0:00:02 > 0:00:04This programme contains some strong language.
0:00:04 > 0:00:07Useless, totally, absolutely useless. I feel so angry.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09I can't put up with loose cannons.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12You're fired. You're fired.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:26 > 0:00:28Good evening.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Good evening and welcome to The Apprentice: You're Fired,
0:00:31 > 0:00:33I'm Rhod Gilbert. Yes! A new series of The Apprentice,
0:00:33 > 0:00:37a new host, new unseen footage and 18 shiny new candidates
0:00:37 > 0:00:40competing for a £250,000 investment from Lord Sugar.
0:00:40 > 0:00:45As always, they're a humble, modest and self-effacing bunch.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49I'm an emperor, a true leader. A country's not enough.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51A continent is not enough. I'm after the world.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Yes, Karthik, you will have countries at your feet,
0:00:54 > 0:00:56you WILL be emperor!
0:00:56 > 0:00:58But the world has different plans for you.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Today, you're an IT consultant from Kettering.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02LAUGHTER
0:01:02 > 0:01:05In tonight's Apprentice News... BIG BEN CHIMES
0:01:05 > 0:01:08For the first time in Apprentice history, Lord Sugar gives out
0:01:08 > 0:01:11his personal e-mail address to help any candidates
0:01:11 > 0:01:13who are finding the process a bit tough.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15If you want to moan, you can send me an e-mail
0:01:15 > 0:01:17at Lord-Sugar@I-Don't-Care.com.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19LAUGHTER
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Courtney comes to Sofiane's rescue,
0:01:21 > 0:01:25as he tries to describe a mysterious object.
0:01:25 > 0:01:26Why don't you tell Lord Sugar
0:01:26 > 0:01:29about your very large sale at the car boot?
0:01:29 > 0:01:33There was this garden, sort of porcelain thing.
0:01:33 > 0:01:34It was a vase.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36LAUGHTER
0:01:40 > 0:01:42And finally, Rebecca reveals an amazing ability
0:01:42 > 0:01:45to identify the front of someone's head.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Ah, I can see your face!
0:01:47 > 0:01:49LAUGHTER
0:01:49 > 0:01:51That was tonight's Apprentice News.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55APPLAUSE
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Let's meet tonight's panel.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Here to help us separate the antique wheat from the tatty old chaff
0:02:00 > 0:02:02in week one's collectables challenge,
0:02:02 > 0:02:05antiques expert and star of Bargain Hunt, Anita Manning,
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Radio 1 DJ and friend of the show, Matt Edmondson,
0:02:08 > 0:02:11and comedian and apprentice fan, Hal Cruttenden.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Welcome to You're Fired.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:02:19 > 0:02:22So, the first candidate to feel the full force
0:02:22 > 0:02:25of Lord Sugar's fearsome firing finger
0:02:25 > 0:02:26was poor Michelle.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29- AUDIENCE:- Awww... - LORD SUGAR:- Michelle, it's very easy
0:02:29 > 0:02:33for the finger to be pointed at you as the project manager.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37But I do think there's a lot of stuff you are responsible for.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Michelle, you're fired.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42Thank you very much for the opportunity.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Michelle Niziol!
0:02:53 > 0:02:56CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:03:00 > 0:03:02- Are you OK?- Yeah, good, yeah.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08You got an "awww" from the audience!
0:03:08 > 0:03:10You got a spontaneous "Awww!"
0:03:10 > 0:03:13- Aw, did I? What, when I was fired or just now? - LAUGHTER
0:03:13 > 0:03:16When you were fired, they were upset!
0:03:16 > 0:03:17- I'm upset! - LAUGHTER
0:03:17 > 0:03:20- Are you still upset?- I'm still in shock, to be honest. Yeah.- Are you??
0:03:20 > 0:03:22I literally packed my life away for 12 weeks
0:03:22 > 0:03:25and I've been on longer girlie holidays!
0:03:25 > 0:03:26LAUGHTER
0:03:26 > 0:03:28You packed your life away for 12 weeks...
0:03:28 > 0:03:31- Yeah.- Waved goodbye to the family... - Yeah. The businesses...
0:03:31 > 0:03:34- Turned round, came back, waved hello...- Literally, they were like,
0:03:34 > 0:03:36"Where've you been, Chelle? Long weekend to Marbs?"
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Still drinking the same cup of tea as when you left...
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Did they think you'd forgotten something? Is that what happened?
0:03:41 > 0:03:44That's got to hurt, week one. That has got to hurt, though.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Yeah, in all honesty, you know,
0:03:46 > 0:03:50I went in to win and I was not expecting to get fired first at all.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53- So...- Did you think Rebecca was going to go in the boardroom?- Yeah.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Honestly, I'm thinking, "Ha-ha, she's off!"
0:03:55 > 0:03:58- Seriously, that's what I was thinking.- I thought she'd go.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Did you think Rebecca was...? There was a moment...
0:04:00 > 0:04:04I think loads of people could've gone from right at the beginning.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07I was hoping, "You're wearing a bowtie, you're fired."
