BBC’s Apprentice opened tonight with Philip answering the phone in his boxers (yum) and being told that the group had thirty minutes before they had to meet Sir Sugar. Does the BBC really expect us to believe that those folks are only given 30 minutes to get up, get dressed, showered, straightened and primped and make their way across London to meet Sir Alan? No way could Kate even get her makeup done in that short space of time.

The teams met Sir Alan in a London auction house, where they were told that they would be selling ten random items in one day. The warning was issued that they not take everything at face value. Kate was moved to Ignite and Noorul was moved to Empire. The delectable Phiilip was appointed as head of Ignite and Ben was team leader for Empire.

Included in the bundle of goods was an Indian rug worth over £200, pair of vintage shoes and first edition hidden in a box of books.

Lorraine immediately spotted the value in the rug, but cocky Phil disregarded her every word. He decided that the value item was the skeleton but when a dealer turned down the chance to buy it, he sold it to a random guy in a local pub. Questionable methods that luckily worked.

Staying in form, Phillip and team sold their £200 rug for £50 to someone walking past them in the street. Alan Carr lookalike, Lorraine, wanted a proper valuation but Phil kept repeating that it was a piece of shite. There’s leadership for you.

Ben sold his first book for £100, not a bad result but then continued to flog his skeleton to a poor student for a paltry £60. It is lucky Ben was there for the transaction, as Noorul seemed to lose all speech capabilities when it came to the bartering process. Ben went on to sell his wooden commode for a fiver and tried to offer his vintage shoes for one pound. I wish I’d been in the market that day, just think what I could have made on eBay. In the meantime Yasmina sold her £200 rug for £55, was anyone surprised when Ben’s team lost?

As Philip and his lot went to enjoy a night of truffles, Ben decided to bring James and Noorul and back into the boardroom. No Deborah, no James, no Deborah…..yeah Deborah! He’s obviously not known for his decision making skills. I can’t tell you much of what was said in the boardroom, as the three candidates shouted and bickered and bitched over each other so much that it was almost incomprehensible. The common threads were that no one liked Ben Clarke, no one respected Ben Clarke and everyone is fed up with hearing about Ben’s scholarship from Sandhurst.

So how did Noorul end up being fired then? Granted he was incompetent and I would have been tempted to stick pins in him during the task to make sure he was still alive but really, how could Sir Alan let Ben stay for another week? That accent is driving me crazy and if he does land a topless magazine shoot like he is hoping to, I may be forced to throw up. At this point I am tempted to start my very own Get Ben Out petition. Anyone care to sign?

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Sir Alan Sugar’s right hand man Nick Hewer has criticised Apprentice hopeful Noorul Choudhury.

Noorul may have avoided the boardroom so far but general consensus seems to be that this is down to his ability to melt into the background rather than his business acumen.

Speaking about this week’s advertising challenge, Hewer told The Mirror: “Noorul decided to melt in the background. And if that wasn’t possible he hid, sweating, in the Pants Man suit.

“Unbelievably, Noorul lives to fight another day. But you can’t hide in a Pants Man suit every week.”

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Apprentice candidates Ben Clarke and Noorul Choudhury are said to have gotten embroiled in a heated feud whilst filming the show for BBC One.

The second episode of the series airs this Wednesday and word is we can expect to see lots of fights and rows between the pair over the next few weeks.

One source told The People: “It’s got to be one of the worst feuds the show has seen. Noorul hated the fact that Ben is quite in-your-face and struts around like he owns the place.

“It is basically a clash of egos like never before – they both think they are the best and their desire to win is overwhelming. Viewers will be shocked by the ferocity of their arguments – it’s bordering on venomous.”

One of the pairs fights was over Ben’s suits and braces, which really does seem a little bit feminine!

“Everything about Ben just really got on Noorul’s nerves – especially the way he dresses in those suits with braces,” the insider explained.

“He told everyone he thought Ben’s ‘archaic banker look’ was ridiculous. Noorul fancies himself as a bit of a style guru and he thought Ben looked like an idiot.”

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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.

The boys, to their credit, landed a contract to clean 30 minicabs, but would only be paid for the ones which passed the customers inspection. There seemed to be way too many of them trying to clean at the same time, they took one and a half hours to clean their first car and even then they were forgetting to clean roofs, backs of seats and other pretty obvious spots.

In the end Ignite (the girls team) took £357, they spent £196.45 and so made a profit of £160.55. Empire (the boys team) took £347, spent £107.39 and so made a profit of just over £239. So the boys won, but really not through any great margin and not because of any great planning or talent. I can only hope that this bunch get better with practice!

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Noorul Choudhury
Age: 33
Career: Science Teacher
Qualifications: GTTP, CIM
Lives: Rochdale

Science teacher Noorul hopes to eventually become a property development millionaire. Fashion-obsessed, he believes that Argos should be banned from selling jewellery and aims to one day start up a men’s tailoring business. Describing himself as a straight-talking leader, he loves being kept on his feet and confesses to always putting work first. He believes that business is a cut-throat, dog-eat-dog game that you must play to win.

He says: “I have always been ambitious and driven and I’ve got the capabilities to deliver. I am not all talk… I can manage a team of people, total strangers, even, because I am feisty and have an attitude.”

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