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You haven't used any of your skills,

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any of the things that you claim that you're experts in.

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A disgusting result.

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I don't want to hear anything more. You're fired. You're fired.

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-APPLAUSE

-You're fired.

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CHEERING

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Good evening, I'm Jack Dee, welcome to The Apprentice: You're Fired!

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I've been assured my job is safe but the night is young.

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This week was bob-a-job week or, as Lord Sugar likes to call it,

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three for the price of one.

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And the candidates showed they were ready to do anything for money.

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Well, almost anything.

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To power wash our stands, all the grease,

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all the cigarette butts, there'll be bird poo.

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Question, if we get this bid, do we have to do it?

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No, Sam, the elves will come in overnight and do it for you, silly.

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Team Versatile were left crossing their legs once Joseph took over.

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No messing about, no stopping, no toilet breaks,

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literally hitting it, solid, yeah?

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Let's hope it's not a big job.

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After last week's outburst in the boardroom, Brett has been asked

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not to swear any more but somehow you can still tell what he's thinking.

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Yes, as Brett might put it,

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he's inadvertently located himself in an expletive-based scenario.

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Joining me in return for a badly negotiated hourly rate

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are our three panellists.

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International entrepreneur, Lara Morgan, comedian Joe Lycett

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and it's DIY week, so make up your own insult, it's Romesh Ranganathan.

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Welcome to You're Fired.

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APPLAUSE

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Is everyone well? Have you calmed down from that?

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It sort of made me American. I watched the third and I was like,

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"Oh, no, he didn't!"

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I thought he might fire everybody.

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"And, Claude, you can sod off and all."

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Right, well, in tonight's task,

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one candidate was hoping Lord Sugar would be

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in a forgiving mood. PUTTY wasn't.

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I admit, that pun doesn't really work but I didn't have time to finish it.

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In your day job you organise the construction of basements.

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Well, in this particular task, you've dug yourself a very,

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very big hole.

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-You're fired.

-Thank you very much for the opportunity.

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Karren, Claude, thank you.

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Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Elle Stevenson.

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APPLAUSE

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What a week that was. I mean, were you actually shocked?

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Because you didn't even get into the final three.

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Did you expect to go at that very point? Was that...?

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Yeah, I was shit.

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-LAUGHTER

-Let's all be honest.

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You weren't thinking that at the time, you weren't thinking,

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"Oh, just sack me now, there's no point in carrying on."

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Kind of, in all honesty. Do you know what?

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The moment was, for me, the second he said,

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"Elle, you're going to be project manager."

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I thought, "That's it, time to go."

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I thought, "I know I'm going to balls it right up."

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You actually said in the taxi,

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Lord Sugar would have been an idiot not to fire you.

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Let's have a look at why you said that.

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Elle, Karren said that you relied totally on him

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and you're supposed to be the expert.

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Joseph, the second we get in that theatre,

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I am no longer the project manager, you are that project manager.

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How long are we thinking it's going to take time-wise?

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Joe, how long do you reckon it'll take per one of those?

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That's it, good job.

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There is another paint brush there, Elle, so if you want to paint, yeah?

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-I can't do anything.

-Well, just paint in an area.

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There's loads around there that needs touching up.

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I don't really know what to say, to be honest.

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Well, you ain't got a lot of time, so make a decision.

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And what about the flyers?

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-Elle, you've missed the deadline.

-Great(!)

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-Mistake on that, mistake on this, six times the loser.

-Yeah.

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There's no point carrying on, Elle.

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Six times a loser. He's got those lyrics wrong, hasn't he?

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It's Three Times A Lady, I always thought.

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What I liked about that clip was you looked upset that you'd spilt

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the paint onto the floor, which is exactly where it was supposed to be.

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You were overwhelmed right from the beginning but this is a task that

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should have suited you cos it's kind of

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what you do for a living, isn't it?

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Not really. I wouldn't actually go on site and physically do stuff.

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-You don't actually do anything at work?

-No.

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I just give it to someone else and leave it with, like, that...

