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 teams were given a list of items which they had to buy within a time limit. The items were required for the prestigious Savoy Hotel's opening although the teams were still required to negotiate and find bargain prices.
Susie was chosen as PM and it seemed like the team were off to a very good start. A remarkable feat considering this is in fact The Apprentice. Prior to actually setting out, the team had already planned where to acquire the majority of the products on the list and all seemed to be going smoothly.
However, it all fell apart when the team entered THAT hat shop. The team entered a high end hat shop where the King of Tonga shops searching for bargains. Foolish? Maybe just a bit. The team however thought they struck a bargain after managing to bargain for a penny off. They were elated at having managed this which left us heavily questioning their mentality.
The PM suggested in the research that the team look for the products more towards East London since its comon knowledge that life becomes cheaper the Easter you progress. Funnily enough, the team chose to ignore this and remained in Central London. The heart of bargains and low prices-Evidently.
The highlight of their bargaining however was the Tea. The team approached someone selling tea for £900. After hearing that price I would probably have run a mile-or 900. Venture, instead of saying kthnxbye, they negotiated to a price of arroud £400. Even though this may sound like a great bargain,the team really did head in there thinking they would only be spending £30. So something went horribly wrong with the tea.
Products found:- 9/10
£1381.69 spent including fines for missing product.
TEAM LOGIC
Gavin entered a Top Hat Cleaner's and asked whether they could buy a top hat there. The bemused worker said "No, we only clean them". Shocking.
Venture after spending 3 hours on research actually found out they had miscalculated all their locations and physically would not be able to reach them all in time.
Products found:- 6/10
£1389.20 spent including fines for missing product.
THE BOARDROOM
The teams were grilled by a grumpy Lord Sugar who found it hard to understand how Logic went terribly wrong with their timing and why Venture visited the most expensive locations when they were supposed to be searching for bargains.
The fines were handed out and the calculations were calculated after which Team Venture were deemed the winners. Although there was only £8 in it- which made us wonder whether in tasks like this it was better to actually NOT get all the items as in past series', the teams that usually don't get all the products spend the less overall, fines and all included.
Gavin's non existent leadership abilities were questioned. Zoe's professionalism was questioned. Vincent just sat there and only spoke to explain his aggressive attitude towards the rest of the team. Gavin was fired. Hmm.. he was quite boring on screen.Click HERE to watch the episode!
