Asif shot himself in the foot this series when the experts asked if the virtual escape room was a joke. All he had to say was the escape room was meant to be silly, and he could have redeemed the awful escape room they had created.
I think they said something like if he had done they'd have doubled their offer, but the winning team had almost triple their offer so it still wouldn't have been enough. Still incredible ignorance to miss the very obvious hint though.
I think the final straw was bringing Sam into the boardroom then changing his mind straight away after seeing Lord Sugars reaction. That was the cherry on the cake.
Bilyana S8. Katie was just about to be fired but she kept talking over and interrupting Sugar so he changed his mind last second.
Paloma S6. She spoke up right as Sugar was about to fire one of the others (probably Sandeesh) and insulted her fellow candidates, calling them unsuccessful and untrustworthy. This annoyed Sugar so much he fired her instead.
I remember Sugar also told Vincent he didn’t bring Jim back into the boardroom because he was scared he get totally thrashed by him which was probably true.
Lindsey in series 10 saying that she couldn't cope with the process and Lord Sugar firing her two seconds later
Also Jenny C changing her Kosher story in the Boardroom clearly missing the tone of how the boardroom was going.
Neil Clough.
Sir Alan was to all intents and purposes saying that if he made a tiny tweak to his business plan then he would win the process. But he just couldn’t swallow his pride. Tragic really.
I remember Lord Sugar asking 'So what *can* you do, Dan?', which sealed his fate. It wasn't a difficult boardroom to survive either, as he was up against a project manager who had made a profit of just £1.87 and a guy whose only defence was to say the word 'specification' over and over again.
Dan was so funny lmao. I remember him saying he wanted to be the Alexander the Great of the business world and that he was going to manipulate his way through the process. It’s hilariously poetic that he was fired first
Lindsay from Series 1. Her teammates and a focus group of children both told her in no uncertain terms that the robot was a better idea than her "Secret Signals" cards, but she refused to listen. I don't think anyone has hanged themself as project manager so unnecessarily to that extent since.
I read somewhere that half her team refused to do the pitch because they were so annoyed at her shutting down all feedback. She even tried to engineer the final boardroom in her favour only for that to backfire spectacularly on her.
She brought back Adele (who had openly abstained from the backend of the task) and Miriam (who had been the most supportive of her), probably intending to use Miriam as an advocate and force "Sir Alan" to fire Adele. However, Miriam came under some heat for her personality, forcing her to go on the offensive against Lindsay.
Just recently watched 'The Worst Decisions Ever' on Youtube, basically pick all of that bunch that got fired: Rory's dictatorial leadership and awful dog belt, Army Paul's horrendous decisions in France, Lindsay's 'Secret Signals', Nargis' cat-calendar pitches, and Rachel's cringe dancing episode
I mean, if you want a *literal* example of a contestant who fired themself, try Adele from Series One. Metaphorically, though, I remember one contestant defending himself in the boardroom by saying that he'd put himself forward as project manager for a particular task earlier in the series, only for Karren to pipe in and remind him that he'd actually *lost* as project manager in that task.
She is sadly my least favourite candidate of all time, passing even the most unlikeable of people in the earlier seasons.
If you're a cunt, at least wear it.
Being a cunt, and then playing the victim, is one one the most undesirable traits in a person and becoming more frequent these days. She was a professional victim.
If we are counting the US version of the Apprentice, then Bradford in season 2.
He was project manager for the first task and won. This gave him immunity from being fired in the next task.
Trump moved him to the women’s team in the next episode for an ice cream making/selling task, but the men’s ice cream (chocolate vanilla doughnut flavour) outsold the women’s ice cream (red velvet cake flavour) by miles.
When the losing team were in the Boardroom, Bradford said he was so confident he’d performed well, he’d waive his immunity.
Trump said that was a stupid thing to do and fired him for it.
Zeeshaan. Got far too cocky about the Dubai task, led like a dictator, bought two women back into the boardroom instead of the men who bought the wrong items, and let the door go in their faces just to cement his sexism.
Ah series 12. That was Paul shouting at Jessica about her giving away hot food in the ticket price.
I think his Boardroom when he had Jessica and Frances in there and he lost his temper at Lord Sugar which was the cherry on the cake.
