Justin and Lucas.

Justin because although he had good ideas and did contribute, he created the concept which was flawed. And also because he has lied about his contribution and my contribution continually throughout this process (funny how he was trying to make me a scapegoat yet leaves as soon as I show the screenshots from him saying "let's just ignore the market research and pick something Louise would like to buy" and because he was negative about anything which wasn't his idea, criticised anything which wasn't, was difficult to work with.

I'm bringing Lucas back because I feel for the second task in a row he was the weakest candidate in our team. He missed deadlines on the pitch, didn't follow the brief I gave him on what to put in, contributed no ideas and the only thing he did in the entire task was write a pitch which was a paragraph long that was literally everyone's elses ideas I sent him copied and pasted into one big paragraph.


I was torn between Jason & Justin on who to be the second with Luke. However I think the fact Justin continually lied and isn't a teamplayer as well as the problem with the concept has influenced my opinion. Jason did contribute to his defense even though I think he could've added more.

Okay, the rest of you may leave and I'll see you on the next task.

Thanks Lady Sugar! And good luck to the final 3

Ok, thank you. Good luck

Good luck all 3 of you

Alright, I don't think Justin is here and Alexos will be posting what Luke wants to say.

Luke, any particular reason you've been named the weakest candidate two weeks running? What exactly was your contribution to this task?

This will be quite brief!

Wow, I'm sorry I have a job that requires me to work without a laptop and free reign to respond and post at certain times, Katie. I didn't try to make you a scapegoat, and was genuinely curious, but I had to leave. So, sorry about that.

I do have to leave once again, however, so I am forced to be brief, but please, while I'm here for 5 minutes, ask me any questions you'd like.

ETA: I haven't read through the past 2 pages of information, but I do see there are accusations of me lying, so I'm curious to see what those are.

Thank you Luke (and Alex).

Without further ado, Luke... you're fired!

Justin, you've gotten away very lightly this time. I appreciate you were putting yourself forward but a few team members felt you were too pushy and ultimately it was your idea that lost the task for the team.

Katie, I am very happy with your drive and I noticed you were always available during the course of this task. Next time you're the PM, keep more control over things.

See you both on the next task.

Why did you lie about the fact you said we should ignore the market research, I've posted the screenshots of it from MSN. This is the second time you've lied about things in two tasks on the BR. Please explain it to me.



The reason I think I should remain in the process is I on both tasks I’ve been one of the key people in the tasks, I feel me and David were the main reason we won the first task. I’ve been one of the biggest contributors to both tasks. On this task I listened to everyone’s opinions which maybe could’ve been my downfall. I delegated accordingly to what my team wanted and to people’s strengths and I edited the entire pitch to be better and nobody had any criticisms once I’d finished editing (aside from David suggested changing one sentence in the entire pitch).

I feel I’ve taken risks throughout the process – I put myself forward for PM when it was clear no one else was going to. I had various other ideas on this task such as an educational childrens game which I wish I went with considering the other team won and their idea was very similar to it.

My ideas were strong – I was the only person who suggested market research, I carried it out almost entirely by myself and created the questions and I think it helped our product become stronger. Also, most of the positives from the Question & Answer’s Sessions were directed at me

I encouraged participation from others and changed the end pitch so that everyone was happy. I also think I was creative through suggesting the fact our game could be turned into one of many products we launch and we can turn it into a brand, TV show, books, video games etc and felt I saw the bigger picture on how we could rejuvenate the market.

I'll be posting details about the next task announcement tomorrow. It will be starting early next week.

See you all then.

Thank you Lady Sugar.

Harmonia Evaluations
Firstly, congratulations on a well deserved win! Your final product was very impressive and I was pleased by how well you all worked together on-task. Just one note, although some other people may/do disagree both myself and some of the viewers feel that although your pitches are brilliantly written, they're just too long (one viewer just said the length of the pitches was putting her off the show altogether - also, this isn't just aimed at you either, it applies to both teams). They sometimes almost distract from how good your work is, so in future it'd be great if you could perhaps be a little more concise. But that doesn't detract from a fantastic win, well done to you all.

Amy - Like you said yourself, I think you were overly polite on the first day and your initial discussions went around in circles a little bit. That being said, from midway-through the first night onwards you vastly improved - you kept tabs on a potentially difficult team to track with ease, your delegation of roles were clear and well-chosen and you endeared yourself to your fellow teammates. I think in terms of visibility and organisation, this week you did a great job - it wasn't seamless, but you deserve your PM victory. (and good luck with results, I was in that panic the other week and I know how distracting waiting for them can be).

David - Another impressive week from you! I think you rebounded from losing last week brilliantly, submitted some of the strongest work within your team and had a large role in your teams victory in terms of managing ideas. I also think you did well in ensuring your team didn't go off-track on the first night. However, you need to work on how you interact with other candidates. I think emphasizing how one candidate was lucky to be there and also baiting another team member (only to label them aggressive in the evaluation, despite their non-replies) is alienating your fellow competitors perhaps - one candidate who was neither of those mentioned, labelled you the weakest (incorrectly, I would say) - so watch out not to offend your way out of being a contender. But as I said, on performance this week I felt you were outstanding.

Kevin - In terms of effort this week you deserve a gold star - I think you were the best in your team for enthusiasm and creativity. I also appreciated how you tried to put a stop to the endless going around in circles on the first night, and your patience in the continual rehashing of your ideas without complaining. Watch out though, not all of your ideas are good. My main criticism would be that you need to find a way to make your voice heard on your team or to try and win over the respect of some team members who for whatever reasons aren't taking you seriously, however you were singled out a few times for positive praise in the evaluations so perhaps you already have.

