Halfway through so a good time to sift through and sort out the rubbish Sorry

Contenders

Tom
Natasha
Melody
Helen

Maybe's

Jim
Zoe

No Hoper's

Susan
Leon
Glenn

A poor series all round none of them deserve to be in the final.

Susan and Glenn are in with a good chance

Nick and Sugar both seem quite taken with Susan. I think she will win, even though I think she's been hugely overrated.

Tonight, for example, Zoe did get the wrong end of the stick, but Susan's suggestion of paying over £100 for rubbish was just as bad and would have led to the team suffering an even heavier loss.

My personal favourites are Helen, Tom and to a lessening degree Melody.

Personally I think

Helen, Tom, Melody and Susan are contenders, dunno about the rest.

However I think Jim is a gonner, the preview for next week seems like he is being fired. Who else would be called a "mouse" with Sugar being the "mouse trap" and the Sugar saying he has had enough of the firee's "bullshit"

Natasha is a no hoper. And despite what people have been saying Jim will be a contender. He kept his head down this week and he'll be back in buisness.

I dont think he would risk Susan as a winner

Hmm.. ok I would put them like this -

Contenders
Jim, Glenn, Helen

Maybe
Melody, Tom

No Hope
Leon, Susan, Natasha, Zoe

Agreed and I agree with DUNDEEBOY, I like Susan, but although she would be a great apprentice - perhaps perfect - she is a risky business partner

Still think this is the hardest one to call of all the series, you see everyone has everyone in my different categories

contenders: Tom, Helen and Glenn

maybes: Zoe

No hopers: Natasha, Susie, Melody and Leon

Not sure if I've remembered everyone

They all seem pretty useless except for Helen and even she doesn't seem all that great, no one really stood out for me. Either Helen stays doing what she's doing and wins it this year, Jedi Jim to sneak through the backdoor and snatch the prize, or Melody to shock the world and claim the win.

Ooops-Jim! I'm pretty sure he'll be out soon.

I think everyone agrees Leon has no chance though. or is there anyone here that disagrees with that statement?

contenders: Tom, Susan, Jim and Melody
maybe: Leon
no hopers: Glenn, Zoe, Helen, Natasha

I think it's important to remember that Shugs is looking for a business partner, and not an office drone. So I think the candidates can be separated as such:

Contenders
Jim
Zoe
Natasha
Tom

Maybes
Melody

No-hopers
Susan
Glenn
Leon
Helen

Someone agrees about Natasha I still think she is the dark horse to win this

After this week, the positions of Zoe and Helen are rather funny

Contenders:

Helen, Melody, Glenn

Maybes:

Susan, Natasha, Tom

No hopers:

Leon, Zoe, Jim

Lol Natasha has no chance. She was found out early as just relaying info in the boardroom and doing FA in the tasks. Yes, she's had a lucky 2 weeks...when she gets caught again though she's in trouble.

That was then and weeks ago, things have changed, next week will be interesting as she seems to be PM.

Not saying she will win but I think she will go close to the end

Ok but thats the same with Jim. People think that one blip last week means he suddenly has no chance when in fact I think thats far from true.

I have thought Jim straight from the beginning, but I am beginning to think he peeked too soon. I also think Tom is the Dark Horse of the competition.

Contenders
Jim
Glenn
Melody
Susan

Maybes
Natasha
Helen

No-hopers
Tom
Leon

You like Zoe missed the point - had they paid £50 (as Sugar said), they would have got decent secondhand office furniture, which the others sold for about £300, instead of being had over by the dodgy builder!