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What do you think of the series so far?
Three weeks in - and, despite being a massive fan, I am not feeling this series AT ALL
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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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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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Three weeks in - and, despite being a massive fan, I am not feeling this series AT ALL
![]() Anyone with me? This lot are humourless and self-centred in the extreme. |
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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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This lot are humourless and self-centred in the extreme. The apparent 'comedy elements' in this series, Jessica & Karthik, (paricularly the latter) are so forced it is cringeworthy beyond belief.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Dull, dull, dull...
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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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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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this show is so contrived that it has become a caricature of itself
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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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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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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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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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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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I think they are the most stupid set of contestants ever.
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I like it
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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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