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I'm Confused...Why Have These Kids Been Picked?
I noticed in the first few episodes when they introduce the candidates and it comes up with what they do on the screen, that for a lot of them it said things like "Aspiring Accountant". They're all 16 or 17, so obviously they're not going to have amazing jobs or anything like that, but I've delved a bit deeper into what they all do and it seems only about 3 out of the 12 candidates are doing anything related to business. I would expect them all to be at least maybe studying business or something in the business field, and if not at least be doing something business related. Maria is calling herself an "Online Business Women", which in reality could mean she has sold a few things on Ebay. As I say, they're all young so I'm not expecting them to be doing amazing things, but the majority of them seem to not be studying business and not even be doing anything remotely related to business.
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That's a bit unfair, they're all still in school so it's not like they'll be starting degrees in business.
Sean set up his own magazine, Patrick makes and sells his own clothes, Maria has some kind of online retail scheme (doubt it's just ebay but who knows), Ashleigh is studying accountancy and has had jobs since the age of 13, Lucy sells cakes, Alice sells eggs, Andrew had some kind of gift card scheme, Stephen has supposedly been setting up businesses since the age of 13, Max made money selling vintage items... Only David, Ashleigh, Amy and Navdeep haven't been involved (by the looks of things) in setting up their own money making ventures, although David seems to have marketed himself as a tutor and apparently sits on lots of local committees. Navdeep is also a good candidate given her 'Young Ambassador for the Global Campaign for Education' role. Amy seems like the weakest candidate on paper. |
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I noticed in the first few episodes when they introduce the candidates and it comes up with what they do on the screen, that for a lot of them it said things like "Aspiring Accountant". They're all 16 or 17, so obviously they're not going to have amazing jobs or anything like that, but I've delved a bit deeper into what they all do and it seems only about 3 out of the 12 candidates are doing anything related to business. I would expect them all to be at least maybe studying business or something in the business field, and if not at least be doing something business related. Maria is calling herself an "Online Business Women", which in reality could mean she has sold a few things on Ebay. As I say, they're all young so I'm not expecting them to be doing amazing things, but the majority of them seem to not be studying business and not even be doing anything remotely related to business.
His problem is that he may be finding for the second series in a row that the best that turn up for Young Apprentice are girls from really good schools....... |
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Looks and personalities. That's it.
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One or two of the candidates have seemed miscast but the same is true this year of other reality shows like Masterchef: the Professionals, and Strictly. It is unlikely a memo went round insisting that candidates be auditioned only by producers who'd never actually seen their programmes, but the end result is the same: teens with no interest in business (or basic general knowledge); chefs who wilted in the initial skills tests; celebrity dancers with two left feet.
Danny Baker used to complain the industry is run by people who do not themselves watch terrestrial broadcast television. It is starting to look like he has a point. |
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One or two of the candidates have seemed miscast but the same is true this year of other reality shows like Masterchef: the Professionals, and Strictly. It is unlikely a memo went round insisting that candidates be auditioned only by producers who'd never actually seen their programmes, but the end result is the same: teens with no interest in business (or basic general knowledge); chefs who wilted in the initial skills tests; celebrity dancers with two left feet.
Danny Baker used to complain the industry is run by people who do not themselves watch terrestrial broadcast television. It is starting to look like he has a point. |
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I think that's a little unfair; generally the teens on Young Apprentice have an interest in business, even if they're not immediately good at it. Even people like Navdeep, for whom business isn't their primary vocation, have an interest in it.
On Young Apprentice, he's come up with a combination of academic high flyers, often from private or grammar schools, people with niche interests and young versions of himself. Some of the high flyers have the best all around skill sets whilst the mini Sugars have similar weaknesses to those he eventually fires on most series of the adult show. His high flyers continue on as academic high flyers. |
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