Of course he was massively incompetent on that task and absolutely deserved to be fired. Luisa would try the patience of a saint but he was weak.

Yet, he was easily the most likable and memorable candidate from the Apprentice this year. Just look how popular he was on 'You're Fired'. Definitely has a cult following.

It wouldn't surprise me at all if some cynical TV executive looked at him and thought 'this guy has some mileage.' I could definitely see him as a TV Presenter in the near future.

The only one who would get a tv career will be Luisa as she appeals to the heat type generation

Hmmm, I can your point with regards to Luisa particularly as she's attractive in a WAG sort of way. Nevertheless, I don't think she's especially popular. Most people I know can't stand her.

Jason is way way more popular. I definitely think Jason would be the perfect front for a property program like 'Place in the Sun.'

I think Jason would be a good daytime tv presenter maybe not for a Magazine type show (i.e This Morning) but for a show aimed at a slightly older audience.

Exactly. The slightly older audience absolutely adores him. Property shows, bargain hunt type shows, anything cosy. I think it'd be a really good fit for him.

I am 18 and I would watch him forever. He came across as very witty and very likeable on the You're Fired show, he is the sort of person I would watch anyway.

Something like This Morning would be great for him.

I'd watch a show fronted by him. I think he's utterly adorable

It wouldn't surprise me if he got offered 'I'm A Celebrity' or 'Big Brother'. I'd rather see him on a regular presenting gig though. I just melted watching him on YF last night... what a sweetie!

I can see him as a new Ben Fogle and with his background could be a really good and knowledgeable "historical" presenter.

Once he finishes his PhD, I would love to see Jason on TV in some kind of extended academic role (a la Brian Cox, 'academic' of the people, who has done much to make Science popular). Academics get a bad press as being eccentric and non-vocational and Jason's warmth, charm, and intelligence could help to change that view as long as they allow him to retain his metaphors!

It's nice to see someone nice being liked - for being nice.

His eloquence is great, his grasp of things is slow but as he says, he is a deep thinker. It is irritating as my husband is this type. Expect an immediate answer and he is all at sea but he gets there in his own way and comes up with answers which are fully thought out. It does drive you mad if you are not like that but Luisa was so out of order taking over just because she thought she could do a better job, she might do it to Sir Al and get her head bitten off, I would pay to see that.

So does he - http://jason-meets-world.com/

On Breakfast this morning talked about the buisness plan that seemed to develop within the house - put Jason in difficult situations and see how he reacts.

Jason and Luisa represented a classic clash of thinking styles.

Jason (and your husband by the sound of it) is a deeply introverted thinker. That's not introvert as in shy, but his thinking style. An introverted thinker likes to consider deeply, form an idea fully and then articulate it clearly and in great detail. Once they've firmed up the concept in their mind, they can then move very quickly to a conclusion.

Luisa is a classic extroverted thinker. She fires off an immediate idea and dares people to challenge her, modifying it as she goes along.

One method isn't necessarily faster than the other - it's just that extroverts consider themselves people of action and wonder why introverts aren't chipping in straight away. In brainstorms, it's usually the extroverts who come up with lots of ideas initially, and often the introverts who come up with the killer idea later - assuming the extroverts stop to listen to them and haven't moved on since.

The time-constrained nature of Apprentice tasks exacerbates the situation. Introverts like Jason find the extroverts racing from task to task and can struggle to make themselves heard.

Most Apprentice candidates are extrovert in nature. Jason is a rare introvert, as was Tom Pellereau. Remember how he struggled to make himself heard in the early tasks, even though he often had useful observations to make? That's a classic introvert stuck in a group of extroverts.

What could Jason have done better? Ask Luisa for a little space up front to compose his thoughts. What could Luisa have done better? Stop badgering Jason and give him a chance to think. Just as there's nothing an extrovert hates more than inactivity, there's nothing an introvert hates more than being put under unnecessary pressure to come up with an answer.

