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Old 02-05-2013, 16:42
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Well, different spoilers have been floating around so I thought I'd put them all in one place and we can discuss them here!

Most of these spoilers are courtesy of BelligerentBoss, Hownwbrowncow and several others (I'll try to say who said what).

General Observations

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Twitter Pics

This brilliant thread has several Twitter Pics of the candidates last year:

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Long-term Prospects

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Week 1

Not much is known but according to RT, Jason is the Boys PM and the PMs have to volutunteer in the boardroom:

http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/wj...---1-container.

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Tomorrow we'll presumably learn what Task 3 is and next week after the first episode airs, we'll learn more about who makes it to Mixed Teams due to Intro Clips.

Does anyone have anything to add?
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Old 02-05-2013, 20:34
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Luisa and Jordan were never in a relationship according to the Mirror:

The show's not even started and already the Apprentices are said to be bonking in the boardrooms - but not so in the rumoured case of Luisa Zissman and Jordan Poulter. Contrary to reports, my source says: "Never have and never will". There we have it.
My preliminary "investigations" suggest that Luisa may have been fired between 8 - 17 October but it's difficult to confirm as Luisa's tweets are protected.
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Old 02-05-2013, 20:36
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My preliminary "investigations" suggest that Luisa may have been fired between 8 - 17 October but it's difficult to confirm as Luisa's tweets are protected.
Interesting.

My guess would be that she would be fired around Tasks 6-9 if that were true as a rough estimate.
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Old 02-05-2013, 23:47
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Well, a quick search on one of the candidates has found out that
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If you search the web on that company name then you can get all the details of this start-up company.
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Old 03-05-2013, 10:31
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Week 3 is Flat Pack:

3/12. The hopefuls are summoned to the home of the Design Council, where Alan Sugar sets them a design-based task - they have to come up with an inventive piece of flat-pack furniture, before producing prototypes and pitching their products to retailers. The candidates soon get creative, with one team bringing a folding chair to the table, while the others decide to manufacture a multifunctional cube - but it isn't long before problems begin, with mixed-up measurements and internal squabbles threatening the process.
http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/wn...---3-flat-pack

Because there is no mention of a team mix-up, I'm inclined to believe that Boys will win one task next week and Girls will win the other. Sadly no hints as to who's there, but we'll probably be able to work it out next week with intro clips.

Of course, this isn't concrete, but it's an educated guess.
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Old 03-05-2013, 10:42
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Well, a quick search on one of the candidates has found out that
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If you search the web on that company name then you can get all the details of this start-up company.
Good spot SH. Yes, her sister is Alexia, and only they are directors.
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Old 03-05-2013, 14:06
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Been nosing around LinkedIn, some of the info is general by nature, but some seems to confirm whether certain candidates have done well in the series or not:
Neil Clough:
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Natalie Panayi:
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Tim Stilwell:
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Uzma Yakoob:
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Zeeshaan Shah:
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Francesca MacDuff-Varley:
Not as blonde as she looks!
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Kurt Wilson:
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Myles Mordaun:
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Old 03-05-2013, 14:32
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Hmm, so having a look at all of those and knowing the kinds of areas that LS is interested/not interested in:

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Old 03-05-2013, 15:11
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Francesca recently started a new company Show Fashion Ltd on 25 March 2013, so looks like she didn't win.
But one bit of unconfirmed info suggests that she may have lasted beyond 17 October.

So far based on info provided by other FMs, the frontrunners appear to be Neil and Kurt.
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Old 03-05-2013, 16:33
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BBC Apprentice have tweeted this:

https://twitter.com/bbcapprentice/st...51608833273856

The "man" part is interesting as this is in the boardroom preview and is said by one of the women (Jaz?). Does this mean girls lose first task? Tbh, could be from the results boardroom.

Yeah listening to the clip again, I reckon it is Jaz...
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Old 03-05-2013, 18:51
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Leah seems to be busy expanding her medical aesthetics biz, so doesn't sound like she won either:
http://www.londonderrysentinel.co.uk...ands-1-4820044

Strangely, I can't find any info about her company LT Medical or its clinics despite their alleged popularity and success.
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Old 03-05-2013, 19:27
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I've found this on LinkedIn for Alex Mills:

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EDIT: just found this info about Leah's company for you frally:

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Spelling mistakes are not mine.
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Old 03-05-2013, 19:46
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I've found this on LinkedIn for Alex Mills:
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EDIT: just found this info about Leah's company for you frally:
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Spelling mistakes are not mine.
Doesn't look like Alex won as Dynamo Legal's website was only set up in March this year.

Also the info on LT Medical you mentioned was from the article I'd quoted, so there's still no independent verification of its existence or alleged success.
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Old 03-05-2013, 19:50
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Also, are you sure that the info on Sophie in the OP is correct?

