As fans of The Apprentice will know, both Stephen Brady and Gabrielle Omar were eliminated last night by Lord Sugar, and today, MSN reports that Gabrielle claims that working with Stephen on their task was “a nightmare.”

She said, “Stephen and I had a really big personality clash and we couldn’t really work together.

“But on that last task we’d both had enough of arguing with each other and we hadn’t had enough sleep and all the pressure that was on his head was filtering out.

“It was just a bit of a nightmare. I thought, ‘I wish I’d called in sick this morning!’”

Gabrielle also reckons she was just too nice to get ahead in the contest, and her fellow candidates saw her as “the weak link…” Read more & comment »

Stephen Brady, who was axed from The Apprentice last night in a shock double elimination alongside Gabrielle Omar, has revealed that he thinks Lord Sugar is so scary, he’d unnerve anyone, including Simon Cowell.

Speaking to TV Biz, Stephen said, “That finger would probably scare the life out of anybody — whether it is Simon Cowell or Stephen Brady, to be honest.”

However, Stephen did rather set himself up for a fall this week, having narrowly escaped the boot last week and promising to win this week’s task. He didn’t of course, so it was game over for him.

He added, “A lot of the candidates compared me to Inspector Gadget and a children’s TV presenter, with all these cheesy lines.

“But I also provided really good business decisions and a bit of entertainment.

“Overall I am happy with how it came across…” Read more & comment »

When Stephen Brady narrowly escaped being fired from The Apprentice last week, he vowed to do better and is reportedly desperate to impress this week…

So to that end, when the candidates learned they have to sign up luxury services to offer to wealthy city workers, he decided that a fish pedicure was the way forward.

However, it seems not everyone on Team Sterling is going to agree that it’s a good plan, but nonetheless, we’ll see Stephen and teammate Gabrielle Omar visiting a west London spa where they try out the treatment.

But after a few minutes of having fish chewing on his feet, Stephen said, “it feels horrible”… Read more & comment »

After an interesting task in which the teams had to create an online marketing campaign to raise awareness for English sparkling wine, there’s a sobering experience awaiting the candidates back in the boardroom.

First, Lord Sugar addresses Tom’s decision to take on the role of Project Manager for the second week in a row, due to his background in wine, saying, “one week after another, that’s brave to say the least!” After viewing their website and online advert, Lord Sugar is uninspired, commenting, “What’s the URL for this website? www.yawn.com? It’s a bit boring.” He explains that their campaign seems more like a sales pitch than an awareness promotion.

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Azhar Siddique became the latest person to be fired by Lord Sugar on the The Apprentice, and although Azhar reckons he “doesn’t hold grudges”, he also thinks Jade Nash should’ve been axed instead of him.

While speaking to The Sun and the PA, and claiming that Lord Sugar “made the wrong decision” in firing him, Azhar added, “I’m disappointed. I definitely thought Jade should have gone,

“I think a lot of the team saw me [as] more of a threat because I know how business works.

“I started my own business and I know how to make money. I’m the most credible person in the process.”

But Azhar added, “I don’t hold grudges, but business is business. And in business, sometimes people have to make the right decisions and Jade made the wrong one, and Lord Sugar as well.”

As fans of the show will know, each team had to purchase wholesale products, then sell them at a profit and go on to reinvest in the most popular stock… Read more & comment »

After a trip to Edinburgh for their latest task, in which they had to create and sell gourmet street food, it’s back to the boardroom for the candidates.

Lord Sugar asks Adam about Phoenix’s street food and he explains they opted for meatballs and pasta. He causes Lord Sugar concern when describing how the pork used in the meatballs was “cheap”, forcing him to sheepishly insist, “it makes a quality meatball Lord Sugar, don’t get me wrong we weren’t going for poor quality, but it happened to be cheap to buy.”

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I have to say readers that I am still in mourning after arguably my favourite Apprentice candidate of this year – Duane Bryan – in my opinion was unjustly fired during last week’s exercise task. Though it seemed on You’re Fired that Mr Bryan has now joined Blue, so I don’t think he’s that bothered, however it’s no coincidence that the first episode of this series without him is the least entertaining to date.

That’s not to say that there weren’t occasional funny moments, this is still The Apprentice after all, however it wasn’t nearly as great as past episodes in which the candidates have ventured outside of London have been. This week’s destination was Edinburgh, a place that most wouldn’t see as a foreign trip apart from Jenna, who was worried that she wouldn’t understand people if they started talking Scottish to her and was lucky that Laura would be on hand to translate.

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Witness the fitness, the reflection of perfection and a part time wrestler (and a famous singer) Ricky Martin is starting to look like a front runner in this year’s apprentice.

He project managed the losing team (that should have won) on last night’s fitness task- smashed his pitch and laid the smackdown in the boardroom.

For me Ricky has shown a variety of skills but I’m most impressed with his ability to talk. He talks the talk with his snappy sound-bites and his ability to fight his corner in the boardroom.

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We are now four episodes into the 2012 episode of The Apprentice and so far, here is who I think is in with a shot of getting Sugar’s cash and who’s not:

Adam Corbally: So far he has shown he’s willing to get stuck in, he’s tried his hand at selling and being at the production side of things. He’s also shrewd in the Boardroom which is one of the most important factors of The Apprentice. I really like Adam- he’s funny and very likeable. But I haven’t seen enough to make me believe he can go all the way. He’ll come close but no cigar.
Verdict: NOT

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After a tricky task in which the candidates had to source second hand items before selling them at a profit, it’s back to the boardroom to find out who will be fired after task four.

Laura explains their upcycling strategy to Lord Sugar and how their vision was ‘shabby chic’, but Karren quickly expresses her opinion that it was “more shabby than chic.” Lord Sugar then addresses the design of the shop, in particular the leaves on the shop floor, saying that it was like, “an Oxfam shop in the middle of a hurricane.”

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