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The Apprentice Star Claire Young Pulled Out Of Big Brother
2008-07-22 11:30:00
Apprentice reject Claire Young has revealed that she pulled out of appearing on a previous series of Big Brother. Claire got through the first few rounds of BB auditions but pulled out due to some of the weird characters she met. “I watched one series and my friends said let?s try for it, but I was the ...
Apprentice Runner Up To Be Offered Council Job
2008-06-09 15:39:00
The runner up of this week’s Apprentice final is to be offered a job working for Essex council. Lord Hanningfield, leader of Essex County Council, said: “Essex County Council is as ambitious as any private company. “We unashamedly want the best and brightest to come and work for us. “Perceptions need to change. Working in local government is ...
The Apprentice UK
2008-06-08 09:26:00
The Apprentice UK Series One 2005 Week 1: Wilting Blooms Week 2: Child's Play Week 3: Shop Till You Drop Week 4: The Harrods' Sales Week 5: Art With a Capital F Week 6: Advertising Executives Week 7: Apprentice Celebrities Week 8: Food Fight Week 9: Team News Week 10: Apprentices on TV Week 11: Interviews Week 12: The Grand Finale The Apprentice UK S02E11 Part 2The Apprentice UK S03E01 P4The
The Apprentice: Lucinda Ledgerwood Gets Sacked
2008-06-04 23:23:00
Lucinda has failed to make it through to next week’s Apprentice final and was sacked by Sir Alan Sugar tonight. Not a big surprise I know, but I have to say I was shocked to discover that she was the highest earning candidate on this years show. As a friend of mine commented, she probably needed ...
The Apprentice Candidates struggle with interviews task
2008-06-04 17:17:00
On tonight’s Apprentice, the candidates struggle during a grueling interview challenge set by Sir Alan Sugar. The final five candidates are interviewed by Sugar’s colleagues Bordan Tkachuck, Claude Littner , Paul Kemsley, Karren Brady and at the end of this weeks episode, one of the remaining five candidates will be fired! After Lee’s interview he worries about ...
The Apprentice: Alan Sugar Goes Easier On Youngest Candidates
2008-06-03 21:58:00
Sir Alan Sugar’s right hand woman, Margaret Mountford, has revealed that Sir Alan Sugar often goes easier on younger candidates on the show. In an interview with the Radio Times, admitted: “The youth thing. He does make allowances for people without the common sense, gravitas or moderation that some learn with years.” Margaret also revealed that Sir ...
Sneak Peek At The Apprentice Interviews!
2008-06-03 16:42:00
I can’t wait to see The Apprentice on BBC One tomorrow night. In this weeks episode, Sir Alan brings in the interviewers to grill the candidates and in the clip below you will see that Alex is branded as boring, Lucinda is unemployable and Claire is not an Apprentice! Interview week is probably my favourite ...
Fired Apprentice Has More Sex Appeal
2008-06-02 23:00:00
Fired Apprentice candidate Michael Sophocles has claimed that he has increased sex appeal as a result of his appearance on the programme.Though he was one of the most controversial contestants of the series, the 25-year-old telesales executive has received more than his fair share of female attention in recent weeks."I'm a sex addict. I just love women," Michael told the News of the World. "I've slept with over 70 but I've only had two girlfriends, and I haven't been in love. When I'm with someone I always see other women who I want to sleep with."It's great - I can now just go up to someone and not have to make any small-talk. They'll just jump into bed with me."Sophocles also confirmed reports that he worked as a male escort while studying at Edinburgh University. He turned to the occupation after running up gambling debts."I was looking through a dirty magazine in bed and I saw ads for escort agencies. I called one and they wanted a £100 joining fee," Michael explained. "I...
By: Goss UK
Sneak Peek Of Tonight?s The Apprentice: Get The Car Right Lucinda!
2008-05-27 16:22:00
This week’s Apprentice is on TONIGHT instead of tomorrow because of the damned football. So don’t miss it! In this weeks task, the teams have to hire out super cars to members of the unsuspecting public. Here is a great clip of Lucinda accosting people on Kings Road London. The only problem is she isn’t actually sure ...
The Apprentice: Shrink Brought In For Sara Dhada
2008-05-25 14:02:00
Apprentice bosses have confirmed that they called in a psychologist for Apprentice contestant Sara Dhada after she was verbally attacked by her fellow hopefuls. Footage that aired a few weeks ago, of the group ganging up on Sara and loudly questioning her contributions to the tasks, sparked a number of complaints to the BBC, and in ...
