The Apprentice (Week 11)
Two candidates were up for the chop this week, although we were ony informed about that late in the programme. I didn't feel that it was made clear to the viewer that the candidates were aware of it when they walked into the boardroom. I was expecting a shocked look on the remaining 3 faces when they were told that their relief of not being fired would be short-lived.
This week the candidates were put through three interviews of thirty minutes by three different people and those interviewers reported back to Sir Alan and advised him on who they thought was worthy of becoming... The Apprentice.
I enjoyed last night's show even though it was different from the others, and i wish it had been longer. Did they cut ten minutes off the end for the snooker coverage or did they think 1 hour was to much for this week? I would have preferred to have seen more of the interviews and a little less cutting between each candidates' interviews would have been nice too.
I was going to post my prediction on who would be fired (assuming at the time there would only be one) in last night's programme but i forgot to. I would have said with confidence that Saira or Tim would be fired. How wrong i was! James and Paul were fired instead.
I was going to post post-show last night but didn't feel i could say all i wanted to because i thought i knew who had won. Some article on the web which i was pointed in the direction of made me think i knew [who hadn't won]. I appear to have been wrong, as (unless I'm mistaken) the winner will be announced live next week.
I am very surprised that Saira and Tim have managed to be the finalists. It appears (with hindsight) that both James and Paul were doomed before they even filled in their application forms. They were already successful in their fields. Why would James want to leave his current job and take a pay cut and work for Sugar? Why would Paul, a successful property developer, want to go and work for someone else. Odd behaviour for someone who is supposedly happily self-employed. Although there seemed to be some questions regarding Paul's property business. He was very cagey and was anything but forthcoming with financial details. What were the motivations of James and Paul; did they simply want their fifteen minutes of fame? That seemed to be Sir Alan's conclusion on James. I don't believe that was the motivation of either of them.
Paul and James should have been the finalists when it came down to the choice of the last four in my opinion. Can the impossible actually happen and Saira ends up winning? The last task (which was filmed more than six months ago) will be interesting. What will the emphasis be on; the performance of the last two in the whole series or will the result of the last task be disproportionately important? Can Sir Alan really choose Tim as his apprentice if he messes up the last task and Saira wins by a mile?
The intro to each programme with Sir alan saying how he dislikes liars, cheats and bullshitters etc will be completely meaningless if Saira does win as she seems to be the epitomy of everything he hates!
I won't be happy if Saira wins, as all through the series she has been shown to be unsuitable to be the apprentice. In the early part of the series her very presence was destructive to her team. She is clearly not a teamplayer. If Sir Alan takes her on i think he'll regret his decision very soon after. I can see Saira having a £100,000 cheque being thrust into her hand at the end of her first day and told by Sir Alan to never to darken his doorway ever again.
I'd like Tim to win. But what choice have i got! I'm not convinced by Tim at all, he is an unknown quantity. He says the right things and looks the part but how much substance is there to him. He's never been tested in a real business situation and i don't recall him doing anything particularly memorable in the whole series that makes him stand out. Was he really working every hour God gave him to help bring his team success? (I believe he claimed something like that last night) If so, why didn't I get that impression from what I've seen in the last 11 weeks. He's simply managed to keep his head down all these weeks from what i can see and i'd go as far as saying he bullshits his way forward with all the right words when in the boardroom.
What exactly was Sir Alan looking for in his search for an apprentice? I don't think he even knows. If Tim does win, then the selection of some of the 14 candidates was wrong as they clearly had no chance however successful they were in the tasks (most notably James wth his 8 times on the winning side).
The decisions made by Sir Alan in the last couple of weeks have been odd to say the least. He obviously decided that Miriam wouldn't be his apprentice regardless of her consistently solid performances in the series. How could anyone in their right mind choose Saira over Miriam?
Tim should win because he is someone who can be moulded into whatever shape Sir Alan desires, and Saira is obviously well past the moulding stage.
