Thursday, 14 October 2010

The Apprentice Recap: Week 2

It’s week two, and it’s going to take a lot to top last week’s episode, but by golly they gave it a crack. Last week the boy’s fell apart, and this week it was the turn of the girls.

This week’s task was to come up with a new beach accessory and see if any retailers would buy the product. Bear in mind that no team has ever had zero orders on a task like this.

With the boys being a man down after poor Raleigh left the competition, Stella was sent over to their team Project Manager, whilst Laura stepped up for the girls. Stella seemed to be able to handle the boys quite well. Laura on the other hand had a lot of trouble handling the catty girls, with power-crazed Joanna being the most difficult one to manage.

The boys and Stella’s product was a towel with a pillow which also kept your drinks cool, and the girls came up with a bookstand - innovative huh?

In the boardroom, surprise surprise, the girls lost the task, with no orders whatsoever, prompting Amstrad's business guru to call it the “Worst performance ever”.

Brilliantly enough it might not have been too bad at all had Laura not turned down an exclusivity deal with Boots! Despite this massive cock-up, it was Joy who left. She didn't say anything anyway, so she's probably not too much of a loss at this stage.


Quote of the night goes to Jamie: “When I open my mouth, I’m like a champagne bottle that will explode if I don’t get it out of my system.” Don’t open your ruddy mouth again then, Jeez!