Somebody seperate the girls!

by The Receptionist on September 29th, 2009

After this week’s episode, I think we can all see it is time to separate the teams before the girl’s pull each other’s hair out. Everybody is talking about the fireworks between Aoiffe and Geraldine however did anyone notice Lucinda getting the dig in at Geraldine’s opinion of the billboards while in the taxi. Unfortunately for Aoiffe, she has been shown as the first candidate to really have a rant about someone, but something tells me it’s in her character to do so anyway.

I really did enjoy Lucinda and Aoiffe’s effort at trying to go up for team leader but secretly praying to themselves that someone else would take the job instead. Girls, come on, you are going to have to step up to the plate at some stage.

As for the presentations, fair play to Samantha for coming up with the concept but the music? I was half expecting 10 knights on horseback to ride in. Her ideas are a bit way out there for me. Poor Setanta died a death while the rest of his team stood mute.

Breffny can be safe in the knowledge that if his stint on The Apprentice does not work out, he can always get a gig on a Kleenex ad. Several stages last night I thought he was going to need the tissues. I thought his comment on how you can’t fool Bill twice was a classic as… eh Bref you already have?

And finally Donal, what can I say. I hated his negativity and his temper; however I did think last night he may have been a little unlucky. Stephen and Brendan obviously have a little “boys together” plan, and so Donal and Boardroom Bref were the obvious options to bring back.

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Episode 2 catch up

by Meteor on September 29th, 2009

Creativity was the name of the game in this week’s task, when both teams were asked to create an advertising billboard for the Samsung Jet mobile phone.  Both Stephen and Lucinda were chosen as team leaders, however for someone with marketing experience, Lucinda was a bit slow in putting herself foward.

Samantha was the one to step up to the plate for the girls providing a concept early on in the day, while the boys struggled to come up with anything decent. In fact they were still trying to come up with the concept just before they went into production. Both teams had to present their billboards. The girls had quite a dramatic affair using a piece of music that Samantha decided to compose especially for the presentation. The boys waffled their way through their presentation and left out an integral part of the brief.
Back in the boardroom the boys were under fire once again. Stephen chose to bring Donal and Breffny back into the boardroom – déjà vu for the boys.  Stephen learned the hard way that you have to have a direction to know where you are going in any project. Breffny huffed and puffed in his usual style, but in the end Donal had to take the firing.

Episode 1 Catch-up

by Meteor on September 22nd, 2009

The first show of The Apprentice got off to a flying start with both boys and girls selling ice cream in Dublin. After deciding team names, Chú Chulainn for the boys and Platinum for the girls, they set about their first task. The girls took a strategic approach and were off selling way before the boys, who were still fighting over which was the more popular ice cream.

Ruth and Craig put themselves up for project manager. Craig showed to be a weak team leader and was soon being overruled by the more vocal Steve. Samantha also proved very vocal indeed. It appeared the girl could just not stop singing which led to Jackie pointing out that there was no room for theatrics in business.

Craig as project manager found it hard to make decisions and was the reason that the boys ran out of stock half way through. Meanwhile the girls were selling heavily, with Geraldine showing her family street trading skills and “getting rid of the lot”.

Back in the boardroom, where it was revealed that the boys had made the lesser profit, the girls were sent off to enjoy a lovely meal while the boys were forced to face Bill’s interrogation. Bill was not impressed with Donal’s negativity and lack of smiling, but in the end it was Craig who was sent home.