The Apprentice: Did Claire Young Cheat?
2008-05-25 13:53:00
Apprentice hopeful, Claire Young, has been accused of cheating by a fellow team mate. The gobby retail buyer has been accused of cheating during a recent ’supercars’ task, in which the final six contestants have to try and rent out ’super expensive’ cars to members of the public. Claire has been accused of making a number of ...
Raef Fired From The Apprentice!
2008-05-22 11:12:00
I can’t believe it! How on earth did Michael survive last night’s boardroom grilling and Raef got sent home? In last night’s Apprentice the teams were asked to design a box of tissues, then come up with a thirty second commercial to promote it. Raef’s team not only made a better commercial, but he and Michael ...
The Apprentice: Is Michael On The Wrong Show?
2008-05-20 15:17:00
On tomorrow night’s Apprentice, Michael and Raef reveal their theatrical and musical talents. Michael tells Raef that he once played Fagin in a school play, then launches into an Oliver song. Perhaps he would have been better entering ‘I’d Do Anything’ than ‘The Apprentice.’
The Apprentice: Name A Box Of Tissues?..
2008-05-20 15:10:00
On tomorrow nights Apprentice, Sir Alan’s remaining charges are tasked with designing their own brand of tissues, as well as creating a television commercial and print advertisement to launch them onto the market. First they have to name their product and the boys actually consider calling the nose wipers ‘SNOT’. Luckily, Lucinda is at hand to ...
The Apprentice Final Of Four
2008-05-19 21:36:00
There has been a lot of speculation today that Sir Alan Sugar is planning on having four people in this years Apprentice final rather than the normal two. According to The Daily Mirror, the last-minute change in format to the hit TV show is apparently because Sir Alan is struggling to choose between the remaining contestants. A ...
Sara Dhada Leaves The Apprentice
2008-05-15 13:41:00
Sara Dhada last night became the latest hopeful to be sacked by Sir Alan Sugar. Sara was probably lucky to have lasted so long on the show, since almost every team leader she has had has blasted her for being lazy, quiet and giving little or no contribution to their task. Sara’s team on last night’s show ...
The Apprentice: Watch Raef Dress Up As A Bear
2008-05-13 17:04:00
Why Raef thinks that dressing up like a teddy bear will help him sell up market lingerie is beyond me! Can youy lot make any sense of this?
The Apprentice: Jenny Celerier Can?t Get A Man
2008-05-11 18:44:00
Recent Apprentice evictee, Jenny Celerier, has no man, and doesn’t look likely to land one any time soon due to her all new super bitch reputation. According to The People, Jenny told a friend: “Blokes don’t come anywhere near me. They’ve seen me acting like a bitch on the show and given me a wide berth. ...
Alan Sugar Signs Jonathan Ross Up For Comic Relief Apprentice 2009
2008-05-09 16:16:00
Sir Alan Sugar signs up Jonathan Ross for Comic Relief Apprentice on tonight’s Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, on BBC One. Alan tells Jonathan: “You’re going to join us…I’ll be nice to you.” And he reveals what he thinks about some of this year’s intake for BBC Two’s series The Apprentice. “Simon’s a nice bloke but I ...
The Apprentice: Watch Ginger Jenny Get Fired!
2008-05-08 13:33:00
Ding Dong the witch has gone!!! Watch the moment when Sir Alan Sugar FINALLY fired Ginger Jenny for cheating anf generally being an abrasive loud mouth!
The Apprentice - Week 7
2008-05-08 12:39:00
I enjoyed this week's episode of The Apprentice, where the teams were sent to Morocco to buy 10 specific items for the least amount of money.Having lived in and visited parts of the world where haggling is a way of life, I thought the teams did pretty well. Some of the things that I was looking for:Know the lay of the land before you start purchasing. Get to know the marketplace, what's on offer, and at what price before you start negotiating prices with a seller. That way you know whether or not you can afford to walk away from an item once you've started negotiating.Be respectful in your interactions. Simply yelling "too high, too high" at a seller or lying about having only a certain amount of money isn't going to encourage them to lower the price. Offer an educated and fair counter-offer to their price. Offering prices in writing rather than verbally is also usually best, as the seller doesn't have to worry about another buyer overhearing the great deal they just gave you.U...