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-because, no, I don't do anything.

-Lara, I'm going to come to you now.

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Elle has been very ready to admit her mistakes. Is that a good strategy

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in business? To own up when you've done something wrong.

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I think you learn from your mistakes, I think

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you have to time, to some extent, when you're going to admit them.

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I thought you were great at praising

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Joseph in terms of his participation but you nailed yourself.

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I think, at that point in the boardroom,

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I knew I was going anyway.

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The second we lost the task I knew I was going and I thought,

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"I'm not going to drag other people under the bus with me."

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I just think it's best to own up and say,

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"I couldn't have done anything without this person."

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I'd rather kind of leave with my integrity.

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Joe, would you be as generous, do you think?

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To Dick Dastardly? Erm...

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LAUGHTER

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Of course, Joseph was given immunity this week, which is very rare.

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Do you think he deserved it? How well do you think Joe came through?

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He did very well but he was blessed by the fact the task was

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something he does every day.

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But, actually, I also thought he showed some good leadership skills.

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He really encouraged other people on the task

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-and you delegated to him in the taxi and gave up...

-Yeah.

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..it seemed to me.

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OK, in previous weeks, Lord Sugar has praised you for standing up

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for yourself but apart from this week there was one other

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occasion where you were particularly flummoxed

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and I seem to remember it had something to do with the boat.

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-Oh, God.

-Let's just remind you of what happened.

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Elle, tell me about the boat.

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-TO A BEAT:

-Boat. Boat. Bloody boat. No-one's got a dinghy.

-Mm.

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This boat. That boat. Bloody boat. No-one's got a dinghy.

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It just seems mental. We need the boat. Bloody boat.

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-Buy the boat.

-Bloody boat. Leave the boat. Bloody boat.

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-No-one's got a dinghy.

-Mm.

-Bustle, boat.

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-She bought that boat.

-Boat, boat, boat.

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-She bought that boat.

-Bloody boat.

-She bought that boat.

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-No-one's got a dinghy.

-Mm.

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Boat. Boat. Bloody boat. No-one's got a dinghy.

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Mm.

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Sorry, Adele, that is the Christmas number one.

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APPLAUSE

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So, do you agree with Karren that...she said at the time that you

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should have gone with your gut feeling and not bought the boat?

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-Did you feel that was a fair comment?

-It was, it was fair.

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Having said that, Vana had said at the time, "Buy the boat."

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To a certain extent, you listen to your project manager

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but then I also feel that I probably could have been a bit

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more forceful in saying, "I don't want to buy the boat."

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And I was faffing around quite a bit.

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Lara, what do you think? Should Elle have stuck by her instinct

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-and gone against her project manager?

-Yes, she should have.

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I mean, you knew in your heart of hearts, you had that gut feeling.

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And, actually, in business in general,

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just speaking personally, every time I disobey my gut and I don't

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listen, it always turns out worse and I think the really good

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businesspeople sometimes get that discomfort but they do it anyway.

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So you should have taken her on.

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On that task, Vana told Elle to buy the boat

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but, this week on Team Connexus,

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Vana did really well by managing the expectations of the owner

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of the garden who Scott had somehow convinced

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he was going to recreate the Hanging Gardens of Babylon in.

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How do we think that Vana is doing?

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Thought she was really good this week.

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She made a call and actually she rescued them

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because she talked about money and time as opposed to just the promise.

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-Apart from the market research bit...

-A disaster.

-..where she was

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going around saying, "Do you know anyone who's got a shit house?"

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So, Elle, sadly Lord Sugar isn't going to be

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investing in your business.

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Let's have a look at the advice he's got for you in the future.

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Elle was the youngest candidate, very, very bright young lady,

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very articulate.

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Her day job was actually organising builders in the construction

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industry and then, who better to be on this task than her?

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Because this was all about repair

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and do-it-yourself type of stuff. I think that she needs

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to get a little bit more confidence in herself

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and she needs to decide not to rely upon others and get in and get

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stuck in herself when she sees things going a little bit wrong.

