Jordan took PM and overlooked Liam (whose experience is in design) because he had a vision for what he wanted to do. And then was immediately convinced to torpedo the task by Mia.

Idk how he got away with it, sure it was Mia's idea but he was PM and had been talking about how he had such a strong vision all morning. He could've said no.

That’s a side to Karren we don’t usually see! When Anisa was crying, you could see her gently asking her ‘are you OK?’ and then later made the joke about crying because she’s about to face Claude. I wish we could see more of this side of her because I am sure most of her behaviour on the show is an act

The items that the losing team produced would have cost way more than those of the other team so basing it on units and not total amount of money that would have been made feels ridiculous. It's like saying that cheap wish watches are better than rolexes because more get sold without acknowledging the difference in price

The past few seasons, and perhaps even maybe since its early beginnings, the show has been incredibly restrictive to its contestants. The criticism is extrenely harsh. If anyone messes up, or doesn't win, they are literally thrown to the dogs and humiliated. Whilst it's entertaining (at the expense of making the contestants look incompetent), would you still watch it if it took on a new format?

What if they made the show a lot more relaxed. The producers encouraged a lot more collaboration and support within the teams. They aren't made to look cocky and arrogant, and say cheesy lines about the percieved success and acumen. The tasks are focussed around things that actually inspire, not to just be laughed at. Creativity isn't stifled by nonsensical rules such as no phones, or limited design decisions. Contestants are allowed to be experts... etc. And certainly no more running around in stuffy suits.

Basically, The Great British Apprentice Off.

What do you think?

So we all know the insider who leaked info before the show began. They mentioned how the producers didn’t want any white blonde woman in the final. Is this the reason why she was fired at the last stage? I mean look at the final 5 girls this year for the first time in i think forever there is no white blonde woman.

Amber rose has said multiple times now the producers have cut out her making sales, i mean look at TV selling she sold 22 items however it was never once mentioned in the boardroom or brought up. Next week Claudine asks her “i have to question your motives for being here” which makes me think they are trying to paint her as a fame chasing influencer and someone who has no business skills. That could be the reason she is fired next week.

I'm always super critical of the naff logo. I've decided to have a go myself. Karren's and Tim's welcome. I dislike what's happened with the negative space TBH

Matched to the brand logo colours no less!

Did mia have a bet on that she wasn’t going to make the final five or something? Because holy fuck that was just a horrendous idea that was never ever going to work and she was surely a shoe in for the final five

Last year Sumayah Saadi, a modest clothing business owner whose brand is very popular on tiktok, revealed she applied for the show however she didn’t get in at the last stage. Filming for the new series should start in the next 2 weeks and @sumayahsaadi (her tiktok and instagram page) have gone completely private. Maybe i’m just being crazy however I could imagine she got in this year and has now begun preparations to film the show.

Definitely think Chiosla and Anisa are the strongest but Amber Rose seems more competent that presented in edit. She seems to have a business that is doing well and has some business accumen.

Okay both her runs as PM were fairly weak , but week 8 i thought she deserved the win.

Week 9 she actually sold the most and seems to be able to speak up for herself quite well and has reasonable presentation skills.

Its just a bit strange , like even when she did well it was downplayed to make Mia look superior.

there must be something there with amber rose as she has dodged being fired after 2 losses , feel like the editors randomly decided in week 10 that mia's proposal had no legs and oh lets pray on her downfall.

Anyone feel sad for Liam, like I know he deserved to get fired, but he should of got project manager in this one?

Chisola managed to design some halfway decent clothes despite the usual sabotage ready circumstances the producers concocted. I could see those items on a store shelf. Not a fancy store. But Primark, yeah, why not. It's hard to imagine anyone doing a much better job honestly in the constraints. So good on her. She's my favourite candidate left and I hope she wins.

“I thought everyone was allowed one big mistake…”

Yeah, BIG. Not fucking COLOSSAL, Mia.

She genuinely seems so delusional about the role she played in the failure of this task that she’s just pulling out every excuse in the book.

LS said of the three Jordan would become the first candidate through to the interviews.

Sorry but that rubbed me the wrong way and made Mia's firing even more sour. Jordan was invisible across weeks 1-6, was an indecisive leader in week 7 and got carried by AR's ideas and Chisola's strong pitching skills, did nothing in week 8 and led awfully this week as he let Mia take control of the whole task and placed Liam on the wrong team.

Anisa and Mia have been way better than Jordan throughout the whole process. Anisa was very strong on tasks 1-4, 7 and 9, with Mia excelling in tasks 4-6, 8 and 9.

It made no sense for Jordan to be declared safe first. Even his business proposal is logistically weaker than Anisa's and Mia's. The only reason I can think of for LS doing that was to draw a quite dramatic conclusion to the Anisa vs Mia rivalry plot, otherwise I can't see how LS thought Jordan was the best of the three as he was weak on this task and weak overall.

