The Apprentice - Series 10

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physichull said:
Bit harsh about the metre of old rope and also the skeleton. The wrong team won in my opinion and was extremely harsh on Felipe.
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Honestly I thought it was utter genius by Felipe. Strictly speaking the brief said '1.8m fully sized anatomical skeleton'. It didn't say it had to be built or what material it was made out of.

I think he was strung up like a kipper by Sir Alan.
 
Yeah, I don't think she needs to go into business with Sugar, she should just start up her own diamond company. feel bad for that guy lol.

Dem eyes tho..
 
teh_captain said:
Honestly I thought it was utter genius by Felipe. Strictly speaking the brief said '1.8m fully sized anatomical skeleton'. It didn't say it had to be built or what material it was made out of.

I think he was strung up like a kipper by Sir Alan.
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Absolutely. Well, I would have thought it would have been the producers that make the decision rather than Alan. Either way, it was not a fair result.
 
I was just sat watching it getting more and more frustrated with the way Alan was going about it. I thought the skeleton was a good idea and the way he went on about the rope was utterly ridiculous! I could understand he mighty get a bit up tight if it was less than 1 m of old rope, but then he chewed them out because they got more (1.7 m)!!! Utterly ridiculous and I couldn't believe he was squabbling over it!
 
he was right about the skeleton (lord sugar) the whole point of the task is to trip them up and it was a suicidal move. the pm should've gone too.
 
In one sense I thought it was a bit cheeky and could have been a interesting tactic and possibly have gotten away with it.

On the other hand Sir Allen is old school, and the whole purpose of the task is it's a pure negotiating and product sourcing task. Not lets find the best cheeky cheapo substitute task. If each of the items actually had a purpose once bought, then the paper skeleton it may not have been fit for purpose.

Even they did get away with the 'once assembled' it would be a 1.8m anatomically correct skeleton he could just have easily written them on up the fact that it wasn't assembled.

Would you have submitted a box of bones if you found a shop selling them loose? I doubt it.

Really good episode all in all though, cannot believe the team leader didn't get fired over it. Especially as both he and Filipe both said they'd take full responsibility for the decision when the other half of the team doubted the idea on the phone.
 
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what he should've done, was asked felipe's hourly rate (i'd guess £150-£200 p/h) and asked him to put it together and then added the total time it took him to construct it onto their spend.
 
I think Roisin could win this. She is also pleasing on the eye which helps.

The skeleton saga was amusing to watch, I genuinley thought that they had pulled it off. Sadly shugs didn't see it, I did but I am not investing £250k into them.

It has been a good series so far, will be interesting what happens next week.
 
Filepe shot himself in the foot, I can see his argument that it is exactly what is specified on paper, but if it was anything other than a TV competition you would never pull that kind of stunt.

Roisin got lucky with that diamond, if they had gone to the same dealer as the other team I don't think they would have got the same result. But fair play to her for using all her charm on a man clearly smitten by her. I think it was Dara that had a good point, it would be very interesting to be a fly on the wall of the dealers house as that was being shown.
 
anticonscience said:
Any one else see the Roisin bounce as they came out of the diamond dealer.....

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She had quite a bounce in her step after securing that deal :D

I'm liking Roisin or Mark to win.

Can you bet at the bookies as to who will win in shows like this?

I've never really gambled outside of a private poker game before, so I'm not sure if thats the kind of thing you can do at the gambling shops in the UK.

Every year I tell myself I'd put money on it at a certain point, but it's usually just with my housemates and often they agree with me so the bet is kinda pointless!
 
mmj_uk said:
Daniel in the boardroom:
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:D

Same every week
 
Looks like the bookies are favouring Bianca at the moment :-/

What did we learn from this last Apprentice episode?

1) That Sanjay is a dead man walking. He was a bang average project manager despite winning this latest task, with Bianca the real star of the show thanks to her hard bargaining and determination.

2) That the man selling diamonds to Roisin clearly had the hots for her

3) That Lord Sugar clearly wants to keep Daniel in for the interview process where he will probably come unstuck in a royal fashion thanks to wild exaggerations on his CV and a business plan about to be ripped to shreds

4) That Lord Sugar does Katie a disservice by saying she brings “common sense” to the tasks – the Sunderland lass has been a star of this year’s programme but doesn’t seem in favour with his lordship

5) That Bianca is increasingly starting to fit the criteria of a future business partner. Straight talker? Check. Good seller? Check. Relatively uneducated? Check!

What does next week have in store?

Sanjay is heavily likely to go, with Lord Sugar mixing the teams up and the fact that he fires someone for “practically giving up” suggests that Mr Sood-Smith has reached the end of the line.

Indeed, only Sanjay and Daniel can’t win from this stage onwards – imagine the outcry if the latter claims victory after a succession of boardroom visits which make him a good pantomime villain at the very least.

Bianca is the new 2/1 favourite and she clearly looks nailed-on for the interview process, with Mark Wright not easy to discount even if Lord Sugar probably thinks he’s a bit too smooth (and Australian) to claim victory.

Roisin might be able to land diamonds for much cheapness although Lord Sugar has had reservations about someone who has been quiet for much of the process, with Solomon fitting the Tom criteria of two years ago in so far that he is an average salesman but someone with exciting ideas up his sleeve.
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The Apprentice 2014 outright odds
Bianca Miller 2/1
Mark Wright 5/2
Roisin Hogan 4/1
Solomon Akhtar 9/2
Katie Bulmer-Cooke 7/1
Sanjay Sood-Smith 50/1
Daniel Lassman 100/1

The Apprentice next firing odds
Sanjay Sood-Smith 4/7
Daniel Lassman 6/4
Solomon Akhtar 8/1
Katie Bulmer-Cooke 9/1
Roisin Hogan 12/1
Mark Wright 20/1
Bianca Miller 20/1

http://bookmakers.co.uk/news/bettin...014-betting-odds-mark-wright-early-favourite/
 
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