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Old 09-12-2016, 18:41
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Thing is they go on the show knowing that the chances of having to pitch a product at some time is bound to happen so why not rehearse, rehearse, rehearse...it's even more baffling when they put themselves forward to do it knowing they're probably / are crap at it. Then make an excuse that they didn't know the product (when they've created it!) when called out on it.
Yes, absolutely. If you know you're weak at something you will likely be called upon to do, you damn well work at it to get better! You might still never be brilliant but everyone can improve.

Public speaking type things do not come naturally to most people.
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Old 09-12-2016, 18:52
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Yes, absolutely. If you know you're weak at something you will likely be called upon to do, you damn well work at it to get better! You might still never be brilliant but everyone can improve.

Public speaking type things do not come naturally to most people.
I'd melt if I had to stand up and speak to strangers however if something was so important on my doing it to an acceptable standard then I'd damn well make sure I could do it to that acceptable standard.

I agree with Claude... " Courtney is incredibly boring, pitching is not his strength. There’s no personality, no character, no warmth, no passion coming through ”
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Old 09-12-2016, 18:53
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If he goes forward to the final he'll have more time to prepare his pitch. I think he could write a good pitch but he just can't remember it. He needs to forget about ad libbing - he can't do it - and settle for MEMORISING his speech and then practising it until it sounds natural. Just like you'd learn the lines to a play.
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Old 09-12-2016, 18:59
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must be the worst Courtney I have ever known, Courtney Walsh and Courtney Pine were great blokes, he should be called Brian or Kevin
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Old 09-12-2016, 18:59
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He's useless and delusional. His team won because of Alana and Jess yesterday, not him. His pitching, brainstorming and decision making are awful.
I agree. I just find him bland, no memorable attributes whatsoever.

Have to add... where does all this guff about him looking like Leonardo DiCaprio come from, is it a joke I've missed?
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Old 09-12-2016, 19:54
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she isn't that bad ok she's not the best and wont win but there have been worse candidates this series
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Old 09-12-2016, 20:01
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she isn't that bad ok she's not the best and wont win but there have been worse candidates this series
Courtney's a boy
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Old 09-12-2016, 20:18
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Really? I would think its pretty obvious why hes still in. Ten tasks down, only 2 losses and wasn't brought into the boardroom on either of those two occasions. Thats simply it.
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Old 09-12-2016, 22:41
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must be the worst Courtney I have ever known, Courtney Walsh and Courtney Pine were great blokes, he should be called Brian or Kevin


Or Walter ( Mitty ).
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Old 09-12-2016, 22:48
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I agree. I just find him bland, no memorable attributes whatsoever.

Have to add... where does all this guff about him looking like Leonardo DiCaprio come from, is it a joke I've missed?


The guff is that is was Courtney who said it - so that is where the joke is.
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Old 16-12-2016, 16:19
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How the hell did he make it to the final his interviews were abysmal! Claude was soon feeding him at one point...is it just because LS has experience in what he does?
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Old 16-12-2016, 16:25
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How the hell did he make it to the final his interviews were abysmal! Claude was soon feeding him at one point...is it just because LS has experience in what he does?
He already has a pretty established business, even though it is making a loss.
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Old 16-12-2016, 17:12
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How the hell did he make it to the final his interviews were abysmal! Claude was soon feeding him at one point...is it just because LS has experience in what he does?
Exactly!! Never seen Claude be so nice to any candidate in the interviews, was like a total personality reversal. I was expecting Claude to go "Full Solomon" on Courtney but that?

It's like Claude has money on Courtney to win...
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Old 16-12-2016, 17:19
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This really does prove the 10 weeks of tasks are pointless.

Courtney has a business plan Lord Sugar likes (at least it is potentially 'viable') but he sleptwalked through most of the tasks, and his ability to create interest and enthusiasm through a dynamic personality are zero.

Some of the better performers on tasks must have had useless business plans.
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Old 16-12-2016, 17:19
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How the hell did he make it to the final his interviews were abysmal! Claude was soon feeding him at one point...is it just because LS has experience in what he does?
Because Charisma isn't everything and he probably knew what he was doing in terms of his business plan and what not. Sugar just didn't seem interested in the fired candidates business plans at all.
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Old 16-12-2016, 17:22
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How the hell did he make it to the final his interviews were abysmal! Claude was soon feeding him at one point...is it just because LS has experience in what he does?
Most of them were car crash material , the only one who seems to have a bit about her for possibly moving forward seems to be Alana, I could be wrong but she at least seems to have a proven record.

