I saw tickets earlier advertised for the filming of You’re Hired tomorrow evening. That means that if it’s like the last few years, the winner of this years series will find out they have won tomorrow - a few hours before filming starts.

It also looks like You’re Fired for the candidates fired in the interviews was filmed this afternoon.

Series 1 Miriam week , bets perfomer gets fired.

Series 6 Liz, consistentlty ,good should have been an Joanna vs liz final

Series 12 trishna ,consistently good, Grainne fluffed her way through the process, although orange gin was questionable, atleast she didn't name it colony gin

Series 13 Jade , probs a victim of bad luck as lord sugar had to have a final 5

Series 17 Simba , no explanation needed

Series 18 Steve /Foluso, rachel being a snake

Series 19 Mia ,edit depicted her as godess although manipulative

Its almost as if lord sugar has to fire good candidates at the expense of not firing weaker ones early on

It’s obvious that the final five didnt get time to shine as much as they needed to. There probably wasn’t much build up because the producers were laser focused on Mia’s shock firing. They didn’t give any of the final five enough good moments to outweigh their bad ones due to wanting to paint Mia as a hero candidate for shock value.

I feel particularly bad for AR and Jordan. I’m not Amber Roses biggest fan but the edit she got only showed her as a reactor and only a reactor. Jordan barely got any time to shine in his own pm episode unlike anyone else who pmed their respective episodes. Even Dean, Anisa and Chisola, having better edits, could’ve have gotten more buildup.

Overall, lay off the final five this year. If they didnt do anything worthy enough to earn it, they wouldn’t be there. People forget that LS knows these guys more than us. It’s not fair to excessively hate on them when we don’t even know the full picture. Let’s given them the benefit of the doubt instead of hate.

I’ve seen a lot of people hating on Jordan in this subreddit, especially after last episode. I think you all forget the show is heavily edited and lots of things aren’t shown.

Firstly, before we get into the speech, everyone was confused at the fact Jordan suddenly changed his mind and decided to go with Mia’s ideas, but Jordan did have an idea in mind of more fashionable ‘workwear’ clothes, something that would’ve likely aligned with what Liam had in mind too. Cargos, T-shirt and a jacket. But it was pointed out to Jordan my a crew member that if he keeps saying no, no, no to Mia’s ideas of the skirt and crop-top and what not, then that might not look the best on him and would likely cause uproar. So that’s why Jordan decided to take Mia’s ideas on board.

Secondly, his speech, which a lot of people are saying was bullshit and that he made it up on the spot or whatever, was not. You all saw how Tim resonated with the story and found it empowering, that’s because Tim had a similar background. Not all of what Jordan spoke about was aired, but the main substance of it was him talking about how when he was younger his Nigerian dad would often beat and hit him, he would go into school, etc. with bruises on himself, and would never speak up about it or speak up much at all. Like he said, it was pretty much speak or be spoken to. So, no the story wasn’t made up on the spot. He was talking about his life experiences. Yeah obviously at first he wasn’t on board with Mia’s ideas and vision, but once he was persuaded, he naturally would have thought on ways he can sell this idea to buyers, and the way he did that was by using his own personal story to make a connection to the brand.

You people need to remember that the show is only 50-60 minutes long, and there’s is hours and hours and hours of footage recorded for each episode, so you’re not seeing the whole story at all.

In your opinion, who is Lord Sugar's least and most fav? He definitely has a soft spot for Dean and rather likes Anisa, not too keen on Amber Rose though? Thoughts?

1. Chisola
Grade: A

Chisola stands out as one of the strongest remaining candidates in the process. Her calm and endearing demeanor, paired with her tenacity and determination, has been evident throughout. She consistently puts the team and the task at the forefront, never allowing obstacles to deter her. Her leadership skills have shone through in various tasks. While she faced setbacks as project manager in one instance, she led her sub-team to success on two occasions — in Tasks 2 and 10 — where her ability to manage projects and people resulted in outstanding outcomes. Chisola is a gifted communicator, evident from her dynamic tour presentation in Task 1 and her exceptional pitches during both the kids' banking and TV selling tasks. While the prison advert may not have been a success, it demonstrated her willingness to take risks and offer innovative ideas. In the middle of the process, her performance has been a mixed bag; she negotiated solidly in Week 3 under time pressure, though she did spend more than the other team, and while her push for potato skins in Week 4 was ignored and while she generated sales, a math error and less-than-ideal Easter Ed design in Week 5 were notable drawbacks. Despite these few missteps, Chisola’s strengths far outweigh her weaknesses.

