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Old 26-11-2016, 21:02
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It was shot down in flames but would probably have worked well, especially in central London.
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Old 26-11-2016, 21:41
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It was shot down in flames but would probably have worked well, especially in central London.
Courtney and ideas don't go hand in hand imo.
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Old 26-11-2016, 21:43
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Courtney and ideas don't go hand in hand imo.
He's supposedly a designer (according to his twitter profile and current company) so must have had some ideas...
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Old 26-11-2016, 21:45
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It was shot down in flames but would probably have worked well, especially in central London.
Would it though? Probably a higher percentage of single people are introverted and so would probably have been deterred by the television cameras, for fear of being labelled sad losers or desperate for a shag.

I'm sure you are right that it could have worked but not in this task for the above reason, not to mention Alana's point that it limits the potential market (although that might be true of any theme) especially when they have only one or two days to sell tickets.

The theme they went with seemed very vague and probably got in the way. They may have done better (although doubtless this was not allowed by the unseen task rules) running a straight night at the aquarium. I've heard from two separate people that London Zoo's nights are excellent -- a tour of the zoo after the general public has left, food, and a night in a cabin near the lions: not a singing mermaid in sight.

Similarly, the main attraction of Dillon's night at the aquarium was surely the aquarium itself and a chance to see the fish without a sea (sorry) of tourists getting in the way. If only they'd had a Trishna to act as guide after learning the ropes rather than suffering Courtney's stumbling statements of the bleeding obvious.
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Old 26-11-2016, 21:56
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He's supposedly a designer (according to his twitter profile and current company) so must have had some ideas...
Glad you said " supposedly " - he is about as much use as a Chocolate Teapot.
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Old 26-11-2016, 22:03
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Would it though? Probably a higher percentage of single people are introverted and so would probably have been deterred by the television cameras, for fear of being labelled sad losers or desperate for a shag.

I'm sure you are right that it could have worked but not in this task for the above reason, not to mention Alana's point that it limits the potential market (although that might be true of any theme) especially when they have only one or two days to sell tickets.

The theme they went with seemed very vague and probably got in the way. They may have done better (although doubtless this was not allowed by the unseen task rules) running a straight night at the aquarium. I've heard from two separate people that London Zoo's nights are excellent -- a tour of the zoo after the general public has left, food, and a night in a cabin near the lions: not a singing mermaid in sight.

Similarly, the main attraction of Dillon's night at the aquarium was surely the aquarium itself and a chance to see the fish without a sea (sorry) of tourists getting in the way. If only they'd had a Trishna to act as guide after learning the ropes rather than suffering Courtney's stumbling statements of the bleeding obvious.
Maybe, I'm basing it on the singles I work with who are generally game for trying anything new but they may not be typical. In a city swarming with people where hardly anyone makes the move to speak to anyone outside their own circle on a night out any kind of activity that might encourage people to mingle has to be a good thing.

I like your overnighter in the aquarium idea, they could have called it 'sleeping with the fishes'
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Old 26-11-2016, 22:23
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Courtney reminds me of Simon (series 3 winner). A bit of an awkward fumbler, but young, hungry and has some practical and imaginative ideas.
I can see his appeal to Sugar.

Though I could also see the comparison between Paul and Lee (series 4 winner), where they comes across as a straight-forward hard-working grafter. But Paul's anger issues spoilt that.
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Old 26-11-2016, 22:32
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Courtney reminds me of Simon (series 3 winner). A bit of an awkward fumbler, but young, hungry and has some practical and imaginative ideas.
I can see his appeal to Sugar.

Though I could also see the comparison between Paul and Lee (series 4 winner), where they comes across as a straight-forward hard-working grafter. But Paul's anger issues spoilt that.
Has he - I would love to know what they are ?
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Old 26-11-2016, 22:32
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Courtney reminds me of a young Robbie Williams.
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Old 26-11-2016, 22:55
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Has he - I would love to know what they are ?
Well the idea in the thread title was an imaginative one. Plus he's the owner of a novelty gift company so presumably he's come up with a few little things that are easily sellable.

Though technically I was talking about the impression they give off, whether they can back it up when the time is right is another matter.
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Old 26-11-2016, 23:01
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Courtney reminds me of a young Robbie Williams.
I think he's Gavin from Gavin and Stacey.
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Old 26-11-2016, 23:04
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I think he's Gavin from Gavin and Stacey.
I think so too
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Old 26-11-2016, 23:22
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I thought it was a good idea; I think Courtney is cleverly creative; he came up with the name "emojeans" which was clever and he has been creative in branding tasks etc. I don't think he's a strong presenter at all which he's criticised for but I think he's a good ideas person.
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Old 27-11-2016, 00:33
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Are you serious?

"There's plenty more fish in the sea"...what the...?

So because it's an event held at an aquarium, Courtney has the brainwave of making the mental connection of "Well an aquarium is about fish, and I've heard of the expression 'There's plenty more fish in the sea', which is about people being single and on the lookout for someone new, so...why not exclude everyone expect for singles?"

