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Old 28-11-2010, 11:07
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Does anyone know where I can watch Apprentice Australia and the first 2 series of Apprentice Ireland? I've already tried YouTube and RealityTVFan.org.

I've watched NZ and every USA series and love them all for different reasons, and am currently enjoying Ireland series 3 on YT. Of all the different Apprentice formats I've seen I would have to say the celebrity version in USA is my favourite so far. Any thoughts?
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Old 28-11-2010, 12:52
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Aussie version is torrentable. (S01E01 will narrow it down)
Can't beat UK/US versions imho
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Old 28-11-2010, 13:20
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I've watched NZ and every USA series and love them all for different reasons, and am currently enjoying Ireland series 3 on YT. Of all the different Apprentice formats I've seen I would have to say the celebrity version in USA is my favourite so far. Any thoughts?
The Irish one is on YouTube? Woo and indeed hoo!
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Old 28-11-2010, 13:22
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Can't beat UK/US versions imho
The Irish version is an exact copy of the UK one, which I think was the right thing to do. Why mess with a winning format?
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Old 29-11-2010, 09:54
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The Irish version is an exact copy of the UK one, which I think was the right thing to do. Why mess with a winning format?
If anything the Irish one is a bit better because they put more emphasis on the boardroom, which I prefer.
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Old 29-11-2010, 10:05
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If anything the Irish one is a bit better because they put more emphasis on the boardroom, which I prefer.
Actually, I noticed that too, it's less edited and takes up a larger portion of the show. I like it too. I think the only other difference is that the Irish version is narrated.
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Old 30-11-2010, 12:07
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The Irish version of the show has an extra component with a programme called 'at home' which shows the candidates at the house between tasks/boardrooms. Would anyone like to see that for the UK version?
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Old 30-11-2010, 12:28
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Of all the different Apprentice formats I've seen I would have to say the celebrity version in USA is my favourite so far. Any thoughts?
Wow, really? I only saw the one Joan Rivers was in and I couldn't get into it at all. I just can't take the celebrities seriously.
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Old 30-11-2010, 15:36
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Wow, really? I only saw the one Joan Rivers was in and I couldn't get into it at all. I just can't take the celebrities seriously.
Yes, that season sucked. And the following season wasn't much better, in fact I quit watching after the fourth episode.
But the first celebrity season (season 7, the one before the one with Joan Rivers) was fantastic, IMO the best of the US seasons.
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Old 30-11-2010, 16:19
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Well... I really enjoy the UK version the best (though this years tasks feel a bit stale thanks to a real lack of variety). I definetly still prefer the tasks over the USA seasons since all too often with the american seasons, it feel like a lot of tasks come down to personal taste and not business acumen. Also the tasks ARE tougher in the UK version (I mean when promoting a burger in S3, one team got tickets for a holiday as a draw :P)

I really enjoyed the first few USA seasons (1-5) despite it sometimes feeling just far too long (S3 being the worst offender there).

S6 also dragged its heels but the 'twists' tanked a lot of it and brought the winner as being the first person to win WITHOUT ever being project manager.

The 'Martha Stewart' spinoff was okay but sometimes Martha seemed too twee in her decision making.

Meanwhile I cant stand the celeb editions. Just no...

Irish/Aus from what ive seen are okay but havent really watched all the way through one of them yet.
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Old 30-11-2010, 16:25
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I definetly still prefer the tasks over the USA seasons since all too often with the american seasons, it feel like a lot of tasks come down to personal taste and not business acumen. Also the tasks ARE tougher in the UK version (I mean when promoting a burger in S3, one team got tickets for a holiday as a draw
The budget for US version must be enormous with all those massive brands taking part. The BBC just wouldn't be allowed to do that, but that's why I think our version is better. Its easy to come up with a flashy promotion with a budget of thousands. Smaller budgets mean you have to be more creative IMO.
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Old 30-11-2010, 17:23
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The Irish version of the show has an extra component with a programme called 'at home' which shows the candidates at the house between tasks/boardrooms. Would anyone like to see that for the UK version?
I'm conflicted on that - it might help explain some of the relationships better - I bet there was a lot more evil looks going on between Stella & Stubaggs for example

But it would make it a bit too "Big Brothery" and ultimately its not really what the show is supposed to be about.
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Old 30-11-2010, 17:30
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1.UK
2.AU
3.US - Normal
4.NZ
4.US - Celebrity
5.IE
6.US - Martha

