The Apprentice 2007

[SiMoN!]

Starting soon-ish
cant wait - hope there some good people on like last time

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I think it will start in just 2 weeks time, hopefully. I'll just check my TV Schedule...

[MarkWaldorf]

I watched some of the last series, and I watched the Comic Relief special last night. I really enjoyed it, so I'll tune in for the first episode and see what I think.

[*M*a*TT*H*ew*]

I think it will start on Wednesday 28th March, at 9.00pm on BBC One. So, hopefully the 14 business people will actually have skills, as well as entertainment.
In Series 1, they all had great business skills and talents. Even though Series 2 was a little bit more entertaining, half of them shouldn't have been on the show.

[MarkWaldorf]

I didn't watch any of the past series, so I can't say anything, but I hope they're really good.

[BigSister]

i watched series 2 and enjoyed it so ill be watching series 3

[GiRTh]

I hope it's not like last years fiasco.

[Pipergun]

I bet it'll start on 4th April - when I'm in Germany, haha! :tongue:

It's always my luck with these kind of things! :laugh:

I have watched both series 1 and 2... I'll definitely be tuning in.

It's a very classy programme Imo, all the atmospheric music, the production, helps to keep the show's top-notch standard.

A lot of it is staged though, like "The Boardroom" is in a TV studio, and the week 1-12 etc, isn't the exact time span, just means that it shouldn't be taken too seriously.

[SiMoN!]

Originally posted by Crikilburn
I think it will start on Wednesday 28th March, at 9.00pm on BBC One. So, hopefully the 14 business people will actually have skills, as well as entertainment.
In Series 1, they all had great business skills and talents. Even though Series 2 was a little bit more entertaining, half of them shouldn't have been on the show.

lol
i think tey should be a mix this year

but there was some good people last time - Ruth

[Arneldo]

I cant get into The Apprentice, i just think its so boring. Even the Comic Reilef one was dull.

[Red Moon]

THE NEW APPRENTICES
KATE Middleton’s former boss is one of the hopefuls due to take part in the new series of The Apprentice.

Others include a quantum physicist, a housewife, a former Army lieutenant and a woman who was offered a job as a secret agent with MI5, but turned it down to appear on the programme.

All 16 lambs-to-the-slaughter are hoping for a £100,000 a year job with business tycoon Sir Alan Sugar but each week one will be booted off with the now infamous words “You’re fired”.

One of the group includes bankrupt waiter Rory Laing. He has fallen on hard times after once running a catering firm which supplied the Henley Regatta with posh public-school bar staff.

Prince William’s girlfriend Kate was one of his employees.

Having beaten over 10,000 applicants to appear on the show, the contestants face a much tougher job – winning over the stern Sir Alan.

He said: “This is the job interview from hell.”

Some of this year’s tasks involve selling sweets at London Zoo and designing accessories for pet pooches.

Two separate teams will live together in a mansion in Notting Hill, west London.

The third series will be shown on BBC1 rather than BBC2, thanks to its enormous success.

Source: The Mirror (http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/tm_headline=the-new-apprentices&method=full&objectid=18782656&siteid=89520-name_page.html)

[BigSister]

haha theres some1 from Blackburn on it i hope he doesnt get fired first

[SiMoN!]

Originally posted by Red Moon

THE NEW APPRENTICES
KATE Middleton’s former boss is one of the hopefuls due to take part in the new series of The Apprentice.

Others include a quantum physicist, a housewife, a former Army lieutenant and a woman who was offered a job as a secret agent with MI5, but turned it down to appear on the programme.

All 16 lambs-to-the-slaughter are hoping for a £100,000 a year job with business tycoon Sir Alan Sugar but each week one will be booted off with the now infamous words “You’re fired”.

One of the group includes bankrupt waiter Rory Laing. He has fallen on hard times after once running a catering firm which supplied the Henley Regatta with posh public-school bar staff.

Prince William’s girlfriend Kate was one of his employees.

Having beaten over 10,000 applicants to appear on the show, the contestants face a much tougher job – winning over the stern Sir Alan.

He said: “This is the job interview from hell.”

Some of this year’s tasks involve selling sweets at London Zoo and designing accessories for pet pooches.

Two separate teams will live together in a mansion in Notting Hill, west London.

The third series will be shown on BBC1 rather than BBC2, thanks to its enormous success.

Source: The Mirror (http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/tm_headline=the-new-apprentices&method=full&objectid=18782656&siteid=89520-name_page.html)

thansk for that
cant wait

hope it as good as last yr

[*M*a*TT*H*ew*]

16 candidates is a lot to handle with, and if there will only be 12 airing weeks, then there will have to be double firings! :bigsmile:
But trust me, The Apprentice will be good this year, so please watch it. It airs in just 1 week, at 9.00pm on BBC One.

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Names and pictures of the 16 candidates battling for The Apprentice, have already been released, a week before it airs, next Wednesday at 9.00pm on BBC1. So just in case, I covered the names if you didn't wanted them to be secret:


The Boys
Adam
Andy
Simon
Ifti
Holit
Rory
Paul

The Girls
Gerri
Jadine
Natalie
Sophie
Kristina
Ghazal
Katie

You can find the pictures here! (http://comedything.blogspot.com/)

[SiMoN!]

thanks for thta

yay simon will win lol

shouold be good

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This is the third time that we have a Paul in The Apprentice UK.

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The BBC website has been updated, saying "coming soon"...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/apprentice/

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Just 4 days to go until we see them. The website has now been fully updated, and you can view each of the 16 candidates' profiles.

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3 Days To Go! :colour:

I just can't wait until Wednesday night, it will be fantastic. Come on, nobody realy posts on this thread, so calling ALL APPRENTICE fans here! This is the thread for all Apprentice shows and pre-news and gossip. Latest: Tim has quit!
I know, it really is shocking. First Michelle from S2 quits, now Tim from S1 quits. I think they just need to realise how tough this is, and see this as a game.

[BigSister]

Andy probably was the best 1 to go but i dont like either of the 2other girls so I hope they go soon. Trey(I think) looks an handful and Adam is the 1 from Blackburn so ill be cheering him on

[Pipergun]

I think Andy was the right choice to go, although Sophie wasn't half as innocent as she tried to make out.

Andy was just too nice, and trusting. He should've took the bull by the horns, and kept a beady eye on what everyone was doing. They also lacked any sort of planning.

However, the downward spiral started, in my eyes, once Andy was forced into the PM role by the others: he should've spoken up and offered Adam the role, who actually wanted it.

It's far to early to say, but almost all of them seem far to cocky about their own abilities. I can see Tre, Simon and Rory becoming annoying for the men, and I don't take to Gerri or Sophie, either.

[BigSister]

Tre could be another Syed IMO. I dont like those 2 girls either Tom

[andybigbro]

i watched this on wednesday and i liked it i am going to watch it this week

[GiRTh]

Jadine. Nasty piece of work.

They stiched Andy up and he wasn't bright enough to even contemplate it would happen. I love this show. They all think they're such hot sh*t only to find they dont quite have what its takes. Great TV.

[James]

I watched a recording and enjoyed the start to the series. I always noticed how the most prominent members of the teams - with the biggest personalities - are always making the worst business decisions.

Alan Sugar probably didn't see Andy ever winning the competition so that's why he fired him.

[GiRTh]

Mods, here's the other Apprentice thread.

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There will be a double firing on Wednesday...

[Pipergun]

Really!? Where'd you find that out from? :shocked:

- You might want to put that in a spoiler, so that those who don't want to know don't have to! :thumbs:

[SiMoN!]

i am glad he went
he wasa right prat - thinking he's all that


was a good challege

[*M*a*TT*H*ew*]

Here are the Apprentice's ratings so far:

28th March - 5.0 million
4th April - 4.7 million

Series 3 is averaging at 4.8 million.

[BigSister]

haha i must be some million because i didnt watch it last night. I didnt recognise the 2 who went out though so they must not have been very good

[Ruth]

That Rory was a complete t**t.

Tre is annoying and argumentative, but most of the points he was making were good ones. Rory just wanted a compliant little team, who would not dare question anything he said. His idea was rubbish and Tre was the one who had the guts to say it to his face (for all the good it did).

[x_mel_x]

Tre is so annoying but i was glad Rory went-he was to posh and snobby!

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Lohit is a complete nobody. He hasn't talked very much, and he isn't given enough air time.
Now that there are 13 candidates, I hope actually says something useful.

[GiRTh]

hilarious episode. First it was ifti for the shifty, then Rory had to go. I like Tre. He could be great entertainment

[Ruth]

Exactly. I think Tre should be kept in at all costs, because he will be the most entertaining one of the lot. Well apart from Jadine, who disturbs me on so many levels.

[GiRTh]

Jadine is very scary.

For once the women are united. That means the boys are in trouble.

Edit: Gazal. She's Purrty.

[Red Moon]

For those that are interested there is a podcast for the programme:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/programmes/apprentice.shtml

[James]

It was a bit unfair that the boys' team won orders from two out of three of the retailers but still lost when the third retailer was worth so much more. The tip about selling the hardest to the big retailer would be alright in normal business circumstances but in this task they didn't have an option but to pitch to all three retailers.

lol at the Rambo belt - no-one's ever going to use that, the dog cabinet was an okay novelty item I suppose.

[Legend]

I decided to watch this series and i'm really into it. Was made up Rory went, he annoyed me from the word go... 'take your ties off'... why? Stuff like that really irratate me. I'm really liking Tre too for entertainment and because he does talk sense, i agree with almost everything he's been saying.

As for Jadine, she's obsessed with making sure 'ECLYPSE' are mentioned somehow on their products... the tea and now dog challenge.

One of my favourite shows at the minute.

[SiMoN!]

cant watch it tonight - mum want ot watch street lights or something like that

but i will watch it on demand someday

[GiRTh]

Another good episode last night. I'm surprised Gerri went, I wanted Naomi to go; she didn't have clue. Jadine was quality and Tre is by far the most entertaining contender. The bit where he summed up his vproject management skills nearly made me fall off my seat. having said that, the girls tactics were very disturbing. I'm shocked at how willing they were to sell kisses and dismayed at the lacklustre response to Dr Sophie Kain who objected to it. Dirty stinking *****s. Sorry. I'm calling it as I see it.

[Red Moon]

I was surprised the girls didn't get more of a ticking off for selling the kisses. He seemed to go lightly on them with a passing reference to prostitution.

I thought the boy's final looked good fun and it must have brought the group together and they all seemed to be having fun singing in the pubs.

[BigSister]

Im glad gerri went as shes annoyed me since the first series. Glad the boys won a round though i didnt see it were they split up boys/girls or were they mixed

[James]

The girls business selection was wrong in the first place so it didn't matter about the location (in this instance).

Tre's line - shown in the 'You're fired' show - about the Paul and Katie relationship was funny... 'this is The Apprentice not Celebrity Love Island!' hah.

