The Apprentice …it’s Back!
After the soul-searching adventures of ‘Life After the Public Sector’, it seems kind of fitting that my latest blog is focussed on a programme that will finally culminate with the immortal words, “You’re Hired”!
The irony doesn’t stop there though, as over the next twelve weeks, I’ll be watching with shock, horror, frustration and despair as the 16 hopefuls are put through their paces in their own search to land a dream job.
But what it is about ‘The Apprentice’ that has prompted me to dedicate my whole blog to this fabulously fascinating and brilliantly entertaining show?
Well, I promised that my next blog would be a little less self-indulgent, so it’ll certainly make a nice change to write about other people trying to land a job, and all the stresses, anxiety and emotion they’ll endure, as well as the excitement and experiences they’ll enjoy. But there is another reason: It’s simply great TV!
During my recent spell of unemployment, I waxed lyrical about my newfound love of great British television. True to my word, having now started my new job, I have made a stance to shade out regular and dedicated areas of my week to take on board my favourite TV shows.
These include ‘Glee’, ‘Andrew Marr’s Business Disasters’, ‘TOWIE’ (replaced last night by ‘Made in Essex’), ‘Desperate Housewives’ and my absolute favourite ‘The Event’. And all this for a so-called bloke that ‘doesn’t watch much television’!
The thing is, I’m a pretty methodical sort of chap. …I like to keep things extremely neat and tidy, I’m a creature of habit and once I start with something, I usually stick with it. Some might say that’s anal. I might even agree. But I do like things to be done in an orderly fashion and this is transferable to my television habits. Once I’ve started something …I’ve got to finish it!
However, despite the phenomenon of my recent rediscovery of the telebox, one consistent diamond has emerged from the rough each year. The Apprentice.
So - as you can see from the above tale - although I’ll be watching our new contestants with keen interest, I’ll be more than happy to interject with my observations and a few thoughts of my own.
Season 7 looks set to be the best yet, with a slight change to the format and an even more mouth-frothingly exciting prize.
After six successive winners in as many years, I guess Lord Sugar has actually run out of appropriate positions to place his newly recruited staff now. (Speculation that the ear-steam of overlooked AMS Trading staff, had actually peeled the wallpaper from the walls is, as yet, unconfirmed!)
This time, the winner will receive a massive £250,000 cash injection into a brand new business of his or her choice. That’s a cool quarter of a million pounds, and a millionaire business partner with more business-savvy nous than a thousand books could teach. A truly priceless prize.
From 9pm tonight, we’ll watch the contestants work cohesively in teams, whilst they simultaneously battle it out in full-blown warfare against each other. There’ll be a stupidly naive one and an outrageously pretty one. There’ll be an annoying posh one and an equally annoying northern one. There’ll be the guy in the sharp suit and no common sense. And there’ll be the girl with the even sharper temper.
We’ll be there to despair at their tears and tantrums, we’ll mock their sheer idiocy and (for Lord Sugar’s sake) we’ll marvel at their moments of sheer genius!
And for the next 12 weeks, I’ll be with you all the way!
Until next time, many blessings,
Jay
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