Was feeling really bored today after so many days in the house, browsing the PC and watching TV can entertain for only so long and then you want to get out and melt the snow and take a wee trip somewhere nice and warm, well Clydebank shoppie had to do and it was bloody freezing!
That aside I watched Apprentice Episode 10 tonight and it was another very entertaining one, this time the two teams had to come up with theme bus tours in London. So the two teams lead by Stuart and Joanne went out and did their best to drum up business to get people on the buses. The two teams had different levels of success with the task as Stuart's team really struggled to get punters onto the buses as they didn't make a deal any of the tourist businesses, but Joanne's team did manage to make a deal with one of the tourist traders, as Chris secured a deal where they would take 20% of all their sales, this was a high risk strategy and Chris didn't bother to contact Joanne regarding this. Rightfully enough Joanne was annoyed about Chris's lack of communication over the deal, but she did make a mistake by then going back out to try and haggle a better deal with the company, which made them look really unprofessional. To top things off Joanne also got on Jamie's nerves by resorting to her usual aggressive self, by ramming her point home to her team mates without letting them get a word in edgways. Beside that though they did well on the task and Jamie did a really good job as the tour guide talking about the Ghost and Ghouls and giving a very graphic account of Sweeney Todd and how he killed his victims!
As for Stuart's team to be fair Stella did a reasonable job as the tour guide, she did show a bit more enthusiasm and she took her first party of guests on a very varied tour, both on the bus and on foot, even if she lost her way at one point! But it all fell down where Stuart and Liz really struggled to try and get customers for the tours, as they had no pricing strategy at all, and they had to resort to even trying to steal Chris and Joanne's customers too! Stuart made a big mistake in this one and showed one of his main weakenesses which is making snap decisions without thinking things through, he came up with a price of £35 which was way too high and then he had to keep chopping it down and he also failed to secure a deal with the tourist traders, he also sold the least amount of money and Liz sold twice what he did.
In the end Stuart's team took the least amount of money and lost the task, it really should have been Stuart in the firing line as he was in charge and sold the least, but it took an Oscar winning defence from Stuart in the boardroom and his field of ponies no less, to keep him in the contest. In the end Lord Sugar as usual thought he saw a surrogate son of sorts in Stuart, as he always seems to let people who mirror his arrogant youth off the hook. So as Stella showed a little extra flair this week he let Liz go, although I think Liz is a stronger candidate because she shows alot more character and enthusiasm than Stella ever could. To be fair Stella did well this week and I felt she got herself back on track after last week's show.
So that's it down to the final five and next is my favourite episode of the entire series, the interview stage in which the remaining five will be grilled by some heavy duty interviewers, this is the best part of the series, so really can't wait to see who will be knocked out and who goes to the final. I'm guessing it could be either Joanne, Stella or even the legendary Stuart, I don't think Jamie and Chris are quite apprentice material, but we'll see. Can't wait! :-)))
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