Wednesday night's Apprentice interviews provided their usual hilarious mix of buttock-clenching cringeworthy moments, bulldog Claude Littner brilliance and squirming candidates.
They also gave us one rather big shock. Roisin Hogan, this year's stand-out candidate throughout the early tasks, was given the chop.
Hogan's heathy ready-meal business plan didn't stack up for Lord Sugar and despite everything that has gone before, he sent her packing. He sent her packing before Daniel Lassman. That needs repeating. Before Daniel.
We caught up with Roisin (@RoisinEHogan on Twitter) to find out whether Lord Sugar got it seriously wrong.
I think there were quite a few people shocked and up in arms when you were fired on Wednesday's show.
To be honest, I'm not really that shocked. During the interviews, I knew it wasn't going that well. I had a sneaky suspicion going into the boardroom that I wasn't going to make into the final.
They also gave us one rather big shock. Roisin Hogan, this year's stand-out candidate throughout the early tasks, was given the chop.
Hogan's heathy ready-meal business plan didn't stack up for Lord Sugar and despite everything that has gone before, he sent her packing. He sent her packing before Daniel Lassman. That needs repeating. Before Daniel.
We caught up with Roisin (@RoisinEHogan on Twitter) to find out whether Lord Sugar got it seriously wrong.
I think there were quite a few people shocked and up in arms when you were fired on Wednesday's show.
To be honest, I'm not really that shocked. During the interviews, I knew it wasn't going that well. I had a sneaky suspicion going into the boardroom that I wasn't going to make into the final.
- 12/20/2014
- Digital Spy
Margaret Mountford has explained her absence from last night's (December 17) episode of The Apprentice.
Lord Alan Sugar's former aide on the show was not present at the interviews stage of the process, despite featuring as one of the interviewers in the previous four series.
She told What's On TV that she hadn't been invited to return.
"They didn't ask me back," Mountford said. "I suppose I was fired!
"No, obviously they weren't going to want me to carry on doing interviews forever, and nor did I want to do them forever."
Series eight Apprentice winner Ricky Martin took Mountford's spot alongside Claude Littner, Mike Soutar and Claudine Collins.
Solomon Akhtar, Roisin Hogan and Daniel Lassman were fired following the interviews, leaving Bianca Miller and Mark Wright as this year's finalists.
The Apprentice final airs on Sunday, December 21 at 9pm on BBC One.
Lord Alan Sugar's former aide on the show was not present at the interviews stage of the process, despite featuring as one of the interviewers in the previous four series.
She told What's On TV that she hadn't been invited to return.
"They didn't ask me back," Mountford said. "I suppose I was fired!
"No, obviously they weren't going to want me to carry on doing interviews forever, and nor did I want to do them forever."
Series eight Apprentice winner Ricky Martin took Mountford's spot alongside Claude Littner, Mike Soutar and Claudine Collins.
Solomon Akhtar, Roisin Hogan and Daniel Lassman were fired following the interviews, leaving Bianca Miller and Mark Wright as this year's finalists.
The Apprentice final airs on Sunday, December 21 at 9pm on BBC One.
- 12/18/2014
- Digital Spy
Solomon Akhtar, Roisin Hogan and Daniel Lassman have reacted to being fired from The Apprentice in tonight's triple elimination (December 17).
The contestants spoke to Dara Ó Briain on The Apprentice: You're Fired about their experiences on the reality business show.
The Apprentice review: Claude casts a cloud over things
Akhtar talked about his nightmare interview with Claude Littner and then failing to find the exit afterwards, saying: "Claude was genuinely one of the scariest people that I've ever met, so any exit that I could find I was just going to go for it."
Speaking about his business plan, he said: "I thought Lord Sugar would appreciate different styles, different designs."
He did, however, admit that the page of logo designs were a "bit of a filler".
Hogan was next to speak about her experiences, saying she was "totally gutted" but "thrilled with the experience".
Apprentice Solomon Akhtar on...
The contestants spoke to Dara Ó Briain on The Apprentice: You're Fired about their experiences on the reality business show.
The Apprentice review: Claude casts a cloud over things
Akhtar talked about his nightmare interview with Claude Littner and then failing to find the exit afterwards, saying: "Claude was genuinely one of the scariest people that I've ever met, so any exit that I could find I was just going to go for it."
Speaking about his business plan, he said: "I thought Lord Sugar would appreciate different styles, different designs."
He did, however, admit that the page of logo designs were a "bit of a filler".
Hogan was next to speak about her experiences, saying she was "totally gutted" but "thrilled with the experience".
Apprentice Solomon Akhtar on...
- 12/17/2014
- Digital Spy
The Apprentice now has its two finalists after Bianca Miller and Mark Wright survived the dreaded interviews stage of the competition.
The duo - who have business plans involving hosiery and digital marketing respectively - will now battle it out in next week's final to win Lord Sugar's £250,000 investment.
But it was bad news for Solomon Akhtar, Roisin Hogan and Daniel Lassman, who were all shown the door by Lord Sugar after failings in their business plans.
