The Apprentice UK 2023

There was the advertising Task (ep 2) in 2016 where he declared neither team had won.

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There was also a sales task some year where neither team made a sale, but I can't quite place that one.

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I suspect he considered it last night, but the prize had a hint of convenient Product Placement off it, so maybe he was contractually obliged.

My jaw dropped at that 60% refund.

Didn't think he made the right call in the boardroom though, I think the only actual firing I've had no reservations about this season was Shazia last week!

Looking forward to next week, any of the tasks around children tend to produce some really cringy results...

I'm paying such little attention to this series that I didn't even notice the non-appearance of Reece until Siucre said it in the boardroom. Seems to be conflicting reports with the man himself putting it down to a health issue and the Daily Mail suggesting he broke a no-alcohol rule on the flight over.

I thought the two corporate clients had the best lines, the leader of the company who brought to the desert was a bit smarmy but made some fun observations.

Of the remaining 10 candidates, I could still only reliably name Simba and Avi. The rest are still a blur to me.

I'm fairness, Joe's decision to tell the clients that their water was limited likely riled them up to no end and contributed to the size of the refund. Don't forget that they were without any drinks for a notable period before being advised of their limits.

No matter how bad an experience they were having, the rationale to tell them it was limited (when they had the ability to get more at a cost) was braindead.

Dani had a huge part to blame too mind and I'd say had Reece not departed, she'd have been fired as well.

I think the issue was skimping on water, how much can water cost. It was crazy to shrimp on that. It was especially bad when they promised a luxury experience but seemingly couldn’t provide adequate supply of water.

Was sorry to see Joe going, not that he didn’t deserve it etc but he was one of the more normal of the lot of them..

such a pack of wasters

The team leader just had to go tonight, he was terrible.

Bradley lucky he didn't send him packing as well. Product Designer..FMOB

It's crazy just how bad the teams are this year. Both teams are brutal nearly every week and I find myself trying to predict every week which product/performance is the less awful of the two rather than what's actually good.

I know it's entertainment but for a show based on finding the 'best business partner', there have been barely any performances that have been better than average, and nobody so far looks like a competent business partner.

Every week the preview for the week after is Lord Sugar commenting on how bad the performance was. Says an awful lot.

to be fair, the programmes are heavily, heavily edited.

I am certain that playing two vocal recordings at the same time gives the impression of someone talking over someone else. Combine that with Tim making a face and it's enough to make you think they are a bunch of idiots.

Watch what happens in the final. All of a sudden, candidates are presented as competent and there are no more funny expressions or contradictions. Instead there will be nods of approval and words of encouragement.

That's not to say there aren't crap candidates. There definitely are! The team captain deserved to go last night.

I had called it that he would, the builder lad would be given out to and warned to buck up and it was spot on. I had thought that Swindells would be warned to be a team player, but that didn't happened.

My money is on Simba or Victoria. Both quietly competent and savvy IMHO.

In fairness they almost certainly couldn't just 'go into a supermarket' because it's not a 'negotiate with high-street retailers' task. And even then they have to seek permission from the shop-owner to go in and film as every step must be recorded. This task and similar tasks would be far easier (and dare I say realistic) if you could just send person A into Dubai Tesco to pick up a crate of water & fruit juices whilst person B goes into Dubai Marks & Spencer and gets £200 worth of decent barbeque food and deserts. I guess from the producers viewpoint that would mean too much happening off-screen and also less going wrong with the task.

In this task there was probably just one over-priced list that they could purchase from. But obviously they should have bought more water from it.

Absolutely brutal performance this week, but the right person was fired and I'm glad he was told who to bring back into the boardroom, even if it worked out that he was fired in the end it would have been a joke to bring back Megan or Simba!