0:04:07 > 0:04:10I really wanted to see, when Big K opened his mouth,
0:04:10 > 0:04:13"You can call me K." "Yeah, you're fired."
0:04:13 > 0:04:15I think Lord Sugar should just start firing
0:04:15 > 0:04:18the people who are being annoying in the first meeting.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20You wouldn't have any left by the end of it!
0:04:20 > 0:04:22- That's a short show, admittedly. - Yeah.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Let's have a look at where it all went wrong for you, though.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Don't rush out like lunatics.
0:04:27 > 0:04:28Run! Come on!
0:04:30 > 0:04:32- Where are you? - I don't where we are.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35It was a fire sale, right from the first item to the last.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37- How much will you give us for the rest of it?- £80.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40They couldn't wait to get rid of it, at whatever price,
0:04:40 > 0:04:42to whoever actually approached them.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Girls, I know Ian is obviously the expert
0:04:44 > 0:04:48and he suggested we go to Portobello. I'm going with Camden.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50- He said go to Portobello.- He did.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53- He said it over and over and over and over again.- Yeah.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55I do not feel that I should be fired.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Michelle, you're fired.
0:04:59 > 0:05:00Harsh? Fair?
0:05:00 > 0:05:02- Mmm...- Somewhere in between?
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Yes, somewhere in between.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07I think that it's too early in the process for him
0:05:07 > 0:05:10to really know my skills and what I'm all about.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13So, I think it was a really hard decision for him to make.
0:05:13 > 0:05:14But he made the wrong one!
0:05:14 > 0:05:16LAUGHTER
0:05:16 > 0:05:19It was all about the fire sale, though, wasn't it?
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Claude said it was a fire sale from start to finish.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Lord Sugar said, "Don't rush out like lunatics."
0:05:23 > 0:05:26That's kind of what you did. You did stick two pencils up your nose
0:05:26 > 0:05:28and pants on your head and rushed off.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31You were practically throwing things out of the van at passers-by.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33That was the car-boot sale.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35- The car...the market team. - Yeah, the market team.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38- And I was obviously on the trade team, that, can I just say...- Go on.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41..beat the boys' trade team.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44So, if it was a trade team-off, I would've won.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46- Unfortunately, it's not.- No.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49LAUGHTER Anita, you've got 40 years of experience
0:05:49 > 0:05:51buying and selling antiques.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Do you do car-boot sales?
0:05:54 > 0:05:56No, but I've been to plenty of them.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59And I always find that
0:05:59 > 0:06:04if there's someone who brings stuff along to their car-boot sale
0:06:04 > 0:06:06and they know nothing about pricing,
0:06:06 > 0:06:11then the people, the traders, will be attracted to it,
0:06:11 > 0:06:14like bees round a jam pot.
0:06:14 > 0:06:19And because they didn't know the price or hadn't discussed the price,
0:06:19 > 0:06:24they thought that everything that they sold was a victory!
0:06:24 > 0:06:27- And it wasn't. - MATT:- You did take good items.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30- Yeah.- You took better items than the boys' trade team.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33They're wheeling around that huge trolley no-one wants at an antiques fair.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37- You'd chosen genuine antiques. - But that was a 20th-century design!
0:06:37 > 0:06:38But not for an antiques shop.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Not for one of those fancy ones they went to!
0:06:41 > 0:06:42They took it into somewhere
0:06:42 > 0:06:44that looked like they normally work with Louis XVI.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46LAUGHTER
0:06:46 > 0:06:48OK, let's take this...
0:06:48 > 0:06:51You followed your gut - you've got to follow your gut -
0:06:51 > 0:06:54you went to Camden, when you were told to go to Portobello.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Camden's got bigger footfall, as far as I'm concerned.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01- Bigger footfall?!- I went with my gut! I've got to go with my gut.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03If I'm going to get fired, just got to go with my gut.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06What is this gut thing? What is this obsession with your gut?
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Have you had some experience in the past
0:07:08 > 0:07:10where your gut told you to do something and it worked out so well
0:07:10 > 0:07:13- that you now always trust your gut. Is that what it is?- Yeah!
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Well, it hasn't done me too badly so far, has it?
0:07:16 > 0:07:18No, it's stood you in pretty good stead so far.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21Well, you have been fired, week one. Sorry to bring it up.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23LAUGHTER
0:07:23 > 0:07:25APPLAUSE
0:07:25 > 0:07:28Surely, Anita, she should have gone to Portobello?
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Portobello - and I've been there many, many times -
0:07:31 > 0:07:36is the biggest antiques market in the whole world.
0:07:36 > 0:07:42And you have dealers who deal in high-end stuff,
0:07:42 > 0:07:45if you'd found the diamonds,
0:07:45 > 0:07:49and there are dealers who deal in lower-value collectables.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53So, it's all there. And it's always packed.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55That would have been the place to go.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59- The antiques dealer...- You idiot! LAUGHTER
0:07:59 > 0:08:02He didn't say DON'T go to Camden!
