Originally Posted by The Rhydler:
“It's deceitful because clearly, Jordan was always going to 'exposed' and humiliated on live TV, this could have been prevented by not allowing him on the show at all, but they let him on because they knew what would happen. Nasty, is all.”
I don't think it is especially deceitful, because all of the candidates know what they are letting themselves in for. They are all given a 'talk of doom' before the programme to warn them about anything that could potentially harm them on the show, reputations that could be damaged, not being edited and portrayed in the way that you want etc. I know this because the producers defended themselves with this when Stella sued, and it is a completely legitimate defence in my mind. I have attended one of these 'talks of doom' myself - not for
The Apprentice, for
Big Brother, which I applied for a couple of years ago. If the
Apprentice one is anything like as thorough, it is completely made clear to everyone what they are potentially letting themselves in for. In the one that I took part in, we all sat around, a producer came in to chat with us about all the potential negatives about it, and then afterwards I was given it all on a piece of paper. At home, I had to meet up with a close friend of mine, read through everything that I had been given with her, and then I signed it and my friend signed it to confirm that I had properly considered everything that I had been warned about and then I sent it back. If you do that, how is it deceitful if someone is then portrayed negatively? They have been warned about the risks, and they choose to carry on in the process anyway.
Having said that, there are some circumstances where I would take the opposite approach. I heard a few months back of a young woman who was approached by
The X-Factor (or possibly
Britain's Got Talent, I can't remember which) to promote a particular genre of music which she performed in her YouTube videos. Her auditions made her out to look like an idiot, and then that was broadcast. I think that this is a different situation because she didn't apply, they approached her, and I think if you're a producer and you approach someone in that way there is an indication that you are genuinely interested in them, and any ulterior motives are quite dishonest. So I think that does make a difference. With Jordan, and anyone else who applied to one of these shows and didn't do very well out of it, I sympathise but I'm not particularly indignant. They know the risks.
Tell me this isn't true? I love some of his work way beyond La Vida Loca but what's he doing on The Apprentice? Why do they feel they need to bring in a big name especially someone as random as Ricky Martin. I can understand The Voice maybe but The Apprentice? How odd. 