[Pipergun]

In my opinion, Jadine was on her way home until Gerri opened her mouth in the final boardroom.

Both Jadine and Naomi could string together logical arguments to back themselves in the boardroom, whether they were valid or not. Gerri seemed to be incapable of doing this. This was her downfall in my opinion.

[Red Moon]

Originally posted by JamesTre's line - shown in the 'You're fired' show - about the Paul and Katie relationship was funny... 'this is The Apprentice not Celebrity Love Island!' hah.

It's so strange the clearly like each other to find that sort of thing going on in the Apprentice. It was the last show on earth I would have expected romance from.

[James]

I wonder if they that is reason they rearranged the teams before the start of the task - so that those two would be together.

The change seemed a bit pointless at the time.

Alan Sugar's column in the Mirror about the previous show... http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/tm_headline=why-i-had-to-give-gerri-the-kiss-off--&method=full&objectid=18892337&siteid=89520-name_page.html

[Noopie]

Originally posted by BigSister
Im glad gerri went as shes annoyed me since the first series.

What do you mean the first series.. this is the third series! It's with completely different candidates!

[dupin]

I'm not sure if I like any of them...I guess I like Katie, Jadine and Tre. I can't stand Adam and Naomi.

My friends mum is friends with Katie (no lying), but SPOILERS BELOW
















My friend told me that Katie was first to be fired, which is obviously not true, but I'm guessing she doesn't make it very far. Or my friend doesn't know what she's talking about.

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Admin edited: if you are going to put spoilers use spolier tags. http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forum/images/aventure/bb_spoil.gif

[Ruth]

Originally posted by Pipergun
In my opinion, Jadine was on her way home until Gerri opened her mouth in the final boardroom.

Both Jadine and Naomi could string together logical arguments to back themselves in the boardroom, whether they were valid or not. Gerri seemed to be incapable of doing this. This was her downfall in my opinion.

My thoughts exactly. Effectively, Gerri saved Jadine!

[BigSister]

i meant the first episode not the first series
Anyway was surpised Sophie went I didnt get to see it last night but thought she could have survived a few more weeks at least

[GiRTh]

I liked Sophie but she shot herself in the foot when she revealed she didn't like selling products she didn't believe in.

[Red Moon]

This years lot seem to be a right shower, I really don't know where they found them.

They are so unorganized and have so few leadership skills. It's no wonder the country is in a mess with people like this in business.

Most of them I wouldn't even had given the chance to be on the show and poor Sir Alan is going to have to hire one of them.

[MarkWaldorf]

I'm enjoying it this year.

Sophie definately sent herself home after that comment. Ruined her completely.

[andybigbro]

Originally posted by Markus™
I'm enjoying it this year.

Sophie definately sent herself home after that comment. Ruined her completely.

Totally Agree

I Love this years its the first year i watched it

My Business Managment Teacher Advised my class to because its about business

[Ruth]

Sophie got herself fired - not intentionally, but it was obvious he was going to get rid of her after she said that she didn't like selling. Actually I would have preferred that it was the other girl (Natalie?) who had gone. She made the cock up with the labelling, which would have been okay if she had admitted it, but she refused to admit it until she had no choice.

I don't think much of many of them to be honest. Gazel didn't seem to have a clue, and it was sheer luck and bad tactics on the other team which enabled her team to win. I quite like Simon and Tre and that's about it.

[Pipergun]

We seem to have similar opinions, Ruth! :spin:

Sophie fired herself after saying that she "wasn't comfortable selling products that she didn't feel were good value for money". Not only does this go against the need of a profit to keep a company going, but also shows that she forgot about the cost of packaging, producing and marketing the sweets, all of which have a major influence over the success of a product.

As for the other team, Ghazal was extremely lucky in my opnion, that the other team cocked up on the selling. She would've taken up Sophie's seat in the taxi if the other team had earnt the extra £10. She showed poor leadership, and simply wasn't able to command and control her team.

[James]

Natalie reminds me of Patsy Palmer, a bit... 'Ricky!'

[James]

Contestants websites. Some of them have the contestants' diaries about each task, as they are shown...

Lohit: http://lohitkalburgi.kk5.org/home/4520786241

Tre: http://www.treazam.com

Sophie: http://www.sugarkain.co.uk

Ghazal: http://www.ghazalasif.com/

Gerri: http://www.gerriblackwood.com/

Adam: http://www.adamhosker.co.uk

Naomi: http://www.naomilay.com

Andy: http://www.andyjacksonlimited.co.uk/

Natalie: http://www.nataliewood-apprentice.co.uk/

[Sophii3x]

Great show today! Adam is my fave, I love him!:bigsmile:

[BigSister]

Im biased though soph he come sfrom blackburn but yeah i like him too
I also like simon as well he seems cool and im starting to like tre too

[James]

One of the most obvious sackings yet. Natalie should have taken Katie into the boardroom but seemed not to because they were friends. SAS was never going to sack Adam when he had actually sold some pictures. Katie also looked to me to be the one most in charge instead of Natalie, but didn't understand the soft sell approach, while applicable in a real art dealer scenario, wasn't appropriate in a one-day task. Adam, despite being called negative, has got a lot of decisions right in the series so far.

£900 - £2000 is an awful lot to pay for a photograph that could be copied thousands of times if necessary.

Katie reminds me of Carol Thatcher. That is all.

[Ruth]

Natalie shot herself in the foot by taking Adam back into the boardroom. It was obvious he wasn't going to get the sack, because he did the job he was given, and also made two sales. Natalie let her personal feelings towards Adam make her decision to bring him back in. If she had been objective, she could have taken Katie back in, and I think there's a strong chance that Katie would have been fired.

Actually I find Katie irritating beyond belief. She's not actually that good at anything she does, but she clearly thinks so much of herself that she probably thinks she should be Alan Sugar's boss, rather than the other way around.

I like Kristina, Tre (purely for entertainment purposes) and Simon. Don't like Katie. The rest are non-entities really.

[GiRTh]

I'm starting to really dislike katie. It's not due to her lack of any tangible skills, but more for the constant comments that she makes behind her fellow contestants backs. That seem quite cowardly to me.

I think if Natalie had taken Katie in to the boardroom, I still think Natalie would have gone. Katie would have sliced her up without hesitating. She's cold blooded. Mark my words.

[Ruth]

I think you're right about Katie. When she said that she hoped Adam would get run over by a car, I thought it was a vile thing to say. She might have meant it as a joke, but I think it showed her true colours. I wouldn't trust her for a second.

[Sophii3x]

Originally posted by Ruth
I think you're right about Katie. When she said that she hoped Adam would get run over by a car, I thought it was a vile thing to say. She might have meant it as a joke, but I think it showed her true colours. I wouldn't trust her for a second.

I was shocked when she said that, cow.:rolleyes:
I can't stand Katie, she really gets on my nerves, I hope she gets fired soon.

[Pipergun]

Katie's comment about wanting Adam to be run over was cold-hearted and far too personal for my liking. Nothing gives her the right to wish someone dead! The funny thing is, her natural ability doesn't live up to all her pontificating! :spin:

Natalie's fate was sealed, like you've said, when she chose Adam, who although negative, had sold well, to return over Katie. I still think Natalie would've gone if Katie was with her, but there would've been a chance for Katie to have been booted out.

Natalie was a kind-hearted character, but like SAS said, she was out of her depth.

Kristina's team wiped the floor with the others, but I think that was largely down to Kristina, Paul and Tre.

At this point in time, I'd put the final three as Kristina, Tre and Simon, with Adam or Paul perhaps coming into the equation. To me though, the first three of those currently appear to be the strongest.

I'm already looking forward to Katie's firing, seeing the wind get knocked out of her sails! :laugh:

[BigSister]

*joins the Katie bandwagon*
OMG did she say that i mean I dont like "some people" but i wouldnt want them dead tut
oh and i like tre now too ruth

[MarkWaldorf]

Personally, Adam should have been fired IMO. He did manage to sell, but he is very negative and doesn't really add anything.

[GiRTh]

Originally posted by Markus™
Personally, Adam should have been fired IMO. He did manage to sell, but he is very negative and doesn't really add anything. I see what you're saying but I don't agree. Adam has been negative but much of the time his negativity has been right. This bunch are easily the worst bunch of the three series. It's come to something when Tre looks like a good finalist.

The decision was right last night , but Adam has been in the boardroom twice so he needs to watch out.

[James]

In reality TV shows there are certain lines that people say, or descriptions about people, that stand out. Katie's line about there being 'energisers' and 'sappers' in life, and that Adam was a 'sapper' has stood out and is now something he will always be known for.

Jadine and Ghazal were hardly featured in that episode by the way. Always a clue that their team won the task when some people aren't featured much.

James Max from the first series of The Apprentice writes quite an interesting blog about this series. If you are interested - http://journals.aol.co.uk/jamesmaxblog/the-apprentice-2007/

[GiRTh]

^^Good to see James Max is doing well. I like to see all cast offs from reality TV landing on their feet. Good one James (Max).

[MarkWaldorf]

Originally posted by GiRTh
Originally posted by Markus™
Personally, Adam should have been fired IMO. He did manage to sell, but he is very negative and doesn't really add anything. I see what you're saying but I don't agree. Adam has been negative but much of the time his negativity has been right. This bunch are easily the worst bunch of the three series. It's come to something when Tre looks like a good finalist.

The decision was right last night , but Adam has been in the boardroom twice so he needs to watch out.

Adams hanging on a thread. Especially seeing as a lot of them are trying to get him out, it's cause they know he can sell. It's what he does. I read some spoilers on DS, and well;

Tre is not in the final.

[dupin]

Well I could see that coming.

I personally like Katie, I think she's quite funny, not qualified to win it. I think Jadine is probably the best person for Alan to choose, I like her as well, and someone who's name has escaped me completley...one of the men who has only just started getting screen time. He seemed pretty cool, and professional.

[Ruth]

I don't think Adam is negative really. It's just that some of the others are so far up their own backsides, and they spout a lot of rubbish (Katie being a prime example - she talks the talk, but never actually does anything). Adam just doesn't like their claptrap.

I have a feeling that Tre would annoy the heck out of me if I had to work with him, but I also think a lot of the things he says ring true - he need to work on his diplomacy skills is all. His comment about some of the artwork (where he said that there was a piece on sale for three grand, and yet you could buy all the separate parts for about 60 quid!) was right, and many of the points he has made have been right.

Jadine has gone all quiet over the last couple of weeks, since SAS gave her a bit of a warning. I prefer the old Jadine!

[Pipergun]

I think you're going to get her back on tonight's episode, Ruth!

One of the preview clips on the BBC Apprentice page shows her and Naomi being moody with their male teammates on the ferry to France... sounds like she's coming back to form! :laugh:

[GiRTh]

Absolutely fantastic episode last night. I jumped out of my seat and punched the air when Paul was fired - Truly. It really was a site to behold - After the disappoinment of the Champions league semi finals I finally had something to cheer.

