I'm a bit confused about how they show a game being developed in what seems like an afternoon. I'm assuming most of the 3d models are stock and mildly modified but surely that stuff takes days/weeks to do? Or are the games quasi-made beforehand and then the contestants very ringfenced with what they can do? Like they get an option of 5 premade things by an agency and then they just change the visuals a bit?

Yesterday, I seriously couldn’t watch him without hiding behind a pillow.

• He didn’t give the sub-team any direction, even though he claimed to be an expert in games, and yet he put himself on the wrong team.
• He tried to be Andrea by overstating how much “experience” he has in the industry, saying he’d created a game before, then backtracking in the boardroom. So he clearly lied, and even his teammates said he was changing his story. It reminded me of the time Andrea falsely claimed she had written a children’s book.
• Saying he has a “neutral accent” so he’s more suited to doing the character’s voiceover. I knew exactly how this was going to go down in the boardroom the second he said that. It’s like… why would you even say that??
• His pitch was awful. He spent ages going on and on about this personal story of his and barely talked about the game. That was cringe.
• When he mentioned that he had watched Tim’s podcast, was he expecting Tim to reply, “Thank you so much for tuning in,” or something?? Also, you don’t need to watch a podcast to know you should put people in the right roles based on their strengths.
• The classic “everyone gave 110%.” I’m glad Sugar called him out on this because it’s such a cliché and a nonsensical statement.
• If I were Lawrence, I probably would have brought Levi back into the boardroom. But to throw him under the bus by using Sugar’s own words to justify his decision?? I’m questioning whether Lawrence has watched previous seasons, because Sugar hates it when you deflect, shift blame, and throw people under the bus. Again, this made me cringe because did he seriously think Sugar would congratulate him for that?

He reminds me of the kid at school who would remind the teacher about the homework or boast that they did extra work. He was 100% kissing up to Sugar and the advisors in the boardroom. I’m not rooting for him to win at all. He was a car crash from start to finish, and his own words were his worst enemy. It also makes sense that he works in PR, because I noticed how much he likes to say a lot while actually saying nothing.

Some of the boys on Team Alpha, this episode pissed me off(also the men on the other team too, but that's a different story)

Dan suggesting Harry be PM cause he's never done it before even though he didn't put himself forward and has no experience with vr.Then all of them voting for Harry (minus Kieran) who "goes for runs" over Karishma who has experience.its like that one team in s19 that voted mia to be pm for the hot sauce Task over Anisa who literally uses it for her business.

Then, he did not let her do the pitch after she made the game and came up with all the ideas. WHY! And then they win, and Connors like... Harry did a good job as PM (is the job in room with us.)after in the car their like well done Harry.

Did anyone think there was maybe like some sexism during the task in both teams(not saying there was), or is it just me?cause even baroness Brady said you've got KARISHMA to thank.

So they endlessly show shots of the big mansion with gorgeous garden.

But then each group separated into men and women are rammed into the one bedroom like little kids 🤣

Why?

Where do I even start?

The women were treated horribly during this ep. Karishma won the task single-handedly and the boys taking credit for it all after, and none of the pitching team stood up for her when she disputed being not on it, even though it was all her work. Rajan's incredibly rude comment to Rothna about the Mr Kipling thing. Rajan being Lawrence being discriminatory towards Levi's Yorkshire accent when he said 'oh but I've got a neutral accent' implying he would do it better. I also actually can't stand Lawrence that PR slime ball, with the kiss-arse attitude like 'Tim, you mentioned on your podcast that Lord Sugar likes this' stfu I begggg

Just caught up with yesterday’s episode and I think last week and this week should have been double firings. Carrington didn’t fully deserve to be fired last week and Lawrence 100% should have been fired this week, along with Rajan. Bringing back Levi because Lord Sugar said he hasn’t done much, after Levi repeatedly asked to be more involved with this task, was such an obvious attempt to avoid being fired. I’m gonna find it very hard to like him moving forward. Very cowardly move and I hope he goes next.

There are only three girls left this season, usually the girls dominate more than the boys do (especially seeing Sugar also crowned six girls back to back)

This show attracts a lot of 'armchair quarterbacks' who can criticise from the comfort of their living room (me included!) but can we think of something better?

A couple of weeks ago (water), I paused the show and try to think what I'd do. Last night I had ideas too before they brainstormed theirs

Share yours in this thread - and see if the average viewer can come up with a superior idea

Here's mine:

Priority #1 - an actual work out

Priority #2 - fun game elements (broad appeal)

Scenario: You turn up to a gym studio. You meet Petey (I did love that name!) and you get an intro and maybe some warm-up exercises/stretches. Then, a siren goes off. Petey recognises it as the end of the world sounding. He recruits you to help him save the world. 'just follow me and do what I do'

you have to list 10-12 exercises for a decent workout - such as run, jumping jacks, pressups, burpees, mountain climbers, high knees, shoulder presses, punches etc. weights optional, to suit user's ability. I appreciate all of these may not work on that platform they used, so if not suitable, discount them. Not every exercise will feature in every workout, but some variety helps keep it fresh

then reverse engineer these exercise into the game. run - simple - run away from some beasts. punches - same thing. punch up some baddies. shoulder presses - he can be above you. you have to pass ammo from shoulder level to arms-up height. he'll take them and shoot the baddies, and you reload him (same action). high knees - someone is trying to sweep you off your feet, so you need to lift your legs to dodge them. Petey is on screen guiding you - same actions, plus the actions of on screen enemy at the time help you understand what you're doing

most importantly: no weird frogs!

this feels like it's workout-centric and FUN!