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I'm very confident that this young lady is going to go places.

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When she picks up a few new skills, she's going to be a very,

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very successful person.

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-That is a nice compliment.

-That's really nice.

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Very confident you're going to go places from Lord Sugar saying that.

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-That's really nice.

-That's great.

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Which bit of advice are you going to take with you from that?

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I think all of it, I think he's spot on.

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I think I sometimes have the right idea

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but I just don't have the confidence to really push for it.

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-Get more stuck in in the future?

-Yup, definitely.

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Well, it's time to find out

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whether we agree Lord Sugar should have fired Elle this week.

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Lara, do you think Lord Sugar did the right thing?

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Yeah, I mean, six times on the losing team but also get stuck in.

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Thank you.

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-Joe?

-Yes, you seem very nice but, yes, I think he was right.

-Romesh?

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I think you're lovely, I think you've been a great candidate

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but 100% you should've been fired

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and I think if anyone here votes hired,

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they need to be fired from the audience.

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And so to the audience vote.

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If you agree with Lord Sugar, hold up "fired",

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if you don't agree, hold up "hired".

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Oh, no, that's embarrassing.

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-That's... I think that's pretty much overwhelmingly...

-That's outstanding!

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Even your family want to fire you, so...

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Elle, we're really sorry to be losing you from The Apprentice.

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You're a lovely candidate, you've been a great guest on the show

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and, as you know, we always like to give you a little something to

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go away with and I didn't know what to get you, so excuse me one second.

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I spoke to Vana and thought, "What would you like?"

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And she said to me, "Buy the boat." But, as you know, that was £250.

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I only had £10 on me, so I went to a toy shop and I...

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ELLE LAUGHS APPLAUSE

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-That's for you.

-Thank you!

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Thank you very much.

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Enjoy that, you've been a great guest on the show.

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-Let's have a look at your highlights.

-Thank you.

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Do you ever, like, get woken up

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and then look around and think, "This isn't worth it"?

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Because I really feel like that right now.

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I love Elle so much. She's just... She's hilarious.

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Like, she's so honest.

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I'm disgustingly ambitious.

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I've got shit on my tights.

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Elle's lovely, she has a great sense of humour.

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That fish doesn't have a head.

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Maybe we're going to Ireland.

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-Not from Dover!

-I just don't know.

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If I was an animal, I'd be a lion

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because a lion never loses sleep over the opinion of sheep.

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I'm not going to be the bitch that goes,

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"Oh, yeah, it was excellent," and then turns round and says,

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"Listen, there were some things that I didn't like."

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-Bloody boat.

-You are a genuine princess.

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-Ladies and gentlemen, Elle Stevenson.

-Thank you.

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APPLAUSE

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Well, it is far from over.

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We've still got two more candidates to meet. Who's up next?

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Mergim, I'm going to say this to you.

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I don't think you have the potential,

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at this moment in time, of being my business partner.

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It is with sincere regret, Mergim, that you're fired.

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-Thank you.

-We'll stay in touch.

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Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Mergim Butaja.

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APPLAUSE

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I think...

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I think you've already...

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CHEERING

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Whey!

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I think you've already made some fans out there.

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-That was quite a speech you made in the boardroom...

-Yeah.

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..about how your whole background,

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-your family must be incredibly proud of you.

-They are.

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My little sister said to me, "Mergim..." She's like,

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I think she's eight. Yeah, she's eight, ain't she? Yeah.

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LAUGHTER

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And she said to me, "Mergim, you're my role model."

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-Oh, it did bring tears to me, really did.

-That is nice, poor her.

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You certainly made an impression, although not always in the right way.

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Let's just remind ourselves.

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-What happened?

-Unfortunately, it went pear-shaped, Lord Sugar.

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-Couple of shelves I could do with fixing.

-It's quite simple.

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-I tried to tighten it with a screwdriver.

-Mergim.

-Yes?

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-Do you know what you're doing?

-Screwing a nail.

