I'm not sure TBH, we are basing all this on the preview clips the BBC have edited and they could be taken from parts of an episode we could least expect. I have a feeling they are setting Jenna up to be this years James or Raef, the loveable comedy character and could last quite a while

Also the your fired by LS does seem to be towards the PM this week and I cannot see him firing Duane as he seems like a strong contender.

I refuse to believe that Duane, who has been given a great edit so far (Definitely the best out of all 16) will be fired in the next few weeks. Michael will probably go next week, but then the teams must be mixed properly in Week 4, hence the Jade/Tom junkyard clip. Apart from the fact that she seems to be on the winning team next week, Jenna seems to have no further evidence of getting much further.

As for Azhar, his edit has been horrible so far. As I mentioned in the Edgic thread, his PM win last week was reminiscent of Melissa and Noorul's (In that the win was in spite of their PMing and not because of it)
Couldn't Gabrielle get fired, along with Michael, Jenna and Azhar, in the next few weeks?


The thing is, Katie is seen in the fitness video task, so cannot be fired in Week 3. However, it seems as though Phoenix still lose the task as Ricky is seen separately in the boardroom in the previews. So, the PM clearly isn't fired next week.It'll be interesting to see how the teams form in Week 4. Jade looks like she moves across, so maybe the teams will be properly shuffled.

This is certainly the one that I am the most uncertain about, as it would be a huge surprise if he were to miss out on the final five (new intro clips next week, featuring Duane, would help to clear out what happens to him).



No, Gabrielle is seen walking towards the light in the opening intro of episode 1 (with 4 other candidates, indicating that this is further down the line).

Speaking of that clip, one of the ladies (the one who looks to her right hand side) seems to be wearing a gold watch on her left hand. And who is seen wearing a gold watch on that hand in the bridge sequence? Jenna

The walking into the light clip is difficult to figure out, but it does certainly look like Gabrielle (second left) and Katie (far-right), although that could be Laura?

Candidates that survive next week are

All of Sterling (Based on Ricky boardroom preview clip)
Katie, Tom, Stephen (fitness video)
Azhar (fitness video clip with Stephen, though I am struggling to see how he survives that long)
Adam (Carrying the table in the junkyard task)

Leaving:

Michael
Ricky

Not looking promising for Michael, is it? I assume that the clip of him and Azhar talking about Plan A, Plan B and Plan C is from next week.

Pretty certain that it is Laura on the far-right (it is almost definitely the leftovers from team Sterling).





So, you think that the men (and Katie) running towards the car is a clip from next week? Or that you aren't certain and therefore exclude it from any predictions (which would be a wise thing to do)?

Excluding the car clip, Ricky can be seen in the boardroom with a couple of women (from team Sterling) behind him. Thought at first that this was the first boardroom this series (their introduction to Lord Sugar), but the clothes do not match 100%.

I've got to be honest; I don't think the clip of Adam, Stephen, Katie and Ricky running towards the car is further down the line. It seems to fit perfectly with next week. They have got some sort of food and what's the chance that all four of them will survive to Week 7 and be on the same team?

You're right about the Ricky boardroom clip in the Week 2 starting titles. It's heavily implied to be the initial boardroom briefing in Week 1, but it isn't. In that boardroom, Ricky is sat in front of Gabrielle and a man. In the clip in the Week 2 titles, he is sat in front of Gabrielle and the girl in the black dress, who I am now certain is Jade, as she wears that dress to the boardroom every episode and is later seen standing behind Stephen.
So, its clear, in Week 4, that Jade moves to Phoenix at the very least and also, Michael must get fired next week. It's hardly surprising really, as he has barely featured so far.

EDIT: However, this suggests that Gabrielle also moves to Phoenix at some point in the future, which is really confusing with the light clip, where she is still in Sterling, unless Ricky moves to Sterling (possible as he isn't seen with Tom or Katie in either of the junkyard or fitness video tasks).
Actually, I think Ricky does move to Sterling at some point as he is possibly one of the people in the light?

Could well be that for the 5 v 5 task, the teams will be roughly something like this:

Phoenix

Katie
Adam
Tom
Stephen
Jade

Sterling

Two of Jane/Nick/Duane
Ricky
Gabrielle
Laura

Suggesting the next four to go will be Michael, Jenna, Azhar and one of Jane/Nick/Duane, which is surprising to me. I actually think Nick could go sadly.
EDIT 2: Yeah, the light clip suggests to me:

Duane on far left, Gabrielle next to him, Jane in the middle, Ricky second to right and Laura on the far right, indicating that Sterling is at the Final 10 point:

Jane
Duane
Ricky
Laura
Gabrielle

Which suggests Nick will be fired around Week 6.
Hopefully I'm wrong. Certainly, the middle person in the light clip is very difficult to figure out whether they are a man or a woman. It's very difficult to figure it out on iPlayer unforutnately due to the bad quality.

True, this was also my first impression.

But the Edinburgh information (which is also a food task) has made me doubt it, the houses and the street in that clip look exactly like that market location (if you google it), and Katie is wearing a different dress in that clip (a black one, while in the preview she is wearing her light dress).



