Here's the Sanjay Final Boardroom Evidence:

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Of course this doesn't tell us that much as we've known that Tenacity win this task a while back, but if Sanjay's in the Final Boardroom, the odds of him and James getting fired go up a lot. I think James will be gone whatever next week (For lying) and the fact that the voiceover guy says "cull" in the preview and the RT review says the real surprise is in the boardroom means that I think that both will be gone.

James is pretty sexiest so would not be surprised if Bianca and Norion are brought back even though they probably sell something while Sanjay and the other guy do nothing

Sanjay is brought back next week, see the post above. Agree that Solly will probably evade the boardroom as he and James seem to be mates, but I don't think there's much love between James and Sanjay.

Task 9 is discount buying

9/14. Alan Sugar pays an early morning visit to the candidates to tell them he is about to test their negotiation skills. For their next challenge, they have just one day to buy nine items - all of which have featured in tasks throughout the history of the show - at the best possible prices. There follows a day of rushing around London as Summit and Tenacity search for kosher chickens, nigella seeds, oud oil, human skeletons and the rest, trying to get them at knockdown prices before hurrying back to the boardroom to find out which team has spent the least.


Daniel won't have trouble finding a kosher chicken
- he's Jewish + from Essex

This means that the clip of Team Tenacity in the waiting room is definitely from task 9. Think that team Summit will take a time penalty, but end up winning the task anyway. It's a task that will test the knowledge of the candidates about the series.

There also seems to be a new (?) intro clip of Mark crying in the boardroom. As mentioned before, he will get praise for next week, but after that he really needs a succesful PM turn.

Going by the full RT description for next week, it seems that James is really clashing with Roisin (as they are again on the same subteam). So, she would be my choice for the third person in that final boardroom.

Ahem... Oud Oil was never in the show, it was the instrument Oud

But nice idea, I'm really glad that they're bringing back the Scavenger Hunt! Daniel saying "Shalom" must be when they go to purchase the Kosher Chicken. In any cast it tells us that Felipe and Dan are one sub-team and therefore Katie and Mark are the other one.

Blimey. If you thought some of the candidates' behaviour on previous tasks has been unacceptable and unprofessional, then just wait until next week. Some appalling behaviour - on both teams, not just the losing one.

Cant wait, was your fired filmed this afternoon? Would love to go to a filming of it.

YF is filmed on Sunday afternoons.

How did you see next weeks episode?

I hope that James wins, he has character

People who write about the show for the press are always one or two episodes ahead so they can write previews/episode reviews to go up in good time and promote the show.

What do people mean when they mention something about James lying?

I do hope he goes this week, enough is enough now. He blagged a trip to NY and did nothing apart from come up with the Big Dawg name then in the boardroom he tried to drop Bianca in it before the results were known by saying that she hadn't been that great as a leader.

It's in the preview for the next episode (shown at the end of last week's episode).

Also this bit from the RT:

One project manager scratchily accuses a female team member of patronising him, then tries to do the same with the bizarre line, “You are an articulate, clever lady…” He also gets a little economical with the actualité – never a great idea when cameras are following your every move."

By the way, I am this close to predicting the Mark vs. Daniel fight to finish with Daniel winning (= making the interviews). The editing has set this up as the fight of the series and it will end with one of them being victorious. Yes, Mark will gain massive brownie points next week, but the clip of him crying in the boardroom seems very foreshadowing.

Also going to predict that Katie is the PM for Tenacity in week 9 (think that the old intro clip of her saying "Well done, I'm gonna hug you" to Mark?? is from that week; unless it already happened and I missed it).

But in week 9, we know that Dan and Katie are in different subteams (shalom clip and pre-BR celebration clip).

So perhaps that clip is from next week or week 10?

Think it is Mark and not Daniel (just out of shot from her hug).

I don't think any of the candidates behaviour has been either unacceptable or unprofessional. This is not a business setting, this is a competition. Also, we are getting a very limited edit on what happens over a 2 or 3 days process on each task.

Yes, but I'm making the comparison to the kind of behaviour you would expect if this was a business setting.

Watch Wednesday's episode, and I defy anyone to say that some of the behaviour on display is not utterly unprofessional and unacceptable, both in terms of a business context or even in the context of trying to win an artificial task.

That is an unrealistic comparison...Do you realize the pressure these candidates are under, in terms of work hours, lack of sleep, cameras on them 24/4, listening to every word they say and the game playing that those on by some of them.... I admire them all.

I quite like Mark, think he has good leadership skills.

He played a blinder bringing Lauren back with his mate Daniel - for them to tag team Lauren (tactically and verbally)

I hope Mark makes it to the final, he has character.

Yes, I know about the pressure on tasks - this has been debated ad nauseam on the forum in the past, and if you read elsewhere on the forum you'll find that I have often made these same points myself.

There *is* something to admire in someone who puts themselves forward for a process in which they know there is an extremely high probability of public ridicule. However, while some candidates have proven themselves to be very competent, let's not kid ourselves that these are the best and brightest young business minds in the country - not even close in many instances.

Fundamentally, though, although the tasks are not exact replicas of what happens in the real business world, they are designed to test some basic business skills and apply the kind of pressure that inevitably results in silly mistakes. That's the nature of the 'game'.

But I think it's still fair to make the comparison, because Sugar uses the insights gathered during what is essentially a 12-week interview process to help inform his decision (along with analysis of their business plans) as to who he wants to go into business with. There is a real business 'prize' at the end of the process at the end of which Sugar expects his winner to conduct him/herself professionally - hence why I think it's fair to assess on-task behaviours. If someone such as James is aggressive, patronising and doesn't listen to others during tasks, there's every reason to expect that those traits also exist in real life. When put under the kind of pressure we see on the tasks, people revert to type and their basic values (he says, quoting Psychology 101) ...

I agree completely, I've seen the preview clip.. it's just embarrassing. It's pitiful to be honest.

Believe me, it gets worse ...

I already consider it appalling.. both are idiots. One is a pouty child and the other does not have enough sense to not respond.

I don't even know what to write about it getting worse. It's like they just want to cause problems for themselves.