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The hole was getting bigger and bigger. Oh, no.

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I did say it was probably her wall as well, Lord Sugar.

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It's quite a big hole.

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-We had to sand down and paint the front of a shop.

-Right.

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As I was painting the top part, I accidentally went over the sign.

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That ain't coming off. Everything's done.

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-Am I allowed to get away with that, am I?

-You're kidding.

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They couldn't put up a shelf, they painted over a sign.

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Mergim has grown a reputation as being a little bit of a joker.

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You've got to grab your opportunities in this process.

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There's no time for joking now.

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You said you'd never picked up

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-a screwdriver in your life.

-That's right.

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Was it wise of you, therefore, to volunteer to put shelves up?

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I wanted to prove a point that I could use a screwdriver.

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LAUGHTER

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You didn't even know if you could.

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Yeah, but sometimes I want to try the impossible,

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-do you know what I mean?

-LAUGHTER

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-I want to do it.

-We know you're enthusiastic,

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we saw you trying to sell fish in a vegan restaurant.

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You look like you're having a lot of fun, you gave us a lot of fun.

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Do you think sometimes you should've taken yourself a bit more seriously?

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In life, right, I've got a bit of a character behind me,

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a bit of personality and that's made me successful up to this point.

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My history proves how successful I've been, so why should

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I change now? Why do I need to be so serious? If someone said to me,

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"Mergim, I can guarantee you to be a millionaire, be serious."

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I'll do it but there isn't, do you know what I mean?

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-I'm myself, love me who I am, if you don't, your loss not mine.

-OK.

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Well... Another great speech.

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Last week we saw Mergim sell some books to a focus group

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and we saw him hand-make the flyers for his team.

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There is a big entrepreneurial spirit in Mergim, do you not think, Lara?

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I think there's an entrepreneurial spirit but actually, Mergim, I think

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you could take away from the process that we all evolve.

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I started my business when I was 23 and I'm not the same person

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I was then and I've made millions of mistakes and the enthusiasm does

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get you to some place but, actually, your... Part of the journey,

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I think, of enterprise is taking advice

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and hearing advice and learn as you go.

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-Yeah.

-I promise you, you'll go further faster.

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I think you're very charismatic.

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I mean, you can see how popular you are.

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You're great to watch and, you know,

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I really do think you'll be a success. You've got that energy

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and you've got that ambition, it's amazing.

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You just make some fundamental mistakes!

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LAUGHTER

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Like what, Romesh(?)

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-When you painted over the sign...

-It's an easy mistake.

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It IS an easy mistake but then what you can't do is bring

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the lady out and go, "It's a shame about that."

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LAUGHTER

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It's not a shame, Mergim, you did it, mate.

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You know what it is?

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I was a bit too much for Lord Sugar,

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do you know what I mean?

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I'm the one with the banter, Lord Sugar just learnt off me,

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do you know what I'm saying?

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Right, well,

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Mergim, Lord Sugar praised you for your opportunistic attitude

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last week but we've unearthed some footage that proves there was someone

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else you were trying to impress.

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Let's have a look.

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Wow, what a woman, Karren Brady.

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I think Mergim wants to go into the final three

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so that he can spend a little bit more time with Karren.

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He loves her.

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I just want to see Karren Brady again, I really do. Honestly.

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I don't think I've seen her enough. I keep seeing Claude.

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I don't want to see you, mate.

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Mergim definitely fancies Karren Brady.

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He doesn't stop talking about her.

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I tried to say hi but I got too nervous, didn't I?

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Every time I look at her, I get a bit of a tingle in my body.

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She walked past earlier, I had to hold on against his arm.

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Nearly melted, didn't I? I was like, "Oh, help!"

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She really does make my heart melt like butter in a microwave.

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APPLAUSE

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Now, Mergim, do you know what a restraining order is?

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I think that's in place already.

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So Lord Sugar said in the boardroom that he was going to keep in touch.

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A really nice thing.

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But he's not going to be investing in your business.

