I am very sorry you felt as if I was being rude, I promise that wasn't the intention.

In the only case I can remember you bringing it up, in regards to the context in particular I was simply stating you asked me how I ranked in terms of on paper alone, but then said asked something along the lines that, if I thought somebody else was better than me, what was the point of being here.

I felt as if I had been somewhat tricked and I didn't mean to belittle you or even undermine you. I respect all of your opinions, questions & I'm very thankful of all the time you spent interviewing myself and the others...

I totally regret not picking myself as a finalist, and if I could change anything about the interviews, that would be the one thing I'd change. The reason I did it was not tactical in the slightest, and nor was it down to not seeing myself as a great candidate; rather, it was because I admire the other candidates and their abilities greatly, and I wanted to express that. That said, it was not a smart move, and I believe in my own abilities far more than it came across in that interview.

I absolutely see how it can be seen as a weakness, but in my defence, I think I've demonstrated in the other interviews that I'm perfectly self-assured about my abilities, and I do think that I'm an incredibly strong candidate. I deserve to be a finalist based upon both my input in the previous tasks and my hard work and passion during this interview process, and I hope you won't place too much importance upon a dumb mistake.

I understand what the words meant, I just didn't understand the question itself, the way it was worded. As I said if the questioner (which turned out to be dondfan) wanted me to answer I would feel free to answer it.

I honestly didn't mean to come across lazy, at all, so I am apologetic if it came across that way.

I admire you admitting your mistake, because that really drew up a red flad the minute I saw it, at some points, I think it seems you are too nice and I think it seems possible you could be eaten alive but all the others who are showing alot of flair and passion, but you think you are able to rise about the other three in that sense?

I did try to be as polite and professional as I could be through the interviews, and I would be gutted if they thought I wasn't passionate about it. But again, I don't think being professional is really a bad thing, and I obviously have a lot more of a laid back side.

A good answer, and I must note that you were certainly very passionate and articulate, and quite enjoyable to interview.

I will leave it to you Lord Sugar to decide if Carlisle is confident or cocky?

That's a fair point, and at this stage, I think you have to show everything you have got, and that's where the more laid back side can be seen as more a negative.

This question goes out to all of you, but after the interviews, do you still have the same opinion over who should be the final two?

Well, that's certainly not how I intended to come across, and I apologise if that's how it seemed to the interviewer. And I know everyone has to go through them, I'm just saying that if I was disinterested, I wouldn't have been as keen to spend over 4 hours in one day doing them all.

Thank you. I think it's a fair criticism to say that I can be 'too nice' at points, but throughout the tasks, I've been efficient and proactive as well as being nice. I haven't let my niceness get in the way of winning (and I CERTAINLY haven't allowed my friendships with the other candidates to prevent me from giving 100%), and I've done all of this without engaging in conflicts or petty infighting.

Aside from the 'too perfect' comments given in the interviews (which, as stated, I don't consider to be fair comments in the slightest), I haven't had a single bad word said about me, to my knowledge; this demonstrates my ability to combine niceness with a businesslike mindset.

It is great that you have passion ana but if I am honest I havent seen a lot of it in these interviews. You didnt come across as relatable or someone I would hire. They just seemed like standard answers great ones as your way with words is superb. I would just like to say that from my personal perspective I wanted more and maybe you can give more today ?

I want to hear from you not dressed up answers...... from you personally ? is there any way you can show the passion? at the minute the words are there with little to back it up..............

Just something I thought, it left me underwhelmed.......

Maybe this boardroom you will prove me wrong and mean what you say and I will believe you...

Yes, I think my statement in Aliyah's (I think?) interview is correct.

Yes, definitely. I think based on overall performance and the interviews myself and Anactoria deserve to be in the final.

The other two candidates are both fantastic, but I feel I really have the passion and determination to go further in the competition.

Yes, my opinion on who should go through has remained the same.

I liked your interview Tyjet you took your time with your answers but to me it was the only one where you came accross well. Showed that you wanted to be here and wanted to get further.

Maybe you can explain, or prove to everyone just like you did with me last night why you want to win and show them your fight ?

And you have to admit when Rory sent you the viewers questions to answer he said he did not want one sentence answers yet yours were pretty much one sentence answers ?

Were you just not bothered with them ? or with the game anymore as it seemed to some ?

Do you really want this ? if so you have a long way to go...... one interview out of 4 decent a bit like your record in the competition perhaps 1 win in 5 hmmmmmmmm

One other thing I want to address with you guys, did any of you take issues with what your fellow competitors said about you? Or feel you need to defend yourself/fight back to what they said? I want to hear what you all think...