0:08:02 > 0:08:06He didn't say don't go to Ethiopia either!
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Then you had this great idea. In theory, brilliant idea.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14Let's stop off - we don't even need to go to Camden - let's flog this stuff off en route!
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Go to an antiques dealer. Giddy with excitement and...
0:08:17 > 0:08:19- Let's have a look at this.- Yeah...
0:08:19 > 0:08:22There you are in the car. Let's go to an antiques expert on the way!
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Brilliant, we can sell all this stuff. Brilliant, where's the van?
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Where's all our stuff? There it goes to...
0:08:29 > 0:08:32See, that van driver was going with his gut!
0:08:34 > 0:08:35That's what he was doing.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37APPLAUSE
0:08:43 > 0:08:46That is exactly the kind of thing, in your defence, that I would do.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49- Thank you.- I'd be so excited about this great idea
0:08:49 > 0:08:51that I would then mess it all up.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54But when you're moving antiques about the world,
0:08:54 > 0:08:57transport is a big issue there.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00So you should always know where your goods are,
0:09:00 > 0:09:02- where they're going to... - Thanks for that.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04LAUGHTER
0:09:04 > 0:09:06What you're saying here...
0:09:06 > 0:09:08I should have had you on my team!
0:09:08 > 0:09:11To be fair, Michelle, you don't listen to experts at the best of times.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14Very true! I don't listen to anyone, Matt.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16What you are saying, Anita,
0:09:16 > 0:09:19is one of the first rules of selling is to take your stuff with you.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22Is that what you're saying? That's the gist of it.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24That's the gist of it.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Now, week one and everyone's in the firing line.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30It did seem as though a few people had lucky escapes.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33But our one that got away this week is Natalie, who sold
0:09:33 > 0:09:37a pair of antique vases worth £300, for the price of two kebabs.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39LAUGHTER
0:09:39 > 0:09:43Natalie, you didn't bring her back to the boardroom. Why didn't you bring her back?
0:09:43 > 0:09:45- No, because... - That was quite a big mistake,
0:09:45 > 0:09:48cos she sold two vases worth 300 quid for £15...
0:09:48 > 0:09:51But that that could have been any of the girls, I think.
0:09:51 > 0:09:56I don't think the result of the marketing team
0:09:56 > 0:09:58doing so badly was because of Natalie.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01Er, Rebecca only sold £25 all day.
0:10:01 > 0:10:06I sell more than that at, you know, in half an hour in a car-boot sale.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09So... Yeah, I think it should have been Rebecca.
0:10:09 > 0:10:14- Matt, should Michelle have brought Natalie back?- Definitely.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17I love her reaction at the end, when she is told by Lord Sugar
0:10:17 > 0:10:19that you've sold something that's worth £350.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21She goes, "Sorry..."
0:10:21 > 0:10:23"Sorry, not sorry."
0:10:23 > 0:10:25She wasn't actually in it that much,
0:10:25 > 0:10:28apart from making a massive cock-up, was she?
0:10:28 > 0:10:30I think she was doubly lucky cos you said, in the boardroom,
0:10:30 > 0:10:34when the mistake that she's made, selling the vases, £300, for £15,
0:10:34 > 0:10:36when that mistake is made,
0:10:36 > 0:10:40Lord Sugar points it out and at first he says, "Who sold the vases?"
0:10:40 > 0:10:41And she goes, "Yes! I did!"
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Then he says they were worth 300 quid
0:10:43 > 0:10:46and she doesn't say "Sorry," actually.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48Let's have a look at what she does say,
0:10:48 > 0:10:51because I think she got away with muttering a certain something.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Almost inaudible but if she had just said it a decibel louder,
0:10:54 > 0:10:56- I don't know if you picked it up? - No, I did.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58One little smidge louder, I think she might have been
0:10:58 > 0:11:00sitting here tonight instead of you.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03Let's have a look. Listen very carefully
0:11:03 > 0:11:04cos she will say this only once.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06- Who sold those green vases?- Me.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10- You did. And you sold them for... - £15.- £15.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14- Do you know how much they were valued for?- No.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16- £300.- (Fuck...)
0:11:16 > 0:11:19LAUGHTER
0:11:19 > 0:11:22APPLAUSE
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Natalie! Not in the boardroom!
0:11:26 > 0:11:30I did hear her say that and I was like, "Oop!"
0:11:32 > 0:11:34So, Hal, do you think Natalie should have gone back in?
0:11:34 > 0:11:37I don't know, I just thought it was sort of one mistake.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39I thought all of them were just massively overconfident.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41There was so much of that selling.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Everyone's going, "It's a DEAL! Deal!"
0:11:43 > 0:11:45"I want it for free..." "Deal!"
0:11:45 > 0:11:50They were hugely confident. They were basically giving stuff away!
0:11:50 > 0:11:53So I thought lots of them were to blame.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54I think she was just very unlucky.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57"I'll take your vase and I'll have your jacket. DEAL!"
0:11:57 > 0:11:59I'm walking home naked - did pretty well there!