Katie is digging a deeper and deeper hole for herself. Does she not think that SAS watches his own show and can seen how she's behaving. She's a snob, she duplicitous, she's controlling, arrogant and thinks she's always right and everybody should back every decision she makes. Plus, the comments that she makes about her fellow contestants are getgin more and more vicious. I will enjoy it when she gets fired.

I was quite impressed by Christina last night and her willingmess to slice Paul. Un fortunately though, the time is definitely up for Adam. The housemates faces when he came back form the board room was the funniest moment of the night.

[Ruth]

I quite like Adam tbh. Paul made the same mistake that Natalie made last week - should have taken Katie in, but went down the vindictive route instead. What a first class t**t. I'm glad he went - I can only hope that Katie, the cold-hearted evil bitch - will be next.

I like Kristina a lot. I like Tre as well, because he's funny.

[GiRTh]

Originally posted by Ruth
I quite like Adam tbh. Paul made the same mistake that Natalie made last week - should have taken Katie in, but went down the vindictive route instead. What a first class t**t. I'm glad he went - I can only hope that Katie, the cold-hearted evil bitch - will be next.

I like Kristina a lot. I like Tre as well, because he's funny. Katie's orange comment about Kristina was funny though.

I agree with you Ruth. Paul should have taken Katie into the board room. I remember in the first USA Apprentice, one of the contestants took their best friend into the boardroom and the two of them ganged up on the other contestant. Why don't more peoploe use this tactic? I would.

[Ruth]

Gotta say that's exactly what I would do too. Take an ally in with you, and get the third person out. Paul didn't have the brains he was born with, taking Adam and Kristina in with him. I think he even said himself that they would gang up on him.

[GiRTh]

Indeed Ruth, Paul seemd to realise it after the fact.

What has happened to Jadine? She was excellent entertainment but now she's gone int a shell.

[BigSister]

Im glad Paul went as well but next week I really hope Katie goes. Im with you Ruth I like Adam as well- but im slightly biased:laugh:

[GiRTh]

It's going to be interesting to see Katie in the boardroom. We know she can be cutting so she could be quite a handful. I dont think you guys will get your wish on Katies first visit to the boardroom, but it will be sweet when she's finally cornered.

Bigsis, do you like Adam cos of the Lancashire connection.:whistle:

[James]

I think if someone was taken into the boardroom just to gang-up on someone else it would look too much like game-playing and not taking the business seriously.

There were some funny moments in that show...

The translation: 'traditionals products of English man' :hugesmile:

Katie's 'too orange to be taken seriously' comment.

Simon's impression of Adam too.

There's usually some extra clips on the Apprentice podcast at http://www.bbc.co.uk/apprentice but I haven't watched it yet.

[MarkWaldorf]

Is Naomi new? I swear I have never seen her on the show before... :|

LMAO @ Katie. The only reason she was hoping for Paul to stay was because they had sex, plus they have a relationship.

[GiRTh]

Originally posted by MarkChap?!

LMAO @ Katie. The only reason she was hoping for Paul to stay was because they had sex, plus they have a relationship. Come again.(sic) When did they have sex?

[MarkWaldorf]

Originally posted by GiRTh
Originally posted by MarkChap?!

LMAO @ Katie. The only reason she was hoping for Paul to stay was because they had sex, plus they have a relationship. Come again.(sic) When did they have sex?

TV'S APPRENTICE lovers Katie Hopkins and Paul Callaghan enjoyed a wild sex session in the loft of the mansion provided by Sir Alan Sugar.
When man-eater Katie, 31, and ex-Army lieutenant Paul, 27, weren't in the board room, they sneaked off to their bawdy room at the top of the £4million Notting Hill house.

And they had noisy romps on a mattress, while the other contestants were downstairs worrying about getting a position with Sir Alan.

Paul was completely smitten with blonde ice queen Katie.

But she later dumped him because she feared the romance would kill her chances of winning the £100,000 job with Sir Alan.

A show insider revealed: "The contestants were all letting their hair down after a tense day doing the doggie task when they had to design a pet product.

"There was no stopping Katie and Paul as the booze flowed. They had been flirting outrageously and obviously just couldn't wait any longer. They ran up the stairs giggling like schoolkids to the empty room and slammed the door behind them. Next morning, Paul admitted they'd had sex.

"That was obvious because of the noises coming from the room. At one point Katie let out a loud groan."

The affair was kept secret until six weeks into the series when Sir Alan went through the roof when he found out what went on under his roof.

In an explosive episode to be screened this Wednesday on BBC1 at 9pm the angry tycoon erupts.

Paul is already in the firing line after leading his team on a task to sell British food in France.

He had left his colleagues in the lurch so he and Katie could go on a private sales mission.

But he took team member Kristina Grimes into the boardroom with him to save Katie's bacon, and she spilled the beans.

Sir Alan yells: "Are you telling me they're carrying on in the house?"

Kristina replies: "Yes they are." and Sir Alan gives Paul a tongue lashing.

[GiRTh]

My my my. No wonder she wasn't pleased to see Adam come (sic) back into the house.

[MarkWaldorf]

No one was pleased to see him back..LOL

[GiRTh]

their faces was the funniest bit of the show. That guys impression was good too.

[Sophii3x]

God, the thought of Katie and Paul having sex just makes me feel sick!

Katie needs to go, last week she wanted Adam dead and this week she wanted Kristina dead, horrible bitch. Tre was hilarious with his sum up of french people! And Paul and the makro cheese was really funny too.

And.. woooo! Adam survived, he's great.

EDIT: Sir Alan is on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross on the 11th of May.

[~Kizwiz~]

I really enjoyed last nights show, and I am soooooooo happy that snotty Paul went.

It was class when Adam and Kristina spilled the beans on the hot love between Paul and Katie.

I think that because she said that Paul was a good leader to Sir Alan when had asked her 2 or 3 times if that was correct and he knew damn well he wasnt has effected Sir Alans respect for her plus the fact that he now knows that shes been knobbing another contestant.

[GiRTh]

Knobbing? That's not very lady like.

[~Kizwiz~]

Originally posted by GiRTh
Knobbing? That's not very lady like.

Is Katie lady like?

[GiRTh]

No. i see your point. She's quite horsey. Does that count?

[~Kizwiz~]

Horsy doesnt mean ladylike....... she just posh

[GiRTh]

and Horsey. She's far from lady like in fact quite the opposite. She's a snob, she's smug and she thinks no one should second guess her. However, she cutting and ruthless. She's a contender. Mark my words.

[~Kizwiz~]

I agree that she is a contender but I think SAS will see thro her but not yet

[BigSister]

Thanks Sophie for that news ^_^

[Red Moon]

It was clear Adam would go tonight. He really messed it up good time and his team could have won if he only got those seeds.

Do you think Katie will do well now she has shown her colours or will SAS get bored with her talking over people and give her the boot?

[Pipergun]

I agree, in Adam being the obvious choice for the firing. He was simply unable to cut any significant deals himself, being outshone by Katie and Kristina, and proved to be uncoordinated and a poor manager of time.

I think Katie will stick it out for a few more weeks yet, but I don't think Sir Alan will hire her: her attitude would make for fireworks in any team that she operates in. She has also been shown to hold personal vendettas, against both Adam and Kristina, seemingly critising what she sees as their slightest mistakes.

I still stick to my guns, in that Kristina is the strongest candidate. She has the all-round skills and persona needed for a successful businesswoman. Plus, she hasn't as yet, found it necessary to backbite. Unlike Katie, who seems to become increasingly offensive each episode, successfully alienating half of the country with, "Adam should be sent back to his chums in the North where he belongs". :shocked:

[BigSister]

including me tom as Adam comes where I live well next door anyway so Katies not on my christmas card list

[Ruth]

I agree Tom. Kristina is a very strong contender, and I think she has good chance of winning (I hope she does, because she's ruthless in a business sense, but on a personal level, I think she's quite a decent person).

Adam needed to go last night; he and Gazal were the weak links in the team. However, Katie demonstrated once again what a truly nasty piece of work she can be. Her comment about Northerners, and last week's comment about 'c stream' coupled with her remarks to Adam about Pinot Grigio were nasty, and way below the belt. I doubt that Alan Sugar will have missed it. I bet she gets through to the final (I hope I'm wrong), but I don't think she will win it.

[James]

Jadine and Lohit were hardly shown last night - you could tell from that they were going to be on the winning team.

Katie has no chance of winning, not after how bitchy she has been shown to be but she'll be kept in to create good TV.

The winner will be either Kristina, Simon, Lohit or Naomi.

[BigSister]

ooh I hope your right James because i like simon and I also like Kristina

[GiRTh]

Adam had to go. Four times in the boradroom was way too many.

I told you guys that Katie would not go on her first trip to the bordroom. I hate being right all the time.:dance2:

But she showed something quite unsavoury in her rants in the boardroom and surely there is no way SAS didn't notice them. As I recall he made some remark about her getting peoples backs up. He'll never employ someone like that.

From the clips of next week, it looks like the old Jadine is making a come back. I've missed her.:whistle:

[Ruth]

Exactly - Katie has blotted her copybook well and truly. Sir Alan is a canny guy and will have noticed it. In all fairness, he couldn't have sacked her last night, because she performed well in the task, and Adam's time was well and truly up.

But although Alan kept Katie over Adam last night, there's no way he would want to employ her, surely.

[GiRTh]

Almost forgot.

How funny was Tre's Indian accent. Straight out of It ain't half hot mum.

[BigSister]

even funnier was Simon trying to copy it:laugh2:

[GiRTh]

Aye Bigsis. Simons impression was hilarious. The rolling of the head was a nice touch.:laugh2:

[Ruth]

Yeah it was really funny. I still think Simon's a plank though.

[Matt08]

I've only watched a couple of episodes of it, both of them were good.

[Arneldo]

Sir Alan Sugar received a huge shock when filming the final boardroom showdown for the current series of The Apprentice.

The outspoken businessman was stunned when his favourite contestant turned down both of the temporary jobs offered by him and decided to put home life first. The dramatic scene, which was recorded months ago, came after Sugar demanded to know whether his chosen Apprentice was committed to working with him or had applied for the show to raise their profile.

A source told the Sunday Mirror: "Sir Alan and the whole team were completely wrong-footed. Alan had chosen the person he believed would go on to become his winner.

"That contestant had become one of the biggest personalities in the series and we were all set for a proper showdown between Alan's last two. But this individual decided to quit instead. After weeks of hard work and graft, no one could have guessed this would happen.

"It is one of the most dramatic moments in the three-season history of the programme. Sir Alan is forced to pick another contestant - who he obviously didn't rate as much

From DS

[Pipergun]

Thanks Aaron! Really hope that that's not my favourite, if the rumour is true... it's all a bit confusing though...

