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If there is 5 at the interviews, we are missing a week. The BBC would have commissioned x episodes and if one candidate dropped out, they would be one short.
Easiest way would be to knock one out at the interview stage and then do what happened in the past and do a task with 2 in each team. but rather than choose the winner from 4, he could fire 2, leaving 2 to battle out a final task. I thought all the series except S4 had had five at the interview stage and eliminated three, but it seems I'm misremembering S1 and S2; did they only have four for the interviews? |
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As far as I remember each time three candidates are brought back per "team". So it was 5 (Alex, Helene, Jenny Mags, Kevin, Raef) vs 5 (Claire, Lee, Jenny Celery, Michael, Simon) last year, and 4 vs 4 every year before that.
The results of the final task are pretty nebulous. There's never a set "winner" or "loser" and often the eventual hiring isn't really connected to the task by Siralan in any logical way (for example in the first two years Tim and then Michelle both made less profit than their final 2 competitors and then won anyway). Best just to view it as a last chance for comedy and arguments and a way to fill time before Siralan makes his decision based on the 6 months the candidates have just spent working for him. Bearing in mind I'm assuming Yasmina vs Kate. If I was SAS, I could choose people I know my candidates would struggle with. Maybe that is why Phil was papped with Kate. Bringing Phil back and proving him not a distraction would prove it a one off if she could feel assured he'd keep his eye on the ball. Or SAS could bring back all the balshy/argumentative people to manage aka Ben, debra, Phil, Lorraine - its funny when you look and see most of them still there lol |
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Or to eliminate three at the interview stage and then have two go head to head against each other in the final, which they did in S3.
I thought all the series except S4 had had five at the interview stage and eliminated three, but it seems I'm misremembering S1 and S2; did they only have four for the interviews? In S2, it was Syed who faced the chop before interview. He was in a two-person team with Ruth. Paul, Ansell and Michelle won that task (cruise task) and went straight to interview, again leaving four with two fired. I would expect, if five at interview, to see a repeat of S3 with just two left. Or at least that's what I would hope for. |
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Who decides the teams though.
Bearing in mind I'm assuming Yasmina vs Kate. If I was SAS, I could choose people I know my candidates would struggle with. Maybe that is why Phil was papped with Kate. Bringing Phil back and proving him not a distraction would prove it a one off if she could feel assured he'd keep his eye on the ball. Or SAS could bring back all the balshy/argumentative people to manage aka Ben, debra, Phil, Lorraine - its funny when you look and see most of them still there lol |
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Merely to point you in the direction of the original poster
You said: "Have just read this thread and the only thing I don't understand is your problem with 'top 4' Tern. You keep banging on about it - why?" I can't see any pointing there. You just posted to be rude and then got surprised when you were called on it. Still, no point in banging on about it, is there?
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I don't think I've seen a thread Tern has posted in a while without him/her entering a heated debate about something more often than not esoteric...
Have you applied for series 6? |
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I don't think I've seen a thread Tern has posted in a while without him/her entering a heated debate about something more often than not esoteric...
Have you applied for series 6? Lol
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I don't think I've seen a thread Tern has posted in a while without him/her entering a heated debate about something more often than not esoteric...
Have you applied for series 6? ![]() No time to go on series 6 - too busy having esoteric arguments here.
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If you think these are esoteric you should see the ones on the quantum mechanics and general relativity forums.
![]() No time to go on series 6 - too busy having esoteric arguments here. ![]() Actually that's probably rubbish, there's a lot of interesting stuff on it and if you ask me, it does the same job as religion for many scientists... What's the thread about again? |
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What's the thread about again?
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If there is 5 at the interviews, we are missing a week. The BBC would have commissioned x episodes and if one candidate dropped out, they would be one short.
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Who decides the teams though.
In the first year, most of the ex-candidates were available, and the finalists could only pick 3 of them. In later years only 6 were available so all ended up on one team or another. Quote:
If I was SAS, I could choose people I know my candidates would struggle with.
Quite so.
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The producers and/or Sir Alan decide which ex-candidates to invite back. The ex-candidates can refuse. That produces a pool of candidates. The finalists take turns to pick from that.
In the first year, most of the ex-candidates were available, and the finalists could only pick 3 of them. In later years only 6 were available so all ended up on one team or another. Quite so. I actually wonder if Kate would choose him if she was in the top 2. Or if Yasmine chose him ' would actually make me laugh if a situation occurred with him helping the competition. because presumably youàd pick candidates to help you win and make you look good? The only real ones I'd even slightly want in the pool if I were choosing would be Paula, Kimberly, Phil, Ben, James, and maybe Mona, if sales based. Mind you, it would depend on the task. |
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The producers and/or Sir Alan decide which ex-candidates to invite back. The ex-candidates can refuse. That produces a pool of candidates. The finalists take turns to pick from that.
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Haha.
The next two to go were both men. Not looking likley now
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