Friday, June 15, 2007
Apprentice Series 3 Episode 12 (UK)
My enthusiasm for this series has waned towards the latter stages, but I guess I should finish up by including a post on the final episode of the series which was shown on Wednesday night.
The finalists - Simon and Kristina - were tasked with coming with a new concept to replace the IBM building on London's South Bank. They were joined by some of the fired ex contestants. Predictably, both teams up came up with two large, glass-fronted "monstrous carbuncles" that showed little or no sensitivity for the existing, predominately low rise, architecture of the surrounding areas.
We never really found out who was judged to have won the task itself, but the show ended with Sir Alan hiring internet entrepreneur Simon Ambrose as his next Apprentice. I thought Kristina was the more suitable candidate, but Sir Alan obviously sees something in Simon which is I guess why he kept him in, even after the TV selling debacle in which he pretty must ballsed up everything. In fact, if you ever watch that episode again, you'd be amazed that the person who was so awful would go on to win.
So that's that. I think the series has been a tad disappointing. Some of the tasks were uninspired and too similar to previous ones. Despite everything Sir Alan said to the contrary at the beginning, this is all about a TV show and the business side of it is just the backdrop to that rather than being the primary focus in my opinion. And with that in mind, I found it distasteful how they hung Katie out to dry, as she was one of the most compelling characters in their TV show, since that's what it is.
I was amused to hear what the job Sir Alan has for Simon is. If you think of Sir Alan, you tend to think of cheap consumer electronics. But the job on offer to the Apprentice is nothing to do with that. Sir Alan wants him to be involved with a new hotel and golf complex he is building. The emulation of Donald Trump is complete.
Next week sees a new show called Tycoon on ITV1. The trailer I saw recently was terribly corny but it should be interesting. I'll probably blog about it over on my TV blog, Did You See That.
The finalists - Simon and Kristina - were tasked with coming with a new concept to replace the IBM building on London's South Bank. They were joined by some of the fired ex contestants. Predictably, both teams up came up with two large, glass-fronted "monstrous carbuncles" that showed little or no sensitivity for the existing, predominately low rise, architecture of the surrounding areas.
We never really found out who was judged to have won the task itself, but the show ended with Sir Alan hiring internet entrepreneur Simon Ambrose as his next Apprentice. I thought Kristina was the more suitable candidate, but Sir Alan obviously sees something in Simon which is I guess why he kept him in, even after the TV selling debacle in which he pretty must ballsed up everything. In fact, if you ever watch that episode again, you'd be amazed that the person who was so awful would go on to win.
So that's that. I think the series has been a tad disappointing. Some of the tasks were uninspired and too similar to previous ones. Despite everything Sir Alan said to the contrary at the beginning, this is all about a TV show and the business side of it is just the backdrop to that rather than being the primary focus in my opinion. And with that in mind, I found it distasteful how they hung Katie out to dry, as she was one of the most compelling characters in their TV show, since that's what it is.
I was amused to hear what the job Sir Alan has for Simon is. If you think of Sir Alan, you tend to think of cheap consumer electronics. But the job on offer to the Apprentice is nothing to do with that. Sir Alan wants him to be involved with a new hotel and golf complex he is building. The emulation of Donald Trump is complete.
Next week sees a new show called Tycoon on ITV1. The trailer I saw recently was terribly corny but it should be interesting. I'll probably blog about it over on my TV blog, Did You See That.
Labels: apprentice, review, tv
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