I don't actually believe that LS wasn't aware of the 'partner' before, although maybe he thought he would be an employee.
I want bad things to happen to Luisa in the interviews
I want bad things to happen to Luisa in the interviews
So Jordan already has a partner ?
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Originally Posted by brangdon:
“It sounds like he doesn't understand the format of the programme. It's not that Lord Sugar would get 50% and Jordan and his partner would have to split the other 50% between them. It's that Lord Sugar is to invest £250k in the winner and the winner alone. A third partner adds risks. He or she would be an unknown quantity. Lord Sugar knows Jordan though watching him on all the tasks. He doesn't know this new partner.
This seems like a deal-breaker to me. Frankly, Jordan should not be there at all. He should have had more sense to apply, and the production team should have vetted his proposal.”
“It sounds like he doesn't understand the format of the programme. It's not that Lord Sugar would get 50% and Jordan and his partner would have to split the other 50% between them. It's that Lord Sugar is to invest £250k in the winner and the winner alone. A third partner adds risks. He or she would be an unknown quantity. Lord Sugar knows Jordan though watching him on all the tasks. He doesn't know this new partner.
This seems like a deal-breaker to me. Frankly, Jordan should not be there at all. He should have had more sense to apply, and the production team should have vetted his proposal.”
It changes the nature of the show. If you turn up and say Richard Branson is already my partner you have an unfair advantage. If its an unknown person, the show is unable to evaluate that partner, gauge what risk they pose, or who is behind any success that shows in the figures or the CV. Someone else wins without ever taking part, or someone wins for what someone unseen does. It has to be the Apprentice candidate and Lord Sugar alone.
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