0:00:02 > 0:00:05Useless. Totally, absolutely useless.
0:00:05 > 0:00:08I feel so angry. I can't put up with loose cannons.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11You're fired. You're fired.
0:00:11 > 0:00:12You're fired.
0:00:28 > 0:00:29Good evening.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32Good evening, and welcome to You're Fired. I'm Rhod Gilbert.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34In this week's task, the candidates competing for
0:00:34 > 0:00:37a £250,000 investment from Lord Sugar had to introduce
0:00:37 > 0:00:40a new product line to a high-end department store.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43But Aleksandra decided to shut up shop, and walked out
0:00:43 > 0:00:46on the whole process at the start of the task.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48The announcement left Lord Sugar reeling,
0:00:48 > 0:00:52a broken man struggling to deal with his grief.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54The process is very, very tough, and if you can't hack it,
0:00:54 > 0:00:56you know, get out.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00In Apprentice News tonight...
0:01:00 > 0:01:02BONG!
0:01:02 > 0:01:04Karthik gets all philosophical.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06I'm like water. You put water in a cup, it becomes a cup.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09You put water in a bottle, it becomes a bottle.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11That's right, and if you put someone who speaks a whole load
0:01:11 > 0:01:14of metaphysical business guff in a suit, it becomes a Karthik.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18In an incredible display of multitasking,
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Jessica sings the lyrics to Cool For Cats while singing the tune
0:01:21 > 0:01:23to something completely different.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27# Co-o-o-ol fo-o-r cats! #
0:01:29 > 0:01:31And finally, Dillon catches a fly.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37Let's see that again.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42And that was tonight's Apprentice News.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Let's meet our panel ready to whip back the changing room curtain
0:01:50 > 0:01:53and take a peek inside this week's department store task -
0:01:53 > 0:01:55international entrepreneur Frances Dickens,
0:01:55 > 0:01:57presenter and Apprentice fan Gaby Roslin
0:01:57 > 0:02:00and comedian Hugh Dennis. Welcome to You're Fired.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09High drama in the process this week.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Two candidates left the SS Apprentice.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Mukai was fired, but the other left of their own accord.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Yes, Aleksandra didn't even give Lord Sugar
0:02:16 > 0:02:18a chance to chuck her overboard.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22Instead, she took it upon herself to walk the plank.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Guys, I just have to say something. I...
0:02:24 > 0:02:27I'm going to leave the process.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29- I'm really sorry.- Why?
0:02:29 > 0:02:31I'm just... I'm just not...
0:02:32 > 0:02:35I'm just not enjoying this. And I'm not...
0:02:35 > 0:02:38- Is this a joke?- No, it's not a joke.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40- Good luck, guys.- Good luck.- Sorry.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Please welcome Aleksandra King.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04- So, Aleksandra.- Yes.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06- Aleksandra, what a dress.- Thank you.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09- Ladies and gentlemen, what a dress!- Thank you!
0:03:09 > 0:03:11CHEERING
0:03:11 > 0:03:12Incredible.
0:03:12 > 0:03:17Why? Why...? Why? Obvious question - why walk out?
0:03:17 > 0:03:20There are two sort of main, core reasons for me,
0:03:20 > 0:03:24and one of them is I just find the whole sort of...
0:03:24 > 0:03:28perhaps blame culture a bit unnecessarily stressful.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31And the other thing is that I believe in a very healthy
0:03:31 > 0:03:34work-life balance, and I don't believe
0:03:34 > 0:03:37- that was possible in this process. - Yeah.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40I don't think anybody watching it at home or any of us would argue
0:03:40 > 0:03:42that it looks brutally tough.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45- I wouldn't even enter it, I'll level with you.- Yeah.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49Look, I mean, it's tough and I could have definitely carried on that way,
0:03:49 > 0:03:51but I just kind of put my foot down and said,
0:03:51 > 0:03:55"Actually, I have a choice and I don't want to carry on that way."
0:03:55 > 0:04:00I could have, but I wouldn't have been true to myself at all.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02You said at the time that you wanted to see your family,
0:04:02 > 0:04:04you really miss them.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Who is this family you are so fond of?
0:04:06 > 0:04:09- Where are...? Ah!- Are they here?
