lol, thanks for the vote of confidence.. but I don't any of them idiots on that programme could handle me. I'd explode if any of them tried to corner me in the boardroom!

who do you think is gonna win guys?

I have a funny feeling its gonna be Alex or Sara

Alex will be sussed out as the sly shit that he is. Sara couldn't defend herself against a fly.

Raef or Michael are likely to win in my opinion. Raef is classy and very articulate. Michael has that fire/determination that Sir Alan likes.

Oi u!!! alex is gorgeous no bad words against him please!!! raef is articulate but i just dont see him being a top notch business man... i think michael will... he does have the passion and determination. You can see his passion in everything that he says... but i think if he doesn't learn to control it then that could be his downfall...

I think michael and lee will be in the finals. lee is good... he just gets on with the work and he has performed well all round...

anyways... AK come on, step up to the challenge

Lee is somewhat aggressive and have you noticed how he is the only guy who hasn't been targeted by anyone else in the boardroom, or in the team? I think the rest of the team are scared of his raw style! lol


hey hey, I'm always up for the challenge! The real question is " Is Sir Alan up to the challenge of facing me?!!" :p

ooooo... come on then lets see what you've got to offer!! Watch out sir alan, here comes AK!

Finally, that muppet Michael got the boot last night! What an odious little twat!

Lee & Alex in the final anyone?

I'm so happy that idiot went!! I was beginning to think that he was Alan's illegitimate child!!! lol

Lee is a dumbass who couldn't spell "accent", was totally inept at delivering a good presentation and talks like a redneck. He would've got fired last week for the crap presentation, but his team was lucky to have won. Helene and Lucinda are of the same ilk; they're both useless but would perhaps make good analysts (number crunchers, desk workers). But they are not sales calibre, they are not the type to be very "out there" making new deals etc.

Not that I like any of them, but I have to say it's either Alex or Claire likely to win!


All in good time!

i think the calibre of the apprentices this time round is much worse than it has been before. none of them have true talent and are stand out.

best of a bad bunch is probably alex.

Hmm... I have to say Mabrur, that's harsh!!LOL! There was some 20,000 applicants I believe for this series, so surely they can't be all that bad?

I get the feeling to make it onto this show you need to be bold, brash, arrogant, and basically full of yourself, which all of the candidates seemed to be in one way or another!!! They all love themselves a bit too much! A bunch of gob-shites really!

Ask yourselves this.... would a true entrepreneur really want to go work for Sugar Daddy? In today’s climate, is a six figure salary really too hard to attain?

Agreed, a six figure salary isn't much to aspire to these days but I suppose its the privilege of working with Sugar himself which is the real prize. Although saying that, how many apprentices have actually gone on to have fruitful careers with the Sugar enterprise?

I ended up with Helene 'the duffer' Speight on our work sweepstake..she's definitely a gone-r in the next task!

I was in last night's episode - I was in the background perving on the zonda - ooooooh!

I think your right ChunkyMunky, the real prize is working with Sugar... but would you really class it as a privilege? Don't get me wrong, I rate the man for becoming what he has, I truly do, and having a £800mill fortune is a testament to his success. I think your also right to question what has become of the successful candidates who did win the contest…. I’ve not seen or heard of any of them since.

I don't rate Sugar as a business man. Not these days. He's a relic, that belongs to the dark ages, to the early years of the technology revolution. Other than Amstrad what has he done of note?

The fact of the matter is, Sugar has been left behind as technology gathered pace. He lacked foresight & innovation and from a very healthy position in the computer market he lost his market share. Simply because he didn’t diversify into other areas that go hand in hand with his line of business, and failing to invest in research & development. He simply didn’t have a clue on where the market was heading! He could’ve branched out into any number of technology related areas from Software Development, The Dot.com boom, web related advertising, media outlets via the net, wholesale computers sales en mass like Dell, news delivery like Bloomberg, Retuers and a whole host of other things.

Actually most of his wealth now comes from property investments about £500million, which given by recent credit market conditions before the recent bust, a huge amount of the UK population have made money out of this. His wealth has been hovering around the £600mill to the current £800 million mark for the last 5 years. £200million….??? That’s a very very poor return for someone who is supposed to be a business mogul.

Put it this way… if he was the CEO of any one of the large investment banks here in London, I’m certain he would’ve been fired for his poor performance. Beneath the surface Sugar is still your traditional buy cheap sell high Del Boy himself, which of course there is absolutely nothing wrong with, especially if it makes you £800million!

Nice guy, generous with charity and very funny on the show… but definitely overrated in the business world.

But that’s just my humble opinion!

Brilliant post, kamal lol. Your insight is interesting

Lee it is!!!
Suprised he let him stay after the blatant lies on his CV. I've seen people fired for things like that... just goes to show, sugar really doesn't mind barrow boys!