I was thinking the same thing, his manner and personality are somewhat similar to Alistair Appleton from Escape to the Country, and with his desire to move into property I could see him fitting very nicely on a gentile show like that.

He was never going to win, but definitely my favourite candidate this year and the show will be poorer entertainment-wise without him.

Absolutely right, it is hard being opposites but time has passed and I know now not to expect snap decisions and we compliment each other rather than clash. Of course, the Apprentices do not have this time available but snap decision makers dont always get it right.

My wife and I are similarly opposite, and of course time is a great way to build that understanding.

In my job, I do a lot of work either as a member or a leader of various project teams. Often at the outset of a project I don't know many of the team members, but then part of the skill is to at least be aware that different people have different styles. Extroverts are more comfortable brainstorming and doing things on the fly, introverts like an agenda so they can organise their thoughts, and often have the best ideas to contribute once they have absorbed what everyone else is saying. A good project manager allows them that time and then brings them into the discussion at the right moment before moving on. It's a skill most businesspeople learn with experience - which most of the Apprentices, to be fair to them, lack.

Of course, Sugar isn't actually looking for a good team leader, but through their (in)ability to work in teams they do reveal a lot about how easy they would be for an investor to work with.

I don't think I've heard a bigger live applause than the one I heard for Jason on monday.

He was really really good on YF, so much didn't get on TV too. I think he could have a future TV career, he's very quick witted.

I do like Jason and I don't think it's the last we have heard of him. However there is not a remote prospect he would be offered any of those shows ahead of luisa

maybe they could get them both on - can you imagine them teamed up for time-sensitve tasks?

Not necessarily. All these shows put together a carefully constructed mix of contestants. There's always a star name, a pantomime villain, a babe, a hunk, an older one and so on.

Luisa would like to think she would be at the top of the 'babe' list, but in reality she's hardly going to be put on the show if they can find another Gemma Atkinson or Helen Flanagan, are they?

Jason probably wouldn't get an offer either, but he fits a different niche of being 'posh', which addresses a different need. Plus he would come with a bigger fan club than Luisa.

Not that either of them would come particularly high on the wish list for these shows. The show was at its peak in the public consciousness when Katie Hopkins was on I'm A Celebrity - and she turned out to be as dull as ditch-water.

Jason seems like perhaps the nicest, most decent contestant perhaps the Apprentice has ever had but personally I couldn't see him making it as an actual tv presenter. I just don't think he's anywhere slick enough.

Whilst clearly very bright and far more articulate than most, I don't think he's all that quick witted in general (NB aside from his comment on YF last night, with Dara quzzing him on saying Francesca's ad was 'flawless'. I was actually laughing out loud with Jason's 'floor-less/ hanging themselves' comeback).

Having said that I'd be happy to be proved wrong as he's the kind of guy that virtually everyone cannot help but like!

I think the 'women and children' thing in the boardroom was HILARIOUS!!!

How slick are most documentary presenters - particularly historians? Not very to answer your question. As quite a few have previously suggested, presenting documentaries (particularly on his area) could be a fantastic fit for him.

I still think he could present other shows like property programmes. He's very likable, affable, funny (intentionally and unintentionally), is charismatic in his own eccentric way and has a very strong fan base - just look at You're Fired for proof of this. He was by far the most popular guest I've seen. I don't know anyone who dislikes him at all.

The other candidates more often than not elicit polarising viewpoints from people. Apart from competence in some cases, the candidates left are largely bereft of any likability/personality. Who will really remember any of them (with the exception of Alex) in 5 years time?

Yeah, fair enough, and please don't get me wrong, I like the guy too!
You may well be right and I suppose on reflection there could well be some weight to this esp with the type of programme you mention, and indeed looking at the quality of presenters that DO make it on to our tv screens.

As I say I'd be happy for the eccentric delight that is our Jason to prove me wrong!