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Old 10-05-2013, 22:51
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I've only seen little bits of the US one, but it has always seemed a far better show. I was watching the final four on one particular series recently - came down to an old guy who looked a bit like Meat Loaf v a young guy who looked like Matthew McConnaughey - and the contestants were really high quality, except one weirdo. Also the tasks are so much better, and the winning PM of each task got to meet with the CEO of another company, which is an amazing networking opportunity, given that 14 of the 15 don't get 'the' job.

On the flipside, Trump having his kids as his advisers shows how great Margaret and Nick were!
Go and watch the early series when George and Carolyn were the advisers, they give Nick and Margaret a real run for their money.
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Old 10-05-2013, 23:31
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I havent yet is it good? I watched a few episodes of the Spanish Apprentice a couple of years ago tho (they only did 1 season). They were starting the task next day, the house was awesome and had a swimming pool, they did a party, got drunk and stayed overnight, next day they started at 6am hungover, we don't have these kind of things in UK apprentice!!
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Old 21-05-2013, 23:56
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Saw the final of the All Star Celeb US version last night, and as with all of the other celeb finals, I hate how they have a show over 80 minutes long, yet try and cram the actual result into the final 45 seconds, without any time to follow up anything with the winner and runner-up.

Also didn't like how Trump used the last few minutes to belittle one of the celebs (who apparently had a pop at the show after his previous appearance, but had written a letter to Trump to apologise) - he really embarrassed the guy to show who was boss, and then rushed the result at the end, without having revealed the outcome of any of the various criteria they judged the finalists on (except for money raised in ticket sales, which was announced earlier).

Other than those gripes, a very good season and some standout performers, particularly the two finalists who both would've been worthy winners. And of course, the enigma that is Gary Busey - his mechanical dog will go down in Apprentice history (alongside his great set-to previously with MeatLoaf!).

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In comparison to UK apprentice, they really are incomparable, as ours is giving unknowns the chance to potentially make a name for themselves either in the business world or tv world, while the US version panders to the celebs and particularly those close to Mr Trump - and some of the decisions are crazy - but there have been some great clashes, and the US show is always entertaining...

I've seen all the celeb versions, and the last non-celeb version, plus have the official dvd of series one somewhere (it was dirt cheap on ebay), but how are some of you able to see any of the other non-celeb series, where are you getting them from?
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Old 22-05-2013, 00:01
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I've seen all the celeb versions, and the last non-celeb version, plus have the official dvd of series one somewhere (it was dirt cheap on ebay), but how are some of you able to see any of the other non-celeb series, where are you getting them from?
YouTube - type in Mantray (I think?) and he has virtually all of them.

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Old 22-05-2013, 22:27
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One of the things I prefer about the UK version is that when on a task the seed money is taken into account. In the US version they don't need to consider their budget and are only judged on how much they bring in.
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