0:11:59 > 0:12:03I can tell you, I've worked it out and Natalie actually achieved
0:12:03 > 0:12:06a remarkable 1,900% markdown.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11I do love the idea that people who were watching The Apprentice
0:12:11 > 0:12:14and bought those vases will be like, "dum-dee-dum, those vases..."
0:12:14 > 0:12:16And then, "300 quid?!"
0:12:16 > 0:12:17Best news ever.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Or somebody sitting there... that chair that was worth £300,
0:12:20 > 0:12:22they sold that for £17.50 or something.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24There'll be a lot of people sitting going, "This is fantastic!"
0:12:24 > 0:12:28And one guy with a big vase, going, "What?! It's worth WHAT?!"
0:12:28 > 0:12:29APPLAUSE DROWNS SPEECH
0:12:31 > 0:12:33They put it in bubble wrap as well!
0:12:35 > 0:12:40It's early in the process. It's week one. The teams needed their names.
0:12:40 > 0:12:45Fair to say, Lord Sugar wasn't mad keen on the girls' name. Nebula.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48- Were you a fan?- No, I hated it. I thought it was an awful name, yeah.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50It wasn't one that I wanted at all.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53What were your ideas? What did you put forward?
0:12:53 > 0:12:55- Pinnacle.- Pinnacle?- Yeah.
0:12:57 > 0:12:58Gut Feeling...
0:12:58 > 0:13:01- LAUGHTER - Yes! Go with your gut!
0:13:03 > 0:13:06- It should have been! - Yeah, but I didn't like Nebula.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09- I thought it sounded awful. - Yeah, because it sounds...
0:13:09 > 0:13:12You think of nebulous as being something sort of vague.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14- Cloudy...- Woolly and indistinct.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17But that was how the team behaved. So, in a way,
0:13:17 > 0:13:20it was the correct name for the team!
0:13:20 > 0:13:22They were like, "Ah! Buy this! Yeah! Team Nebula!
0:13:22 > 0:13:23"Team Nebula's over there..."
0:13:23 > 0:13:27- An insane unpredictable gas! - Exactly!
0:13:27 > 0:13:30I think it was Alana, was it Alana, that said in the meeting,
0:13:30 > 0:13:32- "It sounds like a disease or something."- Yeah.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34And I can tell you because as it happens,
0:13:34 > 0:13:37I always carry a pocket medical dictionary.
0:13:37 > 0:13:42And I can tell you, that a nebula, Neb-, nebu-, nebula...
0:13:42 > 0:13:45..is... This is what you called yourselves, effectively...
0:13:45 > 0:13:48Team "clouded spot on the cornea causing defective vision".
0:13:48 > 0:13:51- About right. - That sounds about right.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54You might as well have gone for "Team Stye".
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Or "Team Conjunctivitis".
0:13:56 > 0:13:59Fair to say, Lord Sugar didn't like the girls' team name
0:13:59 > 0:14:02but he preferred the boys' humble and understated approach.
0:14:02 > 0:14:07What about Titans? Titans, as in Titans of industry, leaders of men.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10- That's what we are, gentlemen. - I actually like Titans.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12- I like Titans.- I'll go with that.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Titans, is that right? Named after Greek gods.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18They're in mythological...Greek...badasses...
0:14:19 > 0:14:24- Give me six quid for the two. Done. - £4.75.- Got a deal? Good stuff.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27- Done Deal.- Deal! Done!
0:14:27 > 0:14:29- We sold the lot!- Heh-heh!
0:14:29 > 0:14:30Well done, lads.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS
0:14:33 > 0:14:35HELMETS CLANK
0:14:39 > 0:14:41LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:14:41 > 0:14:42There we go!
0:14:42 > 0:14:46Obviously, Titans won the task. Were you impressed with the boys?
0:14:46 > 0:14:49I was impressed with the boys. I mean, I thought Paul was good.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52Team leader. I too watch Bargain Hunt.
0:14:52 > 0:14:53I could do that job.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55And I think he delegated well.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58- Sofiane was the man to lead that sub-team.- He was, wasn't he?
0:14:58 > 0:15:02And actually, he did the thing that I think your instinct goes against.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04I totally get why the girls went, "Sell, sell, sell,
0:15:04 > 0:15:07"It's The Apprentice, we've got to make money, we can't be left with anything!"
0:15:07 > 0:15:09You've got to leave that to later in the day.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13And him being so firm on it, it was absolutely the right thing to do.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15Yeah. Hal?
0:15:15 > 0:15:18I thought that, with respect, both project managers had a dodgy week.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21But I think he was just as dodgy as you were.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23- Not that you're dodgy! - LAUGHTER
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Praise indeed! Praise indeed, Michelle, there.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28- I think he was saved by Sofiane. - Yeah, absolutely.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31I think Sofiane was fantastic. He was just so...
0:15:31 > 0:15:32And he almost took over.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Paul was like - do you remember when Paul...
0:15:34 > 0:15:36He phoned him and said, "How have your lot been doing?"
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Paul starts going, "We tried to sell this thing..."
