The Apprentice 2024

Thought Claude might return for this season

Project manager should have been fired but I think they have a policy of not sacking the PM in the first week as no one would put themselves forward. They should provide some of the customer feedback then it would be obvious why they lost the task, stupid dancing, poor time management, food, lack of alcohol etc.

Cheesecakes mostly looking like primary school project results.

Ginger guy is a ringer for Jay from Inbetweeners, in looks and attitude.

Flo Edwards (the lady who did the negotiations with the corporate client) has been the standout so far. Completely calm, good tone of voice, organised, focussed, clear-thinking. Has shades of Helen Milligan who won 10/11 tasks the year Tom the Inventor got the investment.

Can see Flo blitzing every task this year. Obviously Helen ultimately lost out in the interviews as she wanted to branch out into a different area from her speciality, which they rejected and she then tried to put a new business plan together and the whole thing became a shambles. If Flo Edwards's plan is sensible and related to her current work (especially with her being a recruitment consultant which has twice been the winner ) then she looks the most likely victor.

(Obviously a decent chance that I am way off and they have been editing her nicely to build up to an imminent collapse)

Yer man calling Sugar "mate" when he fired him was kinda funny.

You also can't believe a word coming out of his mouth :D

One contestant is in a bit of hot water - don't open if you are looking forward to tonights' episode:

Apologies but I am clearly unable to enter spoilers..

Not clicking the link but:

For me, a fella, a quick shower and then jump into my ready to go suit, I could just about manage that 20 minute wake up call to out the door.

I really do not believe the lady-folk with drying hair and makeup can do it in 20 minutes.

A load of people on Twitter don't seem to realise that the 50k and 170k "investments" from the gaming companies are not real investments.

It's said every year "these are the worst set of candidates", but they grow on you after a few weeks. I like Maura too and Flo is very capable. I think Noor has potential.

None of the fellas have stood out as being either capable or likeable yet.

I havn't made up my mind on Tre yet.

I recognised him, he was on first dates before, and revealed his hair piece. Fooling nobody with it 😅. Bit of a joker and it cost him. They're all quite poor again this year.

Plus the call is at 4 am but 20 minutes later it's light outside

They do vary the tasks a bit, but it's a yardstick to measure performance, and see how people do outside of their comfort zone or sometimes, even in their comfort zone.

Lord Sugar: Candidate1, what is your business proposal about?

Candidate1: Its a cupcake selling business.

Lord Sugar: So the last task was right up your alley then and you were the project manager. Karren, how many cupcakes did they sell?

Karren: None.

I keep meaning to look at the computer display when the secretary tell them to go into the boardroom - I suspect it never changes :)

In previous years they have been sent to foreign countries, where there may have been a language barrier for the comically bad performances, or lack of knowledge of local culture.

Sending them to an island that is mostly english speaking and located in the English channel.

Not knowing various terms is forgivable but getting shackles and shucking mixed up and so asking for shackled oysters is a red flag from a reading comprehension point of view.

That idiot looking for a 75% discount deserved to go. He also jumped in on Maura's negotiation.

I've noticed quite a bit of male chauvinism this year, has anyone noticed that?

Ive been watching every year for about a decade and this task is my favourite but this year has got to have been the worst.

How would these companies be giving millions to a group of people with no experience in this industry.