Ricky is almost certainly on team Sterling in that light clip.




Will study it more carefully in the weekend (also for the clothes, as they may be a telling point), but my initial thought was:

Nick
Gabrielle
Jenna (due to the watch on her left hand)
Ricky
Laura

Maybe, but as we've been discussing, Ricky appears to switch to Sterling by the light clip (Which indicates its the 5 v 5 task in Week 7) and you said that the Scotland task will be around Week 7.


Then I think that he switches teams with Jade in Week 4 and the person behind him in the black dress in the boardroom is Jenna, not Jade in Week 4. I also think that Jenna will go in Week 4, Azhar in Week 5 and the remaining mystery person in Week 6.


I've seen it in slow motion again (admittedly in poor quality on iPlayer) and I remain unconvinced. The guy on the far left doesn't seem to have as much hair as Nick, whilst the person in the middle is definitely a woman and I still think the black hair suggests Jane. I just can't see Jenna getting that far with the edit she's had so far. The other three are obviously Gabrielle, Ricky and Laura respectively.
However, as I say, iPlayer isn't the best quality. Its a shame I can't see it in HD as that could clear it up. See what you think when you next view it.

My opinion on the light clip (having seen it in HD) would be, left to right :

Nick
Gabrielle
Jade
Ricky
Laura

The guy on the far left is (IMO) too broad and has too much hair for it to be anyone other than Nick. The woman in the middle turns her head at the end and it looks to me like Jade's face. The other three I think are fairly obvious - Laura appears to be wearing the same coat as she wore this week.

I've seen that clip yet again (!) and actually the guy on the far left does have hair and it must be Nick.
However, the middle one is still confusing. We know its a woman. Here are the women:

Bilyana - NO, Fired already
Maria - NO, Fired already
Laura - NO, in the clip already
Gabrielle - NO, in the clip already
Katie - NO - The middle woman has dark hair and Katie's on the other team anyway
Jenna - POSSIBLE - Due to the watch, but very little other evidence.
Jade - POSSIBLE - Has dark hair; probably either her or Jane. The problem is that Jade moves to Phoenix in Week 4.
Jane - POSSIBLE - Has dark hair, probably her or Jade. The evidence appears to be that she stays in Sterling so it would make more sense than Jade.

I still think it's Jane, but would love to see the clip in HD. Still, at least we've figured out most of Sterling at this point:

Nick
Gabrielle
Jane/Jade
Ricky
Laura

What I want to know is: What happened to Duane? I can't see him being fired tbh. I think that Phoenix possibly lose Task 5 and Task 6 (losing probably Azhar and Adam?) and Duane is moved to Phoenix in the briefing of Week 7 to balance out the teams.

Here's I think what the teams will be for the next few weeks and who'll get fired:

Week 3 (Condiment)


Week 4 (Junkyard)


Week 5 (Fitness Video?)


Week 6 (Street Artists?)


Week 7 (Scotland Food Task?)



All speculation at this stage of course.

I went through the whole J-series (Jade-Jane-Jenna).

The only reason that I don't think it is Jade is the fact that she appears to switch teams in one of the upcoming episodes (but she could switch back offcourse).

Does this mean that team Phoenix at this point still has only one woman on their team? Or do one (or more) of the J-girls switch to team Phoenix?

And if the intro clip with them (team Phoenix) running to the car is indeed from next week then their team is a total mystery probably after task 5 (assuming this is the fitness video task).

Also, the following people appear to be PM after task 3:

- Ricky (flanked by Gabby and Jade?)
- Stephen (flanked by Jade?)
- Adam (flanked by Katie)

This will probably be somewhere between task 4 and task 7 (as there are 4 seats, so the teams consists of at least 5 people).

Sounds very plausible, I had Jade there (behind Ricky for instance) but Jane also works.

Only problems would be that Stephen has the same woman behind him (Jade-Jane) in the boardroom and that there is a very quick glimpse of black hair on the right hand side of Tom in one of the boardroom clips (only Jane has that kind of black hair).

And offcourse the infamous running towards the car scene, but next week will give us closure on that (if it doesn't appear then it is automatically from the Scotland task).

I think the girl behind Ricky could be Jenna, not Jade and maybe he's PM for Sterling in Junkyard task?
Yeah, the main reason I think the running towards the car clip is from next week is because.pretty well all the other clips are from the first five weeks (assuming the fitness video is Task 5). It just wouldn't make sense to me to stick in a clip from Task 7.

By the way, I hope you're wrong about Jenna making it to the light clip. I don't think my ears could take it!

delete!

Could be either of them (though Jenna likes to wear red to the boardroom)



Unlikely, but in series 6 they had a clip from the scavenger hunt task (task 9, the clip with Joanna and Liz loading stuff into a car) in the intro almost from the very start. So it has happened before.



Seconded, but I am just going by the clues and they don't look too pretty.

I'm liking Jane, where do you think she will get to?

Based on the edit, I think she's being set up as this year's Jim. Alot could depend on whether its her in the middle in the light clip.
I think the general consensus is that she'll go far and either be fired right before the final or she'll be fired in the final. I don't think she'll win simply because she isn't being portrayed as a nice person. But that's just my view.

