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Does Lord Sugar have to do a double firing? |
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Does Lord Sugar have to do a double firing?
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Something has just occurred to me recently. Since Series 3 of The Apprentice, there have been 16 contestants instead of 14 to allow for double firings (apparently Sugar demanded this after the chicken fiasco in Series 2). I was just wondering if the format requires him to do a double firing at some point, or is it up to him? Since double firings were allowed, each series (not including Young Apprentice) has either had a double firing, or a contestant has left for some reason. Series 3: Double firing in Week 2 with Ifti and Rory Series 4: Double firing in Week 7 with Jenny and Jennifer Series 5: Started with only 15 people, as someone pulled out at the last minute Series 6: Raleigh left after the first task for personal reasons Series 7: Double firing in Week 5, with Ellie and Vincent Series 8: Double firing in Week 10, with Gabrielle and Stephen Would he be able to only fire one person each week and then have five people in the interview stage (or six, under the previous format?) Or is it compulsory that two people have to go in the same week at some point? It just occurred to me last night, and I'm curious.
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I think there is a difference between a double firing early on in the series because two people have messed things up, and getting rid of as many people as necessary (so technically a double firing) to get down to the right number of finalists or semifinalists.
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One innovation that might be interesting is a non-firing, where (say) both teams made large profits and no-one dropped the ball. Obviously that would mean a compensatory double-firing later on.
But any departure from the formula needs to be a rare event: once every two or three series. Otherwise it just becomes another part of the routine. |
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One innovation that might be interesting is a non-firing, where (say) both teams made large profits and no-one dropped the ball. Obviously that would mean a compensatory double-firing later on.
Can you think of a time when that could have reasonably occurred? I think maybe the fifth week of Series 8... Duane was fired, which lots of people were furious about, but Sugar couldn't really have fairly fired either Ricky or Laura. That team should have won. I think that would have been a perfect occasion to refuse to fire anyone, and make up for it later. Last edited by george.millman : 19-02-2013 at 14:08. Reason: Stupid spelling mistake |
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