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Give us a wave. Where are you? Hello!
0:04:12 > 0:04:14You know when you left the house, though,
0:04:14 > 0:04:16you hadn't talked to anyone in the house
0:04:16 > 0:04:17about the fact you were leaving.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Were you able to tell your family you were coming back?
0:04:20 > 0:04:23Because it would have been tragic if you'd left and you'd found
0:04:23 > 0:04:24they'd all gone on holiday.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26LAUGHTER
0:04:28 > 0:04:32Frances, you've worked in lots of different organisations,
0:04:32 > 0:04:35large and small. Have you ever been tempted to walk?
0:04:35 > 0:04:37- Yeah, all the time.- Oh.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39I throw my toys out of the pram
0:04:39 > 0:04:41pretty much every week over something.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43But I think, for me, you know, when you've mortgaged a house,
0:04:43 > 0:04:45you've invested so much in the business,
0:04:45 > 0:04:47you don't have the luxury of doing that.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49You've just got to tough it out and make it work.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52Do you think Aleksandra should have toughed it out and made it work?
0:04:52 > 0:04:53I probably did at the time.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55I mean, I'm hearing her explanation.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57I'd have liked to have seen her tough it out
0:04:57 > 0:04:59and seen it through to the end, actually, yeah,
0:04:59 > 0:05:02or at least to the point where it was the end for her.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05- I mean, surely you'd watched The Apprentice before.- Yes.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08- So you must have known what you were getting yourself into.- Yes.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Well, to that I'll say, sometimes you think going into a relationship
0:05:11 > 0:05:14is a great idea and you think, "Oh, yeah, perfect."
0:05:14 > 0:05:18Once you're in there, you think, "What on earth was I thinking?"
0:05:20 > 0:05:22So, Aleksandra took flight this week.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25A surprise, or were the signs there from the start?
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Let's have a look where it all went wrong.
0:05:27 > 0:05:31I have found the process overwhelming and stressful
0:05:31 > 0:05:33and really intense.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Well, ladies, first task.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38Headless chickens comes to mind.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Michelle is trying to put all the blame on the market team
0:05:41 > 0:05:44and I think she should be very, very careful doing that.
0:05:44 > 0:05:45You said you worked well with me on day one.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Because I didn't want to bring
0:05:47 > 0:05:49- your confidence down for day two. - Nonsense!
0:05:49 > 0:05:51She is an utter nightmare to work with.
0:05:51 > 0:05:52Nightmare.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56The weakest link would have been Aleksandra in terms of the fact
0:05:56 > 0:05:58that she did make mistakes on the pricing.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00- I corrected myself, though. - I corrected you.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03I don't know what it is, but even though I didn't make a sale,
0:06:03 > 0:06:05but I'll blame it on Aleksandra.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07I'm going to leave the process.
0:06:08 > 0:06:09- AUDIENCE:- Aww!
0:06:09 > 0:06:11How does that feel, watching it?
0:06:11 > 0:06:14It feels kind of removed, because when I was in it,
0:06:14 > 0:06:17you know, I kind of felt so much more emotional at the time
0:06:17 > 0:06:19and I was like, "This cannot be like this
0:06:19 > 0:06:21"and it must be like the way that I think
0:06:21 > 0:06:23"and it has to be more my way."
0:06:23 > 0:06:25And kind of now it looks a lot more...
0:06:25 > 0:06:28looks light-hearted, it doesn't look so bad, I would say.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30I'm sort of genuinely interested, though,
0:06:30 > 0:06:33what it is like in the... in the house.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Because one thing I am finding watching this programme,
0:06:36 > 0:06:39that I find sort of wearing, in a way,
0:06:39 > 0:06:42is that everybody is going on about how brilliant they are all the time.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44- Now, does that happen in the house? - Oh, yes.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Is it like The Waltons, but before you go to bed,
0:06:46 > 0:06:49there's everybody going, "I am brilliant"?
0:06:49 > 0:06:51LAUGHTER
0:06:51 > 0:06:54"Are you brilliant?" "I'm brilliant." "I'm brilliant."
0:06:54 > 0:06:56"I'm fantastic."
0:06:56 > 0:06:57It is very much like that.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01How much worse is it in the house, having to live and work together?
