The Apprentice 2023

[cuprabob]

Funk said:

Timothy Bucktu said:

Funk said:

The one on the right's hands are a totally different colour to her face. What's gone wrong there?

I'm guessing you've never seen a girl doing her makeup

Not applied with a trowel and in a colour that's nowhere near their skin tone, no....

Not been to Essex then

[Big Stevie]

jonamv8 said:

worst series ever candidate wise?

I was a real fan in the early days of the serious, some great and skilled contestants. Now its dreadful. I still watch but for the comedic value, whereas I used to watch to for the candidates, the tasks, to see some skill in business. This lot are terrible.

Avi Sharma seriously has to go down as one of the worst ever. Delusional

Same here. The quality of candidates has spiralled significantly. The show is losing my interest and if future series continues with this trend I’ll end up turning off. There’s also the danger of any serious candidates being put off applying seeing as the show will, or has become a joke. Shame, as the early series were really good and for the right reasons.

But It will always need a candidate that you hate and want fired, but secretly want to survive so you can carry on hating them.

[jonamv8]

Big Stevie said:

Same here. The quality of candidates has spiralled significantly. The show is losing my interest and if future series continues with this trend I’ll end up turning off. There’s also the danger of any serious candidates being put off applying seeing as the show will, or has become a joke. Shame, as the early series were really good and for the right reasons.

But It will always need a candidate that you hate and want fired, but secretly want to survive so you can carry on hating them.

I think that has happened already, hence the standard of candidate dropping so much. It used to have some serious business people, now it consists of someone who has a Facebook page selling cakes to 137 followers claiming to be the new Baroness Brady

[Funk]

cuprabob said:

Funk said:

Timothy Bucktu said:

Funk said:

The one on the right's hands are a totally different colour to her face. What's gone wrong there?

I'm guessing you've never seen a girl doing her makeup

Not applied with a trowel and in a colour that's nowhere near their skin tone, no....

Not been to Essex then

I have not. Sounds like I shouldn't.

[wiggy001]

jonamv8 said:

Big Stevie said:

Same here. The quality of candidates has spiralled significantly. The show is losing my interest and if future series continues with this trend I’ll end up turning off. There’s also the danger of any serious candidates being put off applying seeing as the show will, or has become a joke. Shame, as the early series were really good and for the right reasons.

But It will always need a candidate that you hate and want fired, but secretly want to survive so you can carry on hating them.

I think that has happened already, hence the standard of candidate dropping so much. It used to have some serious business people, now it consists of someone who has a Facebook page selling cakes to 137 followers claiming to be the new Baroness Brady

At the start of every series I have thought the candidates were pretty poor but as it gets close to the interviews those remaining start to look quite credible. I’ve put this down to the editing making the candidates look worse early on.

This is the first year I’ve genuinely wondered when the serious candidates are arriving. By this stage there is normally a glimmer of talent amongst those remaining but this year… nothing.

They need to sort this out for future series although I wonder if everyone is like us, moaning about it but watching it regardless?!

[Big Stevie]

Whilst some of the previous candidates may have gone on to have business success, some from the earliest series went on to work in TV. Maybe the last one of these that I remember was Katie Hopkins? I would be happy to bet my Grandmother that none of this current lot are remotely capable of doing similar.

Series 1
James Max (investment banker) went on to present on Sky News business section.
Saira Khan I recall did some TV presenting

Serie 2
Michelle Dewberry went on to present on Sky News

[FourWheelDrift]

Series 1 Paul Torrisi had his own show briefly, Property Prophets.

[hungry_hog]

James Max was great - possibly the poshest and most polite Apprentice contestant ever
"oh how are you today sir - cheerio". Spends about 5 minutes thanking the shop owner after he offers to sell them a hat for 500 quid.

Paul Torrisi - very pleasant - bit of a wideboy, chatting up OAPs to make a sale.
Saira Khan - one of the most aggressive salespeople ever. You're from Malaysia? MY NEIGHBOUR IS FROM MALAYSIA I LOVE MALAYSIA WE ASIANS NEED TO STICK TOGETHER AND YOU CAN BUY THESE FLOWERS FROM ME FOR 25 QUID

Some characters there - no orange skin in sight.

[Pitre]

Don't forget Ruth "the Badger".

[Koyaanisqatsi]

Pitre said:

Don't forget Ruth "the Badger".

The Badger was ruthless.

Obviously the producers put through delusional and eccentric characters such as those we've seen in the last few series, but in said contestants' day to day lives has nobody told them 'you're a bit of a dick, calm down a bit'? I assume they surround themselves with similar characters in personal and business settings and live happily in their echo chamber. If I remember correctly, the application process dictates that they must quit their 'day job' to go for the top position of Lord Saccharin's latest business partner. If I worked with a guy like Avi, then I'd probably encourage him to go for The Apprentice to just get him out the bloody door, thus boosting his ego even further and fuelling the fire, which is where I suspect the grandiose narcissism stems from in most of them.

[Milkyway]

We used to love saying... “ Don’t give up the day job”

[Big Stevie]

FourWheelDrift said:

Series 1 Paul Torrisi had his own show briefly, Property Prophets.

I missed that. he also brought out a book..

[GloverMart]

I've never yet been able to find the clip anywhere so maybe I dreamt it but one year, there was an unfeasibly tall chap that was possibly a Tory councillor. He did a piece to camera where he said he was used to having the vision to deal with issues as they come along, he then turned around & smashed his head into the door frame as he didn't duck!

I think I'm paraphrasing a lot of this but I'm sure something similar happened.

[FourWheelDrift]

GloverMart said:

I've never yet been able to find the clip anywhere so maybe I dreamt it but one year, there was an unfeasibly tall chap that was possibly a Tory councillor. He did a piece to camera where he said he was used to having the vision to deal with issues as they come along, he then turned around & smashed his head into the door frame as he didn't duck!

I think I'm paraphrasing a lot of this but I'm sure something similar happened.

The tall guy was mature student Matthew Palmer in series 1. Don't know about the incident you are recalling though.

He was a councillor later - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/2009/jun...

[redrabbit29]

Thomas Skinner was my favourite ever. A genuinely great guy, and very motivating too, always full of postiive energy

[sandman77]

redrabbit29 said:

I enjoyed the comment about protein percentages:

Person on panel: "This is not high protein, it's only 18%"

Apprentice person: "Well, it's more like 20%"

Person: "It's 18grams. In 100 grams. Which is 18%"

The person on the panel was wrong on this occasion. It was a 90g pack so 18g was actually 20%. I’m not sure why the team didn’t correct her.

[Stealthracer]

Because they were all crap at maths probably!

[RacingBlue]

redrabbit29 said:

Thomas Skinner was my favourite ever. A genuinely great guy, and very motivating too, always full of postiive energy

I thought he was good as well - what you see is what you get. Seemed like a genuine bloke.

[BabySharkDD]

Koyaanisqatsi said:

Obviously the producers put through delusional and eccentric characters such as those we've seen in the last few series, but in said contestants' day to day lives has nobody told them 'you're a bit of a dick, calm down a bit'? I assume they surround themselves with similar characters in personal and business settings and live happily in their echo chamber.

You saw the Waitrose panel for the dog food, that gives you your answer. It’s a circle jerk clown world of well paid morons.

[Wacky Racer]

MesoForm said:

Yes - when one of the contestants leaves she says "Thanks Karen", to which Karen replies "that's Baroness Brady to you". I might've seen that on the You're Fired preview.

When I saw that she went right down in my estimation.

It was nasty, and there was no need for it.