Apprentice UK 2016

_Jamie_

weldoninhio wrote: »

He was lucky the other team imploded last week. Every week he thought nothing about the task, his only thought was how can Dillon show that he is really creative.

I can see him with LovinDublins Top Ten Xmas Takeaway Coffee Cups soon enough.

I don't see the link between him being creative and ending up working for LovinDublin. He already works in a creative industry where his skills are utilised.

Two things about last night:

Karren is a caricature. When Courtney was joking about Trishna losing to him, it was clearly light-hearted and Karren rolled her eyes. Lighten up, Karren!

I loved 'Leave no badger behind!'.

weldoninhio

_Jamie_ wrote: »

I don't see the link between him being creative and ending up working for LovinDublin. He already works in a creative industry where his skills are utilised.

Two things about last night:

Karren is a caricature. When Courtney was joking about Trishna losing to him, it was clearly light-hearted and Karren rolled her eyes. Lighten up, Karren!

I loved 'Leave no badger behind!'.

He works for Irish Tatler. It's hardly Cosmo or even Hello. You'd swear he was Anna Wintour the way he went on.

_Jamie_

weldoninhio wrote: »

He works for Irish Tatler. It's hardly Cosmo or even Hello. You'd swear he was Anna Wintour the way he went on.

That would still be a competitive industry to get on in. Moreso probably because the Irish magazine market is tiny. Even in lil ol' Ireland, his would be a coveted position.

Jamie2k9

<SNIP> - probably not a good idea to post this here.

okidoki987

Would imagine the winner will be the person with the best business plan that suited Alan Sugar.

Dia1988

Did Breffnie Morgan get fired yet?

Brendan Flowers

ahlookit wrote: »

Whoever has the best business plan will win it - not whoever has been best in tasks up til this point.

For example, look at Dillon's business idea. Magazines are dying - why have an app that replicates a dying format?

Are the business plans (or business ideas) released?

SlickRic

Just catching up now...Dillon has barely one redeeming quality.

Arrogant, lacking in self awareness and dismissive of anyone who disagrees with him.

Nobody has ever come off worse in the 'You're Fired' show.

weldoninhio

SlickRic wrote: »

Just catching up now...Dillon has barely one redeeming quality.

Arrogant, lacking in self awareness and dismissive of anyone who disagrees with him.

Nobody has ever come off worse in the 'You're Fired' show.

He was literally useless. Him and Makhei were the worst candidates I've ever seen.

TheRiverman

weldoninhio wrote: »

He was literally useless. Him and Makhei were the worst candidates I've ever seen.

The arrogance and egos of most of the contestants on the show completely outweighs their talent.

_Jamie_

SlickRic wrote: »

Just catching up now...Dillon has barely one redeeming quality.

Arrogant, lacking in self awareness and dismissive of anyone who disagrees with him.

Nobody has ever come off worse in the 'You're Fired' show.

I couldn't agree less. I actually said to my fella after the 'You're Fired' show that he came across as unusually decent for an Apprentice candidate.

pooch90

Anyone know the 'small rural town' he's from? I'm thinking Bray or somewhere not remotely in the sticks

ahlookit

Brendan Flowers wrote: »

Are the business plans (or business ideas) released?

They usually only discuss them at interview stage. Sometimes fired contestants mention it on "Youre Fired". The first year of this format was a farce as the guy who won clearly wasnt the best throughout the tasks, but had some sort of nail file patent and contacts in Boots (I think) that Sugar wanted to get a piece of.

pooch90 wrote: »

Anyone know the 'small rural town' he's from? I'm thinking Bray or somewhere not remotely in the sticks

Googled him - he's called Paul Dillon and from Limerick. Christ only knows what he'd refer to some places as if Limerick is a small rural town.

Golfgorfield

djemba djemba wrote: »

Just catching up did grainne say she has a 14 year old son

Fire her immediately...................... :rolleyes::rolleyes:

dinneenp

Grainne's son, article in her local newspaper

Go Harvey Go

Golfgorfield wrote: »

Fire her immediately...................... :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Fired for becoming a mother at 16? The Daily Mail would lap that up... :rolleyes:

yerwanthere123

dinneenp wrote: »

Grainne's son, article in her local newspaper

My favourite quote from that article:

The businesswoman from Dromintee, near Newry, gave birth to 15-year-old Ryan when she was just 16.

Giving birth to a 15 year old, that must have hurt :eek:

ElNino

pooch90 wrote: »

Anyone know the 'small rural town' he's from? I'm thinking Bray or somewhere not remotely in the sticks

He is from Castletroy in Limerick and he studied in the Limerick College of Art and Design so his sob story in the board room was a complete load of BS.

kopite386

I loved Alan Sugar in the board room when Dillon tried to give his sob story and he was just having none of it saying Sophiene (or however you spell his name) arrived with only £100 in his pocket and Grainne was a teenage single mother so his small town gay man sob story didn't get very far and he let himself down trying to use it

Masala

ElNino wrote: »

He is from Castletroy in Limerick and he studied in the Limerick College of Art and Design so his sob story in the board room was a complete load of BS.

yes...smacked of desperation. Not the type of thing you want to be remembered for from the show.

_Jamie_

pooch90 wrote: »

Anyone know the 'small rural town' he's from? I'm thinking Bray or somewhere not remotely in the sticks

According to his Linkedin profile, he went to secondary school in Limerick City so if he lived in a rural location, it can't have been very far from the city. He also went to college in Limerick.

_Jamie_

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

My favourite quote from that article:


Giving birth to a 15 year old, that must have hurt :eek:

Reminds me of this.

kopite386

So whoever survives this episode makes it to the interview stage
So who will go ? Who deserves to get to the next stage most ?
I can see Francis or Trisna going this week

Manach

Gin marketing task: Mr. 7/9 Wins vs Grainya (excuse the spelling.).

_Kaiser_

Alanna is so weak she has to go really. Never stands up for herself decisively

mocata

Grainne seems like a a decent sort IRL. Lots of school visits etc round here, comes across as focussed and driven but pleasant with it.

Jamie2k9

Alana will be eaten alive if her team lose.

_Kaiser_

And yer man is just bloody useless. How is he still in this?

kopite386

Ah jaysus Francis your team is ignoring you as they are too busy getting pissed hahaha

_Kaiser_

Ah this show is ridiculous at this stage... we have the 2 girls getting pissed and Courtney and whatshername doing whatever on the other side

Fire the lot of them Alan.