0:07:01 > 0:07:04That has got to be... There's no escape.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Well, I was in boarding school, actually, as a kid,
0:07:06 > 0:07:08so I was used to that kind of thing.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12Although living with the candidates is a totally different story.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14What was the worst thing about living with them?
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Was it...? You know, is it just living with egomaniacs
0:07:17 > 0:07:19or was it finding Karthik's monobrow in the plughole every day?
0:07:19 > 0:07:21What is it?
0:07:21 > 0:07:22LAUGHTER
0:07:22 > 0:07:26Frances, have you ever lived and worked together with people?
0:07:26 > 0:07:29I can't think of anything more ghastly than having to
0:07:29 > 0:07:32live 24/7 with people that I'm working with and competing with.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35I love the people I work with, but I've seen what they do
0:07:35 > 0:07:37to the kitchen at work.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40I can't imagine what the bathroom is like in that house
0:07:40 > 0:07:43- and the bedroom, the whole...- How many bathrooms are there, actually?
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Well, there were several, but you had...
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Hugh's fascinated by the details!
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Was there a mixer tap or was it separate taps?
0:07:49 > 0:07:51LAUGHTER
0:07:51 > 0:07:53- Just curious! - I am genuinely interested in this.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56Has it got one of those nonslip mats in the bathroom?
0:07:56 > 0:07:58There were some battles, actually,
0:07:58 > 0:08:01to do with hygiene, and Paul was at the sort of...
0:08:01 > 0:08:03like, leading that and saying, you know,
0:08:03 > 0:08:05"Can you please pick up after yourself?
0:08:05 > 0:08:08"Wipe that. You've left a stain. That dish is not washed properly."
0:08:08 > 0:08:10So, he would kind of be always doing that.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12- Oh, that's a surprise.- Yeah. - Gaby, how would you get on in there?
0:08:12 > 0:08:15I think I would get... I'd be self-conscious and embarrassed.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17I'd want my own space. I can imagine...
0:08:17 > 0:08:19And also, if you're used to having your family
0:08:19 > 0:08:20and your kids around you,
0:08:20 > 0:08:23that's very different than a bunch of adults who are all competing.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26We do have a little bit of unseen footage to remind you
0:08:26 > 0:08:29of those happy, happy times in The Apprentice House.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34Thank you for choosing to stay at The Apprentice House,
0:08:34 > 0:08:36your home for the next 12 weeks.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Maybe.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41Our patented open-plan accommodation is designed to house
0:08:41 > 0:08:44even the most horrifically inflated egos.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47Our aqua-gym and in-built sauna are the perfect place
0:08:47 > 0:08:52to revive those aching limbs after another brutal mauling from Claude.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55Our state-of-the-art kitchen means your ideas might be half-baked,
0:08:55 > 0:08:58but your dinner doesn't have to be.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01And when the going gets really tough, what better than a pair
0:09:01 > 0:09:05of red monkeys exposing themselves to take your mind off it all?
0:09:05 > 0:09:08Thank you for choosing The Apprentice House...
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Let's start getting into...
0:09:18 > 0:09:19We're all so fascinated by the house.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21I don't know if you've noticed...
0:09:21 > 0:09:23I think it was Karthik opened the wardrobe... Wardrobe?
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Cupboard, the kitchen cupboard. Look at that.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27- Look at the beans in there!- Yeah.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Did you just live on baked beans in that house?
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Yeah, you don't really have time to eat that well.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Is it just for show, though?
0:09:33 > 0:09:35No, no, they're real beans for real eating.
0:09:35 > 0:09:36- Are they?- Yeah.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38They do sort of explain a comment,
0:09:38 > 0:09:41a strange comment you made earlier in one of the interviews.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Have a look at this.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46The sheer energy that I am going to bring is going to mimic
0:09:46 > 0:09:49that of a nuclear explosion.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54So, with Aleksandra gone, the fifth candidate to leave
0:09:54 > 0:09:57was super-fly, king of the bowtie, Mukai.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59Titan's tills rang all the way to the top floor
0:09:59 > 0:10:03whilst Nebula's sales got stuck in the service lift in the basement,
0:10:03 > 0:10:05and it was early closing for Mukai.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08The fault lays here with handbags.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12Mukai, I do believe that you did influence Grainne and I don't think
0:10:12 > 0:10:16you have the potential of being my business partner.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19- Mukai, you're fired. - Thank you, Lord Sugar.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Now, unfortunately, Mukai couldn't be with us tonight.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30He's packed up his dickie bows and moved to Japan for a new job.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33But we had a techno chat with him earlier and asked him about
0:10:33 > 0:10:34his experience in the process.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Hello, everyone.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39I'm really sorry I couldn't make it to the studio this evening.