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Let's have a look at some of

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the advice he's got for you for your future.

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Now, Mergim is a really likeable chap

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and when you listen to his story, you have to admire him personally.

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Cos he was a young person when he came to

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England as part of a family of refugees

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and took responsibility to look after his family,

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showed a lot of entrepreneurial spirit in what he did

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in having four or five jobs,

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and that is going to help him in the future.

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There is no question of it.

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He's got the right ingredients to succeed.

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He came to me too early, I think.

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Given another four, five years and a lot more experience in life,

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he would've been a good contender.

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Wow. One to watch says Lord Sugar,

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that's a pretty nice one to take away with you, isn't it?

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Yeah, exactly, he can see the future in people as well.

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What's next for you? What are your plans now?

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At the moment, I'm in the process of setting up a business that

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specialises in selling corporate businesses,

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selling businesses and land as well.

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But also what I want to do is work with younger adults who

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come from a non-affluent background.

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I think this country has given me a phenomenal opportunity

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and it's time for me to give something back.

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OK. Well, it's time to find out

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whether we agree that Mergim should have been fired tonight.

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Lara, do you think Mergim should have been fired?

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I think it was time to go but, really, there's so

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much potential in you and I...

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What Lord Sugar said,

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you should really graft some more and you'll be there.

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That's great, that's a nice comment, isn't it?

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How about you, Joe?

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No, I think he should have got rid of David instead, I thought

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David didn't really pull his weight.

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Really seemed to get a bit lost this task and I think you had more

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to give, so I'm going to say Lord Sugar was wrong.

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Wow. 1-1. Romesh. AUDIENCE GASPS

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Mergim, I like you. You're a very humble guy.

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LAUGHTER

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I think, because you were responsible for actually

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losing money, you know,

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you were paid less money as a direct result of your actions,

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-I think you had to go. Sorry, mate.

-That's fine.

-Let's ask the audience.

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If you agree with Lord Sugar, hold up "fired",

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if you disagree, hold up "hired".

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Let's see how that goes.

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I reckon that is...

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That's 50-50, I'm going to say, that is definitely 50-50.

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-Are you happy with that?

-Yeah, I'm happy with that.

-You can't complain.

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Everyone has the right to their own opinion.

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LAUGHTER

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-We can vote again.

-Shall we?

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You know, you've been a fantastic candidate on The Apprentice.

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Everyone has loved watching you week by week,

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you've been a good guest on this show.

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-As you know, nobody leaves empty-handed.

-I know what's coming.

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Do you know what's coming? What's coming, then?

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I've got a funny feeling it's going to be a screwdriver.

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LAUGHTER

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What's the odds? Come on, let's have a look.

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It's a golden screwdriver. Not just any old screwdriver.

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APPLAUSE

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There you go.

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It's not only that. We've...

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We've had it engraved with your immortal words.

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-Can you read it for us? Can you see what is says?

-Oh, God.

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-Thank you.

-That's for you to take away and, Mergim,

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you've been a pleasure to watch. Here are your highlights.

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I don't want to be a millionaire, I want to be a billionaire.

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I want to be richer than Lord Sugar.

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Do you want to say hello to my giraffe?

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I will love you forever and you got the privilege of meeting me today.

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Increase the price.

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Mergim is the life and soul

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of not only our bedroom but the house.

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HE SINGS

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You're having a good day, aren't you?

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He doesn't take things too seriously.

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-Mate, what's the best achievement?

-Winning the Olympics.

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I was happier selling balloons, mate.

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-Mate, that was a cheeky little deal.

-That's how we roll.

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Ladies and gentlemen, Mergim Butaja.

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APPLAUSE

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But that's still not all, there's a third candidate yet to meet.

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April, I do believe that you have been standing back,

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I do believe I can't see you as my business partner.

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So, April, you're fired.

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Thank you, Lord Sugar, thank you, Karren and Claude.

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Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome April Jackson.

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Sit down.

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April, great to have you on the show. Once you'd been fired,

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were you thinking he was going to go for David as well?

