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Post by quincyme on Feb 19, 2013 21:14:19 GMT
Poppy (23 year old Poppy) and David (I love my 5 kids David) ??
Really!
Oh my giddy aunt.
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Post by seamus on Feb 20, 2013 18:12:16 GMT
Mahsa is AMAZING and David & Poppy are one of my favourite random tv couples of all time (not a spoiler : it all happened after the series was done). My face matched your avatar when I read that about Poppy and Dave.
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Post by quincyme on Feb 28, 2013 21:17:06 GMT
3 episodes into this season and I want to throw David off the highest building I can find - are we going to find out that Poppy has a thing for argumentative short arses in this series?
edit - I'm now into episode 4 and have decided he's a c***. Every single other Apprentice candidate is in the shadow of this man - clearly looking to be a character rather than a candidate.
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Post by Chris on Mar 2, 2013 12:48:44 GMT
I think the problem is that it's really obvious there's no real job available at the end (the first two winners got jobs, the next four got "projects", and then the winner of this series got...nothing in the end it turns out) so there's no real reason to be there AT ALL other than just getting on tv or angling for a job presenting segments on NY1, because it's bound to do nothing other than tank your business "career". I think Poppy's a dentist now.
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Post by Steven on Mar 2, 2013 12:59:32 GMT
It's funny how The Donald went after Alan Sugar on Twitter (okay, "funny" is a relative term) claiming that he was tanking the format with Apprentice Babies last year and driving the ratings into a hole when that's exactly what happened with this season and the reason he sticks to celeb editions these days.
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Post by Bungle on Mar 5, 2013 20:38:40 GMT
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Post by Rad on Mar 5, 2013 22:21:52 GMT
Anyone else get the sense that they might (/should) wind the whole enterprise up after this series?
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Post by Bungle on Mar 5, 2013 22:45:03 GMT
Yeah. I feel like it has run out of steam and everyone (except for Sugar) knows it.
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Post by Steven on Mar 5, 2013 22:59:44 GMT
I think the upcoming one is the last one before the contract runs out, isn't it? So yeah, it wouldn't surprise me if this one's the last. Fingers crossed Sralan makes them all live in tents and forces the winning Project Manager to be project manager every week until they lose and fires someone for calling themselves "white trash" and halfway through the series someone explains to him how the sun works.
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Post by quincyme on Mar 6, 2013 7:28:08 GMT
It ran out of steam when they changed the prize - I cant even recall who won the last series and what the business plan was.
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Post by Chris on Mar 6, 2013 17:44:00 GMT
Lordalan's contracted to do ten series, so there will be at least two more unless something contracty happens.
I think the problem isn't so much the change of prize so much as the fact that last series was a bit crap. Series 7 was great (Susan! Jedi Jim! Natasha Scribbles! Melody Hossaini & Dalai Lama's Footprints On The Moon! Robo Helen!). I know people whinge that the new prize just means the person with the best business plan always wins regardless of the tasks but Simon won because he was posh and Michelle won because she had a good sob story so...it's not exactly replacing anything particularly noble.
Also the Junior Apprentice diluted the brand a bit. Now that's it gone, the main series might feel a bit more of an event again.
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Post by Steven on Mar 7, 2013 16:06:40 GMT
Also, Tom's business plan was shit. He won because he had a nail file.
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Post by quincyme on Mar 17, 2013 21:08:38 GMT
11 episodes into the Donald and because he sacks the losing PM every week he's left himself with probably the worst group of contestants ever seen in reality TV, I wouldnt trust any of them to run a bath.
Although he did sack one contestant for a piss poor attempt at cheating this series has been awful, bring back the tents!
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Post by Steven on Apr 12, 2013 10:39:34 GMT
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Post by quincyme on Apr 14, 2013 19:53:33 GMT
The "goldfinger" advert for the new series is odd in the extreme, probably because the waitress looks like where is she now alleged Scots comedian Karen Dunbar, as they appear to think that we are all interested in the finger. They dont seem to realise that its the collection of ***** that we want to see and not LudSurAlun.
Still its got Paul Darrow doing the voiceover so aint all bad.
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Post by quincyme on Apr 29, 2013 17:18:08 GMT
The Apprentice is back on BBC One on Tuesday May 7th with another episode on the Wednesday with the following episodes being on the Wednesday.
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Post by Steven on Apr 30, 2013 12:48:33 GMT
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Post by quincyme on Apr 30, 2013 14:29:27 GMT
I'm pretty sure Myles Mordaunt is the name of a character in Game of Thrones.
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Post by Paul on Apr 30, 2013 19:36:48 GMT
Alex is making a splash in the Welsh media as he's the first Welsh contestant ever. He also has the most chronic case of gayface ever. I bet his grindr photos are all from the chin down.
I have no recollection on who won it last year or even any of the vile personalities I would have cheered when eventually fired.
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Post by Bungle on Apr 30, 2013 20:12:14 GMT
THE EYEBROWS!
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Post by quincyme on May 1, 2013 6:51:50 GMT
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Post by Bungle on May 7, 2013 19:53:46 GMT
OH GOD, WON'T SOMEONE THINK OF THE SWEEPSTAKE?!
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Post by Steven on May 8, 2013 8:38:45 GMT
We really are out of practice at this sweepstaking lark, aren't we?
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Post by Dave on May 8, 2013 20:17:09 GMT
I'll have the dancing dog or the fattest person on Tom's team... wait, what?!
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Post by marsinvestigations on May 15, 2013 19:38:52 GMT
I thought the first two episodes were OK. The show suffered after the first Junior series was far better than the actual show and then the ensuing travesty that was Nailfile Geek beating The Helen Louise Milligan. I don't think I can remember a single candidate from last year.
The boys seem quite samey and dull but I'm enjoying the large quota of dolly birds. Definite potential for bitching.
I wish they'd put a bit more thought into the challenges though. They are so similar every year that I can only assume candidates don't actually watch the previous year's process.
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