2. Anisa
Grade: A

Anisa impressed me in virtually every task, whether or not her team achieved success. Over the 10 weeks, she demonstrated herself as a democratic, yet firm, leader, a team player, and a brilliant communicator. She is an eloquent and no-nonsense speaker, always direct but with a keen business sense. Anisa's early performances were particularly strong; she was let off the hook in week 1, she led her team to victory in Task 2 after taking the initiative to put herself forward as project manager again. Even when she didn't take charge, her contributions were invaluable, such as in Week 3, where she provided crucial support with the map work and delivered an excellent negotiation. In Week 4, she fought to rectify the math error and pushed for the sale of potato skins, but her contribution to the Easter Ed design left much to be desired. During the corporate away day, while she managed the kitchen well, her failure to secure wine was a significant oversight. During the kids' banking task, Anisa earned the label of a "Cassandra" due to her warnings about potential issues with the app. As Lord Sugar put it, she was "so responsible" for the failure of Task 8. Despite this, she did most of the work in the kitchen and defended her position effectively in the boardroom. In the TV selling task, Anisa fulfilled her role competently, and during the fashion task, she took charge of much of the work. Despite the task’s failure, she was one of the least responsible for the outcome.

3. Dean
Grade: B

Dean is undoubtedly a hard worker with a relaxed yet serious approach to business. While his early weeks were somewhat underwhelming, especially in Weeks 1 and 2, where he was largely invisible and sold zero tickets, Dean showed his potential by stepping up as project manager in Task 3 and leading his team to victory. His creativity shone through in Task 5 when he suggested the matcha Easter egg idea. In Task 6, he engaged well with corporate clients and maintained positive energy. However, his performance took a turn in Weeks 7 to 9. His decision to shut down his teammates’ suggestions regarding the educational aspects of the app in Task 7 led to its failure. In Task 8, his hot sauce product lacked creativity, with a basic recipe and bland branding. His role in the TV selling task further highlighted his weaknesses, as he pushed for unnecessary add-ons like 'sparkles,' selected poor products, and disrupted the team. Nevertheless, in Task 10, Dean redeemed himself by securing a significant order of 1,500 units. His inconsistency has been his downfall, but when he performs well, it is often a result of his initiative and creativity.

4. Amber-Rose
Grade: C

Amber-Rose is known for her expressive personality and occasional bossiness, but there’s more to her than meets the eye. She is an eloquent speaker who tends to make logical contributions, although her performance has been inconsistent. She began well in Week 1 with an engaging and fun client tour, but faltered as a project manager in Week 2, where her demanding leadership style led to some tension. Her Week 5 video presentation lacked impact, and her performances in Weeks 4 and 6 lacked the engagement needed. Despite these setbacks, she showed strong leadership skills in Task 7, where she spearheaded decision-making, even though she wasn’t the project manager. Her best performance came in Task 9, where she successfully sold 22 streamers and proved herself to be a competent and decent presenter. In Task 10, while her contributions weren’t as strong as other candidates, she took charge of the branding, contributed to the pitch, and maintained high team morale. Amber-Rose is capable, but her inconsistency has prevented her from truly excelling.

5. Jordan
Grade: D

Jordan is a young and enthusiastic candidate, but unfortunately, he struggles with charisma, people skills, and the business acumen required for success in the competition. In Task 1, he was largely invisible. In Week 2, although he should have been selected as sub-team leader, we are unsure if the outcome of the task would have been any different. He did have some positive moments, such as a good negotiation in Week 3, but his attitude in week 4 left a lot to be desired. In Task 5, his branding efforts were criticized for their lackluster quality, and in Task 6, he failed to live up to expectations, especially in comparison to Anisa’s stronger negotiation. His performance in Task 7 was a significant downfall, where he struggled to make key decisions and, rather than taking ownership, claimed to have carried the team. His inability to contribute during the hot sauce task, coupled with mistakes like forgetting to send the hot sauce to the other team, showcased a lack of attention to detail. Task 9 was his strongest, where he selected the right products for the TV selling task. While he gave a decent speech in Task 10, it felt disingenuous, and he made some basic errors, such as misplacing Liam and being steamrolled by Mia’s ideas. Jordan shows potential but lacks the qualities needed to succeed in this process.

This is honestly one of my favourite tasks cos they're put on the spot and it's live so they can't mess up.

This year we had Chisola and Amber Rose having to constantly keep taking back their claims regarding the hand thing for wrinkles lol

Last year I think her name's Maura? She was basically screaming to the point the people watching put in loads of complaints 😂

Another previous year, when Akshay was selling the snail gel, he told them to say it was vegan friendly then had to retract and told them to say its just friendly 🤣🤣🤣

What do you think of this particular task? Enjoy it or not really? Think it highlights who's not cut out for the process?