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He was going to sack everyone?

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No, I think I knew I was the last person out of there.

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Let's have a look at how you ended up in the boardroom.

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How much are you charging for that?

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For our DIY work we do £10 an hour.

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For three of you, it is very, very cheap.

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April, where's your business acumen here? Three of you, £10.

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Clearly, in hindsight, it was an error

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and then I tried to learn from that and do better the following day.

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-Could you tell me the size of the window?

-It's quite high.

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-Who spoke to the lady?

-April.

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You spoke to her about the size, didn't you?

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She said she's 5"6' and it's above her.

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It's definitely above her.

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In week one, you told her that if it were week four,

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five or six she would be gone.

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And we are at week six.

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Oh, well, at least Claude put in a good word for you.

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It has to be said,

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your pricing strategy, little bit erratic over the weeks, wasn't it?

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-We had £10 for three people to do an hour's work.

-Right.

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But it was £9 for a salad.

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-Have you reviewed your pricing strategy?

-Well, I think...

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I blame other companies

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and their advertising of cleaning services

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that I clearly didn't understand

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how much someone would pay for us to put a hole into their wall.

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Romesh, what did you think of April's pricing?

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At first, I thought it was weird that you've basically charged

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the price that means your wages are illegal.

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And the person that accepted that job is probably undergoing

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an investigation right now.

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But then, when you think about it, I imagine that when they said,

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"How much is it?" you looked at Mergim

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holding the paintbrush the wrong way round and thought,

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"Ten quid. That seems like a fair price."

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To me, it looked like you were mucking in

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but do you agree with Lord Sugar's point that, after making a big

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presence in the first task, you then stood back a little bit

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and tried to keep out of the firing line. Is that fair?

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No, I don't agree and I think there's a reason why,

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although I lost many times, I wasn't brought back into the boardroom

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and on that particular task with the DIY,

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I definitely got my hands dirty.

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I mean, it is always a gamble, as we know,

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being project manager on the first task.

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Yeah, I didn't want to. But when you're presented with a food task

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and everything you want to do is about food,

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it would be ridiculous not to.

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But I think I would've benefited from perhaps understanding

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the process a bit more before doing that task

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and I would have definitely done some things differently.

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And can you clear up once and for all what everyone actually wants to know?

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What was the specification for the fishcakes?

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The specification, I would have to ask Brett

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because it clearly meant a lot to him.

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It meant a lot to him, didn't it?

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This is your nemesis in the kitchen - wasn't it? - was Brett.

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And this week over on Team Connexus, Brett actually was running things.

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How impressed were you by Brett this week?

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I don't like Brett.

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I think he looks like someone's put some stubble on a sweet potato.

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We're not going to war,

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we're cleaning some steps, aren't we, Brett?

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I find people like that very difficult to deal with,

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so I have a lot of sympathy for you, particularly

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when there's specifications. And somebody who says,

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"I formulated a flyer," can just get in the bin as far as I'm concerned.

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I thought he was great. I thought Brett was excellent.

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I did think he was excellent.

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I thought he managed it well, he was good.

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He was dealing...

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In Selina and Sam, he was working with

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two people that didn't really...

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Not only did they not know what they were doing,

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they didn't have an appetite for that type of work at all.

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And he managed it very well, I thought.

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To Selina's credit this week, she also grafted

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and they got on with it.

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I think Brett shot himself in the foot

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because he didn't deliver on the task.

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They didn't deliver the project.

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Sadly, April, Lord Sugar isn't going to be investing in your business

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but let's have a look at the advice

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that he's got for you for your future.

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Well, April is a very intelligent young lady.

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She took the challenge of being the project manager on task one

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and bang, bang, bang, we're going to do this,

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we're going to do that, we're going to do nicoise salad,

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we're going to do fishcakes,

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let's get on with it and that's the name of our team.

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Blah, blah, blah, let's get out and get on with it.

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That was very good, I like that.

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She showed me some very good things in the early stages.