Some sites i found earlier which may be of interest...
JamesMax.net
MiriamStaley.com
PaulTorrisi.com
RajDhonota.com
This week the candidates were put through three interviews of thirty minutes by three different people and those interviewers reported back to Sir Alan and advised him on who they thought was worthy of becoming... The Apprentice.
I enjoyed last night's show even though it was different from the others, and i wish it had been longer. Did they cut ten minutes off the end for the snooker coverage or did they think 1 hour was to much for this week? I would have preferred to have seen more of the interviews and a little less cutting between each candidates' interviews would have been nice too.
I was going to post my prediction on who would be fired (assuming at the time there would only be one) in last night's programme but i forgot to. I would have said with confidence that Saira or Tim would be fired. How wrong i was! James and Paul were fired instead.
I was going to post post-show last night but didn't feel i could say all i wanted to because i thought i knew who had won. Some article on the web which i was pointed in the direction of made me think i knew [who hadn't won]. I appear to have been wrong, as (unless I'm mistaken) the winner will be announced live next week.
I am very surprised that Saira and Tim have managed to be the finalists. It appears (with hindsight) that both James and Paul were doomed before they even filled in their application forms. They were already successful in their fields. Why would James want to leave his current job and take a pay cut and work for Sugar? Why would Paul, a successful property developer, want to go and work for someone else. Odd behaviour for someone who is supposedly happily self-employed. Although there seemed to be some questions regarding Paul's property business. He was very cagey and was anything but forthcoming with financial details. What were the motivations of James and Paul; did they simply want their fifteen minutes of fame? That seemed to be Sir Alan's conclusion on James. I don't believe that was the motivation of either of them.
Paul and James should have been the finalists when it came down to the choice of the last four in my opinion. Can the impossible actually happen and Saira ends up winning? The last task (which was filmed more than six months ago) will be interesting. What will the emphasis be on; the performance of the last two in the whole series or will the result of the last task be disproportionately important? Can Sir Alan really choose Tim as his apprentice if he messes up the last task and Saira wins by a mile?
The intro to each programme with Sir alan saying how he dislikes liars, cheats and bullshitters etc will be completely meaningless if Saira does win as she seems to be the epitomy of everything he hates!
I won't be happy if Saira wins, as all through the series she has been shown to be unsuitable to be the apprentice. In the early part of the series her very presence was destructive to her team. She is clearly not a teamplayer. If Sir Alan takes her on i think he'll regret his decision very soon after. I can see Saira having a £100,000 cheque being thrust into her hand at the end of her first day and told by Sir Alan to never to darken his doorway ever again.
I'd like Tim to win. But what choice have i got! I'm not convinced by Tim at all, he is an unknown quantity. He says the right things and looks the part but how much substance is there to him. He's never been tested in a real business situation and i don't recall him doing anything particularly memorable in the whole series that makes him stand out. Was he really working every hour God gave him to help bring his team success? (I believe he claimed something like that last night) If so, why didn't I get that impression from what I've seen in the last 11 weeks. He's simply managed to keep his head down all these weeks from what i can see and i'd go as far as saying he bullshits his way forward with all the right words when in the boardroom.
What exactly was Sir Alan looking for in his search for an apprentice? I don't think he even knows. If Tim does win, then the selection of some of the 14 candidates was wrong as they clearly had no chance however successful they were in the tasks (most notably James wth his 8 times on the winning side).
The decisions made by Sir Alan in the last couple of weeks have been odd to say the least. He obviously decided that Miriam wouldn't be his apprentice regardless of her consistently solid performances in the series. How could anyone in their right mind choose Saira over Miriam?
Tim should win because he is someone who can be moulded into whatever shape Sir Alan desires, and Saira is obviously well past the moulding stage.
Some sites i found earlier which may be of interest...
JamesMax.net
MiriamStaley.com
PaulTorrisi.com
RajDhonota.com
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