0:15:39 > 0:15:42"I don't need the details." Sofiane took over that group,
0:15:42 > 0:15:43and ran the whole thing.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46- I thought Paul was... I thought Paul...- Lucky winners.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Really lucky winner.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50I mean, they did make a lot of mistakes.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53I mean, we talked about trying to sell that trolley in the...
0:15:53 > 0:15:56in that high-end sort of Chelsea...
0:15:56 > 0:15:58But there was also - I mean, I quite enjoyed Olly's...
0:15:58 > 0:16:01- Sausage Olly's contribution. - Oh, yeah...
0:16:01 > 0:16:03He did very well negotiating - pretty much sold all their stuff
0:16:03 > 0:16:05to somebody who didn't have any money.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07That was... LAUGHTER
0:16:07 > 0:16:09That's the second rule of selling - always find somebody
0:16:09 > 0:16:12who's got enough money to buy the stuff you're selling.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14They were lucky - they WERE lucky, I think they were lucky.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17Were you impressed with Sofiane, particularly?
0:16:17 > 0:16:18Sofiane was great.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22He'd thought about things - he was an experienced market trader.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24- He was great.- Yeah, I agree.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26He totally led that boys' team.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28I wish I had him on my team, I wouldn't be sitting here now.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31I felt like I had a Sofiane, in Alana,
0:16:31 > 0:16:34but they just didn't perform, you know? So, yeah.
0:16:34 > 0:16:35He was brilliant,
0:16:35 > 0:16:40and I think he definitely was like the project manager
0:16:40 > 0:16:42of that task, for the boys.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45I wonder if he watched more Bargain Hunt than Paul.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47LAUGHTER
0:16:47 > 0:16:50He's watching Dickinson's Real Deal.
0:16:50 > 0:16:51What a shame!
0:16:51 > 0:16:56Anyone else that stood out?
0:16:56 > 0:16:57- For you... - Karthik!- ..on the boys' team?
0:16:57 > 0:16:59I mean, Karthik does...
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Got to be Karthik, The Big K to friends and fans -
0:17:01 > 0:17:03I'm a fan, not yet a friend, but I hope there one day.
0:17:03 > 0:17:04LAUGHTER
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Don't you love the fact he said friends and fans?
0:17:06 > 0:17:08- He didn't mention his family...- No.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10..who I think are pretending they don't know him.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Don't you think? Going, "What, Karthik?
0:17:12 > 0:17:13"No, he's not our relation."
0:17:13 > 0:17:16I think he's certainly raised a few eyebrows in the competition -
0:17:16 > 0:17:18not least of all, his own one.
0:17:18 > 0:17:19LAUGHTER
0:17:19 > 0:17:21He's so...
0:17:21 > 0:17:23I know it's awful, I'm sure he's a nice guy,
0:17:23 > 0:17:26but I'm looking forward to seeing him get fired.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:17:28 > 0:17:30I know that's wrong...
0:17:31 > 0:17:36Please do not disrespect the future Prime Minister of Britain.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38LAUGHTER
0:17:38 > 0:17:39Emperor!
0:17:39 > 0:17:41Of the world, yeah.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44Anyone else? Jessica, I thought, was...
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Is Jessica as annoying in real life as she is on the TV?
0:17:46 > 0:17:48She is - what you see on the TV...
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Cos that's like a task in itself.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Just surviving a day with her.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55She made the experience very, very fun.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57I tell you what, it's only week one, but I can tell you,
0:17:57 > 0:17:59she's already got her own highlights package.
0:17:59 > 0:18:00LAUGHTER
0:18:00 > 0:18:01# Express yourself... #
0:18:01 > 0:18:03They say I'm like the female version of Jim Carrey.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06I believe it's because I'm quite animated with my face,
0:18:06 > 0:18:07and, like, ohh, a bit crazy with my hands.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09You won't get too many smiles from me.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12- The pair of them...- Got a nice pair of jugs, there, Trish.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15Ooh!
0:18:15 > 0:18:16This is not an antique, is it?
0:18:16 > 0:18:18- Er, no.- Ooh!
0:18:18 > 0:18:19Catch!
0:18:22 > 0:18:24APPLAUSE
0:18:27 > 0:18:30She, er... She seems like a... like a...laugh?
0:18:30 > 0:18:32- She is brilliant fun, honestly.- Is she?
0:18:32 > 0:18:35- She is absolutely hilarious. - Exhausting, come on.
0:18:35 > 0:18:36No, she's just so funny.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39Like, in an intense situation, she just, you know,
0:18:39 > 0:18:41really breaks the ice, and, yeah, she's really good...
0:18:41 > 0:18:44- But, I think she... - How does she break it, like this?
0:18:44 > 0:18:45- Waah!- Yeah!
0:18:45 > 0:18:46LAUGHTER
0:18:46 > 0:18:48But she is a great businesswoman, though.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50- I don't think... - Is she?- Yeah, she really is, yeah.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52- How do you know that? - She told me.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54LAUGHTER
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Oh, well, fair enough(!)