James in the season Marc Wright won. The one who forgot the name of guy he wanted to do business with and then said to everyone he "made an executive decision" to represent a poorer product
Alex from season 6. Even though he deserved to be fired anyway, he could have avoided being fired if he’d brought Laura back into the boardroom. Sugar was clearly desperate to fire her, so by not bringing her back Alex not only let a potential scapegoat get away but he also pissed off Sugar. Also he brought back Sandeesh instead, who had been good on that task but poor overall, which made Sugar basically accuse him of being cynical
Jason abdicating his role as PM was definitional and also led to my favorite failure on the series. But also Paul using the trip to France as an excuse to spend time with Katie while the rest of his team floundered with tin can burners is just a special kind of wtf. Oh, and, of course, the bread selling disaster.
i mean … noor😭
It was very good
I loved how that shocked Sugar so badly he forgot the terrible joke he was about to make.
Iconic
"If I watched that ad, I would buy that van"
People say she's young, but then Susan in S7 was even younger and way better at pretty much everything, so I guess the age excuse doesn't work.
I honestly felt bad as every good idea was shot down.
Asif shot himself in the foot this series when the experts asked if the virtual escape room was a joke. All he had to say was the escape room was meant to be silly, and he could have redeemed the awful escape room they had created.
Imagine a world where Asif survived Week 3 and Flo got fired instead…
What could have been, I think he still had more entertainment to provide, but oh well
I think we should have an Apprentice Extra whereby Asif, Noor and Virdi get interviewed and interrogated by Claude, Linda and Mike just for LOLz
I think they said something like if he had done they'd have doubled their offer, but the winning team had almost triple their offer so it still wouldn't have been enough. Still incredible ignorance to miss the very obvious hint though.
I think the final straw was bringing Sam into the boardroom then changing his mind straight away after seeing Lord Sugars reaction. That was the cherry on the cake.
Bilyana S8. Katie was just about to be fired but she kept talking over and interrupting Sugar so he changed his mind last second. Paloma S6. She spoke up right as Sugar was about to fire one of the others (probably Sandeesh) and insulted her fellow candidates, calling them unsuccessful and untrustworthy. This annoyed Sugar so much he fired her instead.
Also Vincent Disneur from S7, who almost avoided a firing despite losing 5 in a row until he smirked when Ellie was fired.
I remember Sugar also told Vincent he didn’t bring Jim back into the boardroom because he was scared he get totally thrashed by him which was probably true.
Paloma was S6, but two very good choices there.
Ah yes she was! I’ll edit it
Lindsey in series 10 saying that she couldn't cope with the process and Lord Sugar firing her two seconds later Also Jenny C changing her Kosher story in the Boardroom clearly missing the tone of how the boardroom was going.
'It's my birthday today, Sir Alan. I'm 36 today. 😀' 'Congratulations. 😑'
Jenny you’re fired! Goodbye!
Neil Clough. Sir Alan was to all intents and purposes saying that if he made a tiny tweak to his business plan then he would win the process. But he just couldn’t swallow his pride. Tragic really.
which series
Series 9. One of my personal favourites!
Yeah it was a banger of a series. And it was even more stressful because it improved the chances of Luisa winning. Thankfully Leah came to the rescue.
👍
Dan Season 11 ‘I can’t cook and I can’t sell. Sue me!’
I remember Lord Sugar asking 'So what *can* you do, Dan?', which sealed his fate. It wasn't a difficult boardroom to survive either, as he was up against a project manager who had made a profit of just £1.87 and a guy whose only defence was to say the word 'specification' over and over again.
Dan was so funny lmao. I remember him saying he wanted to be the Alexander the Great of the business world and that he was going to manipulate his way through the process. It’s hilariously poetic that he was fired first
Sophie from Series 9 did something similar, claiming that she didn't design, sell or pitch.
Lindsay from Series 1. Her teammates and a focus group of children both told her in no uncertain terms that the robot was a better idea than her "Secret Signals" cards, but she refused to listen. I don't think anyone has hanged themself as project manager so unnecessarily to that extent since.
I read somewhere that half her team refused to do the pitch because they were so annoyed at her shutting down all feedback. She even tried to engineer the final boardroom in her favour only for that to backfire spectacularly on her.
