The Apprentice 2024
Discussion
C5_Steve said:
Just caught up on the last episode, so disappointed Tre and Flo rocked up with such poor ideas.
I agree that Phil is probably the one for the win as his idea is the only one that's got any legs but he's been useless in the show and his decisions in his own business seem to echo that. No vision, no ability to adapt or make informed decisions.
Tre was clearly a favourite on the show the outpouring from pretty much everyone about what a nice guy he was nice to see.
I don’t think Flo’s idea of a recruiting business is terrible in itself. But her idea of hiring a dozen or more people immediately, and using the whole £250k investment in three months to pay them was insane. I’ve (unfortunately) worked in a recruiting business, and most of the job of a recruiter is to take a brief from a client with a role to fill, and then cold-call their contacts list. Her lot would have no clients with roles to fill, no contacts list to call, and will be bust when the funding runs out. As a business proposal, that’s crackers.I agree that Phil is probably the one for the win as his idea is the only one that's got any legs but he's been useless in the show and his decisions in his own business seem to echo that. No vision, no ability to adapt or make informed decisions.
Tre was clearly a favourite on the show the outpouring from pretty much everyone about what a nice guy he was nice to see.
GT03ROB said:
Pieman is actually quite likeable. Compared to some of the other bulls
tters he's actually doing something & running a real business. When you looked at the others they were dreamers that were completely uninvestable. .In the earlier series where Sugar was looking for somebody to employ rather than invest in I think you would be looking at different finalists
It is worrying that Pieman hasn't seen his management account for 6 months or so though!
In terms of "likeability" I think a lot of that will be down to editing. It's now so ridiculously obvious that it's boring - if the production team want somebody to look bad then every time that person says something they cut away to dead silence, eye rolls, and looks of shock from the other candidates. IIRC that hardly if ever happened to Phil the Pieman. He seemed to be quite a nice candidate all the way through the series (as did Tre, Flo and the others).tters he's actually doing something & running a real business. When you looked at the others they were dreamers that were completely uninvestable. .In the earlier series where Sugar was looking for somebody to employ rather than invest in I think you would be looking at different finalistsIt is worrying that Pieman hasn't seen his management account for 6 months or so though!
In terms of success in tasks that's even more irrelevant in terms of the genuine business acumen/skills that a candidate might or might not have. The tasks aren't an accurate reflection of how good somebody is at business, the results are very binary (you're either AMAZING or UNBELIEVABLY STUPID even though the winning / losing margin might have been marginal). Also, given that some of the tasks have made-up results it's even more ridiculous.
Anyway rant over
there are just to many gaping plotholes in the show - IMO they should just change it to a £250k prize for the person who wins the most tasksblueg33 said:
I thought the interviews were tame compared with previous years.
But Tre, what makes him think that an idea = a business plan
Not just me then. The interviewers were massively toned down this year. Normally there are girls in tears because of hurty words. None of that. Very disappointing. I assume because the BBC don't want complaints that they're being vindictive or something. But Tre, what makes him think that an idea = a business plan
It's a pale comparison of what it once was.
Jordie Barretts sock said:
blueg33 said:
I thought the interviews were tame compared with previous years.
But Tre, what makes him think that an idea = a business plan
Not just me then. The interviewers were massively toned down this year. Normally there are girls in tears because of hurty words. None of that. Very disappointing. I assume because the BBC don't want complaints that they're being vindictive or something. But Tre, what makes him think that an idea = a business plan
It's a pale comparison of what it once was.
Clearly L'ud Sugarness fires whoever he wants, but when you think about it....
The person who gets fired in the very first episode could actually have been the very best candidate of the lot, but they just happened to have been on the losing team, were unfortunate to have been chosen for the boardroom by the team leader who doesn't really know them yet, and were perhaps just the worst of those three at defending themselves on that particular day. The absolute worst candidates might have been on the winning team.
The person who gets fired in the very first episode could actually have been the very best candidate of the lot, but they just happened to have been on the losing team, were unfortunate to have been chosen for the boardroom by the team leader who doesn't really know them yet, and were perhaps just the worst of those three at defending themselves on that particular day. The absolute worst candidates might have been on the winning team.
The Gauge said:
Is The Apprentice USA still on UK TV, and if so when etc? I used to like watching that when Trump did it.
Trump himself was fired from the show in 2015. Arnie chaired one series after that, but nothing since.There are some recent Aussie ones with Lord Shugs on iplayer.
The Gauge said:
Are we one episode less than usual years due to the double firing last week?
Nope 12 episodes same as it has been for the last 5 series. It's all planned, tasks mean nothing so they can fire any number at any time to make the episodes add up to 12. It did use to be 14 episodes and one series was 16 (series 4) but that was back when he was looking for an apprentice to work for him and the tasks were probably more important, not a business partner with a plan.
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