0:18:56 > 0:18:59I guess people are going to fall into two camps with Jessica -
0:18:59 > 0:19:01they're going to be, you know, charmingly kind of...
0:19:01 > 0:19:03What's a fair word for her?
0:19:03 > 0:19:05- Excitable.- Excitable, perfect.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08I do think she's nice - she did apologise when she messed up
0:19:08 > 0:19:10on the thing - I think you could tell she's got a heart of gold...
0:19:10 > 0:19:12- Yeah.- ..but you have to keep putting that you in head,
0:19:12 > 0:19:14"She's got a heart of gold, got a heart of gold."
0:19:14 > 0:19:16- "Don't shout at her." - Is it an act, though,
0:19:16 > 0:19:17is it a strategy, or is it just...?
0:19:17 > 0:19:20- You can't maintain that over 12 weeks.- No.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24Did she ever have a power down...
0:19:24 > 0:19:25moment, though?
0:19:25 > 0:19:28Or was she just go, go, go, all the time?
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Go, go, go, all the time.
0:19:30 > 0:19:31That's what she's like in real life.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33But, yeah, she was lovely.
0:19:33 > 0:19:34I mean, she does seem lovely,
0:19:34 > 0:19:36- but someone that you'd try and avoid at a party.- Mm.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39- Or anywhere.- Or anywhere. - I think she IS the party.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42At the beginning, you were all going in the bedroom, she was like,
0:19:42 > 0:19:44"This is the bedroom of the winning team!"
0:19:44 > 0:19:46and I think, "You're going to be in the corridor or non the landing."
0:19:46 > 0:19:49- LAUGHTER - "The boys are going to kick out Big K,
0:19:49 > 0:19:51"they're going to be sleeping on the...!"
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Well, I had - Trishna was my bed buddy -
0:19:54 > 0:19:55she, we slept next to each other...
0:19:55 > 0:19:56Ooh! LAUGHTER
0:19:56 > 0:19:59- Well... - Wow, the revelations on this show!
0:19:59 > 0:20:00It's turned into a whole new show!
0:20:00 > 0:20:03- MATT:- Tell us more about that frosty relationship...
0:20:03 > 0:20:05Can I just clarify the term "bed buddies"?
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Sorry, so, she slept in the bed next to me,
0:20:08 > 0:20:11- and then I had Jessica in there, as well.- In the...?
0:20:11 > 0:20:12LAUGHTER
0:20:15 > 0:20:17APPLAUSE
0:20:17 > 0:20:18Oh, dear!
0:20:18 > 0:20:20- It's an Apprentice first! - It's all going wrong!
0:20:20 > 0:20:22- It's all going wrong. - What has this show become?!
0:20:22 > 0:20:25- It's become Big Brother! - Something for the dads.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27I was picturing you all top to toe.
0:20:27 > 0:20:28- MICHELLE:- Of course we were!
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Er, we've mentioned quite a few candidates,
0:20:31 > 0:20:35but only one of us here has met them all...sort of.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Matt, what did you make of this year's crop?
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Well, yes, I haven't met the candidates, but I have seen
0:20:39 > 0:20:43all their audition tapes, and I've edited myself into them.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45I think it's a very interesting crop this year.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48Every year I think it can't get better than last year,
0:20:48 > 0:20:51but I think we've achieved it this time round.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54Let's have a look at what happened when Matt met the candidates.
0:20:57 > 0:20:58I'm a man's man.
0:20:58 > 0:20:59Mm, I can see that, Paul.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02So, how would you react if Lord Sugar criticised you
0:21:02 > 0:21:03in the boardroom?
0:21:03 > 0:21:04Oi, Sugar, no!
0:21:04 > 0:21:07Yeah...that might not go down too well.
0:21:07 > 0:21:08I can speak cat.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10HE MEOWS
0:21:10 > 0:21:12SHE MEOWS
0:21:12 > 0:21:15HE MEOWS
0:21:15 > 0:21:17SHE MEOWS
0:21:17 > 0:21:18SHE HISSES
0:21:18 > 0:21:20HE MEOWS
0:21:20 > 0:21:24SHE YOWLS
0:21:24 > 0:21:26I have entered various different beauty pageants -
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Miss Nottingham, er, Miss Great Britain,
0:21:29 > 0:21:32I've placed at a few, haven't yet won a crown...
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Yeah, good luck with that, honey.
0:21:36 > 0:21:37APPLAUSE
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Who's really standing out for you?
0:21:43 > 0:21:44Well, apart from the obvious ones,
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Karthik and Jessica, I think people like Courtney
0:21:47 > 0:21:50are interesting to me, because, as Lord Sugar said,
0:21:50 > 0:21:51he modelled himself on Leonardo DiCaprio -
0:21:51 > 0:21:53he thinks he's a good looking guy,
0:21:53 > 0:21:56I think he thinks that he can operate differently to the rest,
0:21:56 > 0:21:58but we didn't really see much strength from him
0:21:58 > 0:22:00in this first episode,
0:22:00 > 0:22:02so intrigued to know where his strengths do lie.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04Well, he can identify a vase when he sees one.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06- That is true.- Yes.- That is true.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09That was... He's quite helpful in that situation,
0:22:09 > 0:22:10if somebody's struggling!
