1. Fran - Obviously she has the patent on an invention to turn crap into gold, otherwise why else would she still be here?

2. Leah - they all talk about their business acumen etc but it's all filler isn't it? The sort of intangible BS that graduates put on their CVs in lieu of experience. By graduating as a doctor she's the only one who's achieved anything tangible and is obviously bright.

3. How far has the quality of candidate slipped that running a cup cake shop marks you out as the most successful and entrepreneurial one? I also suspect that mummy and daddy, or husbands money is behind most of her businesses. Regardless she seems able to cut through the BS better than most I'd possibly leave her minding a bring and buy stall without worrying too much that she'd find a way to bankrupt me.

4. Another supposed stand out candidate yet he strikes me as being merely capable rather than exceptional. I could see him running a small call centre or McDonalds where there is culture of management being aggressive towards staff to try and get results and staff retention is not a big thing - he doesn't seem warm or likeable in anyway, neither witty nor charming. Can't imagine him coping well with anyone with a brain (possibly why he took against Jason?). not an idiot which in this company may have been enough if he hadn't turned up with a rotten business idea. He may as wel have turned up planning to sell the wheel, the players in each online industry are now so well established it'll take hundreds of millions to displace them, not £250k. That's why established Internet companies pay billions to buy up other companies - to get their subscribers. Does he really think people willl leave Rightmove for his start up because he has a pretty website or something?

5. I'm sure there are loads of ad agencies and marketing companies around Hoxton where this bumptious cretin would thrive but not sure he will in SAS's company. I can't comment on him because I find him so contemptable that words fail me. However I understand that idiots like him do well so others (particularly people who work in marketing, ride fixe bikes, drink guava infused frappuchino and wear funky hats) are probably in a better position to judge. On second thoughts I can judge because his business idea is IT based. It seems overly complicated and the sort of thing that multi-billion £ companies would struggle to get off the ground, I'm not sure you can wrap IT up in flowery language and get people to buy dud crap the way you can ceramic vases.

^Nice post

1. Luisa
2. Neil
3. Leah
- - - - - - - -
4. Jordan
5. Francesca

Mine is:

1. Leah - very calm and mature, and I've really enjoyed her recently. She had a bit of a dip in the middle but she's come back.

2. Luisa - I wouldn't have said this a couple of weeks ago, but she really does have a shot at winning. She doesn't have the best personality, but has very good business knowledge.

3. Neil - very good but very robotic (kind of reminds me of Kate Walsh/Helen Milligan), also very boring.

4. Jordan - definitely one of the weaker candidates remaining. I don't really know what it is but he also really annoys me. I don't think he'll make the final.

5. Francesca - generally agree with most people here, I don't know why she's still there. I'm pretty certain Francesca won't make the top two.

What a changearound over the series and so far haven't been impressed with the sound of any of the business plans:

1. Neil
2. Luisa (never, ever thought I'd have her this high)
3. Francesca
4. Leah
5. Jordan

1. Luisa

2. Fran/Jordan/Leah

















5. Neil (Bleugghhhhh)

1) Francesca
2) Luisa
3) Leah
4) Neil
5) Jordan

Guys, this is being added up. You need to have each person on a separate level, otherwise I can't use your score.


In the future, please can people not leave me to work out which people they mean? I worked out that the last three were Luisa, Neil and Jordan (correct me if I'm wrong), but I'd appreciate it if people would say who they mean instead of just describing them.

That was Leah, but when Zee phoned her and told her again to go to the Souk she did, and got shot down completely by LS for doing so. He said she should have stuck to her guns and gone to the mall, against what she was told by her PM!

And that was the problem if she was so convinced she was right she should of "stuck to her guns" as it was she just wasted time

Mine would be:

1. Neil or Jordan
3. Francesca
4. Leah
5. Luisa

This is based upon my liking for the candidates coupled with my view as to how they have performed over the weeks, i.e. not just what they have achieved but how they have done so, which includes behaving well and working as a member of a team.

My mistake, you are of course correct, I'm surprised you managed to work it out and I'm just sorry to have wasted so much of your time George. Next time I see one of your threads I'll be sure to leave well alone so you can get on with running that FTSE 100 company, finding a cure for cancer or whatever it is you do that means you can't spare the 0.5 of a second you spent working out who I meant. Word to the wise though, if your time is so valuable don't waste it setting up daft surveys and then working out meaningless statistics from them.

Well, well, well! Aren't you a droll little smartarse?

Oh, i'm sorry. Are the numbers 1 thru 5 with the candidates names next to them not clear enough?

Excuse me, there is really no need to speak to me so rudely. I was not having a go at you, I politely asked people to be specific about who they were referring to. It was possible to work it out, but for two of them it actually didn't become clear who you were talking about for quite a long time. It wasn't clear that you were talking about Neil until you mentioned taking over from Jason. It wasn't clear you were talking about Jordan until you mentioned the IT company.

It did take more than 0.5 of a second working it out, but that's not really relevant, nor is how I spend my time when I'm not doing this. I'm not saying it caused a huge problem as it didn't. All I'm saying is that if everyone ranked the final five like that, it would take a very long time for me to work it all out and this would be more trouble that it was worth. I don't feel that what I said provokes a response in this manner.

And in response to your comment about the survey being 'daft' and the statistics being 'meaningless' - well, the game is obviously pointless, but no more so than any of the other stuff we get up to on these forums. It's fun, that's all. I contribute to these forums because I enjoy it, and if I didn't have so much spare time, I probably wouldn't so much. I presume it's the same for the others on here. If you find this thread so insufferable, why are you contributing to it?

Yours was generally clear, but Leah and Francesca were ranked jointly three and four, so I wouldn't know which to give three and which to give two points to.

I though it was quite clear that I meant Leah was 3rd and Francesca 4th.

The reason I ranked them the way I did is because I think they are both very similar. I don't have strong feelings for them either way and don't think either of them has made a great contribution so far.

I didn't mean my last post to sound quite as stroppy as it does now reading it back btw so please accept my apologies.

No worries! I've added your score to the statistics. Neil is out in front at the moment, by the way.

Hmm, I think he certainly capable but theres something I don't like about him.....he's very full on and serious, a bit too much so IMO

1. Leah
2. Luisa
3. Neil
4. Francesca
5. Jordan.

1. Francesca
2. Luisa
3. Leah
4. Neil
5. Jordan.

Probably the strongest final 5 I can remember, Cant see anyone but Neil winning TBH - he seems very capable.

1) Neil
2) Francesca
3) Leah
4) Jordan
5) Luisa

1 - Leah
2 - Luisa
3 - Neil
4 - Francesca
5 - Jordan

Time and again they edit the programme so that the person we have noticed least gets to the final.

I'm not saying it would be my choice but-

1) Francesca (because she has made the least impression)
2) Leah will lose in final- should stick to being a doctor
3) Neil
4) Luisa
5)Jordan (complete waste of time)