
On last week’s Young Apprentice, the teams had to choose two products to sell to the over-50s market. Both teams fought their corner but Kintec stole the show.
Lewis left the competition. And then there were eight.The task
This week, the Young Apprentice stars met at Wembley Stadium. Lord Sugar tasked the teams with coming up with their own anti-perspirant deodorant aimed at their own age group. They had to design the packaging and produce a television advertisement. It was going to be a sweaty challenge. The teams were mixed up again. In Atomic: Hayley; Haya; Harry H; and Zara (as project manager). In Kinetic: Gbemi; Lizzie; James and Harry M (taking the head honcho role).What happened
In Kenetic, Harry M decided the team should aim their deodorant at the female market. Leaving nothing open for discussion, he settled on the brand name “Vanity”. The team weren’t keen on his ideas, and there was a clash between Lizzie and Gbemi in the design studio.Cringeworthy moments
- The number of times Harry M said, “I’m project manager, this is what I want to do”. Okay Harry, we’ve got the message.
- Nick highlighting that Lizzie and Gbemi’s packaging looked even older than him.
- Harry M telling James to “park it up and focus on the task in hand”.
- Zara and Hayley arguing over the shots they took and failing to compromise.
The winners
There wasn’t a dry armpit in sight in the boardroom this week.Fired
Harry M decided to bring Gbemi and James back into the boardroom as he felt they contributed least to the task. Lord Sugar blamed Gbemi for the design of the product. His famous finger was pointed at her. “Gbemi, you’re fired!”Verdict
What a shocker. We were certain that Harry M would go. It wasn’t really fair to blame Gbemi for the failure of the whole project. Next week, we hope to see more of Hayley. She has some great ideas but gets ignored. The Young Apprentice competition is hotting up. Stay tuned for next week’s review.Share this story