Most of them are at least pretty good in fairness, but one that stands out which I wouldn't have liked at all is from season 4 where the girls won the pub task and were rewarded with a cooking school lesson. Having worked in a kitchen in my youth, the last thing I would want for a treat would be to be back in one 😄

Also, I'm somewhat sceptical the boys would have been given that had they won.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/32040058/the-apprentice-celebrity-series-20-anniversary/

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It's coming from the Sun, so probably not accurate.

But what do you think?

I know a lot of people weren’t happy that Phil made the final despite only winning one task, but I do think claims that his win in week 10 was a fix in order to ensure he reached the final is a bit of a stretch.

1. Yes, Tre was moved over to Phil’s team, but I suspect this was done in case Nexus lost. If Phil lost week 10, he would’ve been fired instantly, so we would’ve been left with a final 2 after the cafe. I can understand production probably wanting the standard final 3 for the losing boardroom.

2. I will concede that they did pick arguably the strongest member from Supream to join Phil’s side, but I don’t think production had as much choice as you suspect. The weakest member left on Supream was probably Folusa, had she been moved to Nexus and won (a likely scenario considering Phil won that task largely down to the product he created) that would’ve meant we would lose 2 out of Rachel, Steve and Tre, which is frankly even worse. It should be noted that historically week 10 has often divided the teams so that each one has an obvious elimination in case either of them lose.

3. Did production WANT Phil to win? Probably, but I think it’s just they wanted to have the “Phil has finally won a task!” moment.

4. Arguments claiming that the 10th task was a food task solely for Phil’s benefit is particularly daft as the tasks were almost certainly preplanned ahead of filming. I’ll concede that Lord Sugar knowing that this week would be a food task may have played a part in making Phil the project manager the previous week.

5. I find all arguments claiming that Phil was set up to win the show rather silly since he didn’t actually end up winning. And if the show was all about who had the biggest businesses already, then Amina would’ve made the final alongside him.

So, Monday was our "enterprise" day, and our college invited Adam to give a motivational speech and host an enterprise challenge.

Overall, I thought he was really good! I was completely captivated throughout his presentation because, as an avid viewer of The Apprentice, I was interested in his dissection of his life story. He mentioned starting off on the wrong foot but managing to turn things around as he navigated his journey through reality television.

Unlike many candidates, he has a lot of respect for the show and for Sugar. One of the most interesting things he said was about how Alan offered him a job after his statement in the boardroom: "If you ever need a salesman, you know where I am." He also reiterated that the receptionist was just a model and the tax driver is not a real taxi driver since he only drops you off to a certain station or something of the kind.

I didn't even realize his talk lasted 1-2 hours because he was so funny and entertaining the whole time.

Then came the enterprise challenge. Being the Apprentice buff I am, I naturally stepped forward to be the team leader for my group. Let's just say I now sympathize with all the project managers who ever went on the show, including those who made minced meat out of their performances!

But overall, it was a lot of fun, and I enjoyed presenting to the rest of the cohort. I thought this day was a nice break from my A-levels and offered a great insight into the nature of the reality TV show I so fondly obsess over.

Ok, slight clickbait, it was a Young Apprentice winner. Ashley from series 3. I was nominated for student of the year for my course for 3 years whilst I was at college, and in one of those years, Ashley was a guest speaker. Ironically I was watching that series on YouTube that very day (which also goes to show just how long ago this was). My memory is a little hazy, but I do recall some fun details.

Ashley didn’t apply for the show herself. A friend did it for her, but she went through the audition anyway.

When she got on the show, she remembered one of the girls saying that the economy had hit her family so hard, they had to downgrade their luxury car. Something Ashley sarcastically thought “oh boo boo”

Lord Sugar revealed who the winner was prior to the airing of the first episode. He did this over phone, and reportedly had to console Lucy for a good while.

Ashley told her family that she had lost so that when the final aired, they’d be surprised. This backfired though when her family refused to watch the final. She had to tell them the truth. Her family wasn’t very pleased with her.

Series 17 is often accused of being the worst season of the Apprentice, and for good reason. I won't be listing these reasons here, but I do want to discuss the reasoning for these reasons here. I made a comment about this in an earlier post, but I wanted to go through it in more detail here.

