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Old 21-10-2016, 10:19
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Three weeks in - and, despite being a massive fan, I am not feeling this series AT ALL

Anyone with me?
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Old 21-10-2016, 10:21
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Despite me not liking the group as much as last year, I thought last nights show was up there. I enjoyed it.
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Old 21-10-2016, 10:30
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Well, I know what Eric Morcambe would have said.

Still like to watch it- but it doesn't have the 'integrity' of the earlier series.
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Old 21-10-2016, 10:56
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Three weeks in - and, despite being a massive fan, I am not feeling this series AT ALL

Anyone with me?
Neither am I. I can distinctly remember laughing in previous series.

This lot are humourless and self-centred in the extreme.
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Old 21-10-2016, 10:57
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It's Ok, but I think Sugar needs to do a multiple firing asap as there are still too many people.
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Old 21-10-2016, 11:03
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This lot are humourless and self-centred in the extreme.
This.

The apparent 'comedy elements' in this series, Jessica & Karthik, (paricularly the latter) are so forced it is cringeworthy beyond belief.
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Old 21-10-2016, 11:23
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Think it needs a revamp with a business leader who isn't semi-retired and to go back to offering an apprenticeship, not an investment.
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Old 21-10-2016, 11:32
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I never really enjoy the early weeks - too many candidates, fatuous tasks that bear no relation to business reality, eg creating a brand and advertising campaign in less than 48 hours.
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Old 21-10-2016, 13:03
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Why are they given ideas for sweets? Surely everything should be done from scratch.

Early days for the series, but so far I've not been happy with the first three 'you're fireds'.
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Old 21-10-2016, 13:21
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This is the first real series I've taken interest in and I'm loving it! There's quite a few big characters I'm enjoying and at the moment, I can't call it for people making the final.
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Old 21-10-2016, 13:47
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I never really enjoy the early weeks - too many candidates, fatuous tasks that bear no relation to business reality, eg creating a brand and advertising campaign in less than 48 hours.

Same here neither do I, I always want him to fire the lot of useless idiots, but as the weeks go on, I enjoy it more and more.
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Old 21-10-2016, 14:24
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the first two episodes were very good, but the third episode has really got me hooked, now! i guess that I prefer when the teams are mixed gender
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Old 21-10-2016, 15:15
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This was the first week when I really saw "potential finalists", maybe because the rest are so bad. My money at this stage are Trishna and Courtney, and I think Courtney might be the one with the best/ most realistic business plan.

I also saw this years Napoleon complex candidate, Sofiane.

So the series is starting to feel like a proper Apprentice for me.
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Old 21-10-2016, 16:19
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Dull, dull, dull...
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Old 21-10-2016, 17:28
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I'm liking the team dynamics and there's no-one I dislike yet, which is nice. Feels like the series is starting to get going.

However I don't like the show's constant negative outlook. I'm pretty sure they could add a few more strong moments, but they don't appeal to the audience like Karren/Claude saying to camera what a mistake or a complete disaster something is.
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Old 21-10-2016, 17:50
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I'm beginning to find Sugars grumpiness just irritating knowing he is "Sir" Philip Green's best friend and he got his peerage by seemingly dubious means, just like Green.
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Old 21-10-2016, 17:53
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this show is so contrived that it has become a caricature of itself
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Old 21-10-2016, 20:01
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Struggled to keep an interest in both last week and this week to be honest. I think for me it may have run it's course, I'm watching out of habit more than anything.
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Old 21-10-2016, 20:02
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I have a feeling even LS is kinda enough of this shit but he still has to do it because of the contract.
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Old 21-10-2016, 21:52
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So far they seem a pretty dire lot. Nothing really inspiring from any of them. I'm liking Prince Monobrow for longevity in the series.
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Old 21-10-2016, 23:22
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I spend most of the time reading the subtitles on mute as they take pop shots at each other in "the boardroom", and try and "pitch".

Problem is, we've seen it all before. The last so many years have all merged into one and I couldn't tell you who was in each series.
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Old 22-10-2016, 00:24
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Not really getting into it this year, although the diversity police have obviously been round and I was glad to see that woman fired first - she reminded me of a really bad team leader I had years ago. However, esp with the advert campaign, they do seem capable of plumbing new depths of incompetence this year.
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Old 22-10-2016, 07:26
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I think they are the most stupid set of contestants ever.
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Old 23-10-2016, 07:38
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I like it
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Old 23-10-2016, 20:34
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A lot of the contestants are very poor - must be something wrong with the selection process.

However, Karren Brady really lets herself down badly by her fatuous and snide comments. She should instead wait until she has something insightful to say, based on thirty years of business experience. A ten year old's insult is hardly what you would expect from her.
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