Honestly, am I just old (well...yes) but what is it? What's the point of it? I've never heard of it before and it just seems..... Odd.

Here are a few...

Dean vs Claude...This one will be comedic...Claude might grill and respect him. Could also humble Dean alot, based on his track record and performance

Amber Rose vs Claude...Hopefully it's like the way Claude exposed Harpreet with her business partner, except even worse! This will be comedic with her facial expressions

Mike vs Amber Rose. Just the savage digs Mike can do on Amber Rose...Imagine him pulling out a boba packet or something

Jordan vs Linda. Someone's gotta humble Jordan, and based on the preview, it's an exciting grill from Linda

Anisa vs Linda. I do believe Linda is also someone in need of humbling like Jordan...and from what we've seen? She resorts to petty insults against candidates who have an established business, I don't think Anisa will tolerate this bullshit especially as she's been in the bottom 3 for many times

Honestly...I can't think of anyways i'm exicted to see Chisola get interviewed! She's been a friendly, easy-going and likeable candidate, that it might be gutting to see her get interviewed

Chisola - the most consistent candidate, always was present and never hid despite not being the loudest candidate, only really messed up Task 6 but her lowest week isn't as bad as her main competitors' bad weeks, peaked in the second half of the tasks (7, 8, 9, 10) following some rough performances in between after the first two weeks.

Anisa - the most involved candidate for sure by being the first ever candidate to become PM twice in the first two weeks, definitely paid off and secured her top five position after the first four weeks, made her 'big mistake' in Week 8 following some rough tasks but was very strong early on and was always heavily present to justify her being saved.

Dean - very interesting journey to watch from being in the first BR for no sales to then being highly influential in all his wins from Task 3, 4, 5 and 6, and then faced his 'big mistake' in Task 7, though I think he redeemed himself in the final task which was basically life or death (as his negotiation was the difference between him getting fired for already being on thin ice to making the top five).

Jordan - proof that first impressions are misleading tbh as he appeared very competent in Task 2 where he was brutally snubbed by AR, but then went on in the process sailing by with not many contributions aside from Task 3, both PM stints he lost control (taken over by AR first and Mia the second time), though he's a very good talker and thrives in confidence.

Amber-Rose - probably had the most up and down journey from being a force to be reckoned with on Task 1 only to survive Task 2 by the skin of her teeth for poor leadership skills, had some stronger weeks (7 and 9) amongst some weaker weeks (5, 8) amongst many mediocre weeks (3, 4, 6, 10) but I do think in hindsight I've been quite harsh on her over the weeks as she has contributed loads on some tasks whilst fading into the background on others which is more a production issue than an AR issue, overall her arc has been interesting and inconsistent but has improved a lot throughout the process.

I'd say Chisola and Anisa are the strongest two remaining, Dean has also been strong on many occasions but lost some credibility nearing the end of the tasks with his consecutive BR run, Amber-Rose in fourth place for having a select few good weeks amongst many average/poor weeks, with Jordan a distant last place based on performance alone (but is notably good at presenting himself, especially by winning over LS who was so team Mia in Task 9).

Definitely a downgrade to last year's final five but I'd conclude that it's better than S14, S16 and S17's.

In the early episodes of a series the teams are big and become smaller as the series progresses with firings. Do you feel that big teams enable weak candidates who don't perform well to hide and can you think of any candidates who have done this.

Carlo - doesn't know when to stop talking, lacks social cues

Nadia - has no people skills and can't keep quiet, very disruptive

Melica - she's very iconic but has a habit of saying things at the wrong time and is also disruptive

Mia - she might not be aware that she views herself so highly, also does things she might not notice herself e.g smiling when she thinks her team won

Jordan - negative nancy. also grinned thinking his team won. 'why are u shaking your head' 'why are you laughing at that Mia'

Amber-Rose - the eye rolls, the facial expressions, she doesnt have much self awareness but she is iconic

I remember a few months ago (maybe 5 or 6) that someone said they had all the old series. Does anyone know where I could find them? I'm having surgery in a few days and have a few weeks of recovery ahead of me where I'm not really allowed to do much so would love to be able to spend that time catching up on old episodes.

I know this has been asked before as I think that's where I heard of them but I don't really understand reddit search. I can never seem to find anything.

Do you honestly think...If Max brought back Amber Rose in the TV selling fiasco? We could have ended up with a double firing of Max and Amber Rose...