Apprentice Hunk's Dating Past
2008-05-06 23:03:00
Apprentice wannabe Lee McQueen has only ever had two girlfriends.It turns out the tough-talking dark horse is quite a shy boy.Talking exclusively to heat magazine a friend of Lee revealed, ?When Lee was at school he was a bit of a heart-throb, but he?s only had two long-term girlfriends. First there was a girl called Rachel, who he was with for about four years, and then Nicola.?Lee now lives with Nicola ? who he met a work nine years ago ? in Buckinghamshire and apparently only has eyes for her.Lee?s mate adds: ?He?s definitely a one-woman man.?Read more in heat, out now
By: Goss UK
The Apprentice: Lindi Mngaza And Michael Sophocles Get It On!
2008-05-05 22:32:00
Former Apprentice candidate, Lindi Mngaza, has dumped her boyfriend of three years so she can start a relationship with fellow contestant, Michael Sophocles. Mngaza’s ex-boyfriend Donovan O’Hagan is said to be upset by the callous way he has been treated. A friend of Donovan told The People: “He’s a gentle giant who wouldn’t hurt a fly. But inside he is furious about what Lindi and Michael have done. They have humiliated him. He had planned to marry her and start a family but all of that has been blown away now. “As soon as Lindi got involved with The Apprentice she changed and turned her back on her old life in Birmingham, looking for excitement with her new friends in London. From then on she lost interest in Donovan and took up with this bloke Sophocles. But it won’t last. The only person Sophocles really loves is himself.”
The Apprentice: Aggressive Scenes Get Cut!
2008-05-05 22:27:00
Apprentice candidate, Claire Young, has reportedly revealed that some really aggressive arguments and scenes have been cut from the BBC One reality TV show. Whilst on holiday in Spain, Claire confided in fellow holiday makers that during an argument one of the candidates actually got hit! “There are all these egos in one room, there was a lot of bad swearing and it got really aggressive,” she explained. “A lot had to be cut out. On one task someone even got hit.” According to the Sunday Mirror, Claire also admitted that after seeing herself on TV she has become very insecure about her appearance. “I look at myself on TV and I am fat and my face is big,” she said. “Even here in Spain I worry about getting recognised by fans, ’cause I let everything hang out - cellulite, boobs, my tummy. It’s not a good look.”
The Apprentice Stars Romancing Each Other
2008-05-04 12:15:00
Lindi Splits From Long-term Boyfriend...
Margaret Mountford Talks About Apprentice Fame
2008-05-03 13:41:00
Sir Alan Sugar’s right hand woman, Margaret Mountford has spoken out about her newfound fame since appearing on BBC One show, The Apprentice. “I was very innocent about it really. The recognition took me by surprise,” Margaret told the Daily Mail. “I don’t mind when people come up and say: ‘Who’s going to win?’ “But sometimes they ...
The Apprentice: Claire Young Couldn?t Get On Big Brother!!
2008-05-01 18:21:00
I just knew it! Didn’t I say earlier today that scenes from last night’s Apprentice show, with Claire and co bullying Sara, reminded me of Jade Goody and Shilpa Shetty from Celebrity Big Brother? It seems I was closer to the truth than I realised. In fact Apprentice wannabe Claire Young is rumoured to have auditioned ...
The Apprentice and the apostrophe
2008-05-01 15:06:00
I know that I blogged about The Apprentice only very recently, but today I'm going to do so again – after all, it's not often that you see a debate over the positioning of an apostrophe on prime-time television.For those who had the misfortune not to see yesterday's episode, the teams' task was to design greetings cards based around a new 'special occasion' of their choice. One of the teams decided to designate February 13 as a national day for single people, but had trouble deciding on the correct punctuation to use (see poll on the right).At one point during the three or four hours of apostrophe-related debate (which, fortunately, was edited down for the benefit of viewers), team leader Michael Sophocles even attempted to phone the editor of national paper the Telegraph to ask his opinion. The nice lady at the British Library was a little more helpful but not too authoritative.I've embedded some of the footage here (thanks, YouTube), so you can see what Sophocles finally ...
The Apprentice: Watch The Apprentices? Bully Sara!
2008-05-01 14:08:00
Did anyone else feel uncomfortable when watching The Apprentices’ gang up on Sara last night? It was almost like watching Jade Goody and Shilpa Shetty all over again! I was seriously proud of Raef when he tried to stand up for Sara and bring the discussion to a close, but with poisonous characters like Jenny and ...
The Apprentice: Watch Kevin Shaw Get Fired!
