I think that Iain should be fired, both on this task and on the previous tasks. I will start with this task. Iain did pull his weight, but at this stage of the process, that isn't enough. Roxie potentially made a few mistakes, but all of her thought processes made perfect sense and she went above and beyond to make sure that we won this task. I was online nearly all the time apart from a few hours yesterday, I made decisions (again, that made perfect sense) and I think that any mistakes that I did make were overshadowed by the huge amount of work that I put in, my skills at leading the team and the fact that we came up with something that we were all really passionate about and it was a close enough result that you asked us to defend it in the boardroom before you made a final decision. Iain worked hard, but at the end of the day his contribution did not match up to mine and Roxie's. All of the things that I set him to write were considerably shorter than what Roxie and I had written - for example, the ride descriptions etc. He pushed for decisions to be made that didn't quite make sense - for example, he wanted a Doctor Who attraction, which I gave due consideration to, but I decided very firmly not to go with because Doctor Who is not big in India at all. Iain was the one who pushed our science theme - I know I agreed with it, but it was apparently a reason that we lost, and Iain had a lot to do with that. He also was very adamant that we didn't go with our Indian culture theme, because it went against his own spiritual beliefs as a Christian. It's all very well to have personal beliefs like that, but it cannot come in the way of the task and I feel that Iain let it come in the way. Today, he did not help with the pitch - Roxie and I had to field all of the questions. He wrote a bit to contribute to it, but not as much as Roxie and I did.

In previous tasks, I feel that he has not been as strong as Roxie and I, and has hidden behind us a bit. He started off well with a good PM win in Week 3, but around Week 5 his contribution started to deteriorate. I wasn't on his team the second time that he was Project Manager, but he was quite criticised on that occasion. Last week, he was certainly the weakest link on our team, which can be seen in David's evaluation - myself and Roxie have quite positive feedback, and Iain's, whilst constructive, is not positive in the same way. And then there are the issues on this task as well. Iain had a very strong start, but in the last several tasks his contribution has gone way downhill, and there are people left like myself and Roxie whose contribution is remaining consistent, or is possibly going up (I feel as though I have improved from the start). It is possible that Iain has a slight disadvantage that he started in Week 3 so he didn't have as many opportunities to shine, but I can't help that and I don't feel that he should be kept in on sympathy due to that.

I didn't talk much about my own performance as that wasn't the question you asked, but I will if you would like me to.

I have only worked with George 3 times (once more than I have Roxie) and of what I have seen of him he is undoubtedly a capable candidate but he does have his flaws as well. He says that he should have stuck with his Culture concept idea but that was our only real alternative idea and it was far from perfect and would have been an equally risky move if not riskier than my science idea. As has been pointed out before he can get so focused on a single idea that he misses something crucial on task. Also this is his second PM loss which surely should bring about questions of his ability to make decisions under pressure as both times he has PM'd the decisions he has made have resulted in a loss. Also if you ignore the first 2 tasks I have won more tasks than either George or Roxie and have played a crucial role in those wins. Based on that I think that George should be fired.

I hate to have to say this because I think George and Iain are both wonderful and are very capable competitors. However, at the end of the day Lord Sugar I believe you are looking for someone who is creative while being feasible, a great team player/leader, dedicated/passionate, can work outside their comfort zone and has a logical/logistical outlook on business.

I think unfortunately therefore based on all previous tasks the person who I think deserves to be fired is Iain. While I did have problems with George's delegation, not allocating pricing to myself when I had done all the research for example and not delegating the rides to you because you understand the concept the best, Iain I do believe you should be fired based on overall performance. You are wonderful but I find in tasks you can be a bit close-minded with ideas such as your opinions on a culturally based theme park. I feel that at times you can be very adamant on about inappropriate points such as a Doctor Who ride or having Coldplay at Eurovision which I listen to and give my reasons for and against but you completely push without any basis (stating simply it has potential for example). I also feel that while you are very focused, that is often be on minor details for example last task you were very particular about lighting but forgot about camera angles, interaction with the audience, as well as that you came up with only one point about our overall concert setup and promotion which I put you in charge which meant I had to do that myself. I also do not feel that you like to step out of your comfort zone, while both George and I have dealt with the graphical aspect of tasks you tend to shy away from that stating it is not your strength when you've done layouts before. You are a great guy to work with and have a lovely creative mind but I do also think that you've not shined as such on a task so far for that reason I am afraid that I think Iain should be fired.