I'm sure I read somewhere where it confirmed that there would be a live final with 4 contestants on 13th June of something?

I'll see if I can find something about that when I have a minute!

[Sophii3x]

I still can't belive that Adam was fired last week. It's not fair! :sad:

I hope that bitch Katie is fired tonight. But I doupt she'll be.

[MarkWaldorf]

Originally posted by Sophii3x
I still can't belive that Adam was fired last week. It's not fair! :sad:

I hope that bitch Katie is fired tonight. But I doupt she'll be.

He didn't deserve to go last week, Katie definately did.
I have a feeling that


Ghazal

Will get fired tonight. From spoilers and clips at tonights episode.

[Pipergun]

Yeah... I hope Katie gets her marching orders too - she's such a snob!

"Snob"'s a word that I hate using, but I'll make an exception for her! :laugh:

I think that Ghazal's going to be the one that gets fired, though. Not a major loss, but Katie needs to be sent packing, pronto! :thumbs:

[MarkWaldorf]

Ghazal's too under thr radar. That's why she's managed to last so long, she hasn't made a big/noticable mistake.

[Sophii3x]

She would probably be fired. She does nothing really, so it won't make much difference. But grrrr Katie... she has to go!

BTW did anyone see Sir Alan on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross last week?

[MarkWaldorf]

Nah, what was it like?

[Pipergun]

Damn, I missed it too! :sad:

Looking forward to tonight's episode. Even if it's not the outcome that I'd like it to be...


Sir Alan calls Katie a "loser"! :laugh:

[BigSister]

hahaha thanks for that Tom
Im missing it tonight going to my local pub quiz but ill catch up tommorow

[LargeAndInCharge]

dont really like the bloke who presnts it

[CassetteFinger]

i keep missing the apprentice its annoying :hugesmile:

[GiRTh]

A good episode, not great but good. Ghazal went and, all in all, it was the right decisison. Simon is now starting to impress me. Yes, he is a prat but, as someone pointed out, he is prepared to do whatever it takes to get the job done. That is the type of person that SAS should be looking for.

Katie showed her evil side again. Her comments are so vitriolic at times that she is really letting herself down by being so nasty.

We're now getting to the point where the weaker candidates are being picked off one by one. I think Naomi will be next to go. She doesn't seem to do much and she's not a big character.

I hope the final three are Katie, Tre and Xtina, but it will probably be Lohit, Simon and Xtina. Hopefully, Xtina will win.

[BigSister]

I would like Kristina or Simon to win or Tre, one of those three I would be happy with. Although I read a spoiler so i know one of those 3 dont win. Im away for the final as wel as im on holiday

[MarkWaldorf]

Gutted Ghazal has gone. I'm liking Simon more now though.

[Sophii3x]

Ghazal went, not bothered...
Loved Simon's rapping and dancing! And moody Tre is so, so funny.

[Pipergun]

Ghazal's firing was the right decision. Katie was able to walk all over her.

I think it'll end up with Kristina and Simon as the final two, depending on how many there are in the final.

The Eclipse team (Jadine etc..) seemed to be less successful in the preview for next week, so if it's their turn to lose, I actually think Tre's the most likely to go.

However, if Stealth loses, then it'll be a closely fought battle between Katie and Naomi as to who goes, in my opinion.

[Red Moon]

Apprentice Babe Blasts Dino-Sugar!
The youngest ever candidate on TV's Apprentice has branded Sir Alan Sugar's business techniques old-fashioned - and said she would NEVER work for him.

Ghazal Asif, 23, became the ninth person to be Fired! from the show when Sir Alan slated her ad campaign for a pair of trainers last week.

But the gorgeous Glaswegian - who was now landed a job with a global IT firm based in London - hit back, asking: "What has he done recently? Not much!"

She went on: "From when Sir Alan set up his business to modern times, things have really changed. If he was starting up now would he have achieved the same amount of success? Who knows.

In terms of marketing, Sir Alan says it's all about having the logo smothered all over the advert. But in this day and age kids do not buy into that, they buy into an image of being cool. I don't think Sir Alan really got that."

Ghazal also criticised the BBC for turning the Apprentice into a carbon-copy of Big Brother.

She said: "It's a shame because it's meant to be a really strong business programme but it's turned into a analysis of personalities and how people interact. It's made that transition pretty fast and quite obviously which is a shame.

"I don't think it will be remembered as a business programme anymore."

Sir Alan reckoned the 22-year-old was too young to survive in the bitchiest Apprentice series ever - and offered her a wild-card for guaranteed entry in five year's time.

But Ghazal retorted: "I would never take that offer up in my whole entire life even if the salary was TRIPLED. I'll be a millionaire in five years time. I won't need to appear on a programme like that."

Ghazal reckons she was stitched up by the deadly duo of man-eater Katie Hopkins and Kristina Grimes who she says let her down.

She said: "I trusted Katie, I looked up to her. It's only when I watched the show back afterwards that I saw her vindictive side - the things she was saying to camera, wishing death on people...Oh my God!"

But Ghazal said she was pleased she had taken part in the show and has now been given a promotion at the global IT firm she left to take part.

She will be leaving her family in Glasgow and moving to the head office in London.

She said: "I was gutted when I was fired, but I think it happened at the right time. There was always some old-school playground bitching going on but as time went by it became more and more intense.

"It can't be good for your mental health can it?"

But the one person from the show who Ghazal became close to was troublemaker Tre Azam - whose straight-talking has made him a hit with viewers, if not with the other candidates.

She said: "Tre and I have similar backgrounds and the show was filmed during Ramadam so we were both fasting together.

"When I was cooking in the evening I'd usually cook for him because we both have to have Halal meat. So there was naturally going to be a rapport and we had a fantastic relationship.

"There's a different side to him that the cameras don't show. He can be very abrasive but he's got a really down-to-earth manner, really laid-back and chilled out.

"He's a fanstastic bloke, great to work with - and he's my favourite to win."
source:News of the World (http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/apprentice/ghazal.shtml)

[Amy]

God I love this show! However, that Katie.... grrr to her.. she's sooooooo evil.

[Red Moon]

Hopefully next year we can generate enough interest in the show for it to have it's own section.

There is loads of good stuff on the show in the News of the World.

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/apprentice/news.shtml

[Ruth]

Ghazal was pretty useless (in fact, she was pretty and useless). She was the right person to go, but I have to say, I'm getting really sick of Katie's smug pompous face.

GiRTh I agree about Simon. I do think he's a knob, but he is prepared to do whatever it takes for his team to win, and probably should be The Apprentice.

I'd like the final three to be Kristina, Simon and Tre. However, I can see nice-guy Lohit getting to the final three.

[James]

I always like to watch the Video Podcast afterwards to get extra clips.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/apprentice/apprenticast.html

[Red Moon]

If you use the 3 telephone network you get free clips of the show too. They seem to put out a teaser just before each show and then have highlights after the show.

I hope they do something like that for Big Brother to.

[GiGi]

i bet you a tenner the winner turns the job down! that would be sooo funny!

[James]

I was watching the repeat yesterday and in the preview for tonight's episode, am I mistaken, or is the boat the teams are standing in front of when SAS is giving the new challenge the Cutty Sark? :shocked: Actually that would make sense if you know what this week's challenge is.

Anyway, they might have to do a bit of last minute editing tonight, or give out the old, 'in an episode filmed last year' before the show tonight.

[Pipergun]

It's now referred to on Wikipedia as the last ever television programme to feature the Cutty Sark before it was destroyed. So yep, you're right, James!

[Noopie]

I'm glad Jadine got fired! :hello:

To be honest, I think only 2 people have a shot at winning this - Kristina and Tre. I really can't imagine anyone else winning.

[GhettoSuperstar]

I'm glad Jadine went too, she always looked down on people.

I think Naomi or Kristina or Tre should win.

[Ruth]

I think the winner will be either Kristina, Simon or Tre. I'm glad Tre wasn't fired. Despite myself, I really like him.

[BigSister]

Im not sure Ruth. If Naomi keeps getting in the winning teams, or katie:bored: then they cant get fired. it depends on who is in the winning teams IMO. if I had to choose 1 to get fired next it would be katie or Naomi but I have a feeling it might be Simon or Lohad

[Red Moon]

Originally posted by Ruth
I think the winner will be either Kristina, Simon or Tre. I'm glad Tre wasn't fired. Despite myself, I really like him.

I think Simon was very lucky not to be in the board room and on his way out for that list he made. SAS will have his card marked now!

[James]

It's going to be difficult for SAS to fire Katie now after she has won twice as team manager. :shocked: Although she has been on a lot of losing teams.

She won't win though because SAS has time to gauge public opinion before he decides between the final two.

[Ruth]

Originally posted by Red Moon
Originally posted by Ruth
I think the winner will be either Kristina, Simon or Tre. I'm glad Tre wasn't fired. Despite myself, I really like him.

I think Simon was very lucky not to be in the board room and on his way out for that list he made. SAS will have his card marked now!

True - he didn't do much in this week's task (and I agreed with Lohit, that it should have been Simon instead of him in the BR). However, Simon has done pretty well on all other tasks, as I recall. I thought Tre might go, but Sir Alan said he would give him another chance because of his past track record. He may have done with the same with Simon. Jadine was always going to go after her meltdown moment though.

[Noopie]

Originally posted by James
It's going to be difficult for SAS to fire Katie now after she has won twice as team manager. :shocked:

Yeah, very impressive! Then again, Jadine won twice as project manager, but that seemed to go unnoticed.

Naomi's the only person to never win as project manager.. if she's the pm this week and loses she'll be in trouble I think!

[dupin]

I suppose none of us will be watching it this week? I'll have to watch a repeat, it looks good...

[BigSister]

Anybody knew who went out this week as i missed it because of bb

[Noopie]

Originally posted by BigSister
Anybody knew who went out this week as i missed it because of bb

I kept flicking over.
The candidate who got fired this week was
Naomi

[BigSister]

Yeah I found that out on another site. not really surprised though.

[Pipergun]

I'm really disappointed that Naomi was eliminated this week. I'm not going to pretend that I wanted her to win, or that she was the strongest candidate, but Sir Alan's whole decision making process seemed flawed on last night's episode.

Not only was Simon's freezing as the director not even given a passing mention in the boardroom, Naomi's decision to include the decollage (sp?) was presented as being the bigger fault, when Simon clearly fell to pieces.

Not only was he lacklustre as a presenter, but he made extremely poor product choices: a hair remover that looked like a wall-sander, and a wheelchair. Coupled with his decision to push himself out into the limelight, he effectively left Naomi and Tre with no escape route.

This brings back memories of Miriam's firing in Series 1 - for the first time in the series, I disagree with Sir Alan's judgement. Naomi should have stayed, with Simon being fired: he was simply a disaster!