Are the candidates still awake?

After seeing all the interviews - no, I don't have the same opinion, sorry. I think Gav and I should be the final two, and I should have said this in the first place.


Excuse me? I do mean what I say, and whilst I have the greatest respect for you, I think it's actually a little insulting to suggest that I don't. Whilst it might be a little difficult to read tone over the internet, I want to emphasise now that I have the greatest of passion for this game, and that I've given 100% throughout - even when it seemed like winning was impossible, and even when I didn't want anybody on the other team to be fired.

I'm an incredibly articulate person, yes, and I'm not able to turn that off on a whim; I could just give meaningless rhetoric, but instead, I have tried so hard to provide concrete examples of my skills throughout the interviews, and now it seems like you're suggesting I should have just thrown around empty phrases about how amazing a candidate I am. I care deeply about impressing you, Pete, and Rory, but more than that, I care about acquitting myself well and being proud of myself, and I wouldn't have been proud of myself if I'd done that.

The decision's going to be made within the hour, no time for being quiet guys!

I want to win because I believe that I deserve it. I don't appreciate people using the losses against me because they're all well aware of the fact that none of those were down to me. I'm not going to sit here and say that my team deserved to win every week because that would be completely untrue. Having said that, I still did my best in every task to actually produce something respectable and I believe that I did so.

No one can say that I'm not dedicated because I haven't had to skip any part of any task and have given 110% in all of them. The only exception to this would be task 5 as it was just very, very difficult to work on something I didn't agree with especially with an absent manager. However, I still stuck my head down and with Gav, produced something respectable from a very, very flawed idea.

As for the viewer questions, I've said already that I was too busy to do them last night and had very little time to do them this morning. That said, however, despite the length, I don't think they're particularly bad answers. There's nothing worse than reading a paragraph of waffle to get a simple answer.

The only one thing that I thought was an unfair comment was:

- Tyjet mentioned I wasn't very passionate in task 4. I would have to disagree, I searched for HOURS on some of the items, and really went all out... Just because I did not have the time to search for 24 hours straight, does not mean I wasn't passionate.

Especially seeing as I was the only one (although, to be fair, Gav wasn't there when the task was actually unveiled) to come up with a strategy. As PM, he should have taken the concept and went with a strategy, instead he went running around looking for the first item on the list!

Yes, I take issue with the concept that I'm 'too perfect' (as you already know), and moreover, I'm outraged at the insinuation that candidates who are 'too perfect' can't win. I don't think any of us can't win this; IMO I have a fantastic shot at winning, and it's rather ridiculous to suggest that just because other 'too perfect' candidates haven't, that means that I can't.

I must say in Ana's defence, she did this superbly, and in my interview certainly she showed a great deal of passion.

It is also worth noting - as viewers haven't seen the CVs - that her CV was the best by quite some way in terms of detailed examples and being very well thought out. A lot of effort went into it.

The only accusation I feel the need to defend is the one Carlisle made that I'm a little bit off and on. I think that's pretty unfair considering on task 3 I was one of two people that contributed and I think what I did was quite important. Ana made a lot of great decisions and did a lot of hard work on it, but to suggest it was entirely her is really unfair on the work I put in. On task 4, I found two of the items that we got for substantially cheaper than the other team - the Jagermeister and Bon Iver tickets - so it's unfair to say I took a backseat on that., too. Other than that I can't think of any other comments I need to defend myself from.

Carlisle seems to be under the impression that I bulldozed the BFF idea in task 1, which is just simply not the case at all. I suggested it, Luke liked it and decided to go with it. The next morning (or maybe afternoon, I can't remember), Louise suggested her ideas to me, but she had already suggested these ideas to Luke. It was Luke who decided to stick with the BFF idea.

This is passion, it is easier than you think to see over an internet forum I am being honest you lacked a spark in the interviews..... came across robotic..... there is a difference between being articulate and having no emotion behind what you say. To me your answers did appear un relatable and hard to gauge you as a person..........

I wouldnt have wanted to hire you if I was judging on that interview alone.

And be careful not to patronise, there is a difference between being nasty for the sake of it and pushing your buttons to help you succeed. It is not personal it is business......... professionalism is great but boring unless you have a spark, enthusiasm or a streak of creativity. None of which you showed in your interviews for me as I said robotic and un approachable.

However, should you get through this passion is what I want to see not some waffle posts I want a real answer and a real show of how much it means to you, I want a fight from the person who will eventually be the Ds Apprentice........

Can you bring it is the question................