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My only advice to her is - continue to be decisive but,

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when you've made a decision, when you've set the foundations,

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when you've set the idea up, follow it through,

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don't just think it's going to happen.

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Well, are you going to take on board any of that advice?

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-I'm glad he liked my decisiveness cos it hasn't gone.

-Good, good.

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And it sounds like you are now following through

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because you've opened your restaurant.

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Yeah, luckily other people think that I could do something amazing

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so I was able to open my place in Brixton.

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What's the best thing to have in your restaurant?

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I actually have a £9 salad on the menu and, yes, there is

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-tuna and people do pay for it, so it's all good.

-Fantastic.

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Well, good luck with it all and it's been great to have you.

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It's time to find out

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whether we agree that April should have been fired tonight.

0:26:280:26:31

Lara, do you think Lord Sugar was right to fire April?

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You've left me in a quandary because you come across delightfully.

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And cheery and smiley.

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But I do think your standoffishness came...

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meant you came a cropper, so, yes, I would have fired you.

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-Joe?

-I think...

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Not because... You are clearly a very good businesswoman, I think

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it obviously wasn't going to work with Lord Sugar.

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-So I think, yes, he made the right decision.

-Romesh?

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I don't think you weren't any more culpable than Charleine was,

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you know, in terms of she was there as well,

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you got stuck in the same amount as she did, so, in this case,

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-I don't think you should have been fired, no.

-Thank you.

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OK, well, it's time for the audience.

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If you agree with Lord Sugar, hold up "fired",

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if you don't agree, hold up "hired".

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Let's have a look at those cards now.

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I think that's a fired as well, April, I have to say.

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That's a fired from the audience as well

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but you've been a great candidate on The Apprentice.

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As you know, nobody leaves empty-handed from this show,

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so I had to think about what I'd get for you.

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It had to be a fishcake.

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Don't worry, I have checked with Brett to make sure it is...

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It is specifically to the specifications.

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It's to the specifications, don't worry about that.

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-This is for you to take away with you.

-Can it fit over my bun?

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It will go over the bun. There we are.

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-There you are.

-Thank you.

-All right, good stuff.

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APPLAUSE

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April, you've been a real pleasure to have on the show.

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Let's have a look at your highlights.

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Let's make magic happen.

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I'm taller than the average person and I have a lot of confidence.

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-She knows what she wants.

-Fishcakes, that's what we're doing.

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A lovely strong, strong lady.

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Over and under and over and under.

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I get what I want, I just go, I ask nicely,

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I ask the right person and I smile.

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My first dog was a dachshund and it was Anastasia Edwina Jackson.

0:28:200:28:24

And I now have a Yorkie called Diva.

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Done deal.

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April is really exuberant and full of life.

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Made salad with these hands.

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That sounds hilarious coming out of your mouth.

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Ladies and gentlemen, April Jackson.

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APPLAUSE

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That's all for tonight. Thank you to Lara, Joe and, well,

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all right, then, Romesh.

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So it's on to task number seven for our candidates.

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-Hiya, madam.

-For this task, I'm going to send you to Manchester.

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You're going to open up your own discount store.

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Man-ches-taa. Man-ches-taa.

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Man-ches-taa.

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We are Manchester's newest discount store.

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In my industry, I am known as the postman because I always deliver.

0:29:120:29:16

He is a little bit irritating.

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You just want to smash him all the time.

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-Does this look all right or does it look stupid?

-It looks stupid.

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You did sell the most yesterday but this morning you didn't.

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Last-minute price drop.

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-These candidates are misleading the public.

-Whatever, that's fine.

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Just come take a look. No harm in that, right?

0:29:330:29:35

-Speak to me like that again...

-I'll go if you want.

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What planet are we all on here?

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Go to...

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..for everything you need to know about the series, including,

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as usual, some honest subtitles.

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We'll be back next Wednesday at 10:00 for more You're Fired when,

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alongside Romesh, I'll be joined by -

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sorry, Mergim, it's all about timing - Karren Brady. Goodnight.

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