I agree that the UK version is harder that the US version. The UK version is much more of an all-round test of your business skills. There's maybe a bit too much focus on sales. But the US version has way too many marketing-related tasks. Some tasks were to write a song or a jingle, which have next to nothing to do about business. One could also compare the final tasks. In US seasons 1-5, it was organizing an event. In UK series 1-2, it was also about organizing an event, but the candidates had to come up with the actual event themselves.
In UK series 5 they had to launch a new product, and they did everything: Product development, branding, marketing, making of a commercial, pricing, presentation, Q&A, etc. In US season 6, they only had to make a commercial. Even the junior apprentices in the UK faced a harder final task than the candidates in the atrocious US season 6.
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Old 30-11-2010, 21:09
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The Irish version of the show has an extra component with a programme called 'at home' which shows the candidates at the house between tasks/boardrooms. Would anyone like to see that for the UK version?
Hells no :P Id rather keep the Big-Brothery to a minimum on the show tbh
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Old 02-12-2010, 13:23
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Hells no :P Id rather keep the Big-Brothery to a minimum on the show tbh
I know what you mean, but I would have loved to see Liz and Stella's continuing row at the house last night
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Old 13-04-2011, 21:52
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For all those interested, ALL 3 seasons are currently available on YT.


This channel has the entire series 3 (including 'You're Fired' and 'At Home'): http://www.youtube.com/user/TheApprenticeIE

This channel has the first 8 weeks of series 2: http://www.youtube.com/user/YoureFiredIRL

This channel has the remaining episodes of series 2 and the whole of series 1: http://www.youtube.com/user/LordWottWottleigh

Enjoy!
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Old 20-04-2011, 19:10
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Only familiar with the US and the UK versions, and of the two I significantly prefer the UK one.

The US one feels very crude. Brash. Tacky. A little ugly - the music too melodramatic, quite poorly directed. The intro sequence looks more like something out of Dog the Bounty Hunter.

Brilliant concept, though, and they invented the show, so I don't begrudge them. Without it, the UK version wouldn't exist at all. But our feels well-produced, and intelligent, and it's got more depth. Prettier, too. And the focus more staunchly business-based - the US one feels a tad more voyeuristic. So my heart lies with our version.

Cracking show, though. All of 'em.
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Old 21-04-2011, 18:46
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Only familiar with the US and the UK versions, and of the two I significantly prefer the UK one.

Brilliant concept, though, and they invented the show, so I don't begrudge them. Without it, the UK version wouldn't exist at all. But our feels well-produced, and intelligent, and it's got more depth. Prettier, too. And the focus more staunchly business-based - the US one feels a tad more voyeuristic. So my heart lies with our version.

Cracking show, though. All of 'em.
You should enjoy the Irish version then, it's a lot like ours but with more emphasis on the boardroom bit.
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Old 09-05-2011, 12:47
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I haven't seen any other versions apart from the US version, & i prefer the UK version. The US version is more or less advertisement or product placement, the UK has more emphasis on the Business side, although the candidates seem more relaxed in the Boardroom in the US version, were as the Boardroom in the UK version is like going to see the Headmaster.
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Old 09-05-2011, 13:26
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If anything the Irish one is a bit better because they put more emphasis on the boardroom, which I prefer.
Not having seen it, I'd be concerned about balance. The more time spent in the boardroom, the less time on tasks, and with too little time spent on tasks we can't really assess what they say about them in the boardroom. It's one of the problems with the US show that the tasks are so edited that they lead you to a conclusion.
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Old 09-05-2011, 18:02
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Not having seen it, I'd be concerned about balance. The more time spent in the boardroom, the less time on tasks, and with too little time spent on tasks we can't really assess what they say about them in the boardroom. It's one of the problems with the US show that the tasks are so edited that they lead you to a conclusion.
I would agree with you except that in the Irish version they've taken a lot of the personal stuff out of the main show and put it in its own spin off called 'At Home' which they show after 'You're Fired'. I think they (the Irish version) have maintained a good balance overall in the main show.
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Old 09-05-2011, 21:27
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Only familiar with the US and the UK versions, and of the two I significantly prefer the UK one.

The US one feels very crude. Brash. Tacky. A little ugly - the music too melodramatic, quite poorly directed. The intro sequence looks more like something out of Dog the Bounty Hunter.
Actually, I prefer Series 1 and Series 3 of the American version over the UK version (S1 and S3). Mainly for the fact that those series had much better winners in my eyes.
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