worse!
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Yeah, I think they’re only allowed 1 phone call and it’s always so quick. I get the impression everything is time critical and as someone said, they’re pretty much set up to fail. Otherwise it wouldn’t be very good tv I suppose.
 
The problem is, I don't think it does make for great TV as they are making the same mistakes over and over again. It's every episode, the communication breakdown means the branding doesn't fit the product, they forget to ask the client important questions, they get the costings wrong etc. It's not something that only happens once or twice a series, it happens in every episode and sometimes in both teams. They don't appear to learn from their mistakes.

I think it would be far more interesting to see them get it right. I know it would make me root for the candidates that are good and enjoy the competition, rather than just hope that the least worst gets to stay in. For the last few series, I genuinely haven't cared who gets fired each week and quite often have my fingers crossed for a double firing 🤣

I used to look forward to watching, it was the highlight of my week but now I'm more likely to watch on catch up and even then I'm usually doing something else and it's on in the background.
 
Lilykins said:
Probably in my own here but I really like Akeem, think he is so nice and sweet, but I don’t think he is cut out for business. Doesn’t seem cut throat enough. Wonder what his business plan is!
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I like him too! I think he must have been given a bad edit. He won’t win but he seems sweet.

I even found myself feeling sorry for Akshay this week when Sophie blatantly just picked him because she doesn’t like him.

I think I’ve finally learnt all their names now
 
calmyourritas said:
I like him too! I think he must have been given a bad edit. He won’t win but he seems sweet.

I even found myself feeling sorry for Akshay this week when Sophie blatantly just picked him because she doesn’t like him.

I think I’ve finally learnt all their names now
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Glad Sophie went I even felt sorry for Akshay and pleased Lord Sugar could see she was trying to through him under the bus
 
Lilykins said:
Probably in my own here but I really like Akeem, think he is so nice and sweet, but I don’t think he is cut out for business. Doesn’t seem cut throat enough. Wonder what his business plan is!
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I feel the same, you can tell he’s just a genuinely nice guy, but that’s his downfall. Being nice and a people pleaser in a cut-throat business setting doesn’t cut it.

ChampagneBox said:
I know he’s dumb as a box of hammers but something about him gives me fanny flutters 😂😂😂😭
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Oh god noooo 🤣 I get serial killer vibes from him. Like the type of guy who says “I love you” after one date.
 
justheretoread99 said:
I feel the same, you can tell he’s just a genuinely nice guy, but that’s his downfall. Being nice and a people pleaser in a cut-throat business setting doesn’t cut it.



Oh god noooo 🤣 I get serial killer vibes from him. Like the type of guy who says “I love you” after one date.
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I think it’s because I know I could boss him about and have him under my thumb 😏😂
 
This years batch has to be the worst EVER. They're all so thick. Also, no characters this year. They all seem very unlikeable.

On a side note, is it not pretty clear that Lord Sugar has his winner picked from the start? Like, it's based on a business plan. He (his team) have already analysed each plan and have more than likely picked the one they want to go with.
The show is heavily edited, so the winner can be portrayed pretty easily in this sense.

I prefer when it was competing for an actual job. Seemed more fair then?
 
Ahsurelookit said:
I prefer when it was competing for an actual job. Seemed more fair then?
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same, even in some of the first seasons where the format was business plans (season 7 for example) it was clear some people just HAD to be fired that week, regardless of their business plan. it seems a lot more fixed now. surely they could find a way to offer some sort of employment instead like they used to? i think the current format is a bit stale
 
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