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Was Aleksandra right to leave.


View Poll Results: Was Aleksandra right to quit?
Yes - she was right to be true to herself 84 76.36%
No - she should have stayed and toughed it out 26 23.64%
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Old 27-10-2016, 22:48
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The panel has spoken, the audience has spoken - what say you?
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Old 27-10-2016, 22:55
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Smart woman.

Leave at the beginning of a task to:

- Avoid a knocking from Sugar.
- Get some controversy going (rather than leave while at the house).
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Old 27-10-2016, 22:56
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She was right to go because once you lose focus you're a goner and you might as well cut your losses.

But obviously she should not have applied to be on it in the first place; it's been on long enough that no candidate can claim ignorance of how it works.
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Old 27-10-2016, 23:40
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The panel has spoken, the audience has spoken - what say you?
She had a right to leave, and maybe she thought she could have hacked it, but then found she couldn't and decided to leave. LS could have evened up the teams but he chose not to do it, so it isn't all Alex's fault for leaving.

Unsure which box I'd tick. It's what Doc said which made me think she should have stayed for the Task, and left after that. Maybe the Task was the real reason for leaving, but we'll never know now. So tick whichever box is suitable
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Old 28-10-2016, 00:04
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If she didn't feel like she could carry on then of course she has every right to leave.

HOWEVER, what an absolutely stupid decision to wait until the task had already started to quit. She should have quit in front of Lord Sugar when he was giving the briefing of the task so he could re-adjust the teams accordingly. The way she quit as they had just picked a PM meant she left Grainne and the others up shit creek without a paddle, not at all a well thought-out moment.
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Old 28-10-2016, 00:09
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If she didn't feel like she could carry on then of course she has every right to leave.

HOWEVER, what an absolutely stupid decision to wait until the task had already started to quit. She should have quit in front of Lord Sugar when he was giving the briefing of the task so he could re-adjust the teams accordingly. The way she quit as they had just picked a PM meant she left Grainne and the others up shit creek without a paddle, not at all a well thought-out moment.
Seemed like a personal thing against Grainne in hindsight, as she also made a catty remark about her on you're fired.

Doubtful that she would have walked if Rebecca had been PM.
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Old 28-10-2016, 00:25
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None of us can know enough about her, or her personal situation to really have a judgement on whether she timed it right. I'm sure she must have entered the process thinking she could cope with everything and tbh I for one have more respect for someone quitting than those I. The boardroom begging to be kept on.

Maybe she just realized that most of them were acting like a bunch of [fill on your own word] and wanted nothing more to do with it?
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Old 28-10-2016, 00:32
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Seemed like a personal thing against Grainne in hindsight, as she also made a catty remark about her on you're fired.

Doubtful that she would have walked if Rebecca had been PM.
Hmmmm yes I'm sure there was some sort of personal ill feeling towards Grainne influencing the decision. I mean it's not like there's a lot going on in between LS' task briefing and the "Choose the PM" stage to suddenly sway her so dramatically that the show isn't for her.

Conversely, perhaps she'd decided to leave the show mid-week at the candidates' house off-task, but the producers wouldn't allow her to leave off-camera and insisted she at least start the next task before quitting?

Either way, definitely horrible timing from Grainne and the others' perspective, you could just feel the panic in that room.
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Old 28-10-2016, 02:07
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Absolutely right to leave.

Absolutely wrong to leave at that moment.
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Old 28-10-2016, 02:27
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It was the most blatant 'producer thought this would look good on TV' moment ever to be honest!

They're obviously not forced against their will to remain in the competition but at the same time they would sit down with the production team for a while first just to confirm they really do want to leave the process, a bit like you see on Big Brother now and again.
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Old 28-10-2016, 04:14
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If she didn't feel like she could carry on then of course she has every right to leave.

HOWEVER, what an absolutely stupid decision to wait until the task had already started to quit. She should have quit in front of Lord Sugar when he was giving the briefing of the task so he could re-adjust the teams accordingly. The way she quit as they had just picked a PM meant she left Grainne and the others up shit creek without a paddle, not at all a well thought-out moment.
This. Lord Sugar could have moved a candidate to even up the teams. Seemed timed to unsettle Grainne.
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Old 28-10-2016, 04:19
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She was right to go because once you lose focus you're a goner and you might as well cut your losses.

