THE APPRENTICE: Wednesday 22nd June, BBC1, 9pm
How long until the interview episode? It has to be coming up soon, surely. This week was another Apprentice staple: selling British products to foreign markets, which saw the eight remaining contestants shipped off to France, well, I say shipped; they actually took the train.
Melody is ecstatic, because she gets to show off: âI used to be able to speak six languages. I taught myself Italian as well. Obviously when we do work at UN level we use a lot of languages there; I run a global business.â? Itâs amazing no one slapped her in her multilingual mouth. Oh, and of course ever-adaptive Jim can speak a little French too. Tom takes â is forced into â the team leader role, with Susan project managing their rivals. For some reason voiceover man has done away with team names this week, actually, everyone has too, so Iâll just refer to them as team Susan and team Melo⦠sorry, Tom.
The teams split up and we have the usual product picking scene. Susan flits about asking childish questions and randomly choosing products, âat least sheâs decisive,â? says Karren, but the backhand compliments donât last as Susan asks one stupid question too many: âDo the French like their children?â? To which Karren replies (to camera), âYou do not have to have been to France to answer the question âdo the French like their children?â I mean, that really is beyond stupid.â?
Tom favours the idea of a backpack-come-booster-seat, but Melody â who hasnât even seen the products â forces through her idea of a light up teapot. The entire episode is basically âThe Melody Showâ; she gets the most camera time, sheâs the only one fluent in French, she arranged all of her teamâs appointments, she takes all the pitches â save one, that she âlets Leon in onâ.
Susanâs team win, by over £200,000, âthis is not just a loss, this is an annihilation,â? says Sugar. So someone from Tomâs team must go. Leon was the obvious choice; he didnât do anything this episode, literally nothing, in fact, he hasnât done anything of note all season. Which now leaves us with seven hopefuls: Jim is still a strong choice, recovering well from the horrific decisions he made last week, but the front runner has to be Helen; sheâs been a stand-out through the whole process, and this weekâs backpack-booster-seat pitch was flawless, earning her team â¬214,000. However, anything could still happen â as I said, weâre still waiting on the interview episode.