0:10:39 > 0:10:44I've just recently got on a plane and moved to Tokyo in Japan.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47I'm feeling a little frustrated I got fired, but, you know,
0:10:47 > 0:10:49I made my recommendations,
0:10:49 > 0:10:52I've said that I've got experience, I know products,
0:10:52 > 0:10:55I did sell the highest value item on the task.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58But in terms of making a decision,
0:10:58 > 0:11:00that was up to the PM at the end of the day.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03My personal choice would be bags.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05First, handbags. Second, scarves.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09So the New York skyline and the Majorca sea view
0:11:09 > 0:11:12that was the original concept really didn't come off.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Unfortunately, it ended up being a bit of a fudge.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17This is the New York skyline on this side.
0:11:17 > 0:11:18I don't get it!
0:11:18 > 0:11:21How would I know that's the New York skyline?
0:11:21 > 0:11:24What really went wrong is that we didn't use the window effectively.
0:11:24 > 0:11:29You get 30% to 40% more footfall if someone stands in the window.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Grainne's decision not to put Rebecca into the window
0:11:32 > 0:11:33was a critical one...
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Are you not going to use the window at all?
0:11:35 > 0:11:39..and I think that was one of the key factors in losing the task.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42Mukai, you're fired.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46I found The Apprentice process really interesting as a whole.
0:11:46 > 0:11:51I think there's a lot of challenges that I didn't expect.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54The biggest challenge was actually the other candidates
0:11:54 > 0:11:58in the process and working with them in an effective way.
0:11:58 > 0:11:59You know, I'm not too upset.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02I'm here in Japan now and I'm doing well.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Lots... Lots to talk about.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13There's so much to talk about just in what he was saying there.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15I mean, if we start with the bags.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Frances, how big a mistake was it
0:12:18 > 0:12:20that they followed Mukai and went with bags instead of scarves?
0:12:20 > 0:12:23I think that's an absolutely crucial mistake.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27That particular store is worldwide renowned for its prints
0:12:27 > 0:12:30and its scarves, but I think it's absolutely crucial.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33- Did his New York skyline, Hugh...? Have you been to New York?- Yeah.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35- Did that take you back there?- No.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38LAUGHTER
0:12:38 > 0:12:39What was that bit of wallpaper?
0:12:39 > 0:12:41That wasn't a bit of wallpaper. That...
0:12:41 > 0:12:44With a cloud on, that was a stunning southern Spain resort.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Of course it was(!) Silly me!
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Didn't it evoke Andalucian sunsets, sangria, the...?
0:12:50 > 0:12:52What were you going to do?
0:12:52 > 0:12:56When he said, "Go put her in the window," what was she going to do?
0:12:56 > 0:13:00Would you really, if you walked past a London store and you saw
0:13:00 > 0:13:03a woman walking around with a handbag
0:13:03 > 0:13:07between white columns and a piece of blue wallpaper...?
0:13:07 > 0:13:08Yeah, but maybe that's why he didn't do it,
0:13:08 > 0:13:10because the scale was all wrong, wasn't it?
0:13:10 > 0:13:14If those are actual skyscrapers, she's going to look massive.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Like King Kong wandering around.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Do you think he's actually in Japan as well? Because when...
0:13:20 > 0:13:22LAUGHTER
0:13:23 > 0:13:26No, because when he said... that he did it in a room
0:13:26 > 0:13:28where you couldn't see out of the windows...?
0:13:28 > 0:13:31- Didn't he? That filming - there was no daylight.- He did!
0:13:31 > 0:13:34- It could have been anywhere. - Did he...?- I reckon Wembley.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Is it a Travel Lodge in Wembley?
