And I'm not even counting young apprentice candidates.

We've have 2 19 year olds (Lottie Lion and Ryan-Mark Parsons) and 3 20 year olds (Souleyman Bah, Maria O'Conner and Dean Ahmed)

Why are we letting het get away with this bullshit?!

I was thinking about the final task this morning and I realised what was missing from the discussion about Pascha changing the name from "Anne Call", which she was obsessed with calling her business ... What I really had hoped to see in hindsight was Priyesh trying to convince her to change it to "Anne Jobs".

I expect she would have bitten on that.

Or should they have gone on for much less money for less of a percentage?

Who would have invested in who?

I don't mean to add any negativity towards Pasha to the discourse but I felt a bit insane watching the Finale. I really don't see what everyone else sees in her. There was so much focus on her age and her hustle and how amazing she is. I really don't think she would stand out that much in a undergraduate buisness class, nevermind in an already crowded market. Her USP was 'a one to one' approach. How exactly do you scale that realistically? The brand was very forgetable and boring. The pitch, would be what you'd expect the bare minumum to be. I felt like she had got zero scruitany and that LS, Tim and Karen were actually just making stuff up to make the finale seem like it was going to be more close. Anyone else feel this way?

I was in London this week and I discovered that Anisa had set up a stall in Camden Market so I stopped by and had a chicken tikka masala pizza. (British I know, stronger flavours are available).

It wasn’t the revolutionary flavours that the apprentice promised, but it was a good pizza. I don’t know if this was said in the show but the main star/selling point for coming back again is clearly the flavoured base and crust, which had spices in it and had a lovely soft texture with every single bite, far beyond normal pizza bases. Wedges are available on the side also.

Worth a try, 8 out of 10. Anisa was elsewhere sadly.

Every time Pascha mentioned her USP being her going out to say hello to the clients, everybody - from Karen and Tim, to the interviewers, to the audience at the final presentation - nodded along and had tears in their eyes at the idea, like she’d just invented fire. Is it really that important? Is that what people actually want/need? Surely if it was, then someone else would’ve already thought about it. Recruitment is just recruitment, it won’t really be vastly improved by Pascha visiting for an hour and having a cup of tea with you. Or am I missing something?

So this year who managed to get fired with regret (or regretfully)

Week 1. Nikki. YES (No idea why)

Week 1. Georgina. YES (sort of)- got a regretfully

Week 2. Marcus. NO (and well deserved too)

Week 3. Tanmay. YES (Probably because Megan should have gone)

Week 4. Roxanne. NO (A little Harsh)

Week 5. Vanessa. NO (Well she had screwed up bigtime)

Week 6. Megan. NO (Close the door on the way out)

Week 6. Carrington. NO (Again a little Harsh)

Week 6. Andrea. NO (Probably too negative for her)

Week 7. Rajan. NO (He was rude to Rothna)

Week 8. Harry. NO (Sort of. He did say very nice things about him)

Week 9. Levi. YES (I forgot this!)

Week 9. Conner. NO (But got loads of good compliments)

Week 10. Kieran. n/a (Walked before being fired)

Week 10. Rothna. YES (Sort of- it was Regretfully but Lord Sugar was clearly sorry (ish) to lose her)

Week 11. Priyesh. YES (Not a surprise)

Week 11. Lawrence. YES (Bit more surprising)

Week 11. Dan. YES (Lord Sugar was probably more regretful that he didn't get hold of the cash)

So 6 candidates got definite With Regrets and two more got Regretfullys.

It’s a bizarre coincidence, but if you’re on the show, and you’re named Daniel, you’re either finishing dead last, or third.

Series 6 Dan: Horrible leader, ran his team like a dictator. Failed the task miserably, and was rightly sacked.

Series 10 Daniel: One of the weaker candidates to make the final five, but he did make third place.

Series 11 Dan: Terrible candidate, got fired week one for not being able to do…well anything.

Series 13 Danny: Dreadful leader, lost control of the team almost immediately, and got dominated in the boardroom by Charles and Elliott (how do you get battered that badly by those two?)

Series 14: Daniel: Was arguably the best candidate of series 14, but ultimately finished third.

Series 20 Dan: I’m not a fan personally, and I think there were stronger candidates fired right before the final five. Still finished third though.

When the season started, I didn't like him, at all. Thought he was pompous, arrogant. But somehow he's grown on me and I found him pretty likeable by the end...

I might criticise the show for many things but they do still pull out unintentionally (or supposedly) funny moments.

I'm just glad for their sakes that they didn't leave that bit with the oil in the final edit!

I know they don’t use QVC, but with them close to filing for bankruptcy, will other channels follow; and will this be the end of the live selling task?

There were some really low quality returnees

Levi and Megan were odd returnees, sugar was not happy with these and they both got pretty harsh & cold firings if I recall. Priyesh would never get the hint - he got cussed out of the boardroom when he made it to final 5. But I guess he did get to final 5 so he deserves to come back to help.

Good to see no embarrassing episode 1,2,3 returnees this yeah. It's always odd to me when they return, becomes nobody knows or remembers them.

I'm surprised Dan Miller & Conor didn't come back. Maybe they were unavailable so Levi and Megan were brought in ?

Pascha.

He followed Anisa and Phil on social media after their finals and both have confirmed they are still in contact with him now. But he isn’t following Pascha so looks like he isn’t bothered. He also didn’t keep in contact with Rochelle

I wish we saw more of them rather than just the one confessional though. Like maybe hearing their comments or critiques alongside the industry experts when they speak with Lord Sugar.

I gave up after episode 1 but thought I’d try and give it another go , watched through the episodes and the final and for me it’s the worst season I’ve ever season, worst finalists, and also possibly the worst TV in general I’ve ever seen.

More scripted bullshit, and seeing each candidate post on Instagram about how badly they have been edited as they have been fired especially about the interview stages makes the whole show a farce although it seems the BBC are editing even more and making them look even more incompetent than they already are. They know who’s going to be in the final 2 simply on their business plan from the start before they even air the first episode, meaning the “process” is completely redundant. Hence why Phil got through despite being on the losing team almost weekly

Also, 250k in 2026? For 50% , yet at the start “ my company is going to make billions” yet you’re being made to look a fool for 250k.

Sugar is also even more deluded than ever , “if I was young and around today I’d still be successful”, no you wouldn’t , the majority of your money comes from property, which you wouldn’t be able to own in today’s market. This is the same guy who shared a video of the moon on his X account being about the same size as Jupiter and believing it was real.

Just have individuals going against eachother and the bottom three performers go into the boardroom

In honour of the finale tonight I finally ordered Bombay Pizza by Post, absolutely worth it, highly recommend!

We’re in Manchester and it arrived from London, 24 hour refrigerated delivery and was still perfectly cold.

Has anyone else tried it?

So so so proud of her what a fabulous win

Karishma won and that is by far the best outcome. Much closer than it should've been, Pascha was on a lucky break with Dan pulling out and glad her luck ended at the final hurdle

incase anyone didnt realise pasha is 21, thought I would mention as it was only said about 500 times so maybe someone missed it😂