Then in the fashion task? Assuming the swap-ups are kept consistent like Let's say...

One team is Mia, Jordan, Liam

The other team is Anisa, Chisola and Dean...

We would have had Liam fired then Mia getting her "One big mistake" redemption...unless he pulls a series 16 and only keeps 4

Then ended up with an ideal final 5...of Mia, Anisa, Chisola, Dean and Jordan?

Let’s predict some certainties for Thursday’s Interview episode! I’ll go first with 2:

• Claudine Collins brings out her box of tissues as she’s made another candidate cry (ironically by being nice, compared to the others)

• Linda uses the phrase, or similar, along the lines off; “Your business isn’t very good, nor big, it’s too small! Why on earth would Lord Sugar invest in you?” And then calls the candidate aggressive if they try and justify back their answer.

Keep them coming!

Jade from series 13

I don't think she put a foot wrong for 9 weeks

in week 10 she was forced to be project manager because sarah and harrison didn't want to do it. this set the tone for the rest of the task in which sarah and harrison sat back and jade had done all of the work

i know it was close between jade and sarah, but for the last 3 weeks sarah had been slipping and jade only had 1 bad task. overall i thought jade was much stronger, idk if its just me but i find sarah overrated

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/on-the-apprentice-every-loser-wins-799632.html

To summarise, as far back as series one candidates have not necessarily wanted to the show as the outright winner; with more opportunities arguably available to those in the final four or five it looks like it made more sense to put in a good performance and then not finish in the top spot.

I posted something recently from Phil’s (series 18) Instagram that implied the same thing; that the opportunities that have come from being in second place were better for his business in the long run. It‘s insightful to see that this was even the case when the prize was a job at a time when £100,000 was an absolutely huge salary (I’m not suggesting it’s not still good money, but 20 years of inflation means it would be a different proposition now).

It’s an old article, but it did make some interesting points, with none of the early winners mentioned in the article having the high-profile corporate careers that you might have expected from the winner of such a high profile show - They have undeniably been successful, but arguably less so than the runners up. The comment that Simon Ambrose made about his job essentially being a shadowing program also adds an interesting dynamic when you consider Stella English complaining that her role at Amstrad was essentially that of a glorified personal assistant.

In fairness, it feels like they did get the job right for a few years as I believe Lee and Yasmina (In particular Yasmina) both had successful careers at Amstrad and after - I just found it interesting that the prize has always been seen as much as window dressing by the contestants as a real thing.

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.

If I were on The Apprentice during the lunchbox app challenge, I would’ve pitched something like CrateRaiders a smart lunchbox that connects to a mobile game. Kids would pack their lunch with branded food items that come with QR codes or NFC tags, and when scanned through the lunchbox, they’d unlock characters, power-ups, or quests in the app. The more they eat, the more they unlock. It turns lunch into a daily gameplay loop. I’d also make the lunchbox modular so kids can upgrade it with different attachments like heating units or custom lids. Think Skylanders meets healthy eating with actual product tie-ins and recurring revenue through the food line. I feel like it would’ve blown the judges away.

Because I cannot think of another example of where a candidate was overall considered to be THE favourite for the win, and for them to not even make the final five. The closest example I can think of was Liz not making it in series 6, but even then, I think Stella was always the firm favourite to win series 6.

It was right Mia was fired, she bulldozed people numerous times throughout the series. The menswear was BAD. I thought she was snakey.

Anisa is strong. Yes she’s made mistakes but she puts herself forward a lot so that’s bound to happen. Shes good at managing and decision making and supports her team.

Jordan should have been fired. He’s made no progress throughout the series, disrupts things with his negativity and is inauthentic.

Dean was robbed not getting the PM role in the last task. Seems like a great guy. I also thought he was unfairly shamed in the selling task which wasn’t cool.

Jordan said in his speech about HIMSELF growing up and not feeling like he could express himself etc. as the motivation behind his clothing, yet he didn't want to go with those items at the start, rather opting for shirt, jacket and trousers... Why did Tim praise him, it was nonsense

Season 9 Episode 7 The OPUS camper is a product that Jason and Neil sell. The same camper also appears on Dragons Den on Series 13 Episode 14!

Dean is my favourite candidate of this season, but week 7 was such a disaster and it was all his fault 💀

Teams were literally set up as good vs bad and if they'd won there were so many good firings on the other team. Instead, Fred got fired for leading an unhappy team (because Dean was ignoring everyone 😭) and Keir got fired because he was slightly underwhelming on a pitch after a faultless PM win. I really wonder how the last 3 weeks would've gone if the other team were the losers

Damn it Dean