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Karren said he had an air of superiority, I think.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Not in this task, I think one or two ago.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47But did that come across to you?
0:13:47 > 0:13:49She said he rubbed people up the wrong way, Gaby.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Absolutely, he did me, and I'm sitting there at home.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54- He did you?- Yeah... He didn't do me.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56LAUGHTER
0:13:56 > 0:13:58No. No, I'll rephrase that.
0:13:58 > 0:13:59Not in the Travelodge in...
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Certainly not in Wembley. No.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07No, he absolutely rubbed me up the wrong way at home.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09That's still not right!
0:14:10 > 0:14:11That's still not working!
0:14:13 > 0:14:16- Still not right? It's getting worse! He was in your house?!- Stop!
0:14:18 > 0:14:20I think you can salvage the "at home" bit of that sentence.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22OK, thank you.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25I was sitting at home watching it and he would irritate me, too.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27- How's that? Does that work? - I think that...
0:14:27 > 0:14:30- Yeah, we're clear.- Did that work?
0:14:30 > 0:14:34So, Mukai has been in the bottom three in the boardroom three times.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Was it third time unlucky or was he lucky to get that far?
0:14:37 > 0:14:39I think it was only a matter of time, to be honest.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42I think he definitely deserved to go,
0:14:42 > 0:14:44but then I also think probably that Grainne
0:14:44 > 0:14:47had quite a lucky escape on that, because she was the PM,
0:14:47 > 0:14:50she did listen to him in the face of the rest of the team
0:14:50 > 0:14:53saying it should be scarves, and then she didn't do the one thing
0:14:53 > 0:14:56that might have salvaged it, which we just discussed,
0:14:56 > 0:14:57which was putting somebody in there
0:14:57 > 0:14:59to try and get some foot fall through.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01But also, I believe that she didn't use her artistic...
0:15:01 > 0:15:04I believe she's a make-up artist, and she...
0:15:04 > 0:15:06she should have that kind of artistic eye
0:15:06 > 0:15:07to bring a bit of colour and pop into that,
0:15:07 > 0:15:09you know, so I just feel...
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Why did she leave the design of the window to Mukai?
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Yeah, she shouldn't have done that, perhaps.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Or she should have at least put some input in, cos...
0:15:16 > 0:15:19Cos he said he was an expert again.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22Face-to-face selling like that, you know, in a shop,
0:15:22 > 0:15:24what's the most important thing?
0:15:24 > 0:15:28We saw lots of different tactics and flirting to hard-sell to...
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Well, I think it's like any type of face-to-face selling.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34People have got to like you, but in that one, you can't be too pushy,
0:15:34 > 0:15:37because the minute you start to push, you're going to push them away.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41And it's really about making them want to buy something
0:15:41 > 0:15:46- rather than selling to them, if you know what I mean by that differentiation.- No, I don't.
0:15:46 > 0:15:47LAUGHTER
0:15:47 > 0:15:49No, I don't. Do you...?
0:15:49 > 0:15:52Well, they've got to like you. People want to do business with people they like.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55If you storm over there and you're in your face,
0:15:55 > 0:15:57they're not going to buy from you.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Alternatively, if you do what Sofiane did
0:15:59 > 0:16:01and just completely ignore the buying sale from the woman who said,
0:16:01 > 0:16:04"I'd like one in black," and he went, "Oh, I think" there's one over there.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06- Yeah, that was a very odd moment. - Yeah.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09You're not going to sell anything like that, so...
0:16:09 > 0:16:11So you're saying it's sort of... The technique is to make
0:16:11 > 0:16:14somebody like you enough that they kind of go,
0:16:14 > 0:16:17I want to buy something...for this person to fulfil something...
0:16:17 > 0:16:21- Yeah, I think Jessica did it really well. I think she was...- Yay!
0:16:22 > 0:16:25She was quite lively. She was approachable.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27She was fun, but she was efficient with it.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29So I think she nailed it pretty well.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31It was a bad week for Mukai, but every cloud
0:16:31 > 0:16:35has a silver lining, and it was a damn good week for awkward hugs.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Yes, you guessed it. It's time for Awkward Hug Of The Week.
