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« Reply #15 on: September 28, 2016, 04:44:35 PM »

In for sweepstake

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« Reply #16 on: October 06, 2016, 12:09:29 PM »

Who's team do you like? I've gone aggro Cheesy

LilDave: Grainne, Michelle, Sofiane, Oliver
Stato: Samuel, Alana, Jessica, Trishna
Alex: Mukai, Frances, Aleksandra, Karthik
Warbs: JD, Courtney, Paul, Rebecca
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« Reply #17 on: October 07, 2016, 11:01:17 AM »

Rofl that Jessica was hilarious.

early favourite? I guess the sub team leader from the Titans. Candidates seem even worse than usual this year.


Thought the firing was incorrect, her team beat the guys equivalent team and the sub team got absolutely smashed. Sugar usually likes to eliminate the old/ethic minoritirities that they are forced to put on the show pretty early though and she was clearly never going to win. Firing all three would have been best I guess.

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« Reply #18 on: October 07, 2016, 11:23:39 AM »

the old/ethic minoritirities that they are forced to put on the show

This is preposterous, the BBC would never indulge in cultural Marxism.

 
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« Reply #19 on: October 07, 2016, 11:25:34 AM »

First look at the candidates and barely a sensible one amongst them.

I know that is half the point but for the first time i found myself watching thinking "I can't be bothered with this".

the first episode is always a bit of a wash though, you get to the bvoardroom and you spot someone you hadn't seen in the task at all

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« Reply #20 on: October 07, 2016, 12:21:37 PM »

The golden rule of week one:

Do not volunteer to be PM in week one. Smiley

I can see the comedy potential in this series being high though.

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« Reply #21 on: October 07, 2016, 01:11:10 PM »

Couple of Jason Statham types that will be trying to appeal to The Lord's dark side.

Early doors, but it seems a weak field.

Possibility of fisticuffs, perhaps?

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« Reply #22 on: October 07, 2016, 07:59:09 PM »

The show has turned into a bigger farce than normal. 

Natalie, Mukai, Karthik and Dillon are all terrible. 

Stand-outs for me are Sofianne, Trishna (wont win friends), Granine and I think Jessica could be the dark horse. 
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« Reply #23 on: October 14, 2016, 02:05:32 AM »

We have an apprentice sweepstake at work and every week someone has to write a re-cap of the episode to send round to everyone. Thought I may as well post mine here too in case anyone didn't watch it:


Apprentice Week 2: Advertising – Jeans

With the teams still divided along gender lines, they are asked to create advertising campaigns for jeans made from Japanese denim.

The boys have no problem allowing self-professed fashion supremo Mukai to be the PM although some must be looking at his bow tie and doubting his credentials. The lads decide to target the undeniably large market of ‘wealthy teenagers’ but seem to have taken inspiration from a post-apocalyptic film in calling their jeans Day After Tomorrow.

The girls manage to re-write the rules of democracy (where were these lot on Brexit night!?) by denying last week’s boardroom survivor Rebecca her vote in order to elect lively Jessica as PM. Eventually they take off to shoot some pictures but after a while in the Taxi they realise they’ve lost the actual jeans. After arriving at a lovely Japanese restaurant there is much quarrelling and the PM then loses her composure, tearfully exiting the venue. Once Jessica regains her composure and train of thought she returns to lead the team to a special area of the restaurant where the shoot will take place: the toilet.

The guys in team Titan get cracking on shooting a TV advert for their DAY jeans, but silver fox Dillon is more interested in harrassing flirting with the skateboarding young man they’re casting. The advert turns out to be cheesier than Alan’s one-liners, with a close race for what was the most wooden - the models’ acting, the skateboard, or Dillon after the lad blew him a kiss.

So now the teams have to present their toiled-over campaigns to a panel of industry experts. Jessica really ups her game and delivers a great pitch, supported strongly by Rebecca, but the panel weren’t impressed by the cheap-looking packaging. It was clear that the photo-shoot location provided the inspiration for Nebula’s packaging, as it looked like card and was the perfect size to store loo rolls in. They missed out on the BOGOF marketing link-up though.