[Noopie]

^ I completely agree with you! This is the first firing this series that I've not agreed with. I knew Naomi wasn't going to win.. but she didn't deserve to go "for making bad product choices" which is really quite a lame reason to fire someone.

[Sam]

Its going to be hard next week with three being fired.

Lohits out first.

Then we got Kristina, Katie, Simon and Tre.

A really really hard one, i honestly dont have a clue which two will go,
ideally i want Katie to win :blush2:

[BigSister]

Sam your going to be really popular:laugh: most of us hate katie

[Pipergun]

Realistically, there's no way Katie will win. (Sorry Sam!! :blush2:)

Once the final two have been chosen, they're given placements within SA's company until all of the previous episodes have been shown.

Only then, with a couple of days before the final, is the winning candidate chosen. They film two seperate endings before the work placement, so they can just edit in the right one.

Therefore - SA's had time to monitor public opinion - there's no way he'd want someone working for him with such a negative reputation.

I hope Katie doesn't get into the final stages, as it'll be a no-brainer if that's the case!

[andybigbro]

Originally posted by Noopie
Originally posted by BigSister
Anybody knew who went out this week as i missed it because of bb

I kept flicking over.
The candidate who got fired this week was
Naomi

Yay thanks i missed it too

[Sophii3x]

Naomi was fired on Wednesday and IMO Simon should have been. He was the crappest director ever, and was just hopeless.

[Sam]

Originally posted by Pipergun
Realistically, there's no way Katie will win. (Sorry Sam!! :blush2:)

Once the final two have been chosen, they're given placements within SA's company until all of the previous episodes have been shown.

Only then, with a couple of days before the final, is the winning candidate chosen. They film two seperate endings before the work placement, so they can just edit in the right one.

Therefore - SA's had time to monitor public opinion - there's no way he'd want someone working for him with such a negative reputation.

I hope Katie doesn't get into the final stages, as it'll be a no-brainer if that's the case!

Totally disagree, I dont think Sir Allan will care if someone he hires isnt liked by the public, he made the mistake last year, lots of people hated Ruth, and he went for Michelle because he liked her and sympathised, he said on Jonathon Ross that he doesnt want a daughter figure, he doesnt want someone who is his friend, he wants someone whos tough talking and good, he said Katie and Tre were both good candidates.

[Lance]

Kristina all the way. :wink:

[James]

That was a very entertaining episode. They just couldn't do the presenting, but that is why I think SAS fired Naomi, the one who could present a bit - he doesn't want a media wannabe.

It would be a big own-goal for SAS's PR if he hired Katie. There is an interesting preview on The Apprentice website for next week's episode but I will say no more.

BTW, the edit gave a way totally that Simon's team would lose by spending so much time showing that team's product selection and the arguments they had over it.

[Pipergun]

Originally posted by James
That was a very entertaining episode. They just couldn't do the presenting, but that is why I think SAS fired Naomi, the one who could present a bit - he doesn't want a media wannabe.

It would be a big own-goal for SAS's PR if he hired Katie. There is an interesting preview on The Apprentice website for next week's episode but I will say no more.

BTW, the edit gave a way totally that Simon's team would lose by spending so much time showing that team's product selection and the arguments they had over it.

I thought the way in which last week's episode dwelled upon Simon's team was a bit too obvious, like you said.

Liking Kristina has nothing to do with her origin, all to do with her talent then, Lance? :hugesmile:

[Pipergun]

I think it might've been mentioned on here before, but I've found this website again: http://www.bolegbros.co.uk/apprentice3/Index.asp

It re-creates the firings Lego-stylee! :tongue:

[MarkWaldorf]

I just watched the episode.
Great episode overall, the task was entertaining. But dreadful at the same time. :laugh: Naomi didn't deserve to get fired, I think Simon should have.

[Spike]

Simon should have got fired but im gald Naomi went

[MarkWaldorf]

LMFAO @ Simon's tenant.

[Slartibartfast]

Simon has been so funny on tonights show! :laugh3:

And Katie has been very impressive!

[Pipergun]

I think Simon and Kristina are the right final 2 based on the interviews.

Did anyone see the BBC2 show from 10-10.30? Katie got such a pasting from one of the guests! Finally, she gets her comeuppance.

If you didn't see it, I suggest you do - classic feel-good TV! :hugesmile:

[Michael]

i think simon will win

[Red Moon]

STEPMUM FROM HELL

APPRENTICE snob Katie Hopkins has been labelled a "fame-hungry gold-digger" by her teenage stepdaughter.

In an exclusive interview with the Mirror, pretty Charlie McKinney, whose dad Damian married Katie in 2004, claims The Apprentice man-eater was the "stepmum-from-hell".

And she's glad that viewers of the BBC1 show have been left in no doubt about how "bitchy" Katie can be.
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"No one ever saw that side of her apart from us," says Charlie. "I think she went on the show to make herself a Simon Cowell 'Mr Nasty' figure but it has blown up in her face. She definitely has a cruel sense of humour."

Millions of viewers last night saw Katie, 31, selected for the final two in Sir Alan Sugar's hunt for a £100,000-a-year apprentice... only for her to change her mind and sensationally quit.

She'd already enraged fans of the show by having trysts with a fellow contestant, damning northerners and slagging off finalist Kristina Grimes for wearing a short skirt.

The mum-of-two also admitted last week: "When I found out I was pregnant I was in shock. I thought I'd do the New York marathon and said to myself, 'If I'm meant to be pregnant I will be after this'.

"I'm very different in my life as a mother to my life in business or my life as a partner."

Charlie, 18, reveals that Katie has been desperate for fame for years - ever since she auditioned for the first series of Big Brother.

"She went for BB and was a stand-by," says Charlie, who was bridesmaid at Damian and Katie's wedding. "She's very into the idea of celebrity. I wouldn't be surprised to see her on the next Celebrity Big Brother."

Charlie, who lives in Exmouth, Devon, with her mum Tina, brother Alex, 17, and 10-year-old sister Flora, met Katie in September 2003.

Tina had discovered wealthy Damian, her husband of 19 years, was having an affair with the blonde businesswoman after finding their London flat full of Katie's clothes.

Damian, 46, is the MD of a business consultancy firm in Devon - and Katie was one of his employees.

Not long after her parents' split, Charlie developed an eating disorder.

SHE dropped three stone to 6st 7lbs in just two months - and she believes it was caused by the split and starting boarding school.

"It was a cry for help," says Charlie, who is currently taking A-levels in English, history and economics. "I suppose, looking back, I thought if I lost lots of weight they would see there was something wrong."

But Charlie claims Katie was far from sympathetic and, instead, made snide remarks about her not eating. Charlie says: "When I was really thin, I remember Dad and Katie having a takeaway and Katie said, 'Of course, Charlie won't eat any of it, she'll just sit outside.'

"She'd say, 'You really should do some sport, go and get muscles.' She thought she could just get me to snap out of it."

Katie was just as unkind to her stepson, Alex, calling him "lazy" and "a lump" if she saw him watching TV. And, according to Charlie, she had little maternal instinct when she gave birth to Damian's daughter, India, in 2004. Charlie claims: "She said to me, 'I know everyone is supposed to love their baby and think that they're the most beautiful in the world but I think babies are *******ing ugly."

Charlie claims that Katie left most of their upbringing to a full-time nanny. And she says she watched her strong father turn into a meek man during his relationship with Katie.

"He was a completely different person," says Charlie, who hopes to work in her dad's business. "He used to be the man of the house but, in their relationship, she wore the trousers. He became very meek.

"She used to try to make him really young and trendy."

And on one occasion, when Damian took his daughter shopping for new clothes, he told her to hide the packages from jealous Katie.

Charlie says: "All my clothes were falling off me so he picked me up from my school in Bristol so we could buy new clothes.

"When we got back, he said, 'Would you mind putting the bags under the rug?' He said that it would be much easier if Katie didn't see them."

Damian and Katie split last January - much to Charlie's delight. "They did row a lot. It never seemed like a happy relationship. I doubt very much if she was ever in love with him."

Since splitting from Damian and going on to make a name for herself in the show, Katie has been linked with two married men - as well as fellow Apprentice contestant Paul Callaghan.

The first was father-of-two Paul Collin, 41, a handsome ex-Marine she met while working in Damian's consultancy firm in Devon. His three-year marriage broke down when his wife Mel found saucy texts from Katie on his mobile.

Next up was ex-army lieutenant and fellow contestant Paul. The pair started a fling during filming of The Apprentice and when Sir Alan discovered it, he blew his top.

But Paul dumped bed-hopping Katie after he walked in on her getting down to business with her latest squeeze, 43-year-old Mark Cross.

And just last week, she was pictured in a topless al-fresco romp with Mark, who she met last year while working at the Met Office HQ in Devon.

Mark's devastated wife, Ruth, 50, is now reportedly trying to save their seven-year marriage.

"I really don't know what men see in her," says Charlie. "Maybe it's her confidence - that whole 'I know what I want and where I'm going' thing. Personally, I can't see it at all."

Katie was yesterday unavailable for comment, with her representatives saying: "Katie is likely to sell her story to someone and hence won't be commenting."
Source: Daily Mirror (http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/2007/06/07/stepmum-from-hell-89520-19258292/)

[Pipergun]

What a brilliant show it was last night!

I think that Kristina should win, as she's been the more consistent contestant and I believe she's a more effective, structured leader. I think Simon's very likeable, but I wouldn't take to his unorganised, more unplanned approach. Also, Simon's performance in the TV task was awful, and I still think in a fair world, he would've been fired last week.

Saying that, I have a sneaking suspicion that Simon will pip Kristina to the post. He's always coming up with ambitious, out-of-the-box ideas. This is something that we haven't seen from Kristina: although she's an efficient, diligent worker, we are yet to see her creative side.

I think Sir Alan is likely to be swayed by Simon's spontaneity, but I'd still like Kristina to win: she's achieved greater levels of success throughout the series and I think she'll be a safer long-term investment.

Still, it'll be a close-run thing!

Bring on next Weds! :dance2:

[James]

That was a very strange turn of events in the boardroom... SAS telling Katie she was in the final, then Katie quiting. I think it shows that what other contestants were saying about Katie only being in the show to promote herself, and not being interested in working for SAS was true.

I think Kristina will win. Mind you I thought Ruth would win last year.

[Sam]

I thought Ruth would have won last year , and she should have, but i hope he learns from his mistakes and hires Kristina

[GiRTh]

It was weird. I sat there jaw on the floor wondering what the hell was going on. I think Katie simply wanted to win.

Did anyone see the Apprentice fired show. Michelle Mone cut Katie to ribbons. It was great.

[Pipergun]

Originally posted by GiRTh
It was weird. I sat there jaw on the floor wondering what the hell was going on. I think Katie simply wanted to win.

Did anyone see the Apprentice fired show. Michelle Mone cut Katie to ribbons. It was great.