Also in regards to Iain's perception that he did win as project manager over myself in Task 3, I think that more of that lies with the idea we went with rather than individual showings as I had unanimous praise from all my team mates and the advisor that task. I also feel I have been consistently strong every task and I more determined than ever to continue that on in the interviews. I will leave talking about my own performance for now as you would only like to hear of who we think should be fired but I did feel it was an important point to mention. Not everything on paper is entirely reflective of an individual candidate's performance in each task.

Okay, well Roxie, despite you possibly being behind some of the ideas that lost you the task and making a few mistake this task, I do not feel they were big enough to cause you to be fired, especially when you consider how strongly you've performed in previous tasks. You have made the interviews, and may leave the boardroom.

It was not our only concept, we had other concepts as well. We had one based around Bollywood films, for instance, and a Halloween Comes Early theme, although admittedly the second was a bit weak.

It may be my second PM loss, but you and Roxie both said throughout that I was a very good team leader. I asked you both on numerous occasions if you were happy with what we were doing, and you both said yes. At the start of this boardroom when asked to rate me as a team leader, you were both very positive about me. Naturally you're backtracking now because you need to defend yourself, but you can't say something like that when throughout the task, and even previously in this boardroom, you have said the complete opposite.

Iain, to be completely honest I am a little disappointed in your defence of yourself in this boardroom so far. You're not really making me see why you should stay in at this crucial point in the game. I'm going to give you one last chance now to really defend yourself and prove to me why I should take you to the interviews over George.

George, it hasn't gone unnoticed that this is your second loss as project manager, making you the only candidate remaining now not to have a PM won. Do you think this is because you're a poor project manager? or just down to bad luck?

Furthermore, like Iain, I also want to give you once more chance to tell me why you deserve to be in the interviews over him.

I forgot about the Bollywood idea - perhaps there was more to that idea than we thought and it got forgotten quickly in favour of the Cultural idea which on balance probably wasn't as strong as the Bollywood idea and we all missed that. I wouldn't say I'm backtracking - you were a good PM but clearly you made some bad decisions and I may have backed them on task but in hindsight I shouldn't have and you should have made better choices.

Thank you Lord Sugar for giving me an opportunity at the interviews! And good luck to George and Iain. I will stand by what I have said so far but I do think you are both fantastic people to work and I just want you both to know that. We were called one of the most cohesive teams David has seen so far last task for a reason and you are both really capable candidates. Good luck to you both.

I don't think I'm a poor manager at all. In both the tasks that I have been Project Manager, I have been really rated by my team. On the first task, my team's assessments of me were so much more positive than the assessments of my rival Project Manager, Arran. The mistakes that I made on the first task were choosing an idea too quickly and not really weighing up any alternatives, which cost us the task. That was the major mistake that I made, that was why we lost and I have the humility to accept that. However, I have learnt. I didn't do anything like that this time. We may not have gone with the idea that would win us the task, but it was one that the whole team believed in, it is much more viable than my restaurant was and most importantly, I did not choose too quickly. I did market research, I made sure that we made a reasonably long list of concepts and locations before we settled on the right thing - we may have lost, but only barely. And yet again, my team was overwhelmingly positive about me. I know Iain isn't being now, but only because either he or I has to go - before we found out we'd lost, he was very positive about me.

As for previous tasks, I don't think that it is any coincidence that prior to this one, I have only lost two tasks. In Task 2, I held the team together when Stacey disappeared; I feel that I was a de facto Project Manager in a sense. I motivated everyone to find cheap things, I found a good few myself, and we won that task. I think my contribution was a key reason for that. In Task 3, I designed the advert for our app - it was a really good advert, and got a lot of praise. Task 4 was admittedly my weakest task and I made some big mistakes on it, but I feel that it is an anomaly in an otherwise really positive record (and even on that one, I worked very hard and found some good actors to be in our cast.) On Task 5, I found a great artist in Jean Shin, delivered a pitch which Tyjet (in the role of buyer) told me was excellent, and I think I really contributed to our win. On the previous task, despite being away for a bit of it I really came together in the end, proof-reading our pitch, creating a great promotional plan and generally being a very valued team member, I'm sure Roxie would agree. And on this task, I genuinely think I've been a really good Project Manager, and I think I've already explained why that is, and my team were really happy with how I was doing things.