First of all, I´m not British, so do not know about the architecture and roadbuilding in England and Scotland.

But these are pictures of grassmarket (where the apprentice went for the task abroad):

http://www.scotland-flavour.co.uk/pi...land_G3191.jpg

http://www.aboutscotland.com/edin/we...astreet316.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ssmarket01.jpg

It does seem similar to a certain intro clip, but I don´t know if architecture and roadbuilding is similar in London and Edinburgh.

Also, Adam is seen sporting a yellow tie in the preview for next week (which is likely day two of the task, the selling part) and he is wearing a purple tie in ´running towards the car´ clip.

Yes, the clip seems to fit perfectly with next week's synopsis. I'm also checked with someone who lives in Edinburgh and he thought that the above clip wasn't in the Grassmarket (something about the modern hotel being on the wrong side of the cobbles).

Ok, I will agree with the rest of you (based mainly on the synopsis). Still find it strange that there are two tasks within the same series that are almost alike and feature the same kind buildings/roads.

This also means that only the people in the fitness video task are safe (for team Phoenix) until task 5.

I don't think the clip with the blue aprons is Edinburgh, at least not around the Grassmarket. There aren't many modern buildings beside cobbled roads and it's definitely not Victoria St which is the only cobbled road connecting to the Grassmarket.

We may all be wrong and, if the clip isn't this week, I'll be happy to eat humble pie and admit I was wrong!

So the Phoenix guys (and girl!) safe until Task 5 (assuming its the fitness video task) are:

Katie
Tom
Stephen (All three of the above seem to get quite far. I think they'll all finish Final 10 at least)
Azhar (I'm still struggling to see where he'll finish. The edit has strongly implied he'll be out on his arse soon, but it seems that he definitely survives to Week 5 at least!)

So, Phoenix current people eligible for firing are:

Michael - Fired next Week
Adam - I not too sure when he'll get fired, but I don't think he'll get to Week 7. I've toyed with the idea that he gets fired in Week 4, leaving Duane's potential move back to Phoenix in Week 5 maybe?

(It seems that Ricky moves to Sterling soon)

So what about Sterling?

It appears that in Week 7, Sterling is:

Nick
Gabrielle
Jane/Jade/Jenna
Ricky
Laura

Right, with Jade definitely switching teams in Week 4 (as she's seen with Tom in the junkyard clip) I think that she'll still be on Phoenix in Week 7.

I think that Jenna will be fired the next time her team loses. I'm not entirely sure when that'll be, but Week 4 looks like a good bet.

So, I think its Jane on Sterling in the light clip.

Which leaves Duane.

I think he must switch back to Phoenix at some point as I can't imagine him being fired before Week 7. So, as I've reiterated, my conclusions for the next few weeks are:

Week 3 - Michael Fired
Week 4 - Jenna Fired
Week 5 - Azhar Fired
Week 6 - Adam Fired

leaving us with teams in Week 7 of:

Phoenix

Duane
Jade
Katie
Stephen
Tom

Sterling

Gabrielle
Jane
Laura
Nick
Ricky

I can't analyse any further than that without proper clips from beyond Week 7.

In the meantime, I've looked at the opening clips from the Week 2 intro and tried to place them:


I hope that made sense! I wrote this whilst very tired!

PS: One other thing - it seems as though the candidates wear the same thing every time they go to the boardroom (This was noticeable in Young Apprentice with Zara's white dress). It appears that Jade and Jenna wear the very similar black dress. Therefore I think the girl flanking Stephen in one of the boardrooms is Jade and the girl flanking Ricky, along with Gabrielle must be Jenna.

Yep, I just checked the preview for Week 3 and the candidates are wearing exactly what they wore for the Week 2 boardroom - The guy's ties are even identical.
Therefore I think that Ricky PMs in Week 4 for Sterling, as seen by his boardroom clip in the starting titles and his flanked by Gabrielle and Jenna.

Nah, at this point it would be a surprise if the clip isn´t from next week (perhaps we will get a preview clip before Wednesday which verifies it). Several people have already stated that it isn´t Grassmarket in the clip and they will know.




The only problem with all of this is that Jane appears to be sitting next to Tom in one of the boardroom clips (she is the only woman with that wavy black hair).

But next episode will clear things up, as we will learn the teams for the junkyard task.



Which would mean, based on the line-up in task 3, that Phoenix goes 3 out of 4 on losses? It is possible, as we see most of their team members shaking their heads in boardroom as PM (Katie, Stephen, Adam), but how can Katie survive that??

Even if the guys actually like her, she is bound to wind up in the boardroom again and then only a business plan like Tom (from last year) would be able to save her.

Don´t want her to be fired at all, but I can already see Lord Sugar saying on Wednesday that he doesn´t want to see her again in his (final) boardroom.

Most prominent hint in the Time Out preview is that Lordalan loses his rag at someone for trying to play the "working-class solidarity" card. If spoilers indicate that Michael is next to leave, then he seems an obvious suspect.