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I will miss Georgina. It made a change a candidate being all sweetness and light instead of coming out with silly phrases.
 
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She was right to go. She'd have walked by week 3 anyway, if Big Al hadn't throttled her for her interruptions by then.
 
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Temu Bradley Cooper is irritating me. He looked liked he was trying not to laugh when his team won.
 
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The whole episode was trash. Throwing them to Hong Kong didn't change anything. It was just all over the place. First impressions of the cast/candidates aren't great either.
 
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Alan should've fired the guy at the end who was air punching and was like YES! When Tim gave the girls total. Like, you didn't win, you just lost slightly less, don't celebrate that.
 
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Was that task really that difficult? :unsure:
The problem was (with editing of course) they all seemed to obsess over one item - dragon head, shrimp paste - instead of being flexible over the other smaller ones like the calligraphy brush and tea cake for eg.
And the women's team missed a massive opportunity at the English school to quiz the woman over various things - what is an erhu? what is a golden pineapple decoration? etc etc.
I am fascinated to know how long the programme can carry on ignoring the concept of the Internet.
 
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Was that task really that difficult? :unsure:
The problem was (with editing of course) they all seemed to obsess over one item - dragon head, shrimp paste - instead of being flexible over the other smaller ones like the calligraphy brush and tea cake for eg.
And the women's team missed a massive opportunity at the English school to quiz the woman over various things - what is an erhu? what is a golden pineapple decoration? etc etc.
I am fascinated to know how long the programme can carry on ignoring the concept of the Internet.
I think some of the tasks could do with an update. They could still do the buying the items task but able to use the internet to find out what they are if needed, I mean they couldn't find shrimp paste in Hong Kong, would the internet really have helped...
 
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Was that task really that difficult? :unsure:
The problem was (with editing of course) they all seemed to obsess over one item - dragon head, shrimp paste - instead of being flexible over the other smaller ones like the calligraphy brush and tea cake for eg.
And the women's team missed a massive opportunity at the English school to quiz the woman over various things - what is an erhu? what is a golden pineapple decoration? etc etc.
I am fascinated to know how long the programme can carry on ignoring the concept of the Internet.
I always think that , surely in the modern 'business world' you have access to the internet Google translate, etc....
 
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I always think that , surely in the modern 'business world' you have access to the internet Google translate, etc....
It's a wierd concept now isn't it?
What 20 something has ever used a physical map? They're asking modern dynamic thrusting entrepreneurs to rely on things that were virtually obsolete when they were children.

And I'm always curious when they use graphic designers for the product why the results are always absolutely tit and beyond basic. Where do they find these awful designers?
And are they going to pretend AI doesn't exist now?
I get The Apprentice is 20 years old but surely they have to acknowledge at some point that times have changed?
 
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It is stupid because these tools can still be used incorrectly and cause entertainment. I once followed my sat nav to the ferry leaving the Isle of Wight and it took me to the wrong side of the harbour as it accounted for the 'land bridge', which wasn't running. AI is often wrong. There would be as many rooster ups if they allowed tech in.
 
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I strongly disagree on the Ai thing. A business programme actively promoting something that is cutting jobs (especially in anything remotely creative) would be disgusting.

I also dont think you can blame the graphic designers as they are clearly there to just take orders from the contestants with zero input from them. They are just there to use the software correctly so it gets sent off for printing etc.
 
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Every single one of those candidates has a ChatGPT subscription, I guarantee it. Photoshop even touts the built in AI now!

I don't disagree with the point, but it just seems to be the norm already. Something has changed with the graphic design remit because it never used to be this bad:



Obviously competence wasn't entertaining enough.
 
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Oh dear, Lord Suggz seems a bit rattled (when isn't he, TBF?) by all the negative commentary on that dire opener to the new series:

 
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