George - You're clearly a very capable candidate, and I feel you made some inroads this week into getting along better with your team mates, so well done on working on your feedback from last task. The work you submitted for this task was also very competent. However, at times it didn't seem that you were that visible - it worked for this task where Amy was willing to work around this, but you'll have to overcome your distaste for msn if you want to project manage efficiently in the future, or if you're on a team with a less accomodating PM. Also sometimes you chose your words badly and the tone you use can alienate people or transform innocent statements to aggressive or egotistical-sounding - as Zak said last week you're obviously very intelligent and capable, just think before you type (especially if you're typing something to Louise).

Jack - I think this week you performed well - in the creative session you were amongst the best on your team and the work you submitted was of a generally quite good quality. The problem you have is with confidence - you seem to think that this competition isn't your thing and that you're basically here to make up the numbers. Having a defeatist attitude really doesn't help things and it's a shame that you almost seem to have given up already.

Eliza - I think your energy and enthusiasm are quite infectious, and your ideas were entertaining and creative - they fitted the brief quite well although I'm not entirely sure if anything you contributed ended up in the final product. However, there's no getting around the fact that you were the weakest on your team this week. Hayfever is horrible, but numerous other candidates I'm sure are busy, working and have other things going on yet still manage to contribute more. You were the weakest link on the team this time, but your team was strong so you still have a lot to be pleased with in terms of your performance.

Maybe this will reflect on me in a more negative light, but I'm a very honest person and I'll be honest here. My lack of visibility for this task had nothing to do with problems with MSN, it was just that this task took place over a couple of days that I happened to have a few things on that I had committed to in real life. I don't think these things prevented me from giving my all to the task, as I did do everything that Amy asked me to do, and I did ask her at points over private message if she was happy with my contribution and if there was anything else I could do - and she said she was happy, so I don't think real life caused a problem. If real life was preventing me from giving these tasks my all, I'd quit because I wouldn't want to waste everyone's time, but generally I do have time to commit to the tasks. I'm a gap year student and I don't work, so I have quite a bit of free time. It's just that I'd arranged things over the past two days. I can't completely put my life on hold for this.

Even though I wanted to be PM on this task, I admit that maybe it was a good thing that I wasn't chosen. I think this task would have been right for me, but the timing wasn't. Thanks for saying my submissions were good though, and I hope to impress next week.

Helios Evaluations.
There was a lot of unnecessary drama during the beginning of the task; drama which would not be welcomed in a professional business environment. As a team it is vital you each have the sense to handle yourselves correctly in a situation such as a disagreement, otherwise your time in this competition will be short-lived.

Katie: As Louise mentioned earlier, I personally found you to be the strongest member of the team. I appreciated the fact you didn’t entirely have a grasp on the board game situation, but still had the will to step up as project manager. You had two, in particular, loud characters within your team, who I believe you handled very well. You were willing to put in the effort; you were available at all times and were by far the most hardworking member of your team. You were criticised heavily by two of your members in the evaluations, however, due to having little knowledge of board games. I’m sure there’ll be a task that you will know a lot about and the others don’t and then we shall see whether the criticisms were fair. I care more about your effort in the task, not your knowledge of a random subject.

Niall: Niall, the second strongest member of the team in my opinion. I thought you handled yourself very professionally throughout the course of the task, which I was pleased to see. I do believe you could have been around more for discussions, but I understand you’re at school for quite a hefty part of the weekday, so that can be excused. I thought you completed your work to a high standard and if you continue in this manner then it’s safe to say you should be making it far in this process. Well done, Niall.

Tyjet: It may seem as if I have taken sides within this task, which absolutely isn’t the case. However, I do not appreciate it when someone sends an evaluation to me, heavily criticising someone in their team – saying they were the “source of every problem on this task”, and then fails to say the same in the boardroom when asked about this person. If you want to stay longer in this process, you must realise it is more than just the standard of work in which you deliver. It is also about your attitude and honesty to all participants. I was massively disappointed with the “enjoy my evaluation” comment you made, suggesting I would be amused by what you had written as well. That all being said, I WAS pleased with your availability and your standard of work throughout this task.

Jason: Jason, I didn’t see much of you throughout this task, but I believe that is due to work commitments? I thought the work you produced was very good and was all that could really have been asked from you for this task. Similarly with Niall, DS Apprentice is never going to be easy and it’s certainly harder when you have work or school. I would say try and make yourself a little more available for discussions, but other than that, I think you’ve done a fine job on this task.

Justin: Justin, you had the main concept for this task, which is more than what others may have had and yes, you did put a lot of effort in around work schedules which I can only applaud you for. However, a similar problem to Tyjet, I found you to be quite rude throughout the task; whether it was intentional or not, it was certainly noticed by two other members of your team in their evaluations. In fact, you were in the “who deserves to be fired?” question by two of your teammates as well. You also said to me “enjoy my evaluation”, which I am baffled by. I am not going to be amused by anyone’s evaluation in regards to criticising another member of their team. However, you did say how you actually felt in the boardroom so I do indeed appreciate that from you. I think you just need to be more relaxed throughout tasks (same with Tyjet) and you’ll do just fine. Had Lucas not been here to fire, I would have been very worried for you.

Lucas: Commiserations, Lucas.

Thanks Satanel for the evaluations, I'm pleased you noticed the negativity and slight rudeness from Justin and Tyjet aimed at me which they denied during the task yet made it vocal in the boardroom / evaluations. Also I'm pleased you noted Niall's contribution I know other team members didn't but I agree with your opinion and out of my other five team members I found him the strongest overall so it's great to see you agree.