Yeah, it was fantastic!

She really cut her down to size! Didn't pull any punches did she? Selfish, giving businesswomen a bad name and just generally untrustworthy - you go girl! :laugh:

[Slartibartfast]

Is the Apprentice Fired show repeated any time during the week, I missed cos I switched over to BB?

[Pipergun]

I'm not sure, I'm afraid!

I'll have a bit of a root around! It's worth watching if there is a repeat - definitely the best 'You're Fired!'. :spin:

[BigSister]

Think it might be next tuesday not sure though

[Red Moon]

Sir Alan accused of sexism towards Apprentice villain Katie

The BBC's reality show The Apprentice is embroiled in yet another controversy – this time, it’s Sir Alan Sugar who is in the line of fire.

The business tycoon has been criticized for questioning Apprentice contestant Katie Hopkins about her children and family arrangements – a move some groups warn could be a violation of sex discrimination laws.

Hopkins, the power-dressing villainess in the series, was told she was through to next week's final, only to quit a few moments later.

Earlier, Sugar asked Hopkins, a 31-year-old mother of two, about relocating her children from Devon to London.

He said: “Exeter, Devon, two little kids. How’s life going to be if I say to you, ‘Katie, right, you’re down in London. You’ve got to move your family, move your location.”

Hopkins said her parents may consider also making the move, to which Sugar replied, “I’m worried here.”

After Sir Alan had fired Tre, he noticed Katie's glum expression. He said: "You don't look like a lady who's just been told you've entered the final. Everyone would appreciate it if you spoke up."

She shocked him by saying: "I'm making a decision without having the courtesy to speak to the people who care for my children. It's a risk, it's a discourtesy to my parents."

A furious Sir Alan snapped back: "I haven't got time to wait for you to make a phone call."

After a dramatic pause, Katie said: "I don't want to make a fool of you or me. I think it's more important to get the courtesy to have my plans in place, so I'll have to stand down."

Apprentice contestant Kristina Grimes, who is now in the final, was also quizzed about her family commitments.

TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber told The Independent: "The Apprentice is just a show but had last night been a genuine interview, Kristina and Katie could have had real grounds for complaint against Sir Alan.

He added: "Any employer who asks only the female candidates about how their children and personal circumstances may affect their ability to do a job could find themselves in hot water."

Liberal Democrat women’s spokesperson Lorely Burt told the paper: “This is a classic example of the kind of casual discrimination still faced by working women every day."

A spokesperson from the program denied Sugar’s behaviour was sexist, but rather a move to test the their level of commitment, telling The Independent: "As part of the interview process, Sir Alan and his colleagues interrogated all of the candidates about their commitment to the process and the job. He wanted to put them under pressure to be able to be fully confident that they were serious about the opportunity he was offering them.

"Sir Alan was intent on ensuring that he did not take on an apprentice who later pulled out due to lack of commitment. Some of the candidates - including Simon Ambrose - were therefore asked about their living and family arrangements, as it is essential to Sir Alan that his apprentice is close on hand and can be available at any time of day or night if necessary."

In a separate controversy, conspiracy theorists on the internet have accused the BBC of rigging the programme and demanded that the full tapes be handed over under Freedom of Information laws.

They are suspicious that Ms Hopkins, 31, capitulated quite so readily under probing from Sir Alan Sugar, the millionaire businessman who each series hands out a £100,000 job to the winner. Ms Hopkins's decision to quit leaves Kristina Grimes, the favourite, and Simon Ambrose to battle it out in next week's final.

One internet blogger said today: "The Katie walk-out didn't convince me at all. It was horribly staged and edited.”

Another wrote: "There was something fishy going on with the editing there, unless 'SurAlan' [Sir Alan] is a closet medium and just knew Katie would change her mind."

Several dissatisfied viewers suggested Ms Hopkins pulled out at a later stage, forcing scenes to be re-shot. One blogger wrote: "There was clever editing because Katie's cheeks were different shades of red each time the camera cut to her."

Paul Callaghan, a contestant who had a brief affair with Ms Hopkins said: "They can take up to 12 hours to shoot the boardroom scene. Loads of it is redone. You're often taken outside and told what to say before going back in."

It has been suggested Ms Hopkins, who earns £90,000 a year as a brands consultant, is more interested in fame than a job. It is understood she is offering to sell her story for £30,000 and has already hired the PR agency that looks after Robbie Williams.

Sir Alan said of Ms Hopkins: "It's clear she was there to win and show how clever she was but not for the actual job. I had doubts about her a few times in the past weeks."

The BBC was unavailable for comment.

Afterwards reports say the unpopular contestant who has had affairs with three married men said: "This is one of the first times in my life probably that I've ever said no to a man."

Fellow contestants Simon Ambrose and Kristina Grimes will now battle it out for a £100,000 job with Sir Alan.

In a pre-recorded interview with radio station Heart FM Katie said of the final two contestants: "I'd like to smash a glass ceiling over Kristina. It's got to be Simon that wins."

In the show she bragged about her "ruthless streak" and when asked: "Have you ever lied or cheated to get what you want?" She replied: "Yes, to get someone else's husband because I wanted him."

Katie was photographed last week allegedly romping in a field with a married colleague, Mark Cross - although some said the photos were not as "snatched" as they appeared.

Her shock decision means next week's final will be a head-to-head between Simon, 27, a Cambridge graduate and Internet entrepreneur from London, and Kristina, 36, a single mother and pharmaceutical manager originally from Wicklow, Ireland.

The winner will be revealed on BBC1 next Wednesday.
Source: Daily Mail (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=460375&in_page_id=1773)

[Amy]

Originally posted by James
That was a very strange turn of events in the boardroom... SAS telling Katie she was in the final, then Katie quiting. I think it shows that what other contestants were saying about Katie only being in the show to promote herself, and not being interested in working for SAS was true.

I think Kristina will win. Mind you I thought Ruth would win last year.

Totally agree, glad to watch Katie walk out that door. I did a little dance:blush2: >> :dance2:

I hope Kristina wins, she's done so well.. can't wait to watch the final.

[Red Moon]

I can't really see Simon Winning over Kristina. If Katie was still there Simon would have been fired for sure. And we would have been left with the battle royal.

[GiRTh]

Originally posted by Pipergun
Originally posted by GiRTh
It was weird. I sat there jaw on the floor wondering what the hell was going on. I think Katie simply wanted to win.

Did anyone see the Apprentice fired show. Michelle Mone cut Katie to ribbons. It was great.

Yeah, it was fantastic!

She really cut her down to size! Didn't pull any punches did she? Selfish, giving businesswomen a bad name and just generally untrustworthy - you go girl! :laugh: "That's why I'm sitting here and you're sitting over there" was the highlight. Katie got what she deserved.

I agree with Red if Katie had not quit Simon would have been fired.

[Amy]

Originally posted by GiRTh
"That's why I'm sitting here and you're sitting over there" was the highlight. Katie got what she deserved.


That was excellent.. I just liked in general all Sir Alan said that night. Katie did get what she deserved.. at first i was so gutted she was through but what a twist.

[Red Moon]

I'm 10 out of 10 in Bed

APPRENTICE superbitch Katie Hopkins has sensationally revealed the astonishing truth about her man-eating love life.

In her first exclusive in-depth interview, the tough blonde who dramatically turned the tables on Sir Alan Sugar by firing HERSELF from a place in the show's final, boasted:

"I've had TEN lovers. I'm a passionate person and I'm athletic — I'm voracious in the boardroom AND the bedroom. How would I rate myself in bed? Ten out of ten, of course!"

Ruthless go-getter Katie, 32, then confessed having no guilt over:

LOSING her virginity at 17 after leaving convent school,
REVELLING in illicit flings with THREE married men, and
ROMPING with a secret Army lover in the barracks at Sandhurst Military Academy.

And the single mum of two revealed the truth behind a set of steamy pictures that surfaced two weeks ago, showing her naked and cavorting in a Devon cornfield with latest married conquest, Met Office work colleague Mark Cross.

Scandal

Katie admitted they WERE having sex after a fews drinks in the pub but denied it was a publicity stunt fixed for the camera.

"Screw it, I'm not going to apologise," she insisted. "Yes we were making love. It's obvious from the pictures what we were doing.

"Mark had the benefit of seeing the full Katie Hopkins out on show.

"I promise you we had no idea the photographer was there. I was away from the Apprentice house, I was away from London, back at home in my personal space, enjoying my personal time. I just didn't expect anything like this.

"It wasn't staged. If it had been I'd have brushed my hair!"

But Katie admitted the scandal had shocked her parents Anona and Roy.

"My family is very conservative," she said. "My mum told me, ‘I'm really disappointed in you', as was my dad. And that means I'm disappointed in me and unhappy with what I'd done.

"I don't apologise for seeing Mark or doing what I did. I'm ruled by my heart. But I do apologise for hurting my family. I'm not proud of that."

Nevertheless headstrong Katie refused to rule out becoming a hubby-snatcher AGAIN.

"I'll always follow my heart," she vowed. "Whoever my next person is, if I find them brilliant I will go with it, whatever the situation—whether they're married, black, white, whatever.

"I'm not saying I will deliberately pick on a married man. But at my age, and the level of man I go for, they don't tend to be single."

Katie revealed that her relationship with workmate Mark had ended after the snaps were published.

But she refused to apologise for the fling—and admits this deeply personal testimony of their relationship will be seen as an "open love letter" calling on her lost love to finally ditch loyal wife Ruth, 50, and walk out on his seven-year marriage.

Grudgingly she added: "Now Mark's back with his wife and I'm doing the right thing—I'm letting them get on with trying to save their marriage.

"But it's hard. I'm going through hell. This is so much harder than The Apprentice."

Man-eater Katie's affair with Cross is just the latest in a string of liaisons that have seen her attacked for breaking up THREE marriages, involving SIX children.

But the self-confessed "ruthless alpha-female" insisted: "I'm not going to say I'm sorry. I saw Mark was wearing a wedding ring. I knew he was married from day one.

"There are some situations where you follow your head, and some where you follow your heart.

"I follow my heart. I loved Mark. I still love Mark. It isn't something I will apologise for."

The pair met as they both worked at the Met Office's HQ in Devon, where she was on a £90,000 salary as a global brand manager and he was a senior design boss.

They regularly took trips together to London and were often put up in the same hotels, dining in the same restaurants and whiling away long nights of free time together.

Eventually this close working relationship exploded into physical attraction and they ended up in bed together.

They managed to keep their passionate affair a secret for six months.

"Mark's brilliant at what he does, which is something I've always found extremely attractive," said Katie. "And he's very fit and athletic, someone who's strong, which I like.

"Keeping it all quiet was hard but I didn't feel guilty about it. Guilty wasn't a part of it. We were great together.

"Mark's definitely my missing person of the moment. He's my other half.

