I'm usually very good at predicting these things. Feel free to add your own.

But right now I'm going to hazard a guess and say

Paloma, Melissa, Joanna, Stella and Liz all have a shot.

Raleigh, Chris, Shibby, and Jamie also.

I think the Final 5 will be

Liz, Shibby, Chris, Stella and Jamie.

I'll say Liz, Jamie, Laura, Chris and Raleigh (I wish )

But after last year's female domination the men have to seriously represent this year.

The winner will be Liz or Shibby.

Dan.













Oh wait...

I don't see Shibby as a contender. He reminds me of Sophie from S3 , nice person and intelligent but too intelligent to understand the business world if that makes sense,

Liz and Stella so far.

Both really nailed the figures in that sausage task and seemed to be good at interacting with the public as well as their fellow contestants.

Plus they both seem to be relatively normal and down to earth without the ridiculous self puffing pieces to camera.

Liz's is the best audition VT too.

After watching the episode again, I'd say 4 or 5 of the girls are far more impressive than any of the guys, though mainly Liz, Stella and Laura. They certainly seem the most shrewd candidates, and Lord Sugar loves shrewd people.
Out of the men I think Jamie will do the best.
Stuart and Melissa may likely burn themselves out, at the rate Stuart's going he'll do it before we're halfway through the competition.

Joanna, Joy, Paloma and Sandeesh seem a bit too nicey-nice to make a great impression on the series. Same goes for Alex and Raleigh of the boys, although in a slightly more naive way.

I can see Shibby being one who heads for a major fall, far too confident and cocky to ever admit fault, same goes for Stuart and possibly Christopher. Chris is cocky aswell, but he's more chilled and laid-back about it so he probably won't take any major risks and therefore avoid getting fired.

So the likely final 5 could be Liz, Stella, Laura, Chris and Jamie.

But you then have to figure in the Sugar factor and rule out any lawyers, people with outstanding academic records, people who are smarter than him, people with no self made man journey story and anyone who reminds him of Michelle.......unless its actualy decided by who fits the job available and its selling property to stockbrokers ...or lawyers

I think the final two will be Melissa and Jamie, with Jamie to win. Melissa showed great control tonight not to get mixed up in the girls squabbling. Jamie seems well composed with some good ideas. Be interesting to see how they both perform as PM's though...

I think if it was a race then Stella is infront at the moment.

Even though her team didn't do that amazing in sales this week, for Nick to commend her abilities infront of Lord Sugar for the second week in a row, she's clearly doing something right.

It'll be interesting to see how much focus Stella gets next week so we can determine whether she's a genuine contender or just a distraction (as I suspect she may be).

Two episodes in Stella's looked impressive. I think Liz is a bit dangerous and could clean up. She's been quiet so far and hasn't really offended anyone (i.e she's been normal) She's one to watch

Liz
Stella
Laura
Melissa
Jamie

In any order but they are the best 5 standing out so far.

In order:

Stella (a class act)
Jamie (only decent bloke)
Joanna (will get lots of air-time)
Liz (got a bit of style about her)
Sandeesh (a dark horse, may come up on the rails)

Stella is the stand out contestant for me so far.

Stella ,looks the real deal at the moment,composed and professional ,and intelligent with a big dose of common sense.

Stella or Jamie.

I will agree with you there, sadly I think laura will go on some sort of journey and be in for a while. Dreadful woman and an embarasment to her sex in the buisness world

I will predict a Liz v Stella final, really cant see any of the guys being anywhere near the final.

A nice final for male viewers I suppose

stella and jamie, look about the best so far. However it is only 2 episodes in.

Liz has done sod all so far, so not sure why she is being mentioned. Didnt hear anything from her in the boardroom, or during the task.

Final will be Stella & Liz