October 24th, 2011 by Gerard McGarry.
Young Apprentice: Not enough people for a full Halifax advert
Alan Sugar’s back with another Junior Apprentice. Sorry, what’s that, they’ve renamed it to Young Apprentice? Right, just got the memo. Thanks Sir Alan.
Welcome to the first episode liveblog for the new series of Young Apprentice. We’ll be watching a bunch of upstart kids dressed in borrowed suits try to navigate the stormy waters of big business.
Tonight’s first episode is all about flogging ice-cream. Given the recent weather, I think we can assume that this episode wasn’t filmed in the last week or two! We’re five minutes in and the teenaged candidates aren’t remotely as annoying as their fully grown counterparts on the main Apprentice show.
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June 11th, 2011 by Gerard McGarry.
Matt Flint
We’d had the winner of So You Think You Can Dance 2011 predicted weeks ago: it was always going to be a bloke, and it was most likely to be Matt Flint.
The charismatic tap-dancer was a clear viewer favourite throughout the series – and he’d never been in the bottom two dance-offs. For my money, I preferred the masculinity and poise of Luke Jackson, but it was clear that the public loved the cheeky chappie in the tap shoes.
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June 8th, 2011 by Gerard McGarry.
Edna Agbarha
Doing his bit for the entrepreneurial agenda in Great Britain, Lord Sugar gives The Apprentices a salvage task tonight to prove to them (and to we aspiring binmen at home) that you can make money from any old (s)crap.
That’s right – Teams Venture and Tragic Logic were sent off to pick up commercial junk, cream off the valuable goods within and flog it on at a profit. While spending as little as possible on actually skipping rubbish that was leftover.
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June 4th, 2011 by Gerard McGarry.
Bethany Rose Harrison
It’s the week of the So You Think You Can Dance semi-finals, so whoever goes is going to have a pretty solid fanbase. So, if you were one of those people rooting for Bethany Rose Harrison or Lee Bridgman, get your box of tissues at the ready…
In tonight’s elimination show (how did they fit all that into a 20 minute show?), tap-dancing sensation Matt Flint and gorgeous Kirsty Swain (last seen throwing a massive strop at Arlene Phillips’ comments about her solo), both got through on the strength of the public vote. Which means they’re the ones to watch next Saturday when the final airs.
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June 1st, 2011 by Gerard McGarry.
Tonight’s episode of The Apprentice had the two teams creating, branding and pitching new pet food products. Unusually, the success in the task wouldn’t be determined by sales figures, but at Lord Sugar’s discretion based on what his various advisors told him about each team’s work.
Once again, the candidates were split into groups. Vincent Disneur was assigned by Sugar to be project manager for Team Logic (later to be dubbed Team Tragic), while the abrasive Glenn Ward led Team Venture. Vincent’s team were told to develop a pet food product for dogs while Venture were given cats.
May 28th, 2011 by Gerard McGarry.
Charlotte Scally
A shock elimination for Charlotte Scally on tonight’s So You Think You Can Dance, as she ended up in the bottom two alongside Bethany Rose Harrison. But more on that later.
As the quarter finals of the series draw to a close, tonight’s bottom four were Charlotte and Bethany Rose and male dancers Israel Donowa and Lee Bridgman. This gives us a good gauge for next week’s final, as it shows us that Matt Flint and Luke Jackson are the two strongest males (we knew that already), and Kirsty Swain and Katie Love are the top-voted female dancers.
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May 28th, 2011 by Gerard McGarry.
Welcome to Unreality TV’s live So You Think You Can Dance chart. It’s the final eight performances tonight. The couples have been mixed up at random. And as of tonight, you can vote for the dancers individually.
Just as we did for last week’s show, we’ve taken each performance and rated them according to who we thought was best. We’ve got the couples’ performances upfront, but each dancer did a solo routine – you’ll have to read on for our rating of the soloists!
