The Apprentice 2025

yerwanthere123

It was an enjoyable but unremarkable episode, so not surprised there hasn't been too much traction on the thread this week.

Was awfully cringe watch Nadia chance her arm. Was told the product usually sells for 20 pounds and the then offers him 1.50 😬

ihateboards

I watched it but it was so formulaic and really the challenge that offers the least opportunity for catastrophe or radically cringe outcomes. Hopefully next week delivers.

Still Ill

Do they know what the fines are beforehand? Never hear them discuss it as a strategy. Like, is it worth it to just not attempt to get an item if it makes them late? They never seem to weigh that kind of thing up. Also annoying when they argue over £1 on an item. Dunno why I still watch this tbh. I guess just in the hope of comedy gold like the yoga cruise logo a few years ago

Mantis Toboggan

Aoibheann deserved to go last week just for pronouncing her name "A Van"

derb12

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123176724#Comment_123176724

”my friend”…. So cringey.

I thought the tennis guy was such a wuss when he went to confer with his team mid negotiation.

Carlo had to go, but he was great TV!

GAAcailin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123178214#Comment_123178214

to be fair I think that may be an Ulster pronunciation of A-Veen; contestant on this weeks episode of The Great House Revival has the same name and pronounced it 'A Van' too - she was an alternative, quirky type but a down to earth individual that didn't have notions (like yer one on The Apprentice)

patrickc

What is Nadia at with bangers and mash

ihateboards

Nadia just liked her opinions because they were her’s. Refreshing to see they didn’t try to drag it out in the boardroom and just fired her immediately.

Also Lord sugar did a few off-the-cuff jokes this week which actually got a few laughs, normally he looks down and read the scripted puns.

Exclamation Marc

It's rare to see a project manager absolutely sabotage themselves so consistently and savagely throughout a task.

Nadias sense of self-importance was borderline comical thoughout and she was quite nasty at times. The fact that she said in the car that there was no reason she should have been fired showed just how delusional she was. She seemed like an absolute headwrecker.

Quite an enjoyable episode for how mad it was.

I know those board rooms are heavily edited but Jordans swipe at his PM seemed a bit over the top and a bit odd.

CiaranW

Nadia is a narcissist, imagine if she was your line manager.

Yeah, Jordan's comment about the PM was off.
The PM was very good, she listened to her team and went with them.
She id probably my favourite to win now, seems like a smart one!

derb12

Just watched it now - hilarious episode! What were they thinking offering 150kg of prepped tomatoes? That’s almost twice their average body weight! Good to see Dean point out the futility of chopping more.
On the other team, if anybody other than Nadia had been fired, it would have been a travesty. Could you imagine having to work with someone like her?

GAAcailin

How Nadia headed off in the taxi claiming Sugar had fired the wrong candidate is beyond me, she was brutal.

ihateboards

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123202157#Comment_123202157

Apparently the taxi scenes are filmed at the start of the series before any departures. The mandatory coat/scarf combo you see is to avoid continuity errors with what they were wearing when actually fired.

I do think though if Nadias taxi scene was filmed after her departure she’d still think the wrong candidate was fired.

I wonder if candidates like her gain any personal insight from their depictions on screen (edited and all as yet are).

Exclamation Marc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123214087#Comment_123214087

The walk-out scene is pre-recorded but the interview in the taxi is filmed after they're fired.

GAAcailin

I don’t think he would have fired Jana, ~a cosmetic dentist with a practice on Harley Street,
A good investment opportunity me thinks; huge money and growth potential.
similar enough profile to Dr. Leah Totton a few years ago

LambshankRedemption

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123218474#Comment_123218474

Sorry to make you feel old but Dr Leah was ten years ago.

Still Ill

Was there not a story a few weeks ago where a contestant was asked to resign due to a racially insensitive remark or something during a task? Was that the guy from last night?

GAAcailin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123218521#Comment_123218521

Don't worry - I already feel old; every year the contestants look younger but alas its just me getting old. Most of the are closer in age to my kids than me…

ArmaniJeanss

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123218544#Comment_123218544

According to the Daily Mail ( 😎 ), he described a black person as 'coloured' and got a warning. Wasn't broadcast.