What madness is this?
So because some random idea popped up in his head where he made a vague mental connection with the aquarium and the idiom of there being plenty more fish in the sea he's going to look for a niche within a niche?
He's got to first find the niche of people who would be interested in an aquarium event in the first place. The last thing he wants to do is whittle that number of people down even more based on many of them not being single.

This must be the funniest most awful idea I've seen on this show which comes from absolutely nowhere other than a mere whim based on a play on words which are vaguely connected, not on good logical common business sense.

Using Courtney's business acumen...imagine if next week's task was based on baking products which have become popular due to the TV show.
Courtney would pipe up "That's interesting, because it's a funny coincidence that there's a saying 'having a bun in the oven'. So I think it would be a great idea if we just market this task towards pregnant women only"
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Old 27-11-2016, 09:22
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There's one single event I'd like with him, and it would occur up his bottom.
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Old 27-11-2016, 13:37
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I don't think it was such a bad idea in theory, but in practice it wouldn't have worked. Lots of people agree to take part on dating shows all the time, so get getting single people to appear on TV for a singles event isn't that far fetched. But to recruit enough people for such an event takes time, and they only had a day and a bit to sell tickets - and so I'm glad for their sake that they listened to Allana, who said they would be limiting their target market too much.

The "Plenty More Fish In The Sea" title isn't that terrible either. OK, so it'll never win any awards for creativity or originality but it's a simple idea that people will get right away and it works within the concept of an event held at an aquarium. Plus, there's already an established dating website called Plenty Of Fish - so clearly at least one person thought it was catchy enough.
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Old 27-11-2016, 20:38
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I don't think it was such a bad idea in theory, but in practice it wouldn't have worked. Lots of people agree to take part on dating shows all the time, so get getting single people to appear on TV for a singles event isn't that far fetched. But to recruit enough people for such an event takes time, and they only had a day and a bit to sell tickets - and so I'm glad for their sake that they listened to Allana, who said they would be limiting their target market too much.

The "Plenty More Fish In The Sea" title isn't that terrible either. OK, so it'll never win any awards for creativity or originality but it's a simple idea that people will get right away and it works within the concept of an event held at an aquarium. Plus, there's already an established dating website called Plenty Of Fish - so clearly at least one person thought it was catchy enough.
It's not the title which is the problem, it's the mental link.
That an event at an aquarium had something to do with singles looking for a partner.
Just because the idea popped into his head he thought of aquarium and fish and got led away with a catchy slogan which had nothing to do with the event.
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Old 27-11-2016, 21:07
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Well the idea in the thread title was an imaginative one. Plus he's the owner of a novelty gift company so presumably he's come up with a few little things that are easily sellable.

Though technically I was talking about the impression they give off, whether they can back it up when the time is right is another matter.
Indeed so - I understand he also likens himself to Leonardo DiCaprio .

So he sure is imaginative.
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Old 27-11-2016, 23:39
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Just because the idea popped into his head he thought of aquarium and fish and got led away with a catchy slogan which had nothing to do with the event.
Excuse me if I'm wrong on this, but it was my understanding that each team had to come up with the type of event they were hosting (ie the other team came up with a casino night). So if they had went with his idea of a singles night then it would have been appropriate and not completely random as you're making it out to be.
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Old 28-11-2016, 01:39
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Old 28-11-2016, 03:29
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Excuse me if I'm wrong on this, but it was my understanding that each team had to come up with the type of event they were hosting (ie the other team came up with a casino night). So if they had went with his idea of a singles night then it would have been appropriate and not completely random as you're making it out to be.
It is possible the teams were choosing from a list of themes supplied by the producers, in which case Courtney was not quite as inventive as it seemed.
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Old 28-11-2016, 07:19
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The idea is not bad but when you've only got a couple of days to try and organize it it would be a hard sell to find enough people to fill it so it was reasonably balanced.

Wonder what the maximum capacity was for the areas as well? As if its around 100ish people then its not going to last very long and also the upsell of the food would be pretty hard as most people probably would of walked in checked out if there was anyone of interest and perhaps walked out after 30 mins demanding a refund.
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Old 28-11-2016, 12:31
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Courtney kinda reminds me of what Mathew Horne would look like after a lobotomy.
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Old 28-11-2016, 13:10
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It was shot down in flames but would probably have worked well, especially in central London.
It would have given a much clearer purpose and theme for the evening. But given the short time frame to sell tickets and the style of ticket selling (running around the street and hitting up random offices) then the chances of selling out such a specific event would be very slim.

If they had enough time and a chance to do a good targeted advertising then maybe it could have worked. And it would have been more likely to be a basis for a continuing business rather than a one-off cash grab.
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Old 30-11-2016, 11:24
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They still would have won.

I mean honestly was it any worse an idea than The Little Mermaid (I'm still laughing), camp pirates, and the worst aquarium tour of all time?
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