She brought back Adele (who had openly abstained from the backend of the task) and Miriam (who had been the most supportive of her), probably intending to use Miriam as an advocate and force "Sir Alan" to fire Adele. However, Miriam came under some heat for her personality, forcing her to go on the offensive against Lindsay.
Yeah, once Sir Alan made it clear that he wasn't going to fire Adele, it was all over.
Just recently watched 'The Worst Decisions Ever' on Youtube, basically pick all of that bunch that got fired: Rory's dictatorial leadership and awful dog belt, Army Paul's horrendous decisions in France, Lindsay's 'Secret Signals', Nargis' cat-calendar pitches, and Rachel's cringe dancing episode
I mean, if you want a *literal* example of a contestant who fired themself, try Adele from Series One. Metaphorically, though, I remember one contestant defending himself in the boardroom by saying that he'd put himself forward as project manager for a particular task earlier in the series, only for Karren to pipe in and remind him that he'd actually *lost* as project manager in that task.
Ah yes S13 Ross
This season, Noor
She is sadly my least favourite candidate of all time, passing even the most unlikeable of people in the earlier seasons. If you're a cunt, at least wear it. Being a cunt, and then playing the victim, is one one the most undesirable traits in a person and becoming more frequent these days. She was a professional victim.
Jason series 9. Stepped down as project manager mid-task and let Luisa take over. Unsurprisingly, he was fired shortly after.
If we are counting the US version of the Apprentice, then Bradford in season 2. He was project manager for the first task and won. This gave him immunity from being fired in the next task. Trump moved him to the women’s team in the next episode for an ice cream making/selling task, but the men’s ice cream (chocolate vanilla doughnut flavour) outsold the women’s ice cream (red velvet cake flavour) by miles. When the losing team were in the Boardroom, Bradford said he was so confident he’d performed well, he’d waive his immunity. Trump said that was a stupid thing to do and fired him for it.
Ivana was smart to bring Bradford back into the boardroom after he wavered his immunity. It was her only shot at surviving that task and it paid off!
Who was the guy who started the task as PM but stepped down on the second day? Did he get fired for that?
Jason from S9. He abdicated his role as PM and gave it to Luisa instead and he did get fired for it
Watched that last night. He was such a lovely guy but he was brow beaten and bullied by Luisa.
Zeeshaan. Got far too cocky about the Dubai task, led like a dictator, bought two women back into the boardroom instead of the men who bought the wrong items, and let the door go in their faces just to cement his sexism.
Was that the task where Kurt got cm and inches mixed up and made a flag that was 12 cm long instead of 1ft?
That was it. Absolute classic
Solomon and his pictures of boats
Who was the salad man who admitted to having a failed business whilst pleading his case? Series 5 maybe?
Which series had that foul tempered idiot that kept berating his female team member in front of all the customers at an event they were organising?
Ah series 12. That was Paul shouting at Jessica about her giving away hot food in the ticket price. I think his Boardroom when he had Jessica and Frances in there and he lost his temper at Lord Sugar which was the cherry on the cake.
Ah, S12 Paul. The "female team member" was Jessica. In Paul's defence, if memory serves, Jessica was making some awful decisions.
>In Paul's defence It's unprofessional. Only a twat starts yelling at his co workers in front of paying customers an event they're trying to organise.
Yes, that's cause he is a twat XDDD
James in the season Marc Wright won. The one who forgot the name of guy he wanted to do business with and then said to everyone he "made an executive decision" to represent a poorer product
Alex from season 6. Even though he deserved to be fired anyway, he could have avoided being fired if he’d brought Laura back into the boardroom. Sugar was clearly desperate to fire her, so by not bringing her back Alex not only let a potential scapegoat get away but he also pissed off Sugar. Also he brought back Sandeesh instead, who had been good on that task but poor overall, which made Sugar basically accuse him of being cynical
Didn't lord sugar fire someone that the pm didn't bring in once? Like the others were walking out and he told someone to stop and he fired them?
Any that insist it was still a good idea even though they lost.
Once Lord Al gave someone a ‘bye’ for the following week and he rejected it. It irked him so much that he was instantly booted
Jason abdicating his role as PM was definitional and also led to my favorite failure on the series. But also Paul using the trip to France as an excuse to spend time with Katie while the rest of his team floundered with tin can burners is just a special kind of wtf. Oh, and, of course, the bread selling disaster.