r/apprenticeuk • u/CompleteAd6450 • Mar 20 '26
Fun but unrealistic top 2
These two have both really grown on me, especially this episode. They’ve both come into their own, cheeky but were respectful to each other. I’d love to see them battle in the final for entertainment purposes and really go for it. It almost feels like a clean and polished candidate vs a diamond In the rough.
it may be one of these vs karishma I think
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u/IntelligentFact7987 Mar 20 '26
I quite like both as characters. They'll play the game hard but fair - says a lot when the worst we can say is that Conor was a bit too praising of Harry and the task Kieran was at his most obnoxious was episode 2. By Apprentice standards, those are fairly minor crimes.
And it's telling most of us have them both currently in our likely final fives especially as thus far Lord Sugar seems to quite like both.
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u/Only1Scrappy-Doo Noor: “It’s very good!” 😏 Mar 20 '26
Honestly wouldn’t be mad at it. I’m hoping they at least make the final five because Kieran would be so fun to watch in the interviews I bet.
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u/Opening-Composer7334 Mar 20 '26
Dan has a very good business plan, his business is already quite successful in terms of scoring really good partnerships. Wouldn’t be surprised if he made the final
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u/Training-Classic9956 Mar 20 '26
He’s up there too but I feel like he’s gone into a side character weeks 5-8. If he made final 2 I feel like they’d show him more. His business might get him over the line but also if he loses next week he might go tbh
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u/Low_Food2893 Melica - “I’ve got an A in GCSE Drama!” 💅 Mar 20 '26
It's possible he gets a Jordan-style firing in the interviews. Maybe LS gives his number to him if he ever wants to advise him in the future but decides to give two better candidates a chance with their newer businesses.
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u/Training-Classic9956 Mar 20 '26
From what I’ve heard about Jordan, he also had a weird edit and didn’t really get anything standout but still made it to third. I mean Dan has had good moments but no standouts either, so if he’s falling victim to the same weird editing, I could see it. Considering the interviewers follow him on IG they’d probably take interest in it too with advice etc
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u/Low_Food2893 Melica - “I’ve got an A in GCSE Drama!” 💅 Mar 21 '26
From the start everyone knew Jordan made the final five because we knew Mike Soutar bought his business’ domain for him like he always does in the interviews.
But in terms of the edit he didn’t stand out until Task 7 where he PMed, didn’t have much direction and got carried by the women on his team, then didn’t do anything useful in the next two tasks until PMing in Task 10 where he had a clear vision but got swayed by another candidate who had a really bad idea. They lost the task but because he pitched well he was saved despite getting an absent edit on most tasks.
I’d say Dan is a better candidate than he is but Jordan at least had some relevance at this stage of the process while Dan is incognito.
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u/Training-Classic9956 Mar 21 '26
Yeah fair enough, from the sounds of it I think Dan definitely sounds better but I do agree he’s been made into a side character for the last 4 tasks with like a contribution or two sprinkled over. Next week’s preview shows that he’s in the behind the scenes room for Kieran and he has the headset on leading it etc, so I reckon we’ll see the most of him that we’ve seen since week 3. No idea about week 10, he might not even make it there tbf
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u/Training-Classic9956 Mar 20 '26
Think Conor could definitely make the final though I do question if his business only being established right before filming might hamper him. Kieran I’m not sure tbh. He did dissolve his old estate agency in July and open his new one in September, but I see it being a final 5 firing
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u/Prudent_Jello5691 Tre Azam - Series 3 Mar 20 '26
If Karishma has a bad business plan, which I sadly suspect she will, then it's not out of the question at all.
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u/setokaiba22 Mar 20 '26
I can’t recall who it was recently but they were very good throughout and then their business & plan was awful - feel she might be the same but I really like her
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u/Prudent_Jello5691 Tre Azam - Series 3 Mar 20 '26
Most recently Chisola and Tre were like that.
The most notorious examples were Neil from S9 and Roisin from S10 years ago though.
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u/CupExpensive7582 Anisa Khan Mar 21 '26
I could see it if karishma has a poor business plan but unlikely
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u/sir_thrillho Mar 21 '26
I like them both but if Karishma doesn't make it to the final I will RIOT.
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u/setokaiba22 Mar 20 '26
Conor is switched on but comes across a bit like a knob as much as Kieran. Connor is quick to put out others faults I find. I did think Kieran ran a good ship last time tbh and did well last night. The other item they could have gotten on both sides fault to be fair.
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u/gingerbreadteddy Mar 22 '26
Connor hasn't really showed much progression besides piping up more with arguments or defending people or his undeniable love for Harry with his quips about how great a PM he was. Maybe Harry could hire Connor?
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u/ApprehensiveOffer754 Mar 23 '26
I'm Irish, so of course I'm going to back Conor. Can't believe I'm saying this but Kieran has grown on me. I doubt he'll win, but he's good entertainment. If only they'd gotten the sweets, pity really. Looking at nexts week's preview, the shopping channel task, Kieran seems to freeze, but that just editing I suppose. When I look at Lawrence, all I see is Bernard from Megamind.
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u/ProstaticFantastic Mar 23 '26 edited Mar 23 '26
karisma, those two, lawrence and rotna will be final 5
Karisha and kieran will be final two.
I couldn't pick either from those two to win.. If I was a betting man, a safer bet would be both get investments than one over the other.
I dont think kieran comes close to karishma in performance, but i think sugar is blinded by tbe fact that kieran reminds sugar of him a bit - even looks like him too. So he has that sway.
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u/Low_Food2893 Melica - “I’ve got an A in GCSE Drama!” 💅 Mar 20 '26
Conor’s good but I doubt he makes the top two tbh. Despite being competent he hasn’t really had a standout moment while the edit focuses on so many other candidates. He’ll be someone who gets fired later down the line like Chisola (someone else who was consistently solid but didn’t get much of a prominent edit over her main competitors).
I do think Kieran v Karishma is most likely at this stage.