"We hadn't got so far as to talking about marriage, but we had got to that stage where it just feels so right with each other. We were together—and we were brilliant together."

Katie recalled a steamy break the lovers shared in Rome—just before returning home and getting caught out alfresco by the camera.

"It's the most romantic city in the world," she said. "We went to the Spanish Steps and all the other wonderful sights. We both thought it was brilliant.

"You don't get trips like that, with people like that, very often in your life. You have to cherish moments like that."

Since Cross went back to his wife, Katie admits she has been plunged into the depths of depression, losing an incredible TWO STONE in weight.

"Everybody is seeing our relationship through certain lenses," she added.

"There's the lens that says he's married, and the lens that makes me into some man-eating superbitch, the most hated woman in Britain.

"We're just very passionate people—two people that love each other to death. That's the reality."

But Katie was quickly back in bitch mode when she turned to another recent liaison—with fellow Apprentice contestant and ex-Army toff PAUL CALLAGHAN.

In ungentlemanly fashion he last week described how they had sex in the TV house attic and rated her just six out of ten.

Katie, who insists she's a perfect ten, admitted they fell for each other but denied sleeping with him on location. "We were quite huggy and we did spend a lot of time together," she said. "But I think he was a sap. He was my puppy dog."

Katie also hit back at critics who condemned her over the way she landed husband Damian McKinney—when he'd already had a wife for 20 years and three children.

Katie insists that the marriage was already on the rocks when they became close. And she accused Damian of then ripping HER world apart by dumping her for a younger mistress—just after she gave birth to their second child.

"Since I left the TV show I'm the one who's been made out as nasty," she said. "But there is another side to the stories. Damian was unfaithful to ME and left me devastated."

Katie recalled how she was instantly attracted to ex-army man Damian—15 years her senior—after joining his business consultancy firm McKinney Rogers in September 2003.

"He was a good-looking version of Sir Alan," she said. "He had this incredible charisma. When he walked into the room you just knew he was there. He was a brilliant man.

"He was still married but he was separated. He lived in a flat in London and his wife and family lived in Devon.

"I took an interest in him at a time when clearly no one else was doing it. He was so clever, turning his company into a global empire. But the thing about people like him is that while they spend all day supporting others and solving their problems, often nobody will be there for any problems they have.

"I was there for Damian at that time and we became very close."

The pair married in 2004 and lived in New York. But Katie claims that just a year into their marriage, Damian started an affair. And to make matters worse Katie was friends with the brunette secretary in question. She'd even helped her gain a new post in New York that put her closer to Damian.

"She was a younger version of me, with brown hair," said Katie. "I first found out about it when I found an email with details about some tickets for the two of them to see a show in Manhattan. They were for the same week as our anniversary.

"A woman just knows when her husband is having an affair, and I knew. But I thought at one stage I might be able to salvage the relationship for the children."

Katie gave birth to India in September 2004, and then Poppy a year later, at a hospital in Exeter, near their home.

"The day after I had Poppy, Damian left with his girlfriend for a conference," said Katie. "I didn't want him to go. I knew she was going to be there and it was the end of our marriage. When he came back home he just picked up his things and left.

"She was the new me. The younger new me. She's now in our old apartment, sitting at my old desk—but she couldn't do my job, because she doesn't have any brains."

After the split Katie began a relationship with a fellow worker at the same firm-ex-marine Paul Collin—despite his three-year marriage to wife Melanie, mum of his two kids.

Again Katie insists the couple had already separated. "He lived in a flat, not in the marital home," she said. "They'd split up, and reports that I broke them up are tosh."

The pair began flirting with each other at work, which led to dinner together and then into the sack. And Katie described how they hit the road for passionate romps all over the county.

"Devon is a beautiful place and Paul had a camper van we'd travel around in," she said.

"Everybody loves to be loved. But it was only the one summer."

Katie also fended off criticism over her controversial confession that she decided to run the New York Marathon when she was pregnant "to see if the baby was meant to be".

Last night she told us: "That was my opinion at the time. I won't apologise for that. That was how I was thinking. I was something like seven or eight weeks pregnant.

"But, unlike many women, I'd never tell people I was pregnant until after 12 weeks."

Katie went on to complete the course in a respectable threehours 40minutes. Although obviously devoted to her kids—a big part of the reason she turned down a place in the Apprentice final—giving birth did not warm Katie to the delights of babies.

"Very young children are dull," she said. "They're just there, like a little blob. A baby that age does three things, it eats, it s***s, it sleeps."

But she described her time now—with India approaching three, and Poppy nearing two—as "brilliant".

"I think the age my children are now is the best," she explained. "When they get to one they start talking, forming opinions and having a conversation with you. You start to see their personalities. It's fantastic.

"I find motherhood brilliant. And you CAN be a working mother. I love the time I spend with my kids, but I couldn't spend ALL my time at home with them. It's not enough for me."

So what's next for Katie? "I always expected I'd do well on the Apprentice," she said. "It's just a shame that the true winner won't be crowned the winner.

"But I'd love to be a Tory MP...I'm a massive fan of Margaret Thatcher."

We'd never have guessed...
Source: News of the World (http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/apprentice/news_1006_katie.shtml)

[Shaun]

Aww, I like Katie - she's got attitude :cheer2:

I really want Kristina to win, though. She's been my favourite for a long time. Simon's an incompetent fool.

[James]

There's a show called 'The Apprentice: Why I Fired Them' on BBC2 now. I never know that these specials (like that Beyond the Boardroom one) are on.

[BigSister]

Im missing all these specials james because my grandad drags us out everynight )pouts=

[Razmataz]

The apprentice why I fired them was quite a funny look back on the errors of the past candidates ways.

On a personal note the candidate haven't been that good this year to be fair.

And I want Kristina to wipe the floor with Simon. :thumbs:

[Amy]

Originally posted by Razmataz
And I want Kristina to wipe the floor with Simon. :thumbs:

So do I .. I hope she does.. that'll also annoy Katie big time if she does win :dance2:

[Razmataz]

All the past members of the Apprentice this series come back.

I just want to see if Tray gets his revenge on that pillock [can't remember his name]

[SiMoN!]

i hope Kristina wins - simon seem like an ok person - but he isnt a winner

[Noopie]

Originally posted by Razmataz
I just want to see if Tray gets his revenge on that pillock [can't remember his name]

Rory? :laugh: He was annoying as heck!



Kristina to win!!

[James]

Originally posted by Slartibartfast
Is the Apprentice Fired show repeated any time during the week, I missed cos I switched over to BB?

There's clips from it here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/noise/?id=apprentice_fired

[Slartibartfast]

Originally posted by James
Originally posted by Slartibartfast
Is the Apprentice Fired show repeated any time during the week, I missed cos I switched over to BB?

There's clips from it here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/noise/?id=apprentice_fired

Cheers James, only problem is I was supposed to tape it for my mum! She's only holiday and asked me to tape it, so I taped the main show but forgot about the Fired show. Now she's going to kill me cos the Fired show sounds like it was great, Katie got a right battering. :conf2:

Maybe it's on some of the torrents site, I'll have to check.

[Red Moon]

You're fired again, Katie!

For weeks she revelled in the limelight as the woman viewers loved to hate.

Katie Hopkins, a contestant on the hit BBC1 show The Apprentice, called herself the "alpha female", boasted of her affairs with married men and was even photographed making love in a cornfield.

Last week she walked out of the programme, leaving viewers startled as she turned down the chance of a £100,000-a-year job with Sir Alan

Now, however, she might be regretting her decision - because yesterday she was sacked from her day job.

Miss Hopkins, 31, turned up for work at the Meteorological Office to find herself dismissed for bringing the weather forecasters into disrepute.

Perhaps the single mother of two should have seen it coming.

It was only just over a week ago that the serial seductress was photographed having sex with married ex-Met Office colleague Mark Cross in a Devon field.

And on Sunday she told a downmarket newspaper that she considered herself "ten out of ten" in the bedroom and was unrepentant over her widely publicised adulterous behaviour.

After quitting The Apprentice, Miss Hopkins chose to return to the West Country and her £90,000-a-year post as a "global brand consultant" for the Met Office.

But at 9.30am yesterday she was told that her bosses had had enough. According to Met Office insiders, she was stunned to be fired.

A Met Office spokesman said: "Katie was informed that we were terminating her period of probation with us.

"Although the probationary period is normally one year and Katie joined us in September 2006, we have the right to terminate her employment at any time during that period.

"In making this decision we would look at work performance, time keeping and conduct and review how a prospective employee is capable of achieving and maintaining an acceptable standard in all these areas.

"We decided that in this case Katie did not meet those standards and her employment was terminated."

A colleague, who asked not to be named, said: "I know that bosses in the Met Office feel she has let them down and they have been damaged by association.

"When you think she came in as a brand consultant, she hasn't proved herself worthwhile."

The company had already allowed her seven weeks leave of absence to appear on The Apprentice, but had not expected the whirlwind of publicity that followed.

In her weekend newspaper interview, which is believed to have earnt her £40,000, she claimed she had had ten lovers and lost her virginity at 17 after leaving convent school.

Miss Hopkins, who has spoken openly about her flings with three married men, even refused to rule out having an affair with another woman's husband again, claiming: "I will always follow my heart."

She also spoke about the pictures of her having sex in the cornfield.

She said: "I'm not going to apologise. Yes, we were making love. It's obvious from the pictures what we were doing.

"Mark had the benefit of seeing the full Katie Hopkins out on show."

But she claims the affair with Mr Cross has ended after the photographs of their tryst were published.

Miss Hopkins is currently staying at her parents' house in Exeter.

Her father, when asked about the latest turn of events, claimed his daughter had nothing to say about the Met Office's decision to sack her.

Tomorrow night's final of The Apprentice will see 36-year-old pharmaceutical sales manager Kristina Grimes, from Harrogate, take on Internet entrepreneur Simon Ambrose, 27, from London, for the top prize.
Source: Daily Mail (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=461361&in_page_id=1773&ico=Homepage&icl=TabModule&icc=picbox&ct=5)

[Sophii3x]

Interviews with Katie and Tre in this weeks heat magazine!

[James]

After 11 gruelling weeks, Sir Alan Sugar will hire The Apprentice tonight (9pm, BBC1).

This year's finalists, Kristina Grimes and Simon Ambrose, took time out from their busy schedule to answer some of the best questions which you submitted for them...

What was your favourite task and why?

Kristina: The art task which I won by a landslide. I thought I managed it well and I ruthlessly had my team doing hardselling. Winning it was a big pat on the back.
Simon: I'd also say that one - getting the chance to be a curator in a gallery was a dream come true for me.

Simon, where did you learn to breakdance?

Simon: I've been doing martial arts for 15 years - I'm a black belt in karate and a lot of those moves are dance-related.

What do you get up to between the tasks?

Simon: Nothing! We don't get any time off at all - filming in the boardroom takes up a whole day and then it's back to sleep before the next task.