2008-05-01 14:06:00
Last night’s Apprentice was great and for once, I felt the right person got fired. Kevin, the Matt Lucas lookalike was arrogant and big headed. That would have been ok if had the business skill to back it up, but one look at him pointing his finger in the face of the Clinton Cards buying team ...
The Apprentice - Week 6
2008-05-01 11:30:00
This week's episode of The Apprentice was more of the same - another product design, product pitch task where the teams needed to create a holiday, design greeting cards, and then pitch the cards to retailers. Despite going through the motions and some good processes, neither team did very well, mostly because of two main factors.First, common sense trumps just about everything, and the teams just don't seem to have any (or at least don't use it). The team that proposed creating paper cards to make people aware of environmental/green issues was simply operating in a plane of reality that doesn't connect to mine. Whether you have loads of experience or education, you should have at least a little bit of common sense. If you use it every now and again, you'll get ahead.Second, at points during the show, both teams defined their market as 'everyone'. 'Everyone' is very rarely a good market. If 'everyone' truly is your market, you are either selling a commodity product (a tou...
The Apprentice: Two Girls Evicted For Cheating!
2008-04-27 22:51:00
Get set for an Apprentice shocker next month as Sir Alan Sugar sacks two of the women amidst a cheating scandal. The teams are set a task in Morocco but two of the girls are sacked as Sir Alan discovers that they attempted to bribe a market trader. A show insider tells the Sunday Mirror, ?When Sir ...
The Apprentice In Double Dismissal Bribe Shocker
2008-04-27 12:45:00
Sir Alan 'completely Blows His Top'...
The Apprentice - Week 5
2008-04-24 12:06:00
An apology to my regular readers for missing last week's Apprentice. I had the good fortune to see Speed the Plow at the Old Vic instead, a fantastic night out! A key business message from the play: Canoodling with your assistant is never a good idea.This week's challenge on The Apprentice was for the teams to work with two boutique dairies to develop new ice cream flavours and sell them into new customers in London - a pretty straight-forward product development and market introduction task.It surprised me that the teams had few problems this week on the operational side, which has always been weak in past episodes. I attribute that to the fact that someone from each dairy was coaching them through the production process.What didn't surprise me was that the teams again failed to get their head around who their customers would be, what they would want, and how they would sell to them. While there are some candidates on the show with very strong communications skills, I still don...
Pose and Smile ? You Are On The Apprentice
2008-04-20 17:25:00
Be warned – this posting reveals who has been ‘fired’ from the forth episode and the rest of the post is only my observation and opinion based upon 60 minutes of edited TV, nothing more. This week Sir Alan Sugar came up with a great task. To succeed the team will need to show creativity, teamwork, organisation, budgeting, relationship building ...
Watch A Clip From Next Weeks Apprentice!
2008-04-19 12:42:00
Sir Alan Sugar has only just FIRED Simon and already we are able to bring you a clip from the next gripping installment of the show. Next Wednesday we will see the teams representing two dairy farms and trying to market their ice cream. Check out the very modest Jennifer as she bags appointments with some independant ...
The Apprentice
2008-04-17 20:02:00
Do you watch The Apprentice?  Candidates for the position of apprentice to Sir Alan Sugar are set business tasks in teams.  The losing team then has to face trial by ordeal by Sugar and his henchman and henchwoman.  Ultimately, with a great dramatic flourish and an accusatory pointed finger, Sir Alan announces, ‘You’re fired!’  And ...
The Apprentice: Simon Smith You?re FIRED!
2008-04-17 13:11:00
On the Apprentice ast night we saw Satellite TV engineer and former soldier Simon Smith get the boot from Sir Alan as the business moghul declared that he was out of his depth. The teams in last night’s show had to set up their own photography stands in a busy shopping centre and Simon’s ...
The Apprentice 2008: Is Alex Wortherspoon Scared?
2008-04-15 17:56:00
Here’s a quick preview clip from tomorrow night’s Apprentice show. Watch as team leader Simon tries to appoint Alex as leader of his second team and Alex wrangles out of it quicker that you can say Alan Sugar! So is Alex just plain lazy or is he scared of being in any position of responsibility in ...
The Apprentice: Watch The Candidates Meet David Beckham!
2008-04-13 20:31:00
Ok, so maybe thats a small white lie! In this weeks Apprentice episode the teams will have to set up their own photo agency, and though they don’t actually meet Mr Beckham himself, they do get to shoot a pretty good lookalike. It might sound very easy, but the candidates don’t just have to take the ...
