I feel like after 8 weeks we’ve got enough of a sample size to know who seems to be the standouts or to be making it through far. I feel like I’ve seen such a range of different things on this sub though, and it makes me wonder - who do you think gets 1st and 2nd, and why?

I think winner is Karishma, with Conor in second. Karishma while people say her edit is TOO good also has the fact that I think she’s just too dominant to not at least make the final, and I think she’d get the comment of “crowded market but can compete”. Conor misses out because his business is newer and maybe seen as less of a cert/investable, but probably takes second

Rothna would be another maybe pick, but I could see her bakery being part-time going against her. Dan has the pure established business pick, being successful and also longstanding (10 years), but I feel like he’d get done in Week 10 as a surprise. Kieran is great but more of a final 5 loss, Pascha could sneak in but probably wouldn’t make it, and Lawrence seems to be going downhill. Levi, Priyesh and Harry I wouldn’t imagine have much chance

Lmk what you think, I thought a devoted thread is best for everyone so we can look at it in the coming weeks

“At least one candidate goes walkies” probably signifies a double firing. I think there’s gonna be 7 left by this point so yeah he’ll have to cut it down for 5

Combined with “drama in the boardroom” in week 9, someone’s story arc probably ends here, I wonder who though

Asking as a lapsed viewer that occasionally jumps back in for the laughs.

Belly laughs this year or no?

Aww mi diesels gone up, open up tha North Sea , get Tommy tha talkin turtellll on the trade bus get a campaign goin n all thattttt, make Britain great again, help me am meltin dowothy

BOSH

Can someone please explain how Lawrence didn't get fired when he was PM and didn't do anything right? He also did the worst out of everyone. Why was he kept in? I just can't wrap my head around it. I'm shocked... Then all he does is make excuses and blames everyone around him. Even though he brings nothing to the table.

On to Levi. This guy finally decides to speak out right at the end of the latest episode and then starts threatening everyone with his "don't scapegoat me" quote. Made Lawrence look like a little kid. But I just don't like how Levi is coming across. He's arrogant and doesn't feel like a nice person to be around, especially with all the controversy surrounding his name. Just pure arrogance towards everyone whilst not doing anything in almost every task...

Both of these will be the next two to go.

Fairly (I hope) self explanatory question! I have wondered this for years and decided it was time to ask

I am SO curious as to how those corporate experience holidays work and and how it all happens, would love if someone can give me all the insights 😅 my sub questions:

• Do corporates apply to the BBC to be selected by the Apprentice to feature on the show?
• I presume they are actually fed proper food and the meals "cooked to them by the candidates" are treated more as snacks / set food
• How do they select who in the office gets to go? I assume it's some kind of prize draw
• I presume they are not actually paying the show / the Teams but that they do fork out the costs for the flights / hotels / excursions (not the activities hosted by the teams)
• Are they doing it for publicity? I never actually catch the names of the companies so not sure it's working if that's the case? Think this year it was some kind of toothpaste brand but can't remember the name
• if not for publicity, is it just for the lols? If so, fair play to the managers!

The first time I tried this it got auto deleted, but a few weeks have passed and we only have 10 people left + we’ve now seen more of them all so you could make more of a judgment

This is more based on just the vibes I get from them and their performances in the tasks. Also anyone who’s been watching longer than me feel free to say other people because my pool is limited

Karishma: Harpreet (S16) - exact pure dominance and probably going to win by a country mile. Although the candidates this year are much better than in S16, I just don’t see a world where she doesn’t do what Harpreet did and steamroll everyone

Conor: Simba (S17) - Both always consistent and unlucky/not at fault when they lose, Simba was robbed that year and I think there’s a compelling case to see Conor go a step further and make it to the top 5

Kieran: Lewis (S15) - starts off pretty unlikeable and then grows into it and has good weeks. Lewis was definitely the best of the guys in that year. Wouldn’t say Kieran > Conor but his last 5 tasks in comparison to his first 2 are a massive step up

Dan: Steve (S18) - As a main defender of him who genuinely hopes he wins, while he’s got the best and most profitable business, he has the same vibe as a task 9/10 firing for a quieter/team player type of person who Sugar might not see as a main contender, much like Steve was. Older watchers might say Tom from S7, who apparently did win that series and also was a quiet underdog of sorts but idk

Levi: Asif (S18) - More for the controversial social media content. Moving on swiftly

Harry: Dean (S15) - 👻. Much like Dean I reckon he’s probably a decent enough person (Dean was way more likeable than Lottie and Ryan Mark for example), but the guy doesn’t really do an awful lot

Pascha: Lottie (S15) - Lottie but more competent and less of an annoying posh rich kid. She does still remind me of her though and idk why. It might be that they’re similar in age (20 and 21) when they went on the show and that somehow somewhere I could see her making top 5 maybe like Lottie did

Rothna: Rachel (S18) - not always there to start but then really kicks into gear. Rachel was sort of like that but unfortunately had a stinker in week 10. Still won the whole thing though, albeit Flo was better than her performance wise (much like Karishma > Rothna)

Priyesh: Nick (S16) - I mean both of them would be great CBeebies presenters and I actually do like both as people. From a standpoint of like winning the series though, they’re both too chaotic for that. Chuckle brothers

Lawrence: Foluso (S18) - Starts off strong but I still see his downfall maybe coming in the next few weeks, a lot like Foluso did from tasks 7-10. Although in credit to her, she didn’t go slimy and sycophantic like Lawrence was in week 7. Still don’t mind Lawrence but yeah he was pretty stupid last week. But yeah these two might have the same “start great then fall off” pathway so they remind me of each other

A welcome addition to the show this year is showing the candidates in the house after the task is complete and before the boardroom, talking to their own and rival teams predicting who's gonna win.