0:16:42 > 0:16:43At three, she's here tonight.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46It's Alexandra and Rebecca with their
0:16:46 > 0:16:50"I feel slightly obliged to give you a hug, even though nobody else is giving you a hug" hug.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55- Good luck.- Thank you.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03Straight in at number two...
0:17:03 > 0:17:07It's a reluctant one-armed bandit from Mukai on his nemesis, Grainne.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10The "I don't like you enough to bother lifting my other arm" hug.
0:17:11 > 0:17:12Sorry, dude.
0:17:18 > 0:17:22But our Awkward Hug Of The Week this week goes to Dillon for his
0:17:22 > 0:17:24astonishing switcheroo.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27The old "now you hug me, now you don't" on Alana.
0:17:27 > 0:17:28Keep your eye on him.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40- It's amazing, isn't it? - It is amazing.- Isn't that amazing?
0:17:40 > 0:17:42Blink and you miss it. I want to see it again. Let's see it again.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44It's incredible. It's incredible.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53It's, "Oh, God, it's Alana. Abort, abort, abort."
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Hugh, would you have gone through with...
0:17:56 > 0:18:00- I mean, once you've committed to that...- Yeah, yeah. I like hugging a lot.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02I don't care who I hug, to be honest. Not bothered.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05- Would you have committed to that hug?- I would have.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07- Or would you have walked out halfway through?- No, I would have...
0:18:07 > 0:18:13- It's a cheap shot. Don't bother answering. It's just a silly joke. - I like hugs, too, so yeah.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15You like hugs, too. Well, it was just a silly joke.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Who else has caught your eye this week, Frances?
0:18:20 > 0:18:25I like Trishna. I think she speaks a lot of sense.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29I'd like to see her go forward, and I quite like Paul as well.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32I think, you know, he has a lot of good things to say.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35I think he's going to have to control his frustration.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37You know, the box-throwing moment.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40Do you think he'd learned from that this week? He seemed to be a bit...
0:18:40 > 0:18:42calmer.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46He probably was a bit calmer, but perhaps there was less irritating things going on.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48- And he did quite well at certain times.- Yeah, he did.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50And, as I say, he upsold very well.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Who's caught your eye, Gaby?
0:18:52 > 0:18:53- Well, obviously, Jess.- Jessica.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57I'm a huge fan of hers, but I also now...
0:18:57 > 0:19:00I've suddenly changed overnight to Karthik.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02He was driving me mad.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06But I thought he was so warm in the personal shopping bit.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09I suddenly saw a different side of him and I was really impressed.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12- We've definitely seen a different side of Karthik, then.- Yes, yes.
0:19:12 > 0:19:13He's totally changed.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16He was given the task and he said, "OK, I'm going to make
0:19:16 > 0:19:19"the most of it and do the task in hand," and he did that so well.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22I really have done 360 on him.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25- I was screaming at the TV, like you.- Don't start this again.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29And I thought he was... I think he's so warm and genuine.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31He's definitely...
0:19:32 > 0:19:36I think, technically, if you go 360, you end up pointing in the exact...
0:19:36 > 0:19:38- 180. 180.- 180.- Do a 180.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45No, because by next week, I'll probably be all the way back again.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47You're going to do another 360 on him next week?
0:19:47 > 0:19:49- No, by next week... - You would have done the old 720.
0:19:51 > 0:19:57"Done the old 720 and I feel exactly about him now as I always have, in fact."
0:19:57 > 0:20:01- JD had a funny old week, didn't he? A quiet week.- Oh, bless him.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05- Bless him.- Yes, he looked like a heavy in a...
0:20:05 > 0:20:08He did look like he was a secret service agent
0:20:08 > 0:20:10in the background, and he's, "Got the tea?"
0:20:13 > 0:20:17Yeah. Is that why the tea became so important, Hugh, because that's all he had?
0:20:17 > 0:20:21Yeah, probably. It was his job, but he did it really well.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26He really wrestled it under control. How did you get on with JD?
0:20:26 > 0:20:30- He seems like a straight guy. - He's a very... He's a great person.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32You know, he's a bit more serious, I think, in the house.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35He kind of keeps to himself a little bit, makes his tea,
0:20:35 > 0:20:40prepares his lunch, eats it, and kind of sits... He always used to go on his own, really.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44But I really like him. He's also a very, very lovely guy.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48Is he starting to run out of steam, though, do you think...?