The Apprentice - Week 3
2008-04-10 13:46:00
Last night's episode of The Apprentice was right up my street - they asked the teams to transform two pubs, bringing in new customers and seeing which team could make the bigger profit.In my blog on last week's episode, I said that I'd be looking to see if the teams would approach the 4Ps (product, price, place, promotion) in the right way in this task. They didn't.One of the things that is special about restaurants is that their location (i.e. place) is a defining factor for the product. The teams never got their heads around this. They dove into the task by brainstorming and agreeing what their pubs would serve without doing any homework on the neighborhoods they were in, who lived there, what other restaurants were around, what they served, or what they charged. It's obvious that none of the contestants have ever watched Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - one of the very first things Gordon Ramsay does when he visits a new client is to walk around the neighborhood to identify wh...
Watch The Apprentice Boys Make A Mess Of An Italian!
2008-04-10 12:36:00
This clip proves that men are rubbish in the kitchen. In last nights Apprentice on BBC One the teams were both asked to set up a restaurant for the night. The boys went for Italian, the girls opted for Bollywood. Now I wouldn’t say that the girls had great organisational skills. In fact they failed to ...
The Apprentice: Friend Defends Jenny Celerier
2008-04-06 15:45:00
Best friend of Apprentice contestant, Jenny Celerier has hit out at the BBC for editing footage to make her look bad. Jenny was seen last week reducing fellow contestant Lucinda to tears and anti-bullying charity Kidscape spoke out about the scenes saying they encourage schoolyard bullying. However Jenny’s housekeeper and best friend Bridget Armiger has claimed that ...
The Apprentice 2008: Watch The Male Bonding!
2008-04-03 19:36:00
How cute! Look at the love. Maybe it is this sort of bonding and goodwill that led the boys into victory on The Apprentice last night!
The Apprentice: That?ll Be 5 Grand Please?
2008-04-03 15:34:00
This is exactly why the girls lost last night’s Apprentice challenge. The team quoted a hotel manager £5000 to do one thousand pieces of laundry, while the boys offered to do it for £200. The boys actually had the brains to phone a local laundry service, find out their prices and then undercut them. It’s not ...
Watch Sir Alan Sugar Fire THE WRONG Apprentice (Shazia)
2008-04-03 15:30:00
Watch the clip above and tell me that Sir Alan Sugar fired the right person last night. You can’t? Didn’t think so! I wonder if the old man is losing his touch, because it is clear to see that not only does red haired Jenny have selective amnesia but when she accused Shazia of being a ...
The Apprentice - Week 2
2008-04-03 11:53:00
On last night's 'The Apprentice' the teams were asked to start up a 24-hour laundry service. Both of the teams made the same mistake this week - thinking that this task was about sales when it was really about understanding the value proposition of the business. Neither team started the task by thinking about who their customer would be, what they would value, and how cost effective (in terms of money, time, and human resource) that type of service might be. They made many of the same mistakes as last week.The boys eventually fell upon a sustainable value proposition - along with winning a large corporate order of bed linens, they started taking in bedding and other types of domestic linens that were too big and bothersome for residential customers to do themselves. The girls, on the other hand, sold at random, taking in whatever orders they could get, and never quite putting in place an operating model that would allow them to properly return those orders. It surprised me, too,...
The Apprentice: Shazia Wahab Gets Fired!
2008-04-02 23:13:00
I am a massive Alan Sugar fan, but I think he had a serious error in judgement this week when he let Shazia Wahab go. Anyone who watched the show couldn’t fail to see how unfair, vicious and ruthless team leader was in her assessment of her groups failure in tonight’s laundry task. Jenny Celerier saw ...
The Apprentice: Ian Stringer The Love Rat!
2008-03-31 22:01:00
Apprentice hopeful, Ian Stringer, has been branded a love rat by his estranged wife. Ian’s wife Kirsty has hit out at her husband who reportedly left her and his young children, just weeks after she gave birth just so he could succeed on the BBC TV show. Kirsty told The Daily Mail: “Ian should not be prancing about ...
The Apprentice: Watch Jennifer And Lucinda Have A Barney!
2008-03-31 21:40:00
In this weeks Apprentice on BBC One, Alan Sugar sends both teams out to set up a laundry business overnight. As always tempers will fray and in the clip below watch as Jennifer meets the sharp end of Lucinda’s tongue!
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