Akhtar, who admitted that he had been "naive" after producing a business plan consisting of just eight pages, was the first candidate to be fired.
He had a terrible time during the interviews as Lord Sugar's notoriously tough adviser Claude Littner reacted furiously to the document, telling him that he was "taking the piss" and asking him to leave.
"It's a bloody disgrace," he said. "Ten years I've done this -...
The duo - who have business plans involving hosiery and digital marketing respectively - will now battle it out in next week's final to win Lord Sugar's £250,000 investment.
But it was bad news for Solomon Akhtar, Roisin Hogan and Daniel Lassman, who were all shown the door by Lord Sugar after failings in their business plans.
Akhtar, who admitted that he had been "naive" after producing a business plan consisting of just eight pages, was the first candidate to be fired.
He had a terrible time during the interviews as Lord Sugar's notoriously tough adviser Claude Littner reacted furiously to the document, telling him that he was "taking the piss" and asking him to leave.
"It's a bloody disgrace," he said. "Ten years I've done this -...
- 12/17/2014
- Digital Spy
Fired Apprentice candidate Daniel Lassman has hit back at his show rivals, claiming that their attacks on him reveal "a lack of maturity".
Lassman has been under fire on the show from fellow candidates, with quarter-finalist Sanjay Sood-Smith unleashing the strongest attack on him.
Last week, Sood-Smith told Digital Spy that Lassman was "even worse in real life" than on the show and said he was "distraught" to leave before him.
Responding to his critics, Lassman told us: "I think there are a couple of people out there who weren't on the show for the right reasons. A couple of people said things about me to grab a bit more press and coverage and profile building.
"To stoop to that level, I don't need to. I feel like I've learnt and taken a lot from the show, so I don't need to get involved in that.
"It's disappointing, but I...
Lassman has been under fire on the show from fellow candidates, with quarter-finalist Sanjay Sood-Smith unleashing the strongest attack on him.
Last week, Sood-Smith told Digital Spy that Lassman was "even worse in real life" than on the show and said he was "distraught" to leave before him.
Responding to his critics, Lassman told us: "I think there are a couple of people out there who weren't on the show for the right reasons. A couple of people said things about me to grab a bit more press and coverage and profile building.
"To stoop to that level, I don't need to. I feel like I've learnt and taken a lot from the show, so I don't need to get involved in that.
"It's disappointing, but I...
- 12/17/2014
- Digital Spy
Fired Apprentice candidate Solomon Akhtar has spoken to Digital Spy about his flirtatious behaviour behind the scenes of the BBC One reality show, admitting to having "a spark" with one contestant and trying his luck with Lord Sugar's aide Karren Brady.
Akhtar was one of the three fired candidates in tonight's (October 17) semi-final and the technology entrepreneur has opened up about what really went on in series 10.
"I think Karren and I were very flirty. Or I was very flirty with her," said the 22-year-old.
"I think Karren's a beautiful woman and I personally love her and I think she's amazing."
A more realistic potential relationship could come with fellow fired candidate Pamela Uddin, who he revealed he had grown close to in the house.
"Pamela and I were also very flirty. We used to go off and have little chats in the house," he said.
"We were very...
Akhtar was one of the three fired candidates in tonight's (October 17) semi-final and the technology entrepreneur has opened up about what really went on in series 10.
"I think Karren and I were very flirty. Or I was very flirty with her," said the 22-year-old.
"I think Karren's a beautiful woman and I personally love her and I think she's amazing."
A more realistic potential relationship could come with fellow fired candidate Pamela Uddin, who he revealed he had grown close to in the house.
"Pamela and I were also very flirty. We used to go off and have little chats in the house," he said.
"We were very...
- 12/17/2014
- Digital Spy
The Apprentice lost two more candidates tonight as Katie Bulmer-Cooke and Sanjay Sood-Smith were both fired by Lord Sugar.
The boss took the opportunity to whittle down the remaining hopefuls from seven to five after a premium puddings task, in which the two teams had to create and pitch new desserts to supermarkets.
Bulmer-Cooke - whose business plan involved opening a healthy restaurant - was the project manager for Team Tenacity and managed to shift 13,500 units of her unusually-flavoured trifles to Asda.
However, she lost out after Team Summit - led by project manager Roisin Hogan, whose business plan involves selling ready meals - won an order of 5,500 of her tea-flavoured cheesecakes from Waitrose and a further 20,000 from Tesco.
With just Bulmer-Cooke, Sood-Smith and Mark Wright left in Tenacity, all three of them were forced to return to the Boardroom and they all seemed in danger at various points.
Bulmer-Cooke...
The boss took the opportunity to whittle down the remaining hopefuls from seven to five after a premium puddings task, in which the two teams had to create and pitch new desserts to supermarkets.
Bulmer-Cooke - whose business plan involved opening a healthy restaurant - was the project manager for Team Tenacity and managed to shift 13,500 units of her unusually-flavoured trifles to Asda.
However, she lost out after Team Summit - led by project manager Roisin Hogan, whose business plan involves selling ready meals - won an order of 5,500 of her tea-flavoured cheesecakes from Waitrose and a further 20,000 from Tesco.