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edit: thanks frally I didn't notice that it was from the same article. Have been on a few sites and there doesn't seem to be anything else there.
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Old 03-05-2013, 21:21
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Some info on Jordan from LinkedIn (looks like it's him anyway):

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Old 03-05-2013, 21:24
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The girl's team is called Endeavour according to the RT review of Week 3. It says that the teams still won't be mixed even in Week 3.
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Old 03-05-2013, 21:37
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As for Kurt, I might have found something to suggest how long he's there for:

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Old 04-05-2013, 01:32
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A little twist here regarding Kurt's store in Liverpool. It is located in one of the store sections formally occupied by Rapid Hardware, which itself was featured in the Series 5 of The Apprentice.

Lord Sugar was very flattering of this family run business, one of the largest of it's kind in the UK when it was located in Renshaw Street. Unfortunately, the company made the fatal decision just 6 months after the show to re-locate into an empty building further into the centre of Liverpool. Within 2 years it was in serious financial trouble, and it has since gone bust owing £3m. It blamed roadworks for the problem, but the new location had lost the easy car access of its old location, and was always going to struggle to supply DIY & hardware products to foot traffic.

Under those circumstances, it could be a good omen that Kurt is located where he is!
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Old 04-05-2013, 11:02
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Myles recently formed Integrale Management on 14 April 2013 with 2 other guys. It's a "super-team" of multi-industry specialists with the focus of securing talented young British Formula 3 racer Alex Lynn a drive in Formula 1.

If this was Myles' biz plan, then it looks like he didn't win.
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Old 04-05-2013, 11:24
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Myles recently formed Integrale Management on 14 April 2013 with 2 other guys. It's a "super-team" of multi-industry specialists with the focus of securing talented young British Formula 3 racer Alex Lynn a drive in Formula 1.

If this was Myles' biz plan, then it looks like he didn't win.
Sounds like an investment-type plan, which we already know LS has reservations about. I certainly wouldn't go for that.

Looks like only Neil and possibly Kurt haven't been ruled out yet. As I said earlier, there was a tweet from Kurt (via his business' Twitter account) on the 24th October, so would they have still been filming at that time?
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Old 04-05-2013, 12:05
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Looks like only Neil and possibly Kurt haven't been ruled out yet. As I said earlier, there was a tweet from Kurt (via his business' Twitter account) on the 24th October, so would they have still been filming at that time?
Personally, I would say not. In Series 7, there were Twitter pics from around that date and they turned out to be Jim and Susan on the reinvestment task (Task 10). My guess would be that 24th October would be Task 10 or Task 11 at a push, but I definitely don't think that they'd have finished filming by then.

If you gave me a free bet right now and told me I had to put money on any of the candidates winning, it would definitely be Neil.
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Old 04-05-2013, 21:52
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Following some of the limited info trails available, I'm starting to think that Jaz will be the first one fired on Tuesday.

Also, it looks like Sophie was out by 8 October. So if she's still in the Broadway market task filmed on 7 October, that'll be her last task.

P.S. Just discovered You're Fired was filmed today.
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Old 04-05-2013, 23:47
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Following some of the limited info trails available, I'm starting to think that Jaz will be the first one fired on Tuesday.

Also, it looks like Sophie was out by 8 October. So if she's still in the Broadway market task filmed on 7 October, that'll be her last task.

P.S. Just discovered You're Fired was filmed today.
I'm starting to think that. Since she's the oldest one, it makes sense that she's the girls PM Week 1. Plus shes seems ti be in the boardroom in the first week as well. Shame about Sophie but I guess I should wait for her performance on the show!

Was it You're Fired for Week 1 AND Week 2 or just Week 1? I wonder how they're going to do that since the people going to the 2nd weeks YF won't have seen the first episode so it'd be confusing for them unless they're filmed one after the other?
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Old 05-05-2013, 00:05
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I'm starting to think that. Since she's the oldest one, it makes sense that she's the girls PM Week 1. Plus shes seems ti be in the boardroom in the first week as well. Shame about Sophie but I guess I should wait for her performance on the show!

Was it You're Fired for Week 1 AND Week 2 or just Week 1? I wonder how they're going to do that since the people going to the 2nd weeks YF won't have seen the first episode so it'd be confusing for them unless they're filmed one after the other?
Seems to be only for Ep 1. Maybe the next YF will be on Bank Holiday Monday like last year.
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Old 05-05-2013, 09:51
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Sounds like an investment-type plan, which we already know LS has reservations about. I certainly wouldn't go for that.

Looks like only Neil and possibly Kurt haven't been ruled out yet. As I said earlier, there was a tweet from Kurt (via his business' Twitter account) on the 24th October, so would they have still been filming at that time?
Well, depends on when they started shooting the first episode last year (as a Katie fan, I happen to know she was fired around the 23th of October, at least that was a Sunday and the date sounds about right from my intel back then). Mind you, it does seem like they have started a few days earlier this year (end of september, rather then start of october). Anyway,, Katie was fired on task 6, so make of that what you will.
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