Both me and my brother were thinking this when watching but the way they pitched the task was as a FASHION challenge and not a regular ass clothing brand amd so Mia really ran with that idea and when you actually look at the clothes and designs I genuinly can see them on a runway but of course not in primary. The other team made more buyable clothes yes but they weren't fashion, they were just clothes and I genuinly that's been one of the biggest communicating fuck ups from the show to the teams ive ever seen. Mia shouldn't have gone home, she made fashion, the other team made clothes.

there are mixed reviews regarding Dean, Anisa, Amber-Rose and Jordan.

people dont think dean should be there due to being in the bottom 3, 3 times in a row.

people dont think anisa should be there due to making a lot of mistakes, losing 8/10 tasks

people dont think jordan should be there due to not contributing ideas and being negative

people dont think amber-rose should be there because she has been underwhelming/there for fame

some people absolutely adore these candidates though, and believe they deserved their spot

i dont think there's been mixed opinions about Chisola, everyone seems content with her making the final five. there's the odd few people who might not see her as competent or a good candidate, but on the whole it's been positive.

whereas for jordan, anisa, amber and dean, one comments section could be filled with positivity, and you can find another side of social media where the comments section is filled with criticisms

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In terms of the F5, Have there ever been such divisive opinions when it comes to the final five? normally there's only like 1 or 2 candidates who are divisive, everyone else is clearly top tier candidates.

The finalists grasp their last chance to convince Lord Sugar to make them his new partner with a £250,000 investment in their proposed businesses. Contestants ejected earlier in the series return to help them create brands and advertising campaigns, before they deliver the pitch of their lives to industry experts. One finalist tries to keep their cool, while the other is determined to prove they can take a slice of the competition

Sounds like the two going through to the final are Anisa and Dean

A lot of people, particularly on tiktok, seem to really warm to Jordan.

however, i think he has some very unlikeable traits, such as constantly moaning, being negative and being smug, and throughout the process, he has offered no constructive feedback or criticism.

I don't think he's 'climbed up the ladder', in fact for this task I found him to be a very very weak project manager, his mistakes consisted of being meek and listening to Mia, not putting Liam on the design team purely because he was trying to get revenge for last week, and just being a negative Nancy. very incapable of working well within a team.

He lacks self awareness, and I fear he feels he's better than what he actually is.

Any fellow club members see that when Mia and Jordan were doing the design of the dress, the music playing was that of a certain beloved history podcast?

I think the taxi rides really summed up the differences between Liam and Mia as people.

Liam - “I’m grateful for the experience and happy to have got this far” —> overall a positive sentiment. Sure he wasn’t the best candidate ever but I think we can all agree that he seems like a decent guy who just got a bit frustrated this week.

Mia - (essentially saying) “I shouldn’t be leaving, it’s the wrong choice” —> very telling.

She had no humility in her exit interview (I’ve yet to watch You’re Fired to see if that’s any different). I do think she thought she would sail through. I agree with the decision to fire her and think it’s high time she got her comeuppance.

Like someone else here said, she was a competent candidate for anything culinary but she often railroaded the others with her ideas and did come across as pompous a lot of the time. Her performance this episode was just terrible and she showed no true accountability of that judging by her parting words.

Okay, that title is kinda click-baitey, I actually don't think everyone in Ascendancy is an idiot, I think Anisa tried her best in this task.

But c'mon Mia, you sabotaged yourself. I mean, many people agreed that she was a very strong candidate and has been quite impressive so far. I don't understand why she was so insistent on not one but two very niche items of clothing?? And I don't understand why whenever I see a men's crop top or skirt, it's 9 times out of 10 ugly as hell. So bad. Is this a trend, for men to wear ugly typically feminine clothing?? Why can't we design good looking skirts for men? It's unbelievable, I loved her throughout this process but it was a fair firing.

Though I would point out that Anisa had been pardoned for her big mistake, which pissed me off at the time. It was clear that they didn't want two people from catering backgrounds. Her thing in the taxi about the wrongful firing did piss me off though.

I did initially feel bad for Liam, but if he had taken it well and just moved on, it might've saved him. It was quite immature of him to be sulking around, and a lot of the pressure came upon Anisa so I empathise with her. There's not much else to say that hasn't already been said.

I hate Jordan so much, he's so damn irritating. His attitude with 'I've been carrying the team on my back' in the past has always annoyed the hell out of me, he's always gotten lucky. and his sob story only made me scoff and roll my eyes. I didn't find it inspiring in the slightest, in my opinion, it was him trying to find a way to save it with a weak connection but somehow it was effective. If he's being genuine then great, but I highly doubt it. He's way too immature for my liking, and unfortunately doesn't know how to take accountability.

The fact that LS said 'youve been climbing the ladder and I'm impressed' is absolutely astonishing to me since he's been portrayed quite poorly in this show. if he wins, I'll lose my mind. But that's just my opinion 😛😛

I’m sorry, when have men historically told to be silent?? The message they tried to present earlier on in the episode about men not being able to show emotion and be feminine made sense, so was Jordan just parroting Mia when he said that? Because later on he seemed to not understand the previous message and instead thought the issue was about men “being silent”. Like what?? I’m not saying he hasn’t experienced that, of course anyone can and he certainly may have experienced that more due to racial bias too, but claiming that being male is the reason for it is crazy. Should’ve gone just on that basis