Rolling With The Punches
One of our favourite shows has begun again and already we have witness two episodes of pure hilarity. One of the reasons we love the Apprentice is the simple fact that it is an hour of adults making fools out of themselves providing us with an hour of pure entertainment.This is the show where common sense doesn't exist and morals are thrown out the window. Although in some of the candidates- it was never there in the first place.
So this series, the 16 candidates are all fighting for a £250,000 prize to fund their business ventures. Yet again at the start of the show we found ourselves questioning how the hell the candidates managed to make it through the gruelling application stages.
THE TASK
The candidates were given £250 to invest in fruit and veg and just return to Sir Alan (Lord Sugar just sounds too authoritative for us..) with more than £250. Easy peasy.
TEAM VENTURE
It was a bad start for Helen (The scary looking one) whose team name suggestions got rejected. She also got rejected as project manager and was left feeling rather awkward to be honest. Melody (the pretty one) stole the limelight by both picking the team AND being selected as PM. If I was Helen, I would have probably began plotting Melody's downfall from that point onwards. By the looks she was giving Melody, we think she did aswell.
So the girls were given £250. They chose to spend just over half of that and left the rest of the money aside. They thought it was a smart move. How exactly? You get £250 you spend it. You don't say- ohh its alright we'll just ditch the rest. Honestly!
The girls chose to make veggie pasta and some fruit pots. Fruit pots- brilliant! Quick to make, simple idea and everyone loves fresh fruit! Pasta was probably a bit too ambitious in the time limit they had and the girls only made £37.50 from their pasta. In general the girls seemed to work well together, they completed the task with little controversy, not much arguing and not much entertatinment wise either.
Profit:- £592
TEAM LOGIC
On the other hand, the boys performed epically.
With Ed The Accountant leading the team, there was no other road for the boys other than failure. Their doom became apparent right at the beginning when he couldn't identify an orange. Neither might we add, could his colleague.
The boys also made soup, which didn't look very appetizing. Just as well the orange juices went down a storm!
Profit:-£432.13
THE BOARDROOM
This series we hoped that Sir Alan would sit on the swivelly chair and swivel around and say "I've been expecting you." But sadly he didn't.
The girls got a little bit of stick for not using the whole £250. But that was pretty much it for Team Venture. Lets hope their lack of interestingity isn't consistent throughout the series.
The boys' team strategy was questioned because they well, they didn't have one. It appeared that the reason for the lack of a plan, was because Edward was oh-so-keen to prove that he was so much more of an accountant that he decided not to use ANY of his accounting skills in a task where it was required.
Edward's sanity was also questioned as his inability to form full sentences became apparent.
Edward's Legendary quotes.
My business plan, my strategy- bottom up top down.When I was producing. That was production.
Lord Sugar- You were trained at one of the leading accountace firms?
Edward:- Don't fit the mould.
Lord Sugar:- Eh?
Edward:- Don't fit the mould.
Its all there.
Lord Sugar:- Eh?
It's just all there.
Inevitably, he became the first casualty of the boardroom. His exit was most dramatic. Lord Sugar stopped him on his way out to give some advise after which Edward gave him an evil glare, (not dissimilar to that of our maths teacher's) he turned round and walked off in a huff.
Awkward.
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