But obviously she should not have applied to be on it in the first place; it's been on long enough that no candidate can claim ignorance of how it works.
Its an odd year though. More mature candidates, more children left at home.
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Old 28-10-2016, 04:54
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Wow I can't believe this board. WHY would you enter a process that's known to be brutal?? On You're Fired she mentioned work life balance? How can you expect this on a show thats been on air FOREVER. Don't apply and waste peoples time if you're going to leave, everyone knows what the process is like.

I believe people should have to start paying a decent amount of money (that's returned at the end/if you're fired). Because being in the industry, having a contestant leave at will is just such a waste of time and resources. DONT APPLY if you can't hack it.
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Old 28-10-2016, 07:25
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For all we know she might have told everyone before the task started (even a day before).

The producers might have said 'We need that on film. It'll make a good talking point'

Looking back, none of them, including Claude, look that surprised. I think they already knew, so it does feel like we're being a bit manipulated here.

I'm surprised nothing was made of the fact that it became 8 v 6, which must have handicapped the losing team (25% less manpower, but they lost the task with just under 20% fewer takings)
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Old 28-10-2016, 07:26
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She got the publicity she desired so it worked.
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Old 28-10-2016, 07:48
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The panel has spoken, the audience has spoken - what say you?
She deprived someone else of a spot. I think it's very selfish of her
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Old 28-10-2016, 08:57
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You last two are absolutely right. It is all too typical of the feminist lobby that they demand education, opportunity etc., but when it doesn't suit them, they can just stop, because they will be away from their kids (she knew that). Give it ten years and she will be back demanding some kind of "equality" for being away for ten years.

It was also a stupid time to go - my answer on manning the window would have been "We were down to six when they had eight". They could not alter the teams as they did not know hat had been said/arranged in the other team by that point.

All the business consultants I have ever come across have invariably spent long periods away from home. Funny thing is that I cannot find anything about this company on the Net and it reminds me of many of the previous female candidates, who are now "motivational speakers", "consultants" etc. while living off some boyfriend/husband.
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Old 28-10-2016, 10:08
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I found her a bit flakey from the off, minimal contribution, constantly whinging.
I imagine she had few allies within the group. For me it wasn't a case of if she would go but when. This group of 'alleged entrepreneurs' are the very worst I have seen on this programme, and there hasn't been a big pool of good candidates down the years, simply a succession of huge ego's and gobs on a stick
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Old 28-10-2016, 10:08
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She was right to leave, but the way she did it was wrong. Why not just tell them in the house that morning? It was almost as if she was waiting to see what the task was and if she could be bothered.
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Old 28-10-2016, 10:26
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I think she signed up to challenge herself and get on telly without realizing the grueling nature of filming and being forced to live with arseholes...I don't blame her for quitting, but I blame her for wasting everyones time by signing up in the first place.
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Old 28-10-2016, 10:50
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of course she was right to leave, but not when she did. it was completely unfair on the team, which left it to 6 vs 8, which was obviously a major disadvantage for Nebula. she should have either done it in the boardroom, or in the house, at least.
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Old 28-10-2016, 10:50
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What a waste of space and time. At least she should have tried to tough it out.
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Old 28-10-2016, 10:53
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of course she was right to leave, but not when she did. it was completely unfair on the team, which left it to 6 vs 8, which was obviously a major disadvantage for Nebula. she should have either done it in the boardroom, or in the house, at least.
I guess she didn't want to face Sugar's look of condemnation.
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Old 28-10-2016, 11:02
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I fully expected Claude to say something to her like "You'll need to speak to Lord Sugar, first" - Rather like someone being sent to see the headmaster in school!

I was surprised Claude didn't speak to her outside the room, but then, of course, we don't see everything that happens.

For the reasons she gave, I believe she was right to leave and have voted accordingly.
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Old 28-10-2016, 11:03
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None of the others cared, one less person to worry about.
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