- Kirsty Swain and Matt Flint – Oh, this rhumba just oozes sexiness. Aside from the fact that Matt and Kirsty are avery attractive pairing, the pair move together so sensuously that the whole routine sizzles, from start to finish. Won. Der. Ful. Nigel also uses the word sensual (and sensational in relation to Kirsty’s figure), and has big praise for Matt’s dancing and his role as a dance partner. Arlene tells Kirsty that she’s “redeemed yourself after that appalling solo”. Sisco called the routine sexual and “very believable”.
- Bethany Rose Harrison and Luke Jackson – Neither too happy about selecting a hip-hop routine, Bethany Rose and Luke give us a fiery break-up themed routine. We’ve had quite a few of these during the series, but this is angry, violent and thrilling. At one point, Bethany Rose runs up Luke’s back! Sisco calls Luke phenomenal, but hates on Bethany’s attitude during the VT footage. Louise has some reservations for Bethany, but calls it a good effort. Arlene is bubbling over with enthusiasm when she calls Luke “Olympic” (good word – want a job at Unreality Towers, Arlene?)
- Katie Love and Israel Donowa - Drawing the scorching Broadway routine Roxy from Chicago, Katie and Israel pull off a few breathtaking moves during their routine. But surprisingly, Katie doesn’t command the stage quite as I’d expect Roxy Hart to. Nigel Lythgoe disagrees with me, calling Katie “every inch a star”. Arlene throws some criticism at Israel, calling his timing sloppy. Combustible Sisco disagrees completely with Arlene and tells Israel he was in a different league, and tells Katie that she’s finally got the partner she deserves.
- Lee Bridgman and Charlotte Scally – I’m not normally a fan of Lee B’s dancing, but this team-up with Charlotte is an inspired choice. Dancing dressed as a wartime GI and his lover, the pair give a romantic, passionate spin on Unchained Melody. Louise Redknapp comments “that was amazing storytelling”. Lee also draws praise from Arlene Phillips, but Charlotte comes in for some criticism for not acting the “pain” very well. And – ouch – Nigel Lythgoe simply didn’t like the routine at all.
May 21st, 2011 by Gerard McGarry.
Good evening all! Tonight the top 10 So You Think You Can Dance finalists performed two routines per couple.
We’ve taken each couple’s routine and rated it according to the ones we liked the best. And since we’ve got two lots of dances, there are two lists! Have a look at what we thought and leave your own lists in the comments!
Oh, also no Nigel Lythgoe tonight, presumably because American Idol is getting ready for a spendid Season 10 finale. John Barrowman stepped in for him…and caused some controversy in the audience with his outspoken opinions!
May 26th, 2010 by Gerard McGarry.
Rhys Rosser is the third Apprentice hopeful to get fired from Junior Apprentice 2010. The teenager was team leader for a cupcake selling task that saw the corporate wannabes making and selling goods in Selfridges.
Ordered by Alan Sugar to find ways of selling the cupcakes by adding value to them, Rhys became the leader of Instinct when Tim Ankers declined the chance to lead the group. However, almost from the outset Rhys was unable to lead the team. His team mate Kirsty seemed to be coming up with all the ideas while Rhys took a backseat.
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May 12th, 2010 by Gerard McGarry.
Welcome everybody – I’ve been chosen from absolutely zero applicants to liveblog tonight’s Junior Apprentice. Yes, I’ve been told I’m watching this. Gulp.
So, we’re getting a bunch of swotty schoolkids instead of the usual bumbling second hand car salesmen. Regular Apprentice is still postponed until the autumn, so we get six episode of this to compensate!
There are ten school children in the boardroom. They chant “Good morning Lord Sugar” like it was morning assembly. Er…while Sugar lays down the law for the apprentices, we get a shot of a kid with a full beard! Who is this wolf boy? Is he an adult apprentice in disguise? “But…but…I was trying to show Lord Sugar how enterprising I was…” He’s probably 40.
Introductions to Sugar’s assistants: Karren Brady (replacing sexy Margaret) and Nick Hewitt. He warns them not to mess up the house he’s (or The Beeb) rented for them. Arjun scares the bejesus out of me. He talks like he’s a veteran of thousands of job interviews. The others are equally frighteningly grown-up. Jordan is the director of his own company.
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