frankly i have no respect for these candidates. especially that ****ing alex, who is a snake. and a complete shambles. Id rather have michael than alex.

i still dont rate claire much despite her 'improvement', still remembered when she undermined simon. gotta admit though she does have some credibility of being the the apprentice.

helene, i dont even know what the hell shes achieved in the show.

lee is the only good candidate i rate, and there could be some improvements.

this country's economy is doomed if these are suppose to be future enterpreuners.....

Sir Allan Sugar is the man who will employ the Apprentice ;NOT us

why not watch the program for its 'entertainment ' value?

Agree. They're all far too full of themselves. Lee's the best out of a bad bunch (of finalists). I hope he wins.

Wish Raef,Lucinda and Simon were still in.

The final four were my final four from the start.


I couldn't agree more. It's a good job this isn't a public vote show.

Its certainly wouldn't encourage me to seek employment in any of Sugar's Companies tbh

Yep, they were my favourites too

The only point in watching is to see if any of these muppets totally screw up - wouldn't it be funny if SAS saw the light and proclaimed that none of them were employable and fired the lot of them.

well he could like in the us version, where trump fired 4 candidates in one go

It's not going to happen though is it. Instead we'll have to sit through the utter smugfest of You've been Fired - as old haggis face purrs over his new apprentice - yuk, yuk, yuk.

They certainly aren't the pick of the crop. You dread to think what next year's candidates will be like.

I'd pick Lee but can't really see him as a top flight businessman.

Let's just cut out the middle man and crown the next winner of Big Brother ASA's apprentice at the same time.

We shouldn't complain. The kosher chicken episode will I am sure make its way into the top 20 all time funniest moments on TV.

The final 4 are all awful. Sir Alan clearly wants a complete **** to work for him as thats all I can tell.

I see Lee as a used car salesman, though he is a nice guy though slightly dishonest.

I like Lee. I wish he hadn't lied on his CV. I would never employ someone I knew to have lied on their CV because I prize honesty above all else. If he had not lied on his CV he would now be my favourite.

As it is, none of them are my favourites. I've Sir Alan to say "I'm firing the lot of you - I'd rather just do the job myself!"

It's not the fact that he lied on his CV, most people do that, but it was such a cr*p lie. TVU is the worst university in the country, I would rather have left it off my CV altogether than even mention it!

I am fairly dissapointed because I have a nagging suspicion that awful Claire might just win and I haven't liked her since how she was with Simon. It's been obviously set up to end up like this so at least SAS is happy with it and he is the guy who has to give one of them a job.

I couldn't agree more, I dislike all four of them. That's the first time this has happened for me, there's always been at least one or two people I liked close to the end.

I actually hope Claire does win. I don't like her much, and yes, she was vile to Simon when he was PM, and the same with Sara the week before. But she has calmed down after Sir Alan gave her such a bollocking in the boardroom; she's still gobby, but she hasn't really undermined a PM since. And it can't be got away from that she really is on the ball.

I'd certainly prefer her to smug, backstabbing Alex, useless Helene or too-aggressive Lee.

That would be absolutely fantastic. If it really were about ratings that would surely make them sour through the roof.

totally agree with OP

The series has been excellent as normal, but I think the final 4 are very poor. Not so much in comparison to previous years, but just generally poor. Is this the best they can find from all the people that apply?

Clearly it is all for TV and not about the calibre of the candidates, otherwise how could they justify letting someone like Lee through, his CV was a total utter shambles!

yes, especially with all the "gramical" errors, as Lee put it!

Yes Claire has improved, but personally I think its just an act. Shes doing anything she can to ensure she doesn't get fired (I'm sure they all are), but I don't think she has genuinely changed.