"THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN' ABOUT"

So, Lee McQueen is Sir Alan's new Apprentice.



OK it was fun watching Alex's charmed run end and he was a bit of a shit the whole season (and Helene wavered between non-existant and bitchy), but in my opinion they clearly launched the superior product in the final task. I would never even consider buying Roulette, whereas I could see Dual selling really well. I think it was nearly universally agreed upon that the Dual name, bottle, campaign, print ad, commercial, dodgy scent and overall presentation was superior to Roulette. However, it seems in SirAlan's world, a functional team trumps all that, despite the crap product they came up with.

I guess it's a matter of preference:
a) A discordant team that ends up pulling together a great product
b) A happy team that puts out a fairly crap product

I think SirAlan was in a bit of a bind because he was clearly expecting Claire and Lee to win; however, because Dual was so much better than Roulette, he had to magify the flaws on team Alex/Helene and diminish those on team Claire/Lee to make the decision credible. Fact is... Roulette was complete crap, and Dual was pretty damn great. I'm sure a simpler and cheaper bottle could have been manufactured that still had the removable piece. Making a little less profit due to higher production costs is far better than making no profit at all because your product won't sell.

Having said all that, I was glad to see Claire in the Final Two and was fully expecting her to win... and for the second year in a row, I completely disagree with the final decision. So that makes it.... three years in a row that the "tough woman" has made the Final Two and lost (for no real good reason). And in my opinion, SirAlan has made the wrong decision twice. Kristina and Claire all should have been the winners of their respective seasons (given the F2s SirAlan chose).

But SirAlan obviously made the wrong decision back when he fired Raef over smarmy Michael. Don't get me wrong, I did think Lee was an incredibly strong and skilled character - but whereas he's been consistent the whole time, Claire has been moulded into the perfect candidate only to be crushed at the last minute.

Regardless, I have nothing to do on a Wednesday night anymore.