0:22:10 > 0:22:12Now, I know he's wasting his time,
0:22:12 > 0:22:15you will follow your gut anyway, Michelle, but, for what it's worth,
0:22:15 > 0:22:17here's some advice just for you from Lord Sugar.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22Michelle stepped up in the first task, first week -
0:22:22 > 0:22:25that's not an easy thing to do, that's very brave.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28Unfortunately, she missed my instructions,
0:22:28 > 0:22:30she just let the girls run wild,
0:22:30 > 0:22:33they just started selling - as soon as they unloaded the lorry,
0:22:33 > 0:22:35they were just taking any price for anything,
0:22:35 > 0:22:37like that, there was no thought.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Completely disorganised.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42The only advice I could give to Michelle in the future
0:22:42 > 0:22:44is listen to the task in hand,
0:22:44 > 0:22:48find the bullet points of the key issues
0:22:48 > 0:22:50that are going to make something a success or not,
0:22:50 > 0:22:54and concentrate on that, and don't be sidelined by other issues.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58- Oh, some nice stuff in there. - Yeah, fair point.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00- Brave.- Yeah.- That's cool.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02- Yeah, that's cool. - Is that advice you could use,
0:23:02 > 0:23:05- or are you just going to follow your gut, ignore it? - Nah, just going to follow my gut.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08Do you think you'd have made a good business partner with Lord Sugar?
0:23:08 > 0:23:10I...
0:23:10 > 0:23:13I would have wanted to win, but I find it really difficult
0:23:13 > 0:23:17with anyone telling me what to do, so I'm not sure. Not sure.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19- But I would have liked to have won. - Yeah.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21- There's nothing I can do about that. - No.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23LAUGHTER
0:23:23 > 0:23:27What was your business plan, should things have turned out differently?
0:23:27 > 0:23:29So, I own a mortgage company,
0:23:29 > 0:23:32an estate agency and a lettings business -
0:23:32 > 0:23:33my business plan was to expand on that,
0:23:33 > 0:23:37and Lord Sugar is in property himself, so I thought,
0:23:37 > 0:23:39who better to have a business partner
0:23:39 > 0:23:41who is someone who is very knowledgeable in property?
0:23:41 > 0:23:44So, yeah, my business plan was to expand that business.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46OK, so, Lord Sugar made his decision -
0:23:46 > 0:23:48but does our panel feel it was the right one?
0:23:48 > 0:23:52Anita, do you think Lord Sugar was right to fire Michelle?
0:23:52 > 0:23:54I hate to say it, but, yes!
0:23:54 > 0:23:55Oh.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57LAUGHTER
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Brutal.
0:24:02 > 0:24:03Matt?
0:24:03 > 0:24:06I think it's so tough, it being week one -
0:24:06 > 0:24:08being a project manager, I think you should be...
0:24:08 > 0:24:11- Oh, just spit it out, man!- I think Rebecca should have been fired.
0:24:11 > 0:24:12- Yeah! - AUDIENCE MEMBER:- Yeah!
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Oh, Rebecca - ooh, and that got some response from our audience here.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18- Hal, what do you think?- I think... - This is the casting vote,
0:24:18 > 0:24:20- I'm going to treat this as a casting vote.- Ooh, I'd say...
0:24:20 > 0:24:21- I think... I... - LAUGHTER
0:24:21 > 0:24:24I think.... No, I think it probably was the right decision,
0:24:24 > 0:24:26but I also think it was close with Rebecca,
0:24:26 > 0:24:29- and I think it's that thing of you being project manager.- Yeah.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32I know you said you think they chose you cos you were a danger,
0:24:32 > 0:24:33but they were desperate.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35You know, you said, "I work in mortgages,"
0:24:35 > 0:24:37and they went, "You can be our project manager!"
0:24:37 > 0:24:40- It was like, nothing to do with the thing, so...- Yes or no, Hal?
0:24:40 > 0:24:43She's sitting right there, Rhod!
0:24:43 > 0:24:44Um...
0:24:44 > 0:24:47- I...- I'm sure you knew that before you came on the show, though.
0:24:47 > 0:24:48- Yes...! - LAUGHTER
0:24:48 > 0:24:49I think it was...
0:24:49 > 0:24:51I think it was the right decision, but only just, really,
0:24:51 > 0:24:53and Rebecca - Rebecca's...
0:24:53 > 0:24:54- Rebecca's quite scary... - Yes or no, Hal.
0:24:54 > 0:24:55- OK, it was... - LAUGHTER
0:24:55 > 0:24:58Yes, sorry. Sorry, yes, it was the right decision...
0:24:58 > 0:25:00Why didn't you just say, "Yes, sorry," in the first place?
0:25:00 > 0:25:02- Yes.- You saw how Anita did it.
0:25:02 > 0:25:03- "Yes."- "Yes!"
