Is this series a classic?
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I think it could well be. As people have said the last three years, particularly 2012 were perhaps not as memorable as the first 5 series, but I think this series has turned out to be gold! 
We've had many memorable candidates ie. Netball coach Jaz, jumpy Tim, make-up Uzma, Zee, tearful Natalie, Jason, boastful Neil, entertaining Alex, b*itchy Luisa.
Also, IMO, episodes 2, 3, 5, and 8 this year have all been very memorable and will go down in TA history!
What are people's thoughts?
I personally think this series is great entertainment (although I am so surprised at the rather low viewing figures).
We've had many memorable candidates ie. Netball coach Jaz, jumpy Tim, make-up Uzma, Zee, tearful Natalie, Jason, boastful Neil, entertaining Alex, b*itchy Luisa.
Also, IMO, episodes 2, 3, 5, and 8 this year have all been very memorable and will go down in TA history!
What are people's thoughts?
I personally think this series is great entertainment (although I am so surprised at the rather low viewing figures).
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It can't be determined on ratings, because it has to be judged on quality, and people will decide whether or not to watch it before they know whether it will be any good.
Actually I think it's turned into a caricature of itself, the applicants this year have almost all been totally underwhelming, with a couple of noticeable exceptions, apparently selected by their ability to provide entertaining television for the unwashed rather than any credibility in business. Luisa's 'electronics business' on eBay says it all.
Not really rooting for anyone now.
People say that they're looking for a TV career so it's just turned into Big Brother... but I'd just like to point out that very few Big Brother housemates have had successful TV careers. There are probably more Apprentice candidates who have had.
Yes that's what I'm thinking too. The last time I enjoyed a series this much was series 5.
Classic series of TA? - you must be kidding!
Agreed.
While I cant say this is the worst series of TA that I have seen, I am struggling to think of one poorer and more slanted to contestants being on the prog for celebrity "exposure" than real business ideas.
But that said, the 2 in the final do have valid plans......
I agree, one of the best ever!
But why, guys?
I've given reasons why I think it was good, don't you have reasons for not liking it?...
The show's always been a caricature of itself though? It's never been about competent candidates doing well because that's boring. It's always been about highlighting people's screw-ups and ineptitude. This isn't anything new, I don't know why people try this revisionist history that the show was a legitimate business show that the best of the best went on, That was never the case, it's always been about entertainment first and foremost.
Anyways, to answer the question it's been a great series and probably could be considered a classic. Almost every week was entertaining and funny and the candidates were mostly all good characters.
Why do you think it's boring? I have found some of the most interesting contestants to watch the ones that have been great on the tasks.
No, it has not always been like this, when they were looking for an apprentice, for a job, the women did not always look like they'd stepped out of Towie, and the men were not almost all over the top idiots. Most of them looked and behaved like they were credible 'apprentices', I've just rewatched series one, and it could almost be a totally different programme.
I think this series has been mildly entertaining, but nowhere near as good as any of the ones where there was a job at the end of it. I'm not going to bother watching the final, because I'm not interested in seeing either of the two finalists win, or indeed seeing the rest of the squad return to help them.
I don't think any of the women this year are from Essex... surely the whole point of TOWIE is that they're from Essex, so how can they look like they're from that? (Although I've never seen TOWIE, so...)
That's quite easy. One can look like something without actually being one. You know, someone can be a genuine blue-eyed blonde and not be Scandinavian.
There is a stereotypical woman who is on Towie (I've seen photos, if not the actual series), and these women look just like those photos. It's the caked on makeup, bleached blonde hair, permatans, short tight skirts, and skyscraper heels I think.
So you're saying that the problem is that they bear physical resemblances to people on TOWIE? Why is bearing a physical resemblance to someone else an issue? It doesn't make them the same person.