Apprentice UK 2016

Father Hernandez

Wasn't expecting Dillon to go at all ....

Hunchback

NO!!DILLY!!!

seligehgit

Wow Dillon's gone too and Grainne is pretty lucky to survive.

robyntmorton

Ouch! Dillon was the best of the 3 on that task I thought.

Manach

robyntmorton wrote: »

There has to be a double firing this week. Both of these are bloody awful!

Good call.

weldoninhio

Dylan obviously doesn't realise that the print game is dying a death. Lives in his own little world.

seligehgit

Grainne was more deserving of firing this week than Dillon.

robyntmorton

Manach wrote: »

Good call.

Typically 5 go to the interviews in week 11. 8 in week 9, left a double and single. It was logical looking at the task that this would be the double.

weldoninhio

Dillon has been useless since week 1. Should have gone weeks ago.

sporina

aweee thank god Sifijane is gone too - was gutted with I thought that it was Dillon over hi,,, Sufjiane is a looser - always thought so from the beginning... he picked the others as he thought that they were a threat to him.. egg on his face.. feel sorry for Dillon - didn't think much of him at the start but I thought he had potential in the last few tasks..

I actually think its down to Courtney and Fran..

robyntmorton

Dillon tipping Jessica 1000%?!?!

I'm not sure about that one.

_Kaiser_

seligehgit wrote: »

Grainne was more deserving of firing this week than Dillon.

I'd have fired both of them as well as Sofiane.

Dillon has done very little beyond live in his little fantasy world, Sofiane did feck all and split the team completely wrong, and Grainne just seems great at passing the buck.

SimonTemplar

I've been watching The Apprentice since about season 3 and I've never seen Karren as nasty and bitchy as she is in this season. I quite liked her in previous seasons but she's utterly unlikable in this one.

I just get the impression that she's practiced a few insults before the filming of each episode and is only interested in saying them and that's it.

I quite like Claude. Much more normal compared to Karren. I miss Nick though.

weldoninhio

Sofiane deserved to be fired for not getting Grainne back onto the mermaid costume!!! This weeks task was underwater too.

_Jamie_

mewso wrote: »

Gotta love the criticism of the name of the Badger game. In the gaming industry it's very common to have ridiculous names. Only way to stand out. It's 'Magic Shells' thats crap.

Crash Bandicoot immediately sprang to mind!

I agree, wacky names are good. Incongruity too. A badger in space? Wonderful!

Tonight's episode was a bit dull though. I always feel a bit sad at this point of the season when it begins to quieten down a bit, it's less buzzy.

Dillon is a lovely guy though and I think he will make a success of whatever he does in the future.

Gráinne needs to pull her stocaí up next week or she's a goner.

Love Trishna.

_Jamie_

SimonTemplar wrote: »

I miss Nick though.

And Margaret.

seligehgit

Trishna would be a very worthy winner.

SimonTemplar

I think Trishna would be the best winner too. She's quite logical, doesn't have any major personality flaws and sticks up for herself if required.

Also, I know Jessica can be seen as a non-serious candidate due to her excitability but she seems to have loads of passion, energy and enthusiasm which goes a long way for an entrepreneur.

Alanna and Francis are middle of the road candidates and Courtney is a complete lame duck and is very lucky to be still in the process.

Jamie2k9

God the right two went, that Irish lad was a waste of space on the show from day 1.

Utopia Parkway

In fairness Dillon actually did well on any tasks with a creative/entertainment aspect to them. Even last week they basically won the task because of him. He entertained the paying guests at the mermaid party so well that nobody asked for any refunds.

yerwanthere123

https://twitter.com/cpray86/status/804452883185942528

:pac::pac::pac:

FAILSAFE 00

Trishna spent the whole episode talking about being in the boardroom and who she would blame :mad:

IvySlayer

I didn't want Dillion to be fired, he wasn't why this task failed, however I lost all sympathy for him as soon as he brought up the gay card.

weldoninhio

_Jamie_ wrote: »

Crash Bandicoot immediately sprang to mind!

I agree, wacky names are good. Incongruity too. A badger in space? Wonderful!

Tonight's episode was a bit dull though. I always feel a bit sad at this point of the season when it begins to quieten down a bit, it's less buzzy.

Dillon is a lovely guy though and I think he will make a success of whatever he does in the future.

Gráinne needs to pull her stocaí up next week or she's a goner.

Love Trishna.

Dillon was a waste of a space from Day 1 and doesn't have the brain to be successful. He'll end up working for LovinDublin or something.

ahlookit

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?

djemba djemba

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

Fred Swanson

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_Jamie_

IvySlayer wrote: »

I didn't want Dillion to be fired, he wasn't why this task failed, however I lost all sympathy for him as soon as he brought up the gay card.

Yeah, it was a pretty weak sob story. "Yeah, Lord Sugar, I left a small town in Ireland and went to the big city for college". Erm, welcome to half the college-goers in the country, Dillon!

_Jamie_

weldoninhio wrote: »

Dillon was a waste of a space from Day 1 and doesn't have the brain to be successful. He'll end up working for LovinDublin or something.

He wasn't, he was big part of why his team won the task last week. He is also talented and successful in his own field. Hardly useless.

weldoninhio

_Jamie_ wrote: »

He wasn't, he was big part of why his team won the task last week. He is also talented and successful in his own field. Hardly useless.

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.

_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.