PM Mukai must have fastened his bow tie too tightly that morning as he chokes through a poor opening few lines. JD steps in to offer some barely-comprehensible words, but as they are delivered in his trademark gruff manner he fails to save the DAY. The expert panel slam the team for incorrectly calling their jeans unisex, but everyone knows men can’t wear women’s jeans. The panel didn’t, however, spot that their logo is suspiciously like that of Wrangler…

So, with both teams more Kamikaze than Kaizen, we wonder how Alan is going to decide which team was the least woeful in the task? He refuses to put his name to either calamity and hauls both PMs back into the boardroom. Jessica brings back the seemingly-always-sneering Scot Natalie and Alana whom she had a clash of personalities with. Alana gets very flustered and tongue tied in the boardroom but manages to avoid the boot.

Mukai brings back the overly-aggressive and outspoken Karthik and Alan firmly puts him in his place, telling him he’s a loose cannon while almost pointing the finger of woe. For pitching poorly, JD is brought in too but Alan soon removes him from potential elimination and turns his attention back to the girls.
 
Jessica manages to plead her case that all the girls kept ‘undermiming’ her and, unfortunately, Elvis’s long-lost daughter Natalie pays the Yen for barely contributing on the task. She bolts out of the room and storms off with her case, denying Karthik any sleazing opportunities.

We are offered a sneek peek of next week’s show and see Karthik either mixing a large batch of rock to make sweets, or wax for his huge eyebrows – tune in next week to find out which.
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« Reply #24 on: October 14, 2016, 09:57:28 AM »

Absolutely absurd week. They are all absolutely terrible.

How the hell both pms didn't get fired too, I do not know.

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« Reply #25 on: October 14, 2016, 10:17:11 AM »

Absolutely absurd week. They are all absolutely terrible.

How the hell both pms didn't get fired too, I do not know.



Awful....reallly struggling to see anyone who's got a clue!

As for last nights firing.....no idea how "what's a strapline on jeans?" she got through to the programme.

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« Reply #26 on: October 14, 2016, 10:48:18 AM »

Absolutely absurd week. They are all absolutely terrible.

How the hell both pms didn't get fired too, I do not know.



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Great write up Mr Hammer.
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« Reply #27 on: October 20, 2016, 10:33:18 PM »

Whilst the programme is great fun to watch, its losing all credibility.

They are trying so hard to find people willing to come up with massive catchphrases and with egos bigger than almost anyone I can think of, that the original ethos of the programme is being lost.

How have any of the people got past any sort of filter, unless its sole aim now is to attract idiots? thumbs up
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« Reply #28 on: October 20, 2016, 10:44:14 PM »

Whilst the programme is great fun to watch, its losing all credibility.

They are trying so hard to find people willing to come up with massive catchphrases and with egos bigger than almost anyone I can think of, that the original ethos of the programme is being lost.

How have any of the people got past any sort of filter, unless its sole aim now is to attract idiots? thumbs up

I must be 1.01 to get on next year then if i apply?  Don't think i am results orientated enough though to win it.  Grin  Want me to apply to see how right you are?  I have always been tempted to enter it.  Never been a pro gambler on the show.  Think i would go down well with Sugar with my no nonsense straight talking approach exposing corporate wannabe bullshitters along the way.  What price you make me to get on it if i apply?  
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« Reply #29 on: October 21, 2016, 12:57:54 AM »

Whilst the programme is great fun to watch, its losing all credibility.

They are trying so hard to find people willing to come up with massive catchphrases and with egos bigger than almost anyone I can think of, that the original ethos of the programme is being lost.

How have any of the people got past any sort of filter, unless its sole aim now is to attract idiots? thumbs up

I must be 1.01 to get on next year then if i apply?  Don't think i am results orientated enough though to win it.  Grin  Want me to apply to see how right you are?  I have always been tempted to enter it.  Never been a pro gambler on the show.  Think i would go down well with Sugar with my no nonsense straight talking approach exposing corporate wannabe bullshitters along the way.  What price you make me to get on it if i apply?  

Are you photogenic? What's your back story? What kind of personality do you have in front of a camera?

The producers are looking for people who they believe will make the show appealing to the biggest number of viewers - although that may sound strange in view of what we've seen so far from this year's candidates. Frankly, business acumen is a probably only 10% of the entire equation. They're far more interested in getting diversity mixed with a few tinderbox characters to ensure some onscreen fireworks.

So, arbs, how about doing a 60 second screen-test vid and stick it up on here (and maybe TfT too)? Depending on what I see, I may even offer you 5-1 against getting on. If you're looking good on the show, I can cover my bet with some "in-Play" bets. lol.

In the meantime, the best candidates from this week were all wearing skirts: Grainne, Trishna & Rebecca - and maybe Alana if she can work on a poker face.
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