ok so it looks like Brett, Selina (PM), Richard, Scott and Vana are on one team next week (judging by YF preview) and that leaves David, Gary, Joseph, Charlene the other.

An above post states Brett moves over, but there's clips of Brett performing along with Scott and there's one of Selina on the phone in the car and it seems to be Brett beside her. I could be off but that would mean Richard is the only one that switches.

So we assume team Selina wins

There's a BR clip of Gary along side Charlene. Hard to tell what stage of the board room this is at though. It's hardly the final one as Gary would be PM in that case- he'd hardly do two weeks in a row? Whatever happens though we'll assume David goes and that team is then left with 3

Leaving Charlene, Joseph and Gary versus Selina, Scott, Vana, Brett and Richard heading into week 9

Selina must swap here meaning the cafe scene is indeed in episode 9 (as mentioned above). That would in fact mean that Scott wins this week and just isn't shown leaving the BR with Vana, Brett and Richard. So Frally is indeed onto something! we've been a bit misled here folks I reckon!

Interestingly there's a preview clip of Selina, Brett and Scott together in the BR- I think this might be what Gwaed is referencing above. they look to be on the right hand side from viewers POV- it's hard to tell if someone's missing though to brett's right as it is pretty zoomed in.

Have we seen this already? It isn't next week as Selina has a different outfit and Brett a different coloured tie

Could this be week 10?- meaning Selina survives week 9? and she then switches back over with Vana, who joins Charlene and Joseph?

My head is pretty fried though, so this might all be already mentioned! and i could be off with some of it

I do think though that Scott will now survive til week 10, so hands up Frally!

I think him and Selina will either be part of a double elim in week 10 (if the BR clip I mentioned in intro is indeed week 10), or Gary and Selina will both go in week 9

I still stand by my prediction that Scott won't make interviews though, his edit is getting worse and worse. Next time he's in BR he goes for me, and if what I say above is true, he will be on winning team until week 10

To me Joseph is a cert for top 2, and aside from that it's hard to call- the edit over the next few weeks will tell a bit.

I'm still sticking by Joseph, Vana, Richard and Brett for top 5 guaranteed, with most likely Charlene joining them. she def survives week 9 as Joseph is Pm and Gary and Selina are the ones brought back.

No assumption, as the actual preview at the end of this week's episode had Gary sitting in the boardroom with Charleine on his right and then Gary sitting (one chair to his left now) with a male to his right





Could very well be, but that is not certain yet. We don't know (for 100%) if the other team loses in week 9 (slight chance that the cafe scene is from week 10).

The Selina swap in week 9 is 100% sure, as the boardroom clip proves it (teams switch boardroom sides each week, in the first boardroom; so the teams in week 9 sit on the same side of the table as this week, except obviously any swapped candidates).



This was from an earlier week, I initially thought it was a future week as well, it is the second boardroom.

It's just that those team members have not swapped since then. .




A double firing seems more likely in week 9, if Scott indeed survives to week 10 (as you mentioned, the rest of his team seem likely top 5 candidates; unless there is a swap in week 10).

Other observations based on the clips is that the Charleine crying clips (in and out of the boardroom) still have to happen and I can't see them happening next week judging by clothes. And the Richard clip outside of some building is probably week 9 (we have already seen the Vana-Brett subteam in the old intro).


P.S. It seems likely that Selina is the only current candidate that will leave the competition with a negative amount of wins and losses. After 8 weeks, she has 3-5 and we know that at least one loss will be added to that. If that team loses both of the last two weeks, then Charleine will also end with a negative (4-6). Most of them will end with a tie probably (5-5), except for Richard who through to swapping (at the right moment) could very well go 9-1 at the end of the series (only the DIY loss).

why do you say Versatile will lose?

and I don't agree with those who say Joey is a dead cert for the final after his poorish edit last week (eg current team mates preferring new member Gary as PM over him even tho he drove the diy task)

The scene in the loser cafe (with the four of them) proves to me that they would have to lose that task, unless the editors are playing tricks (for instance, if it's midtask or something; which is very, very unlikely).

So, it does look like Scott will survive until week 10 and that would mean based on the edit that he gets fired there (so, he probably is just missing from that walking out of the boardroom clip??).

But that could be the team in week 10 vs a 3 person team off Richard, Brett and Varna.

Last season had a final 7 of Sanjay, Katie and Mark 3 person team vs a 4 person team of Bianaca, Sanjay, Daniel and Rosin

ah to be honest, I'd imagine there was more to this than what we saw in the edit. Joseph was pretty much PM last week, and gary had never done it before. I'd imagine all this was mentioned by others as a case for Gary ( we just didn't see this given the edit). Gary is also specialising in retail so it made much more sense for him to be given it


Yeah this is another possibility actually!


Ah nice one, cheers for clearing that up!



Yeah, I have to say I find it unlikely Selina would survive another BR. so can definitely see both herself and Gary going

Could be, but that would mean that Scott gets fired in week 9.

Also, the cafe scene indicated to me that Joseph was the PM on that task and if that is so then it has to be from week 9.

Anyway, probably all will be revealed in the coming days (either in the RT review or otherwise in the preview trailer on Wednesday).

There is also a boardroom clip with Vana, which might be from a future episode (or from a past episode, who knows?). Difficult to tell if she is upset or shocked in a positive or negative way.

Anyway, she seems to be sitting as either the PM on Lord Sugar's right (boardroom perspective) or it is a second boardroom (the latter seems more likely, as PM Gary sat a bit more to the right this week).

If the clip is from a future episode, then it's either week 9 or week 10.

