The Apprentice - Series 9

fozzybear · 1 May 2013 at 01:23

Starts on 7th May at 9pm on BBC1/HD.

There appears to be a high standard of totty this year. Sophie Lau looks the pick.

Candidates here.

My random guess at the winner is Neil Clough.

James J · 1 May 2013 at 02:08

I'd be surprised if "leah" can survive more than 3 episodes due to being 24 and a doctor. Means she's newly qualified and has next to no life experience lol. Doesn't say she owns any business' or has had any other job either.

HangTime · 4 May 2013 at 11:54

fozzybear said:
There appears to be a high standard of totty this year

They seem to have names specifically chosen to setup crude puns:

Natalie Punani
Uzma Yakboob
Francesa UptheDuff-Varley (profile pic looks a bit like Stella who won a previous series)
Leah Totty
Luisa Jizzman

I'm so immature

Nexus · 4 May 2013 at 13:27

Its always difficult to judge as well based on what is written in their career information.

'Mexican Food Entrepreneur' - Could mean owning 150 nationwide restaurants.... similarly, it might also mean owning a single Mexican Food catering van.

Also with business owners, the information is always too vague as to whether they are big business or not.

Thomss · 4 May 2013 at 13:42

Looking forward to this!

- always entertaining.

ic1male · 5 May 2013 at 10:51

fozzybear said:
My random guess at the winner is Neil Clough.

Not sure that he will be the winner but I'm almost certain he will make the final. And I've not seen a single second of the programme yet.

Steedie · 5 May 2013 at 12:27

Erm.......

Feek · 5 May 2013 at 12:55

Having seen the candidate video things, I can comfortably say that I won't be watching it for the totty this time because there simply isn't any!

Name · 6 May 2013 at 18:33

Leah closely followed by Francesca!

physichull · 6 May 2013 at 19:24

Leah or Luisa to win, based purely on hotness, as per usual.

kiteloopy · 6 May 2013 at 19:33

If you didnt see it.

"I’m an alpha male; I always get my own way and know how to make people do what I want." Kurt.

When I hear Alpha male...I think ocuk.

Windle · 6 May 2013 at 21:59

Bored now

oldbag · 7 May 2013 at 21:13

Apprentice

Anyone bothering with it this year? Not sure so far, feels early 2000s to me.

Hamster · 7 May 2013 at 21:14

Watched it for 10 minutes. Cringeworthy is an understatement.
I'll still probably carry on watching it for the car crashes though.

Azza · 7 May 2013 at 21:14

Just looked in the other sub-forum for a thread about this. I'll watch it later on iPlayer after the football, but after watching everyone's intro about me video things the other week it seems like they've picked people for TV entertainment more than any other year, so I'm not expecting much from this bunch of monkeys.

oldbag · 7 May 2013 at 21:17

Yeah it's the tried and trusted Big Brother method

1. Find people who will obviously clash to cause entertainment.
2. Make sure they are obnoxious so everyone has a laugh at them.

Just hope it's actually funny and there are some intelligent types.

Tom_ed1987 · 7 May 2013 at 21:18

+ probably best eye candy of any series so far

- everything else.

Klytus · 7 May 2013 at 21:19

Spoiler Alert:
Alex Mills wins this season

Heres a picture after Lord Sugar told him he was hired:

estebanrey · 7 May 2013 at 21:19

Stopped watching it when they changed the format. Don't get me wrong the 'job' prize was always non-job (as shown by the recent court case) but at least the title of the show was accurate.

Now though it's based on business plans that he'll invest in which firstly just makes it a drawn out version of Dragon Den, but secondly makes the tasks pointless as clearly Sugar knows all their plans from the start and just makes sure the ones he likes best get to the final.

I also despise the fact it promotes the idea that to be successful in business you have to be a complete nob head (which is probably true though)

Hamster · 7 May 2013 at 21:23

Not bad