The Digital Spy Apprentice - Series Two - Task Three Boardroom

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I've Got Class

15-04-2012

Originally Posted by cheekypeter:
“Watching this discussion was unbearable. I was actually glad when my PC broke.”

This wasn't the finest hour from any of our team's perpective!

xKatieLx

15-04-2012

Originally Posted by Satanel:
“I'm sorry Katie, but Victoria Justice was mentioned. I'm not sure whether I'm allowed to include screenshots or not, but I'm going to be sneaky (http://i40.tinypic.com/2njc5s9.png). It's clear there that she was mentioned.”

Oh OK I couldn't remember Victoria Justice being mentioned. I think the fact that it was in a list of about 15 and that being the only mention of them is why I didn't choose that act. I suggested lots of different names and others on the team had their own contributions. You where quite adamant that I only chose one or two support acts and the point of choosing Victoria Justice was only mentioned once.

anactoria

15-04-2012

Okay, everyone, I don't want to drag this out too long, so I've come to a discussion.

Viveza, whilst your pitch perhaps wasn't as original or persuasive, your poster was excellent, you guys worked together very well on this task, and you kept one of the core tenets - that of realism - firmly in mind. That said, was your presentation impressive enough to secure a win?

Reflections, whilst you guys missed the boat a little on the 'realism' thing, and you didn't seem to work quite so well together, you definitely went above and beyond on certain parts of the task. I'm just not sure, though, whether your effort went towards the right aspects of this task.

cheekypeter

15-04-2012

Originally Posted by dondfan998:
“We all were given a 'category', so I was to look at artists for comebacks, someone would look at foreign artists, etc. We all voted in the acts of each category making a final 4. The final 4 was Katy B, Katie Melua, Brandy and One Direction. We decided from there, and a majority vote decided Katy B. I do think some people could have been a bit more positive about our choice, though”

Originally Posted by I've Got Class:
“You might as well name and shame, as it goes.

This 'minority' was me, but once we had been told that we was absolutely 100% going for Katy B, I put my all into doing the task I had been delegated, and even did extra on top. I do feel as though you're making out as though I was negative and hesitant throughout the whole task, when in reality it was over a course of around 20 minutes on Friday night, immediately after the decision was made.”

Jess was very childish after the decision, but by the next day she had thrown herself into it and has been praised for that by more than one team member.

You two do seem to spend a lot of time having digs at each other though, which isn't professional at all.

Amroussi

15-04-2012

Originally Posted by anactoria:
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The task guidelines didn't say you should include costings, yes, but realism was still a large part of the task, and cost is implicitly included in that. I appreciate that your team chose to focus on smaller venues, but there's still a lot of cost involved when you have several artists to accommodate and 72 venues, and you guys seemed to sidestep that a bit.
”

I do agree with this but I think we answered the questions regarding that subject well.

dondfan998

15-04-2012

Originally Posted by cheekypeter:
“Jess was very childish after the decision, but by the next day she had thrown herself into it and has been praised for that by more than one team member.

You two do seem to spend a lot of time having digs at each other though, which isn't professional at all.”

I know I shouldn't but I feel it's good to stand up to what you believe on and when someone is actually posting lies I'm not gonna let them win.

anactoria

15-04-2012

Taking everything into consideration, and having discussed this with my advisors, the winner of this task is Team Viveza.

Amroussi

15-04-2012

Well done Viveza on your first win!

Satanel

15-04-2012

Oh, I'm so glad - well done us! Commiserations Team Reflections & good luck in the boardroom - your pitch was brilliant.

NarutoFan100

15-04-2012

Thank you so much! Our first win!

Good luck to everyone!

gav016

15-04-2012

Well done Viveza!

dondfan998

15-04-2012

Well done Viveza

I've Got Class

15-04-2012

Congratulations Viveza

anactoria

15-04-2012

This was an incredibly close task, and both teams put a lot of work into it, but we felt that Viveza managed to grasp the more crucial aspects of the task a little more clearly. Well done on your first win, and I'll see you all on the next task!

Team Reflections, though, this isn't over for you guys.

xKatieLx

15-04-2012

Yay our first win.

Good luck to everybody on Reflections for the BR.

Amroussi

15-04-2012

So no one has a winning streak anymore?

Carlisle156

15-04-2012

Congratulations Team Viveza on the task win.

cheekypeter

15-04-2012

Originally Posted by dondfan998:
“I know I shouldn't but I feel it's good to stand up to what you believe on and when someone is actually posting lies I'm not gonna let them win.”

I accept this but I was also referring to MSN. More than one team member stated in evaluations that they found you aggressive sometimes, what are your thoughts on this?

anactoria

15-04-2012

So, Reflections, what do you feel went wrong for you in this task? And who was at fault?

dondfan998

15-04-2012

Originally Posted by cheekypeter:
“I accept this but I was also referring to MSN. More than one team member stated in evaluations that they found you aggressive sometimes, what are your thoughts on this?”

In this task I didn't think of myself as aggressive, but perhaps I was. Sometimes I just don't realise it. But I honestly feel that I should stand up for my beliefs which is what I did, and I did all the work set, so even though I regret my agression, I feel I put my heart and soul into this task. I was there from the brainstorming to the very end

cheekypeter

15-04-2012

Originally Posted by dondfan998:
“In this task I didn't think of myself as aggressive, but perhaps I was. Sometimes I just don't realise it. But I honestly feel that I should stand up for my beliefs which is what I did, and I did all the work set, so even though I regret my agression, I feel I put my heart and soul into this task. I was there from the brainstorming to the very end”

Thank you for your honesty, and yes I did note that you worked very hard on this task.

Carlisle156

15-04-2012

I guess we concentrated too much on 'less significant' areas?

Amroussi

15-04-2012

Originally Posted by anactoria:
“
So, Reflections, what do you feel went wrong for you in this task? And who was at fault?
”

It seems the fact that we were not realistic enough cost us. I don't really agree with this totally but I can see how you think this.

Carlisle156

15-04-2012

Sorry, but can you go in to detail how our tour wasn't realistic? I would say our tour was more realistic than that of Viveza - however I do agree that there was also a lot of waffling in our pitch.

cheekypeter

15-04-2012

Originally Posted by Carlisle156:
“I guess we concentrated too much on 'less significant' areas?”

Can I clarify, were the extensive tour dates your work?

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