In general, I think I have performed above and beyond in this process. I accept that I had a bit of a shaky start, but any mistakes that I have made I have learned from and have improved upon, and I think that that really ought to recognised. Actually, I think that my performance has in a sense been the opposite of Iain's, as he started out very strong and has got weaker and weaker. I have just grown stronger. If I don't get through to the final I understand as there are a lot of really good people in this process, but please give me a chance to meet your interviewers and impress them. I really think that I deserve that chance with the amount that I have put in.

Iain, are you still there? I'll give you a few more minutes to post, but if not I'll have to make a decision...

Ok, I feel that I should be taken to the interviews over George for a number of reasons. The first is - as I pointed out earlier I do have a PM win which is more than what George can say. Also when I was project manager any negative comments made were dismissed as minor things. Also on Task 5 my project management skills were said to be good despite the loss of the task and the other issues there.

Secondly I have shown through out the tasks that though I have my weaknesses I am able to shore those weakness up with the strengths of others in my team. I have been open about my weaknesses and I believe I have addressed them as well as I can. Studies have shown that focusing on improving your strengths has more success than trying to improve your weaknesses backing up my believe that I have addressed them well. I realise I used this in my defence last task but as it wasn't required I don't see why I shouldn't use it here.

Thirdly on my second task I was named the strongest candidate by the advisor. It was my idea for the plot that was used, it was me who first suggested going down the cult route and for much of the task I was the driving force behind task.

Fourthly I have pretty much got on well with all the candidates and tried not to cause too much friction. I think that I have shown I know when to stick up for my ideas and when to back down from them.

To conclude I would say that it is no accident I have gone this far and can easily go all the way. Either way I have played a clean game and tried to win this on my skill alone. I have enjoyed the process and learnt a lot from it about myself having grown from the process and continuing to grow.

Okay, well:

George, you do defend yourself incredibly well, but does your actual performance match up to your words? You have been very strong at times and definitely proved that it was the right decision to keep you in week 1, but it has still been a bumpy ride, and I don't think there's really been a task where you've had a faultless performance and received no criticism from other candidates or advisor's in the same way other candidates have. There has been tasks where your ideas have been responsible for the loss of the task, such as the movie task, the first task and this task to an extent. I'm just not sure, would you be too much of a gamble.

Iain, you started off incredibly well and I thought you'd be an interview candidate for sure. However as time have gone on, I just get the feeling that you don't have as much passion as some of the other candidates? I do get the feeling that you've plateaued since the past few tasks and you don't really excite me in the same way other candidates do.

This is an incredibly tough decision, by far the hardest so far and I'm not lying when I say I haven't even fully made up my mind now. But I'm going to have to say that...

I'm not sure if I'm supposed to answer the question you raised, but I would just like to say that in terms of defending myself, I don't think it's possible to defend oneself if there isn't actually anything to defend. If I'm able to defend myself, it means that I have performed well enough to be able to speak clearly about it. Otherwise I wouldn't be able to. Any mistakes that I have made I have held my hands up to.

Iain, with sincere regret, you're fired.

I really did not expect to be firing you tonight and you've been a really strong candidate, but I feel that George has slightly eclipsed you in this boardroom. You should hold your head high that you've done a brilliant job throughout and are most definitely leaving on a high. Thank you so much for taking part, you've been an excellent candidate and I really hope to see you take part in DSA in the future.

George, I went with my heart this time, and have to say that this was not a unanimous decision between me and my advisors, but you have made the interviews. I really hope you prove to me in the interviews that this was the right decision.

Thank you so much, Lord Sugar! I won't let you down.

Bad luck Iain, I genuinely am sorry to see you go.

Thank you for the opportunity Lord Sugar and congratulations George.

Commiserations, Iain.

Commiserations Iain.