The Apprentice

Yes, I love the Apprentice and the follow-up show. There are quite a few numpties in there again this year. Looking forward to next week.

yes please susiecb I look forward to the apprentice every year,what a laugh last night when the boys made such a bad job of the printing but came out the victors in the challenge.

I never thought the boys stood a chance of winning the first task set them, what with their messy printing and those teddy bears, hardly original was it .
I was glad to see the back of Bilyana Apostolova she didn't stop talking ! [cringe emotion needed here ]

I think Lord Sugar intended to fire Katie and changed his mind at the last minute when Bilyana kept arguing with him!

Norah I thought that too then Bilyana just kept on at him, dont think he had a choice really.

Bilyana talked herself into being fired instead of Katie right in front of our eyes! She just didn't take the hint, did she?

There is a "This is a Bus" bag for sale on eBay already! Apparently they are going to be very collectable- a sort of "so bad, it's good" item.
Felt very sorry for the "sweaty" man- not the sort of thing you want said about you on national television.

Good entertainment. Bilyana did make an almighty cock up of finding retailers to flog their products to. Did those girls know they were going to have to walk miles on those hard London pavements? They all seemed to be wearing identical ballet flatties!

The bag starts at £20! Don't think I shall invest.
I loved last night's show.

Bilyana came over better in the follow up, but the three panel weren't up to much. Dara Briain was splendid though. Any ideas who you think might win or will the hidden talent emerge later?

Too soon to tell so far. Looks as if the boys might have the edge on selling.

I think I will do my envelope next week,I do it with all the shows X factor/dancing on ice etc and pick last two for the final,never got it right yet but hey-ho try again this year.

Can't stand "Sir Alan" or is it "Lord Sugar" now? Fancy working for him, couldn't think of a worse fate!

It is more difficult to predict the winner now, because so much depends on the candidates' business proposals. Last year, Tom didn't do well in the tasks but he had more original ideas for Lord Sugar to invest in and won on that alone.

Funny how once they've won or nearly one you don't hear anything more of them. I'd love to hear how Tom is doing. I suppose he has to get out of the limelight and actually do some work!

I've seen quite a bit of Raef (the posh one from a while back). He seems to have been on every reality show since then!

And that dreadful Katie Hopkins is trotted out whenever anyone wants to talk about working mums. She does have very reactionary views.

Regarding past winners - Stella English is currently suing Lord Sugar for constructive dismissal. He wanted to end her contract last December claiming he had fulfilled his obligations to her and they couldn't afford to keep her on.
Tom has just launched his first product with his curved nail file.

I love the programme but did have a cringe moment when the 'girls' who had been to the Zoo eventually found a shop where they could offload their excess merchandise. Their constant badgering ( almost at screaming pitch) of the gentle lady behind the counter was an embarassment!
I much preferred their product tho'
My impression so far is that a lot of 'the girls' are screaming banshees and many of 'the boys' are 'all mouth and no trousers'!

The 'no trousers' bit sounds interesting. Perhaps I should have watched it after all

I hope the girls learnt the lesson that harassment doesn't work. It certainly didn't work when Bilyana tried it on with his lordship.

On this week's programme I thought both products were rubbish! My GCs always used to flood the bathroom when younger, but I don't think that Splish Splash would have made any difference, and the crayons would have been useless without a hard surface behind the screen. The Eco bin did not make much sense to me, it looked like a giant cafetiere!
Nobody has impressed me yet.

When we criticise them for spouting utter tosh (which they do with depressing regularity) I thik of our government's suggestion to stockpile petrol pr "pastygate" and wonder why I am surprised that they are so lacking in common sense - and before you ask "who?" I leave that up to you!

Imagine, rubber gloves with a sponge on one hand and a scourer on the other! Do you think they'd have a left-handed pair and a right-handed pair? Some people might like to scour with the right and sponge with the left or vice versa. Don't think they thought of that wrinkle.