0:25:03 > 0:25:04LAUGHTER
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Anita just went...
0:25:06 > 0:25:08LAUGHTER
0:25:10 > 0:25:12So, two to one - but only slightly, from our panel.
0:25:12 > 0:25:13It's over to the audience.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15Audience, time for your turn to vote.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17If you agree with Lord Sugar, hold up "Fired",
0:25:17 > 0:25:20if you disagree, hold up "Hired".
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Er...
0:25:26 > 0:25:27Ugh...!
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Ooh, it's a difficult one!
0:25:29 > 0:25:30Don't you... It's nothing to do with you.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32LAUGHTER
0:25:32 > 0:25:34- It is a red, it is Fired, but only just.- Ahh!
0:25:34 > 0:25:36- Only just.- Only just. - AUDIENCE:- Ahh.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38It is very, very marginal. Only just.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40AUDIENCE BOOS
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Boo!
0:25:43 > 0:25:44Does it ever kick off here?
0:25:45 > 0:25:47It's just about to!
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Only just, the audience agree, and the panel, only just.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53Unfortunately, Michelle, Lord Sugar won't be investing
0:25:53 > 0:25:55in your business venture - but, as you know,
0:25:55 > 0:25:57no-one goes away from You're Fired empty handed -
0:25:57 > 0:26:00you've made a BIG thing about following your gut -
0:26:00 > 0:26:01"I follow my gut!"
0:26:01 > 0:26:05We thought we would get you, so that you can follow your gut...
0:26:05 > 0:26:08with supreme confidence in the future...
0:26:08 > 0:26:11we have got you this probiotic yoghurt...
0:26:11 > 0:26:12LAUGHTER
0:26:14 > 0:26:17.."For a Healthy Gut You can Follow with Confidence."
0:26:18 > 0:26:22We've also got you a spoon - an antique spoon...
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Keep your hands off.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26I realise you'll probably rush off and sell this to somebody...
0:26:26 > 0:26:27LAUGHTER
0:26:27 > 0:26:30- ..straight away.- Ohh! - Feel free to tuck in.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32Thanks very much for being on the show,
0:26:32 > 0:26:34- you've been a great sport. - Thanks, Rhod.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Let's have a look at your highlights, Michelle.
0:26:36 > 0:26:37Yeah, let's go.
0:26:39 > 0:26:40Oh, poor Michelle.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42My heart goes out to her.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46It's a shame, because I think Michelle would have been really good
0:26:46 > 0:26:47in this process.
0:26:47 > 0:26:48Hello!
0:26:48 > 0:26:49She was a very strong woman,
0:26:49 > 0:26:53came from a very sort of smart and successful background.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Don't do that to me, Jessica!
0:26:56 > 0:26:58Well done, girls!
0:26:58 > 0:26:59The whole experience,
0:26:59 > 0:27:01I have enjoyed every single minute of it.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03THEY LAUGH
0:27:03 > 0:27:06- Every single minute - all four of them?- Yeah!
0:27:06 > 0:27:09- Ladies and gentlemen, Michelle Niziol!- Thank you.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:27:14 > 0:27:18And also please thank tonight's Apprentice fans and guests
0:27:18 > 0:27:21Anita Manning, Matt Edmondson and Hal Cruttenden.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:27:24 > 0:27:28You can watch Matt's Meet The Candidates in full-on BBC iPlayer,
0:27:28 > 0:27:31and you can watch exclusive clips and find out everything
0:27:31 > 0:27:34you need to know about this year's series at...
0:27:36 > 0:27:38Next week, it's task two -
0:27:38 > 0:27:40for the remaining candidates, it's all in the jeans.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44Jeans made from Japanese denim.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47- You can't vote for yourself. - Oh, I suppose that's stupid.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49I'm sorry, I'm going to kind of veto that.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51Where the hell are the jeans?
0:27:51 > 0:27:52Where's the jeans?
0:27:52 > 0:27:54# The Jean Genie lives on his back... #
0:27:54 > 0:27:57What do you mean, you can't find the jeans?
0:27:57 > 0:28:00We haven't got any information, we don't know when they're coming.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02That looks ridiculous.
0:28:02 > 0:28:03Guys, come on, let's not argue.
0:28:03 > 0:28:04We need to get this done.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06# ..let yourself go... #
0:28:06 > 0:28:07For the love of God, stop talking.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09You're coming up with problems to my solutions.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12So, you're doing photographs for your jean campaign
0:28:12 > 0:28:13without your jeans?
0:28:13 > 0:28:14Er...
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Dimwits.
0:28:16 > 0:28:17LAUGHTER
0:28:17 > 0:28:20That all seemed to have gone pretty well(!)
0:28:20 > 0:28:22I'll be back next Thursday at 10pm for more You're Fired,
0:28:22 > 0:28:25when I'll be joined by advertising guru Zaid Al-Zaidy,
0:28:25 > 0:28:28journalist Grace Dent and comedian Phil Wang.
0:28:28 > 0:28:29Goodnight.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31APPLAUSE