If 2 are fired from Versatile in task 9 (i.e. Gary and Selina/Joseph go), and Scott joins Versatile in task 10, the Brett/Richard/Vana (Connexus) outside BR clip could also be from week 10. But I'm largely ignoring this clip and the cafe clip at the moment because from past experience, they can be very misleading. But as you say, the picture could become clearer in the next few days.

If Selina is being moved to the other team Charleine must either have been fired by this point, or be moving the other way at the same time. But then I've just read the last page that says there's clips of Selina and Charleine and the same team, which doesn't add up, considering it was said somewhere that Selina only agreed to stay if she was kept on the other team to Charleine...

That's right - café scene matches up with the BR clip of the team of 4: Joseph was in PM seat, Gary at the other end (he's out of shot in the café scene) and the 2 girls in between (Charleine next to Joseph iirc).

Unless there's a double firing with Charleine already gone by the time of the final 3 BR (unlikely but could happen, we've already seen it once this series), then she's safe for week 10, and at least one from Selina/Gary/Joseph would go - when Joseph is in the café he's calling out one of the girls for being manipulative: he's looking more towards Selina when he says this and she is in the final 3 BR with him (so chances are it's her he's talking about)

For the 2 clips to be on different eps (4 team BR from task 9 and 3 team outside BR from task 10), it would most likely involve Scott swapping over between weeks 9 and 10, which I would think would only happen if there was a double firing in week 9, so evening the teams up at 3 vs 3.

Also about Selina and Charleine being on the same team - I think it's just that they wouldn't be on the same sub-team as such, if they're on different sub-teams then they wouldn't have to 'work together' so to speak.

Well, we already knew the bit in bold (as the result this week is very clear).

Assuming the last bit refers to the losing team, it will be interesting to see which subteam this refers to (assuming they go into it with pairs; will only rule out the subteam seen in one of the old intros).

Thoughts are below:

Brett's tie is definitely not the same in the two clips. In any case, I wouldn't give much weight to it because they can always change their clothing pre-BR (and are likely to).

We don't have any information on Vana and Brett for task 10

(assuming the clip outside the boardroom is from task 9)

Except for the final two, all other candidates are 'fired' quite a long time ahead. Obviously, the inside information leaks, and the bookmakers will know already who the remaining two are.

With that in mind, check out the odds being offered. Only two candidates have low prices if you make a bet. Everyone else will give you a return of 10 to 1 or more.

Therefore, the final two are Joseph and Vana.

http://www.oddschecker.com/tv/the-apprentice/winner

The Return (or should I say profit) for a £1 stake

Joseph £0.57
Vana £1.30

Scott £10
Richard £18
David £25

The rest of them…..even higher, so fill your boots.

Week 8 - Selina (PM) and ? (PM)
David Fired.
Week 9 - Gary and Selina fired?
Week 10 - Scott fired
Week 11 (Interviews) - Charleine, Brett, Richard fired.
Final - Joseph vs Vana.

Also want to dismiss the "bookmakers odds" theory. They've only just made it so Vana and Joseph have good odds. If they'd known from the beginning, they'd have made it so - they put Aisha as the second most likely to win.

^ Those may be your assumptions but I wouldn't say it was "ours", as each of us here have different views.

For example, my current view is that :

Task 8 - David fired
Task 9 - Gary and Selina/Joseph fired (if double firing) but Gary probably goes
Task 10 - Scott fired (+ another, if single firing in Task 9)

Winner - Richard

There's not much of that that I wouldn't disagree with tbh - David we know is gone next week, and no-one else. Double firing in either week 9 or 10 (depends just how badly they'd do, I'm more swayed towards it being task 9 though, with just the one person leaving the week before the interviews) - Gary is pretty much a goner for week 9 unless he has an amazing edit next week, and not much chance of that as his team lose. I'd take a punt on Selina being out that week as well, as we know that that's the next time she gets brought back (SL of being lazy and a cow, depends whether she goes the way of task 4 (lazy) or task 6 (not that bad actually)).

Scott is out in week 10 for sure, if he gets to interviews then I'll eat my hat. I'd also say Selina shouldn't make interviews. Richard/Vana/Brett/Charleine/Joseph seems like a good bunch - all have had their highlights, all have had their less impressive moments (yes even Joseph, back in task 3 when he was PM, him vs Richard). All seem credible so interviews should be fun.

Hmm, my prediction would be for Brett, Charleine, and either Richard or Vana to go in the interviews (if that's the final 5), leaving Richard/Vana and Joseph for the final 2. I personally can't see past Joseph for the winner at the moment, and week 9 especially is going to be interesting for me when he loses as PM, to see if he has a 'sympathetic loss' edit (ie the failure of the task wasn't really down to them and it's always going to be between the other 2 people) - some people who have gone far (interviews/final) in the past have had these: Tom P, Ricky (x2) and Neil are 3 that come to mind.

So for me -

week 8: Selina wins as PM, David is gone
week 9: Gary goes, and possibly Selina
week 10: Scott goes, and possibly Selina (if not gone in week 9)
Interviews: Charleine and Brett go, as does either Richard or Vana
Final: Joseph vs Richard/Vana, Joseph wins

Pretty sure that they are at this place at the time of the hug:

http://www.galliardhomes.com/The-County-Hall-Apartments

Mind you, they probably are on the same team for week 10 anyway.

Will be interesting so see on Friday if the RT preview for week 10 mentions the number of candidates remaining.

Not so. The bookmakers odds on both Joseph and Vana suddenly dropped to unrealistically low values on 10th October. That was 4 days before the show first televised !!

http://www.oddschecker.com/tv/the-ap...te/all-history

See for yourself.

Apparently something "unprecedented" happens in the boardroom so all bets could be off. We've already had the triple firing someone saved before the boardroom and someone fired so who knows what it could be.

So basically Joseph wins?

That's all you need to know.