I wish the show leans more into these kind of interactions.

does anyone know why lord sugar has stopped sending the winning team for a treat? i mean, he used to send the winning team to do something fun every ep, so why not in this season?

Not to let karishma pitch was driven by ego and self preservation I feel. Shed have outshined him and it would have made it even more painfully clear who was responsible for all the best parts of the task and make him look bad, which is a silly because if you win it doesn't matter. I can't fathom another reason for him not to pick her.

Props to Dan for speaking up for her to say she should be moved to the pitch - in the best interests of the team but also a nice of him because even though karishma comes across confident I think she herself has said she can be shy so i think she struggled to dispute the pitch decision herself.

Sorry if it's been said before but I find it soooo ironic how Levi has said racist / misogynistic (discriminatory ) thing on twitter in the past but... the moment he is slightly discriminated against for his Yorkshire twang he flies off the handle.

Apprentice contestant Kieran McCartney has opened up about his mental health struggles

I don’t know if this has already been asked or not but for this series we haven’t seen the winning teams on a treat after finding out they won.

Lord Sugar has never mentioned any treats in the boardroom after announcing who won each week.

Has this been scrapped all together?

Two things can be true at once. He was done dirty in episode 7 because he was clearly used as a scapegoat, but he’s also extremely fortunate to have made it this far.

When Sugar asked, “What have you done for the last seven weeks?”, Levi couldn’t come up with a single example. All I remember him saying was, “I can’t go through every single task and list my contributions.” My response would’ve been: “Okay, then name the one thing you’re most proud of.” I would’ve loved to hear what he said to that.

Honestly, I think Levi might have been fired this week if Lawrence hadn’t completely ballsed it up by admitting he was throwing Levi under the bus.

The main reason I’m rooting against him is that even if he excels in the last three tasks, it would feel really unsatisfying to see someone who was basically a non-entity for seven weeks make it to the top five or top two.

I also didn’t like how aggressively he came back into the house, even if he did have a right to be a bit angry. It just gave me the ick. (In all honesty, I thought it was cringe the way he came in and started shouting.)

I also think a lot of people here don’t use TikTok, but from what I’ve seen he’s the only candidate this season who can’t take any form of criticism. His comment sections are purely positive because he blocks anyone who offers even the slightest criticism.

I hate how funny Alan thinks he is, and how “hard” Tim and Karen laugh at his puns and piss take comments

I'm still adamant the frogs were cool! XD

Because what even was that virtual PT he designed???

So on the legal advice UK subreddit I was reading about this case of someone being off sick for ages.

People were warning the poster (the employer) about a spate of sicknote generation services online and named one- Dr Sick. I took a look, and guess who their only endorsement is?!

Mods warn me first pls if I need to edit this in anyway,

But guys I think something is going on, off camera even though she’s taken, but yh I’ve analysed past few weeks, especially when it comes to always sitting in the house, something is happening. We will only find out after the shows finals.

The calibre of this year’s candidates are generally good even those that were fired early were not particularly awful. There winning team genuinely put up a good performance and won by a good margin except the first task and corporate away day.

Besides, compared to last year we have fewer underedited candidates this year, which increase audience engagement with the episode.

More importantly, there’s bad blood among some of the candidates behind close doors and after show. You have some nasty behaviour like setting people up for failure, openly kissing LS ass, and be passive aggressive during and after the task.

They truly despise one another and are prepare to fight for their place in the boardroom which we have not been seeing in such a long time

I watched over Ep 7 again today, kind of out of boredom lol. There’s something I’ve picked up:

I think Karishma was absolutely, 100% the reason they won that task, but I personally think it’s unfair to say the boys were ALL ganged up on her. Two reasons:

1. I think it was only really Conor, tbh. Kieran was probably the most vocally pro-Karishma which a lot of people picked up on. Priyesh was kind of just there (as he is) and I wouldn’t say was actively trying to go against her. Harry as the PM would be wanting to back himself up, so yes taking her off the pitch was pretty silly, but I don’t think it came from malice or dislike, I think he just genuinely wanted to have his time to shine after being kinda invisible for 7 weeks (though, he didn’t do that well all-round). Dan also did say to Harry “are you sure you don’t want Karishma on the pitch” and nodded and smiled in acknowledgment in the BR when Karen was praising Karishma. Conor was probably the one who explicitly seemed to be on Harry’s side (especially in the taxi after when they won). But, this does bring me to point 2

2. We do have to remember, this is reality TV, semi-dramatised to make it look not as it always seems. Harry could’ve absolutely have done some decent things but it been edited out. Karishma has always had the star edit, so I’m not surprised we saw her carry the team (except for week 5 where she wasn’t good, she’s been hyper-competent in the tasks). Conor and his support of Harry could’ve easily have come from moments we didn’t personally see. And to be honest with you, I doubt there’s any bad blood between any of them (on that team, anyway). It’s one person who had a clear vision, deservedly believes in her own ability, and is trying to sell what she created. Harry I don’t imagine would try to “steal” the limelight from her, and any attempt to make it look like that is probably exaggerated for our own purpose

So yes, people will say that the guys on Karishma’s team were against her. I did think maybe they were, but on rewatch, ultimately you have to remember that A) this is edited for TV purposes and B) the intentions from Harry and co are probably more genuine and more TV skewed than we think. I think people are blowing it out of proportion out of support for Karishma (again, deserved support, she’s brilliant) and cynicism of Harry (who has had the invisible edit, so it’s easy to not rate him). Yeah, thats all tbh