With just Bulmer-Cooke, Sood-Smith and Mark Wright left in Tenacity, all three of them were forced to return to the Boardroom and they all seemed in danger at various points.
Bulmer-Cooke...
- 12/10/2014
- Digital Spy
Felipe Alviar-Baquero became the 13th candidate to be fired from The Apprentice tonight after his attempt to show initiative went badly wrong.
The two teams were given the classic task of buying a series of items but Lord Sugar was furious when lawyer Alviar-Baquero bought a paper skeleton instead of an upright version.
Although the paper version fit the specifications outlined by Lord Sugar, he fined Team Tenacity £310 which resulted in them failing the task.
Team Tenacity's project manager Daniel Lassman - who was forced to return to the Boardroom for the fourth time this series - chose to bring back Alviar-Baquero and Katie Bulmer-Cooke, allowing Mark Wright to return to the house in safety.
Although Lord Sugar did question whether Bulmer-Cooke has more to offer than just "common sense", he announced that he was going to keep her around this week, leaving just Lassman and Alviar-Baquero in danger.
Lord Sugar...
The two teams were given the classic task of buying a series of items but Lord Sugar was furious when lawyer Alviar-Baquero bought a paper skeleton instead of an upright version.
Although the paper version fit the specifications outlined by Lord Sugar, he fined Team Tenacity £310 which resulted in them failing the task.
Team Tenacity's project manager Daniel Lassman - who was forced to return to the Boardroom for the fourth time this series - chose to bring back Alviar-Baquero and Katie Bulmer-Cooke, allowing Mark Wright to return to the house in safety.
Although Lord Sugar did question whether Bulmer-Cooke has more to offer than just "common sense", he announced that he was going to keep her around this week, leaving just Lassman and Alviar-Baquero in danger.
Lord Sugar...
- 12/3/2014
- Digital Spy
The Apprentice candidate James Hill was fired by Lord Sugar after a shambolic performance as project manager for Team Summit in tonight's episode.
The nine remaining hopefuls had been tasked with selling products at the Royal Bath and West Show, but Hill ignored his team's advice about which products to sell, lost the opportunity to sell hot tubs after getting their owner's name wrong - and then lied about it - and argued with Roisin Hogan.
When Hogan advised him to tell the truth about losing the hot tubs, he replied: "That might be your advice, but what do I want to do? Today, it's important what I want to do, isn't it?"
Ultimately, losing the hot tubs to Team Tenacity - led by Felipe Alviar-Baquero - proved to be a disastrous outcome as in the Boardroom it emerged that Summit had made £4,757.50 while Tenacity had racked up sales of £30,115.25 after shifting ten jacuzzis.
The nine remaining hopefuls had been tasked with selling products at the Royal Bath and West Show, but Hill ignored his team's advice about which products to sell, lost the opportunity to sell hot tubs after getting their owner's name wrong - and then lied about it - and argued with Roisin Hogan.
When Hogan advised him to tell the truth about losing the hot tubs, he replied: "That might be your advice, but what do I want to do? Today, it's important what I want to do, isn't it?"
Ultimately, losing the hot tubs to Team Tenacity - led by Felipe Alviar-Baquero - proved to be a disastrous outcome as in the Boardroom it emerged that Summit had made £4,757.50 while Tenacity had racked up sales of £30,115.25 after shifting ten jacuzzis.
- 11/26/2014
- Digital Spy
Pamela Uddin became the tenth candidate to be fired in tonight's episode of The Apprentice.
The 22-year-old was sent packing after she spearheaded a relationship board game which was variously described as "sexist" and "offensive".
Uddin was the project manager for Team Tenacity, who came up with The Relationship Guru - featuring questions penned by Daniel Lassman such as: "Women dislike which food the most - pizza, carrots, or chicken salad?"
The team initially struggled to pitch the product to retailers, who were wary of its "sexist" nature, but team member Mark Wright proved successful in making deals.
The team eventually made sales of £1101.25 - while Team Summit, led by James Hill, chalked up sales of £2080 with Roisin Hogan's geography-themed game GeoKnow.
Uddin chose to bring back Daniel Lassman and Lauren Riley into the Boardroom, accusing Lassman of being "obstructive", "destructive", "aggressive" and "extremely hard to work with" and...
The 22-year-old was sent packing after she spearheaded a relationship board game which was variously described as "sexist" and "offensive".
Uddin was the project manager for Team Tenacity, who came up with The Relationship Guru - featuring questions penned by Daniel Lassman such as: "Women dislike which food the most - pizza, carrots, or chicken salad?"
The team initially struggled to pitch the product to retailers, who were wary of its "sexist" nature, but team member Mark Wright proved successful in making deals.
The team eventually made sales of £1101.25 - while Team Summit, led by James Hill, chalked up sales of £2080 with Roisin Hogan's geography-themed game GeoKnow.
Uddin chose to bring back Daniel Lassman and Lauren Riley into the Boardroom, accusing Lassman of being "obstructive", "destructive", "aggressive" and "extremely hard to work with" and...
- 11/12/2014
- Digital Spy
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