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This season has been quite poor really
Gwaed Waedlyd
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Anyone else feel like this? Cant get into this season some how and I thought last season was a struggle to get through. I just hope we do not get a awful winner like Mark again, but majority of the cast still left are awful.
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But maybe nostalgia is clouding my judgement and I do really like Claude.
I'm actually enjoying this series more than either of the last two which I found a bit too filled with people who were very obviously just on it to try and carve out a career in reality TV (e.g. James, Luisa). We only really have Selina for that in this series.
I think the editing isn't brilliant in this series and we could do with seeing more task and less boardroom, and that's possibly a reason people are feeling a bit switched-off.
Think that Richard, Joseph, Brett, Charleine and Vana would all be better winners then Mark (mind you, so would my local garbage man ;-):D).
Lord Sugar just doesn't seem as into it as he did in previous series. I don't know why I think this but something about him just seems off to me recently, like he's forcing himself to go on with it.
Karen is also taking herself FAR too seriously, she just oozes negativity and that's okay when a team are doing exceptionally poor but she has done nothing but make snide remarks and put downs pretty much all series. As for Claude, I do like him, but unfortunately he does make quite a step down from Nick and there's no way I'm the only one who thinks that.
The candidates may be total crap (which could very easily be the case) but I think it's fair to say the editing team has done nobody any favours. The editing has made damn sure to paint Richard as a competent yet alienating doofus, Selina as a bit of a prick, Charleine as the one who hates Selina but ironically has a lot in common with her and... that's it.. the show has forgotten to highlight the candidates skills and instead focuses now on the characters who are likely to stir the most drama and get the most people talking. I mean we're down to 8 candidates left, 1 of whom only just got his "big break" (Gary) and a couple who we've seen do things on and off but not consistently enough (Vana, Brett, Joseph).
It's a shame, but I do feel like this series has been disappointing.
I'm still surprised series 9 was so good since it was surrounded by the two biggest messes - series 8 and 10.
1. Too many candidates leaving not enough screen time to focus roundly on everybody. This results in the most obnoxious characters dominating the action.
2. Too many candidates who, quite obviously, never had a chance of winning. Inarticulate, immature, naive, over confident. But, then again, is that just how they appear because of point 1?
3. Edits overfocussing on misleading the viewer about which team is winning and forgetting to show what actually happened.
4. Too much focus on personality clashes. Yes, we've always had this, but it wasn't the focal point of every episode.
5. Too much pantomime from the advisers.
There's probably more but, basically, it comes down to the edit.
To me, this is the key one. Especially from rewatching series 1 as I have been doing, which got this bang on - and also had some of the funniest moments.
One of the golden points of series 1 for me was seeing the mistakes made - because they were being made by professional, accomplished business people. It humanised them and it showed that even very competent individuals on their own can make silly mistakes, clash with each other, or struggle to work together.
I think recent series haven't given us as much of a sense of the characters and have chased pantomime characters like Katie Hopkins - probably in the audition/application stage. There also seems to have been more deliberate picking of candidates who might not get along - similar to something like Wife Swap, almost.
Exactly. I loved the format of series one. I loved that the candidates took such a measured and professional approach to each task - whether or not they got it right was what made it so entertaining.
The show can never get that back because the candidates entering each year have seen too much of the show.
Mark was a worthy winner. His business plan of launching his own search engine was unique & it had potential when he presented it to a room full of audience. The only good thing this series is the eye-candy that is Brett. But something tells me Joseph will make it to the final. Karen and Lord Sugar are already singing his praises every week.