Apprentice candidate: `Really hurtful´ remark by Lord... | Daily Mail Online

patrickc

Johnny gone tonight, he was bringing nothing too it since the beginning. Nice guy but didn't seem cut out for business

thebiglad

The food they prepared must be the best in the history of the show - usually it is crap, still ridiculous that they negotiate with chefs at a corporate rate and then prepare it themselves, bet the production team were disappointed.

Probably some editing but, seriously Malica unable to set a table and chill wine on her own - as she was doing this (and we saw her do nothing else) whilst food was being prepared, so presumably had couple of hours, how on earth could she not get it done and, to go the PM to ask for help!!

Deeec

The winning team actually done a good job last night. However I was slightly dissappointed that they didnt lose. I would have loved to have seen the lady that was unable to set a table get a grilling - she was pathetic.

Rock Steady Edy

It seemed to slip out in last night's episode that €60 was to be charged per bottle of wine with no negotiation possible. At this rate, you can see why the team are reluctant to buy. KB looked incredibly uncomfortable with the lack of wine and suggested to her team that they go and get some, no doubt at a much more sensible price. How were the teams supposed to know that this was even an option?

The whole thing's a bit of a farce really, with one team trying to maximise income without knowing what the other team have organized or what it has cost them.

Meauldsegosha

I wonder sometimes about the level of intelligence of the candidates each year. They seem to lack basic common sense, how to set a table, how long it would take to chop and deseed 150kg of tomatoes. You don't need to be a chef or restaurant manager to know these things. The average man weights 80kg so you are chopping the weight of two men.

ihateboards

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123240378#Comment_123240378

Yeah seemed more scripted than any other scene, lay a table!
I suspect in editing and scripting they need ‘things’ that can be talking points of mistakes and mishaps in the boardroom. Last nights were: Johnny not volunteering, no wine, warm wine, not fine dining, giving price breakdown while negotiating, boring snake story and staring contest.

The programme has to function like a sort of whodunnit so we can guess based on the evidence presented, so i guess they need footage of all talking points even if they need to reshoot an incident or lightly script it.

derb12

I thought your man giving the price breakdown was good - it showed they weren’t picking a figure out of the air. It looked professional. In the boardroom you could see he was proud of it and the team were happy until ,,,, no .. that was a really bad idea. As if the customer would have no idea how to withhold 40% otherwise.
I suspect malika, like plenty of young people, just didn’t know how to set a table. She’s an awful pain but it wouldn’t have killed the sub pm to say “no problem, I’ll take a look” or do one setting and have her copy it.

Rock Steady Edy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123243412#Comment_123243412

Completely agree with everything you said. No one knows everything. The best bosses (IMHO) fill in our skills gaps without making us feel bad about it. I initially thought that Mia might be a contender for the final, and maybe she still is, but that lack of patience and "bigging herself up" as LS spotted, won't have helped.

Deeec

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123243506#Comment_123243506

There is a difference in bosses filling in skills gaps and basic cop on. Setting a table is basic cop on and she shouldn't have needed help with it. Surely she has set a table at home at some stage. Even if she wasn't from a home that done that surely she has being to a restaurant and therefore familiar with how a table is laid out! In everyone's working life there are times when you need to do things you are not familiar with - you have to use basic cop on and sometimes you have to wing it.

She let herself down badly in that episode. It shows she's not adaptable.

My 8 year old could have set that table with no help whatsoever!

derb12

I’m not saying she didn’t let herself down but the reality is that there is a generation of people who don’t know how to do basic things like set tables, especially for a high-end service.

thebiglad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123244356#Comment_123244356

They're all in roughly the same generation bracket so, quite possible the sub-PM didn't know either. But, as many have mentioned just do something that feels right and go from there or, ask for a look at one place setting with the sub pm before you commit to 10.

You cannot be as dim witted as she was made look in the edit…