Apprentice candidate, Lorraine Tighe has admitted that she “looked horrific” whilst appearing on the TVshow.

Lorraine, who often looked like she needed a good old wash, says that she felt overshadowed by her fellow female competitors.

“I was alongside a group of particularly pretty girls… All the girls were slim, lovely and well turned out. Then there was me,” she told The News Of The World.

“Kate [Walsh] would go to bed every night in her makeup so she looked groomed the next day, and Debra [Barr] would wear £1,000 Armani dresses. I felt like I was trapped in a beauty pageant. I was way out of my depth.”

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Lorraine Tighe has revealed that she wishes she had never appeared on BBC’s Apprentice TV show.

Lorraine said that her appearance on the show has upset her family and ruined her reputation.

She told the Lancashire Evening Post: “My family never signed up for a reality television show. They live in a small town in Ireland and from their point of view it has ruined their reputation there.

“If I had my chance again, there is no way I would do it again. The whole experience has been a very tough lesson for me to learn.”

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Tonight’s Apprentice show had to be the best of the series so far. I love to watch the candidates squirm under the pressure of the four part interview and every year there is serious fall out from this phase of the process.

Although Sir Alan sacked three candidates before next week’s final, the big loser tonight was without doubt James McQuillan. James was almost mocked by each of Sir Alan’s advisors. They branded him as immature and it didn’t help that he littered his interview with Karen full of Willy Wonka references. Claude said his CV was full of jibberish, and the line of the night had to be James description of his last job as:

‘I put a leash on people who spunk money up the wall.’

The fact that he sold himself by saying that Sir Alan should hire him because:

I can bring ignorance to the table

just proves how much the village idiot he really is.

Lorraine’s big downfall tonight was the fact that she talked an abundance of crap to her interviewers, rambling on about her powers of mind reading. If the mother of two really could tell what people were thinking surely she would wash her hair or choose a less ridiculous colour of lipstick before venturing out of the house.

Debra impressed the interviewers with her composure and intelligent responses to their questions however the fact that her co-workers and former bosses described her as:

‘rude, foul mouthed and ignorant. ‘

and

‘very aggressive and rude, people either love her or hate her, most people hate her.’

raised serious concerns about her ability to function within a team environment. When Sir Alan fired her he admitted that it may have been a huge mistake but he didn’t feel that she was yet ready or mature enough for the challenges he would expect her to face.

So next weeks final will see Kate and Yasmina go head to head. Given that Yas lied about her turnover and profits and wasn’t too worried about the prospect of making her mother homeless should her restaurant go under, I can’t see her winning……can you?

Howard Ebison was sacked from The Apprentice last night but instead of taking responsibility, he has blamed Lorraine Tighe for his departure.

Howard was sacked after his team lost last night’s TV selling challenge and Sir Alan branded him ordinary and unwilling to take a risk.

He told The Sun: “I’m mortified that I went instead of Lorraine.

“I was so surprised Sir Alan chose me – I was absolutely certain he was going to sack her. She deserved to go.”

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You would imagine that since Apprentice candidate Lorraine Tighe has two children of her own, she would be able to work a buggy. But apparently not!

The mother-of-two is project manager for tonight’s task, in which the teams pick two baby products then attempt to sell them at a baby fair in London’s Earl’s Court.

As Lorraine struggles trying to collapse a buggy, Sir Alan’s aide Nick Hewer quips: “This pushchair looks to me like the most complicated thing when in fact of course, when done properly it is the simplest thing with a great selling point – she is making a complete Horlicks of it!”

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The News Of The World is running with a shocking story today, claiming that Apprentice candidate Lorraine Tighe is a swinger.

Shocking not because of the actual swinging, but more because there is more than one person in the world who would bed the long faced depressing one.

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OMG!!! Sir Alan Sugar appeared on The One Show tonight saying that this years bunch of Apprentice candidates are his best yet, but to me they look like a bunch of bumbling idiots.

Their first task consisted of Sir Alan providing them with a van and some cleaning materials (all of which they paid for out of their budget). They then had to clean some stuff and make as much money as they could in just one day.

The girls in particular astounded me by trying to charge £300 to clean three cars! When the customer pointed out that his current cleaner does the job for £60, Mona Lewis told him he was wrong and basically implied that he was a liar. They landed the contract in the end but after dropping their price dramatically they then had to summon their customer to help them work the pressure washer.

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Lorraine Tighe
Age: 36
Career: National Accounts Manager
Qualifications: NHC in Business Studies
Lives: Kent

Mother-of-two Lorraine was born in London and left school at 16. Since then she has gone on to be the top sales person in every company she has ever worked for and admires Victoria Beckham for being equally resourceful when doubted for having “not much talent”. Talkative Lorraine admits to having very little education and has endured many trials and tribulations throughout her life. She sums up her attitude to business as the ability to drive a dead horse to the winning line.

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