0:20:48 > 0:20:51- He was very lost this week. - I think he's got a lot to offer.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54Well, JD might not have quite found a place for all his skills
0:20:54 > 0:20:57this week, but he wasn't entirely useless.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01JD, no offence, but what were you doing?
0:21:01 > 0:21:06Yeah, I certainly struggled to find a place where I was...well, needed.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Do you think we should have asked their clothing size?
0:21:08 > 0:21:11No, definitely not. I think it's a little bit intrusive on the phone.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16JD, did you find out about the tea?
0:21:16 > 0:21:18I did. It's under control.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22Feeling happy with that one?
0:21:25 > 0:21:28- We need something from your side. - Make the exchange, JD, for Jessica.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33You did make a mean cup of tea.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46Aleksandra, I'm sorry you felt you had to leave the process,
0:21:46 > 0:21:48but let's see what advice Lord Sugar has for you.
0:21:50 > 0:21:54Aleksandra, a very confident lady. Very positive, spoke her mind,
0:21:54 > 0:21:58got involved, and I think that was quite impressive.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02I've often told people that this is a tough process.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04She's not the first to have felt homesick,
0:22:04 > 0:22:08not the first to have missed her family and all that stuff.
0:22:08 > 0:22:09How would she improve her ways?
0:22:09 > 0:22:13You can't improve on that, because if that is how she feels,
0:22:13 > 0:22:15it's a very commendable feeling.
0:22:15 > 0:22:16It's just that, you know,
0:22:16 > 0:22:19perhaps she shouldn't put herself forward for anything in
0:22:19 > 0:22:23future which requires her to be away from her family and loved ones.
0:22:26 > 0:22:32Yeah, I mean, I completely agree with that, because before I had kids,
0:22:32 > 0:22:37I did the sort of work that took me around the world,
0:22:37 > 0:22:40really, and I would never take a job like that now,
0:22:40 > 0:22:44since having kids, where I leave them, because they are part of
0:22:44 > 0:22:45my life as well.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48- So you agree with him totally? - Only about the family thing.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52You made your own decision, as you know, to leave the process,
0:22:52 > 0:22:57but do our panel feel it was the right decision? Frances?
0:22:57 > 0:23:01- No, I would like to have seen you stay longer.- Thank you.- Gaby?
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Hearing what you have to say now, I understand the family thing,
0:23:04 > 0:23:06so I wish you the very best of luck.
0:23:06 > 0:23:07Thank you.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Hugh?
0:23:09 > 0:23:12I think it's a shame that you're not in subsequent programmes,
0:23:12 > 0:23:16but I absolutely understand why you've done what you've done.
0:23:16 > 0:23:17- OK.- Thanks very much.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Understanding from the panel, but let's see what the audience think.
0:23:20 > 0:23:25If you agree with Aleksandra's decision to walk, hold up "fired".
0:23:25 > 0:23:29If you disagree, then hold up "hired" now, please.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Ooh.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39It is very, very close,
0:23:39 > 0:23:43but our audience think you made the right decision to walk.
0:23:43 > 0:23:44Yeah!
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Aleksandra, you took control of your own destiny,
0:23:49 > 0:23:54you left the process voluntarily, but nobody leaves here empty-handed.
0:23:54 > 0:23:59Now, I started making you a "sorry you're leaving" cake.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01Oh, really?
0:24:01 > 0:24:03Unfortunately, I wasn't enjoying the process,
0:24:03 > 0:24:05so I left it halfway through.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:24:11 > 0:24:13It's half-made.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15You've got hundreds and thousands and little baubles there.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18You've got everything to carry on making it yourself if you so choose.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21This is the best gift, because my daughter asked me,
0:24:21 > 0:24:23"Mum, whatever present you get, can I have it?"
0:24:23 > 0:24:26- Yes, of course you can, Isabella. - You certainly can.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29We're going to bake some cakes. Thank you very much.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32Obviously Mukai isn't with us tonight, but we did post
0:24:32 > 0:24:34his goodbye gift to him in Tokyo.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36On the task, he was banging on about something so much
0:24:36 > 0:24:38that we felt we had to do something.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Here's the moment he unwrapped his gift.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45Thanks, Rhod, for the gift. I've just received it today in the post.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51As you can see, it's Rebecca in the window.