Poor old Courtney , I am sure he is a likeable bloke but his interviews like his pitching were cringeworthy , you felt like you wanted to watch through your fingers
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Old 16-12-2016, 17:30
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Courtney has been put into the final because Lord Sugar's choice of business partner is Alana!

LS knows that Courtney cannot pitch well and is very likely to lose the final task, so leaving the field clear for his chosen partner, Alana.

Had LS gone for Frances, Jessica or Grainne then there would have been a fair chance that Alana could have been beaten, which would not have met with LS's aims. So he played safe and chose Courtney!

Alana to win!
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Old 16-12-2016, 17:35
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Courtney has been put into the final because Lord Sugar's choice of business partner is Alana!

LS knows that Courtney cannot pitch well and is very likely to lose the final task, so leaving the field clear for his chosen partner, Alana.

Had LS gone for Frances, Jessica or Grainne then there would have been a fair chance that Alana could have been beaten, which would not have met with LS's aims. So he played safe and chose Courtney!

Alana to win!
But there isn't a 'winner' on the final task- or, even if one person obviously does better than the other, Lord Sugar can still choose which of the two of them he wants (which is why 2 endings are filmed)
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Old 16-12-2016, 18:08
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This really does prove the 10 weeks of tasks are pointless.

Courtney has a business plan Lord Sugar likes (at least it is potentially 'viable') but he sleptwalked through most of the tasks, and his ability to create interest and enthusiasm through a dynamic personality are zero.

Some of the better performers on tasks must have had useless business plans.
Strange choice of words when Courtney's won 8 tasks and lost just 2.
I feel like Courtney going through was helped because of Sugar respecting his own format.
Perhaps if Frances and Courtney swapped their win/loss records then things may have been different.
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Old 16-12-2016, 18:28
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Claude was right, he does need a slap about the face with a wet fish, just to wake him up a bit
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Old 16-12-2016, 18:31
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Strange choice of words when Courtney's won 8 tasks and lost just 2.
I feel like Courtney going through was helped because of Sugar respecting his own format.
Perhaps if Frances and Courtney swapped their win/loss records then things may have been different.
I've never understood the whole win/loss ratio importance thing. Why does that matter? The team won (in Frances' case, lost) 8 tasks out of 2, not Courtney himself. It's not like he was a shining example of business intellect throughout the process, most of the time he was either coasting by or he was putting in painfully awful pitches.
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Old 16-12-2016, 18:47
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Strange choice of words when Courtney's won 8 tasks and lost just 2.
I feel like Courtney going through was helped because of Sugar respecting his own format.
Perhaps if Frances and Courtney swapped their win/loss records then things may have been different.
Courtney didn't win 8 tasks - he was on the winning team for those tasks. Big difference.
I don't recall him making a significant positive contribution to any of them.

Task performance on the show is now completely irrelevant, and the producers aren't even trying to hide it any more.
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Old 16-12-2016, 19:08
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Those are the stone cold facts. 8 times out of 10 he's been on the team that's brought in the most money or simply done better, twice as project manager.

Sugar even mixes the teams up to keep them on their toes and see how they work with different people.

Opinions on his contribution to the team are just that, opinions. Making the most money and winning the task is a fact.
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Old 16-12-2016, 19:17
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Those are the stone cold facts. 8 times out of 10 he's been on the team that's brought in the most money or simply done better, twice as project manager.

Sugar even mixes the teams up to keep them on their toes and see how they work with different people.

Opinions on his contribution to the team are just that, opinions. Making the most money and winning the task is a fact.
Are you his mum?



This is a far cry from the first series when one of the candidates was already a millionaire (Paul?), but thought winning The Apprentice really would make him the next Sugar.

Courtney makes 8K a year, and lives with mum and dad.
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Old 16-12-2016, 19:24
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Courtney didn't win 8 tasks - he was on the winning team for those tasks. Big difference.
I don't recall him making a significant positive contribution to any of them.
In the two tasks just before the interviews he came up with Giin and the VR Badger idea. Both won, with both ideas criticised by his team-mates, ready to make him the fall guy should he lose.
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