Did you go into the series with a gameplan?

Kristina: (laughing) Simon did.
Simon: I did and I didn't. In real life I'm the joker of the pack and I think I've been myself on the series. There's always room for fun in the workplace.

Who do you think would have made the worst Apprentice?

Simon: Katie. She'd have lasted five minutes. She's a great girl but did you really think she was interested in the job? No.

Were you surprised when Katie stood down?

Simon: Not really. However, we were expecting her to be fired. There was genuine shock among the production team when she said she didn't want to go any further.

Are you disappointed you're not going to get the chance to beat her in the final?

Kristina: Not at all. I think I have real competition in Simon and I like a challenge. The only person who actually believes Katie could beat me in the final is Katie.

Will you keep in touch with the other candidates?

Kristina: I think I'll keep in touch with most of them - certainly Simon. And also, Naomi, Tre, Natalie, Jerry and Jadine. Most of them.

How have you been coping with the fame that comes with being in the series?

Kristina: What fame? All I've been doing is hard grafting!
Simon: A lot of people wouldn't recognise me when I'm not wearing my business clothes. I've had a few people buy me a drink - that's always nice!

If the tables were turned, would you hire Sir Alan as your apprentice?

Kristina: (laughing) Now that's an interesting question! I think he's a one man band to be honest. He has to be at the top of the pyramid so it wouldn't work with him as the apprentice. He's very shrewd and I don't think you can ever underestimate him. He will still remember things five, ten years down the line.

Do you think he has any weaknesses?

Kristina: Well, he got hoodwinked by Katie for a second and also, I think, by Michelle in the last series so maybe occasionally a woman can pull the wool over his eyes.

Simon, do your think your yellow socks helped your through the interviews?

Simon: (laughing) How could a pair of socks help me? Actually, there's an interesting story behind them - they were given to me by a successful entrepreneur - Richard Branson. When I was on one of his planes I found them in the seat pocket in front of me. So you could say he gave them to me indirectly!

What sort of apprentice will you be? Are you a coffee maker or a coffee taker?

Simon: (laughing) Both!
Kristina: Well, I'm totally proactive so I would be making it. I have pushed myself so far and to win is the starting point. I then want to do everything I can to ensure that Sir Alan wants to keep me on.

What are your plans if you don't win?

Kristina: I applied to win and that's my only focus. At the moment I can't see any further than that.
Simon: Likewise, I'm incredibly driven and the idea of not winning hasn't entered my head.

Watch The Apprentice final on Wednesday at 9pm on BBC1


http://entertainment.aol.co.uk/tv/the-apprentice-finalists-answer-your-questions/article/20070612070809990001

[Corkie]

So simon is the winner. I'm surpriced. I hope he does a good job!

[James]

I had a feeling SAS would choose Simon. I can actually see the logic in it now that the job is in property development.

[Sophii3x]

:sad: I wanted Kristina to win!
I loved the VT of Tre and Simon together, so funny

[Sophii3x]

Back on topic, I'm going to scan the Tre and the Katie interviews, so I'll post them proberly later on today/tonight.

[BigSister]

Thanks sophie I was a bit shocked that simon won but i liked them both so i want too fussed who won

[Fanboy_Luke]

The show was leading to a Kristina victory so much that I thought it was predictable when Simon won. You could see that the editors were trying to throw a googly. Surely Kristina beat him in the task as the wave was a shockingly bad design.

Still, it's tragic that Tre didn't win; clearly the best candidate.

[Red Moon]

KRISTINA: EX HELD LOADED GUN TO MY HEAD

APPRENTICE star Kristina Grimes has told how her drunken husband once pointed a loaded gun at her and slurred: "I could fire this right now."

Kristina—runner-up on the hit TV show this week— trembled in fear as boozed-up Jackie Adams aimed the handgun at her during the sick prank.

She recalled: "I was s****ing myself but I laughed and made a joke out of it.

"I thought if I antagonised him he would really shoot me."

The gutsy single mum managed to talk her way out of that situation and escaped her marriage to violent Adams.

Kristina revealed the shocking details of the dramatic past she hides behind her cool, business-like exterior. And told for the first time how she:

FLED her family home in shame after having a baby at 17.

LEFT her son's father, her first love, after he started hearing voices in his head named Larry, Harry and Mo.

MARRIED Adams and then dumped him after he broke into her house and cut up her clothes.

The attractive blonde also tells how she STORMED out of the boardroom in tears and hid in a church after Sir Alan broke the news that she had lost.

And she reveals that she has not had sex for TWO years — but loves to dominate men in the bedroom.

Speaking after her shock exit from the BBC1 reality show, the pharmaceutical sales exec recalled the night she thought her soldier husband wanted her dead.

She said: "We had some friends round and he'd had a few beers and was pointing the gun around, showing it off. I told him to put it away and that's when he put it to my head. He put it down eventually but I was shaking with fear. I thought I was going to die that night."

Kristina, who is still legally married to Adams, first met him in 1997 while he was stationed with the Royal Engineers near Nottingham.

After three traumatic years she ended it, But Adams, who now lives in New Zealand, left her with one final reminder. She said: "He broke back in and trashed the house.

"He smashed windows, slashed the furniture, cut up my clothes, threw the bed down the stairs." Kristina had fled to England in 1988 following the shame of being an unwed teenage mum in Ireland.

The daughter of the managing director of Coca-Cola for Ireland in Co Meath, she incurred the wrath of her family when she fell pregnant at 17.

Kristina said: "I was a daddy's girl. But after I had the baby I became nothing in his eyes."

In a bid to make things work, Kristina moved in with her boyfriend, who we are not naming, after giving birth to his son Graeme. But when her boyfriend's mental health took a turn for the worse she took her son and fled to England.

She said: "He said he had three voices in his head — Harry, Larry and Mo. He said Harry didn't like me, Larry did and Mo was indifferent. Sadly for me Larry didn't speak up much!"

After leaving Adams, Kristina graduated in maths at Leeds University, landed a good job with a pharmaceutical firm and made her way up the career ladder.

She was the favourite to win The Apprentice but was left stunned when Sir Alan picked public schoolboy Simon instead.

She said: "I was shocked. I stormed out and ran out into the street with tears running down my face. I must have walked for ages, maybe five miles. I found a church near Regent Street and I went inside and started crying.

"Sir Alan and the team were sending me texts asking if I was all right but I needed to be alone. Eventually I went back in and they were all worried."

She received a text message of support from last year's runner-up Ruth Badger. "She said, ‘He never picks the right person'. That helped."

You can see Kristina's video verdict on her Apprentice housemates on our website at www. notw.co.uk.But unlike man-eater Katie, Kristina says she hasn't had a serious boyfriend—or sex—for two years.

She smiled: "I've not had sex for two years but none of the men on the show did it for me. I like strong men who can challenge me and drive me on."
Source: News of the World (http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/apprentice/news_170607_kristina.shtml)

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APPRENTICE VIXEN KATE BEDS PAUL AGAIN IN A HOTEL BAWDROOM

EXCLUSIVE He can't keep his hands off She seduced co-star, stole married men and romped in a field. Guess what randy Ms Hopkins did next..

THE Apprentice maneater Katie Hopkins has lured her former co-star Paul Callaghan back into bed, The People can reveal.

Marriage-wrecker Katie, 31, had a bust-up with ex-Army officer Paul when he caught her bonking another man.

But they rekindled their romance last week when they met for the BBC1 show reunion party.

Paul, 27, couldn't resist the man-eater when she threw herself at him at the Riverside Studios in west London on Wednesday night.

Katie - sacked last week from her £90,000-a-year marketing job with the Met Office after The People exposed her romping in a fieldwith married colleague Mark Cross - went back to Paul's hotel after the party.

Our source said: "Paul was overheard telling everyone how he caught Katie having sex with another man.

"None of the other contestants speak to her and couldn't even believe she had the audacity to turn up.

"Paul was really drunk and Katie went straight over to him and gave him a sloppy kiss and they soon started chatting. They were talking all evening, Katie was being very touchy-feely and at the end of the night they left the party together."

Katie did not return to the K-West Hotel in west London where she was booked to stay for two nights.

Pals told The People she spent the night at Paul's hotel in nearby Hammersmith, west London.

She appeared on GMTV the next day wearing exactly the same clothes she had worn the day before. Our source added: "When we were leaving and asking him to come he was hesitating and said he was going to stay with her.

"I can't believe he fell for her again. To fall for it once is bad enough but twice is just stupid."

Katie was offered a place in the show's final and the chance of a £100,000 job with Sir Alan Sugar but turned it down saying she had no one to look after her two children.

When Sir Alan asked if she had ever lied to get what she wanted she replied: "Yes. To get someone else's husband."
Source: Sunday People (http://www.people.co.uk/news/tm_headline=apprentice-vixen-kate-beds-paul-again-in-a-hotel-bawdroom&method=full&objectid=19309770&siteid=93463-name_page.html)

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KATIE'S BACK WITH HER FIELD GOOD GUY

APPRENTICE star Katie Hopkins has ploughed back into an affair with the married man she had sex with in a cornfield.

Love rat Mark Cross has dumped his wife for the SECOND time to sow wild oats with the bitchy telly temptress.

And heartbroken Ruth Cross has launched a stinging attack on her sex-mad love rival, raging: "My husband has disappeared up Katie Hopkins' a**e."

Ruth, 50, had battled to save her marriage despite seeing pictures of Mark and Katie naked in a field near their home.

She even went with him on a make-or-break holiday to Croatia.

But just days after returning, Mark, 43, walked out on their 11-year relationship for the second time in a month to set up home with Katie, 31.

Last week the pair were pictured walking hand-in-hand, near her home near Exeter, Devon.

Ruth, who lives five miles away in Weston, and has two grown-up sons Adam, 28, and Lewis, 26, from a previous marriage, first split from Mark a month ago after he confessed to the affair.

Eight days later he begged forgiveness and she took him back. But then the picture of him having sex with Katie in the open air was revealed.

Amazingly he convinced his wife the snap was old, and she forgave him again. But Ruth said: "It's devastating because my relationship with Mark was overwhelming. It was everything. I can't switch my emotions off. I still love him but he's done wrong by me.

"I feel anger towards Katie. She's just like the demon she's portrayed on TV — she's a horrible person."

In the News of the World two weeks ago, Katie — who has had a string of married lovers — refused to apologise for snaring other women's husbands and hinted that she wanted Mark back.

She went on: "I follow my heart. I love Mark."

Ruth's son Adam Vaile said: "When I saw the pictures of Katie and Mark in the field I knew they were taken when he was back with my mum.

"He lied to Mum, but she wanted to believe him. Now he's run back to that woman. She's making a fool of him but he won't listen.

"He'll end up unhappy and alone because soon Katie will dump him and move on to the next family to destroy."
Source: News of the World (http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/katie_2406.shtml)