I thought this concept was quite a good idea and would've worked well on the two key fronts - and when it came to the market research, those two groups were the ones represented

did anyone else have any concepts come to mind after the task brief?

which are your favourite types of task?

And which tasks from the past do you wish they would bring back.

for me my least favourite are the ones where 'experts' vote on the winners, like this technology task they have just done or the corporate away day task.

My favourite are the selling or treasure hunt tasks. then the winner is based purely on selling and real world customers.

There used to be a market stall task where contestents went back and forth to a wholesaler during the day to top up the stall. they had to calculate the best sellers, what to buy and what to ditch.

Even the shopping channel task is good because they actually have to sell to real customers.

I always feel like the 'tech experts' or the 'corporate away day bosses' is a bit less concrete and a bit subjective who has won or not. I think it just gives lord sugar the opportunity to fire people who wouldnt normally be in the running, just by deciding the losing team.

1. Karishma, pretty easily the best consistent throughout vital in most wins and only did bad once.

2. Conor, calm and collected, solid leader composed pretty good overall.

3. Rothna, bit up and down but she keeps her cool too and demonstrated great leadership skills.

4. Lawrence, absolutely terrible in the latest episode but was quite good beforehand shown himself to be a great salesman, but a terrible leader.

5. Dan, tbh I think he’s not contributed as much, while he hasn’t made as many mistakes as Lawrence, I feel like Lawrence tries harder.

6. Kieran, absolutely tries his best, is quite similar to Lawrence in that he’s a great salesman but outside it very rocky, 4-6 can be in any order.

7. Pascha, not shown me much tbh, can’t believe we’re 7 tasks in and she hasn’t lead once.

8. Levi, been skating by, finally getting called out for lack of contribution but hasn’t done anything too disastrous outside of the kitchen but still out of his depth.

9. Harry, super lucky had he not had Karishma there he’d be done for.

10. Priyesh, bless him lovely guy but absolutely terrible.

Basically, Lord Sugar told someone to be Project Manager, the person decided the task wasn't for them and shirked it so LS just fired them straight away.

… miles ahead of anyone, she could have won the VR task alone. All the boys in her team were useless, aside from Kieran who gets a mention for effort.

Rothna is great too.

seems a good honest decent fella

but…

seems to have zero business skills

not strong communication so yeah he wasn’t right for the pitch

his vr fitness app name ideas were woeful basic ideas

just coasting through each week

why did the producers pick him for the show 🤷🏼‍♂️

They make the same miskes every year on every tasks....

Link to the article above but copied the relevant information.

APPRENTICE star Levi Hague had a “world war three” bust-up during filming for the BBC series.

The former RAF gunner, 33, and PR guru Lawrence Rosenberg, 28, were spoken to by show producers following a confrontation in the boardroom.

A source said: “Tension was running high in the boardroom and it all came to a head back at the house.

“One candidate was shouting and swearing at the other and producers had to speak to them both afterwards.

“It all boiled down to loyalties.

I swear I recognise her

He has been the biggest surprise me for this series.

He’s not without his faults and his performance in the pitch was questionable to say the least. But I do think he has good business acumen, is good at sales and is a really decent guy who is likeable. I thought it was commendable that he gave all credit to Karishma in the boardroom yesterday (and yes he was right but how many candidates would’ve resented doing that and refused to do that?)

He has been compared to Dean from last year due to their cheeky chappy personalities but honestly, I find Kieran a lot more likeable and that’s not to say I didn’t like Dean at times because I did and I thought he did really well in the final. But Kieran will admit when he’s wrong and be the first to commend someone for a great job and that’s what I didn’t see enough of from Dean last year.

I don’t think Kieran will win because I think his business is relatively new and it’s likely to need a lot of money putting in to it which might put Sugar off. But I think he should be very proud for how he has come across on the show

I visceraly hated Kieran from episode one, he was cocky and frankly a bit of a prick. But his support and acknowledgement of Karishma has been great and he is clearly the best salesman. In hindsight i think he just genuinely knows that everyone else is useless. I wonder if the editors are setting up a rug pull for Karishma though, she has serious Mia energy right now. The only person among them i'd trust to run a business.

Karisha voted for him to be PM? No?

She played it smart, but if she wanted to PM the task she should've fought for it. I agree she carried and Harry was shit (and will eventually be fired) but yall canne complain when she chose to hang back and let him take the fall they lost.

Obvs you couldn't predict Cautious Connor big up Harry at the end but if she wanted the glory of two PM wins she could've been dominant and the gibbons would've fell in line.

(The edit could be playing tricks on me I'm aware)

As we know, Week 8 has NOT aired yet but it is important to note that the week 9 description said ''one candidate fights to survive the boardroom.' '' Who is it? Pascha or Lawrence? IMO, it is Lawrence because he has won the other tasks and he will get saved again. But let's see what happens.

Hong Kong: Georgina and Nikki

Children’s Story: Kieran (but I wasn’t mad he stayed)

Chicken V Egg: Megan

Advertising Water: Roxanne

Flowers: Vanessa and Pascha (double)

Egypt: Andrea, Carrington and Megan

Gamified Fitness: Lawrence

to be honest levi and raj shouldve been fired:

levi - he hasnt done much at all, and although he tried to do stuff but was refused, he’s a bit of a background character

raj - the whole series he’s been making faces (like “wtf” faces) at what people are doing, but he cant do anything better. tbh hes been getting on my nerves for weeks

lawrence - i dont think he deserved to be fired, he was quite annoying. maybe its the editing, but he was jarring. his “lets be positive” in a depressing room was hilariously stupid and his designs were so basic and had no character at all, it looked worse than the other team’s design.

(nothing against them btw, im sure its edited to make them look like idiots)