0:24:51 > 0:24:56Unfortunately, it's a couple of days too late for me to get unfired,
0:24:56 > 0:24:58but many thanks and I appreciate it.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00Grainne, there you go.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05He was very, very keen to see Rebecca in the window.
0:25:05 > 0:25:09Now he can look at her each and every day for the rest of his life.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Aleksandra, thanks so much for coming on the show.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14I hope you've enjoyed it. Let's have a look at your highlights.
0:25:18 > 0:25:23Oh, Aleksandra, I think she's so eloquent, I find her so interesting.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26- Very toned.- I get on really well with Aleksandra.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28We're down there, we sell lovely vintage things.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31- I'm sad she left.- Yes, you love it? You've got a deal.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35Sold to the lovely man. She's like, "Yeah, I'm in power."
0:25:36 > 0:25:39If you hold a beautiful, big diamond in your hand,
0:25:39 > 0:25:40that's going to have some weight to it.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43I think she would have done really well if she'd continued
0:25:43 > 0:25:47and persisted, but it's everybody for themselves, really.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51Nebula, it's an interstellar collection of gas and dust,
0:25:51 > 0:25:54and it's basically where stars like us are born.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Overall, when all's said and done,
0:26:01 > 0:26:04- are you glad you went on The Apprentice?- 100%.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08Rhod, sorry, I've just got something to say. I'm leaving.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12LAUGHTER
0:26:15 > 0:26:20It's not a joke, I'm leaving the process because, to be honest,
0:26:20 > 0:26:23I haven't enjoyed it. So, um...
0:26:28 > 0:26:30I'm sorry, I just don't feel...
0:26:30 > 0:26:32I'll come back for that, but I just need to.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36We seem to be going together, which is quite exciting, to be honest.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38- Thank you, bye. - Right, let's crack on!
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Saved me a cab fare, anyway.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44Saved me two cab fares.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50Ladies and gentlemen, Aleksandra King and Hugh Dennis.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55Also, please thanks to our guests who stayed,
0:26:55 > 0:26:57Frances Dickens and Gaby Roslin.
0:26:57 > 0:27:02CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:27:03 > 0:27:05If you want to see more of The Apprentice,
0:27:05 > 0:27:08head over to BBC iPlayer, where you can watch exclusive clips
0:27:08 > 0:27:11and find out everything you need to know about this year's series.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14Next week, our candidates will be running their own
0:27:14 > 0:27:18crowd-funding campaign to raise money for some cycling products.
0:27:18 > 0:27:19For your next task,
0:27:19 > 0:27:23I want you to bring a new cycling product to market.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Three, two, one.
0:27:28 > 0:27:29I feel like I'm in Tron.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31- I think it's really cool. - That's amazing.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34- I think we're onto a winner. - Riding our cycles through London.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37You are so rude to me.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40- I just don't think we can get crowd-funding into a song.- Stop.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43Stop! Stop!
0:27:43 > 0:27:46# Don't blame it on the sunshine Don't blame it on the moonlight
0:27:46 > 0:27:48# Don't blame it on the good times
0:27:48 > 0:27:50# Blame it on the boogie. #
0:27:50 > 0:27:52Does that make sense or was that stupid?
0:27:53 > 0:27:56- Hashtag London, hashtag crowd-funding.- Hashtag concern.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58You're concentrating too much on one aspect.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01- If he doesn't want to listen to me, that's fine, let's lose.- And relax.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04- Cut it there.- Hold on. I'm not having this conversation.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07I am in the right room, thank you very much.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11I will eat my shorts if that gets traction on social media.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14Who will get the winners' yellow jerseys and who will be
0:28:14 > 0:28:15our Lance Armstrong?
0:28:15 > 0:28:18I'll be back next Thursday at 10 for more You're Fired, when I'll
0:28:18 > 0:28:21be joined by Allyson Stewart-Allen, Jenny Eclair and Guz Khan.
0:28:21 > 0:28:22Goodnight.
0:28:22 > 0:28:27APPLAUSE