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The Apprentice - Am I a reality TV snob ?

June 14, 2007

OK so I have to admit that whilst I have less than zero time for Big Brother I do like to watch the wanabee entrepenures kiss Sir Alan’s ass in the BBC’s Apprentice.

And as much as the latest incarnation of series 12 of “Ballroom dancing on ice dressed as joseph singing the sound of music” leaves me cold I’m gutted if I miss an episode of The Apprentice or Dragons Den.

Does this make me a reality TV snob ?

Well yep I guess so - In the same way that the celebrity obsessed and talentless wanabee’s look to Big Brother to see just how long you can talk about nothing of substance … I can’t help but watch the apprentice to see how inept these so called highflyers are and just how much bull they will spout to claw their way to the top.

Anyone for childs vomit in Araldite ?

What amazes me is the total lack of common sense in middle management and the business world - I mean come on out of 10,000 this was the best of the bunch ?

What scares me even more is that they probably ARE the best of the applicants. I could mention the Katie scandals and the sleeze but the thing that always brings me back is the cringe worthy bitching and in ability to make simple obvious decisions.

I have to be honest I’m not that interested in the highroller lifestyle of naff gold tabs or a flash car but to me it’s a wonder half of them even had decent jobs to quit in their quest to become the apprentice.

Lohit spouted nonsense, he was a walking wordsicle and never really got to the point if in fact he ever really knew what his point was. Paul was a muppet, in fact they were all muppets - Thankfully Sir Alan is a no bull businessman (this is probably why he has what he has) and finally he narrowed it down to two.

But the question are business peoples and UK business learning from any of this ?

Or does 90% of UK middle management watch it, cringe like hell and then turn up for work the next day fitting back into the bullshit bingo culture playing the game and not rocking the boat as long as the bonuses keep coming ? My guess is yes.

Simon the eventual winner was probably the best of a bad bunch although as the series progressed I wanted to see Trey in the final - yes he was a loose cannon but he always said it as he saw it and his character stuck out in a bunch of chinless wonders and ego maniacs.

So the final came down to Simon and Christina after the evil publicity seeking Katie became the new Nasty Nick in the tabloids. She then randomly boasted in last interview that she had a BA gold card … I mean please … if thats really impresses someone would you really want to impress them in the first place.

Evil Egotist Katie v The Ever Slow Paul

The last task between the two remaining finalists is always the best. It gives the viewer a refresher of just how terrible the other contentants were when they come back to help out. You’d have throught they would use it as an opportunity for them to try and put themselves in a better light …

But no they come back like lambs to the slaughter having learnt nothing … Rory still the self opinionated toff “designer” with no creativity, Adam the still gobby car salesman & Paul the lacklustre home counties boy who got his leg over with Katie (who I pity more I don’t know).

I guess as they have all in one way or another torpedoed their business careers we can only look forward to a raft of second rate channel 12 business related shows. Although the odds are long on Simon presenting under the hammer or the TV guide to being a good landlord.

The good thing is no sooner has The Apprentice run its course than we have another batch coming through in ITV’s Tycoon a new series with Peter Jones of Dragons Den fame - certain to be better than that Ruth Badger’s attempt at TV.

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