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penelopesimpson
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Is odious Adam the first candidate to be even more dislikeable on YBF than he was in the programme? Thought he made a total prat of himself tonight with his self-satisfied 'I'm the main man' stance. As usual, he totally misjudged everything.
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I thought that for a while and then I came to the conclusion that he's actually quite a nasty piece of work.
That is exactly what my husband said immediately the programme finished, and I totally agreed with him. The sort of guy who gives Neanderthals a bad name.
Completely agree. I could'nt believe what I was seeing. I've seen every YBF and usually candidates, even those you dislike, have something about them that you can warm to on YBF. Adam came across as a completely odious character who takes himself far too seriously and is seriously deluded about what he's capable of doing.
He should have gone ages ago.
Adam did not come across well, full of his own bravado, BS and still bad mouthing the others. I think he is deluded and his 15 minutes of fame has gone to his head.
Ruby Wax picked up on, she certainly didn't like him.
I've never seen a panel member overtly disliking the candidate the way she did. Usually there's some good-natured ribbing and some "you're a nice chap but... " criticism but that was in a different league.
Ruby Wax has previous but I can't remember the candidate. It was as bad, if not worse, than with Adam.
Was it Stuart Baggs?
Earlier on in the YF series they clearly showed Adam and Jade *getting on*. They made a point of this, they ran a video clip showing them being friendly, so it was a bit misleading to present Adam clearly disliking Jade when they had previously established he had got over his initial dislike of her!
It's also worth noting Adam didn't argue with any of Jade's suggestions regarding the choice and name of the cholocates. Further proof he didn't dislike her or her judgement. He tolerated her unlike earlier on in the series when he couldn't bear to be near her.
As for Ruby Wax - strange woman. She seemed obsessed with Adam's personality rather than his abilities!
I'm not his biggest fan, but at least he wasn't a constant douchebag, unlike Michael in S4 or Philip in S5. And I can easily imagine him as quite successful in what he does, which is more than I can say about the other two I mentioned....
I wouldn't go as far as saying that she was a disgrace, but I felt uncomfortable watching it too, to be honest, even if Adam disappointed me slightly in YF as well - thought he would have had a bit more humility and self-depreciating humor. And his constant attacks on Jade were tiring and, based on what we were shown, unwarranted
There's nothing wrong with being self confident, especially in business, but Adam is delusional when it comes to his abilities and personality. Speaking your mind and saying what you think is fine, but when there's no thought or consideration behind it for the wider implications, it's just nonsense and ends up causing problems between colleagues.
The fact he doesn't grasp the value of clear planning and the bigger picture was highlighted perfectly when Nick raised the term 'strategy' in the boardroom, as well as when he downplayed the value of marketing etc - the only thing that came out the task with any real credit.
Right decision and really should've gone when he PM'd the task with the meatballs.
I groaned and considered turning off when I realised it was a double whammy of Wax and MacKenzie.
As it goes MacKenzie was pretty sensible last night, though Wax was as woeful as usual:(
I agree. If anyone is a nasty piece of work, it's her. No-one deserves that kind of treatment simply for appearing on a tv show.
Odious woman.
I believe that was Melody last series that she took a disliking to but she held herself very well. It was to do with what actually does Melody do for a job..although I'm not too sure either!
He didn't come across as natural!
No, she doesn't. She is a brilliant commedienne and a thoughtful, intelligent and highly astute woman. So, obvious she's going to be too strong meat for some who prefer bland. Adam was totally appalling and she should have gone for him much more fiercely than she did. Unless you like cave men, of course.