• Week One: Whether or not you agree with Emma's firing (I personally agreed with it based on the boardroom), the reality is that the first couple of weeks is always a bit of a crapshoot. Some candidates like Dan, Tim (S9) and Shahin were never going to do well in the process, others like Conner, Shazia (S4) and Bilyana probably had more to give and were unfortunate to be in the wrong place in the wrong time.
• Week Two: This might just be the most egregious firing of the entire series for me. Even if you disagreed with Emma's firing, we were at least given a reason for it in the episode. There was no part in this episode that showcased any potential failings of Kevin. If anything, the purchasing of the bao buns was done far better than the girls who needed to be bailed out by Karen. The only logical reasoning for his firing on my mind was that Lord Sugar had an image of Kevin that was not matched by the task at all. I don't even know how to make his episode good, the firing was so unjustified. Even the You're Fired clips mainly showcased the poor manufacturing of the buns (something Avi was responsible for) rather than Kevin's minor error of not selling the buns at overinflated prices.
• Week Three: This one I feel shouldn't be as controversial as it was, because the reality was Gregory did nothing in this task. I know Reece isn't liked in this sub, but the reality is that he was shown to be a strong seller in the first two tasks. I think the reason why Gregory's firing is so disliked is because of Series 17's really strange editing from this week onwards.
• Week Four: Series 17's philosophy seems to be "If a candidate messes up, show them. If a candidate is competent, have them on their own discussing how things are going wrong." I think this is the first week where it becomes obvious. One of the guests on You're Fired claimed that Simba was a rubbish project manager, and that Danii and Rochelle were responsible for the team's victory before going on a tirade about how amazing the women were this year. In fairness Simba wasn't a great project manager, but all Rochelle did (on the edit at least) was stand to the side and talk about the things that were going wrong. If anything, it looked like Joe was more responsible for the subteam's success.
• Week Six: Another prime example of Series 17's philosophy. We didn't see Rochelle do too great, but she was off to the side explaining all the mistakes that were made. In fairness to Rochelle, I don't think she was a bad PM (she could've been even better outside the edit) but based on the edit, her boardroom choices were weird. Even Michaela on you're fired claimed she should've been fired for not bringing Avi back in. I will give brownie points for broadcasting Karen's good luck speach to Joe though. Some acknowledgement at least that he was an early favourite.
• Week Seven: Mostly a standard episode, but Lord Sugar seemed really annoyed at Bradley; something I don't think the audience was in agreement on. Bradley wasn't perfect, but there were certainly other candidates that I think the audience wanted to see gone before Bradley.
• Week Eight: Another problem with this series is that we were never allowed to see the teams simply doing well. When you look at the results for each week, I would argue that weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9 and 10 are fairly normal and standard for an Apprentice series. But even when a team gets a good win, we're only allowed to see that team fighting amongst themselves, or Tim and Karen giving opinions that contradict each other (as shown here when purchasing the food).
• Week Nine: As much as you all wanted Rochelle to get the boot here, Bradley did lose three times as project manager, and Avi was someone people wanted gone for ages. If episode eleven was to be a final five, I don't think you can be too shocked that Rochelle survived this. What does shock me is how unsympathetic the editing was towards Bradley, and how sympathetic it was with Avi. Were we meant to be annoyed at Bradley for always losing as PM? Were we supposed to think of Avi as a misheavous little scamp? Very strange as Bradley's negotiations were some of the few times we were allowed to see a candidate be competent this series.
• Week Ten: Let's talk about Simba. Another one of the few candidate's whose competence was actually shown, with only a few times where he was off to the side complaining on how bad the task was going. That said, he did enter this week on a low point. People forget that in week nine, he failed to sell anything, something Lord Sugar was no doubt aware of coming into this week. He was also labelled as a non contributor, something that is almost always an instant firing. Regretfully professionalism isn't rewarded in the boardroom, forcing your point home is. As much as I believe that Danii should've gone home, I wouldn't be shocked if behind the scenes this was one of the more obvious firings.
• Week Eleven: As much as Karen's "My friends call me Karen" has been memed to death on this sub, I think the blame has been unfairly put on her for that. I think the more likely explanation for the interviewers brutality this year was simply the producers asking them to be like that. I wouldn't be shocked if "my friends call me Karen" was a scripted line.

There were wrong choices made when it came to the editing and production of the show. Even then however, if all of these were fixed, I still believe that the narrative of the show wasn't one that was going to appeal to a lot of people. This was the worst year to have an all female final five, and people and articles trying to highlight it as a good thing came across as tone deaf. Marnie was a reasonable candidate, but she didn't have an interesting personality, so I don't think too many people were rooting for her to win. This series was just a mess. Thankfully a lot of this was fixed for series 18, and I'm hoping that the show continues to improve from there.

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For whatever reason, I did have a soft spot for Laura in season 6. Probably because she was the nicer less annoying version of Stuart, but at the same time, it was obvious she was never going to win. Lucinda from season 4 is another I felt. Good PM, but was never going to fit into any of Lord Sugar's companies.

In honour of the season 19 promo being revealed, I'm very interested to hear your perspectives.

Hopes: a male candidate finally winning? Tasks being more original? Entertaining/interesting candidates?

Predictions: do you think the semi-final will have more boys or girls? Will this be a competent bach of candidates similar to that of season 18 or 15? Do you think the business plans will be innovative?

Feel free to add in some of your own topics too

I know I'm going to be downvoted and disagreed on for this, but I'm posting this anyway, if for no other reason than to get my opinion across.

The same episode that the team was fined for buying a paper skeleton, they were also fined for purchasing a rope that was longer than the specified length. That doesn't get brought up anywhere near as often, or seen as unfair at all. In my opinion, if it's fair for the rope to be disallowed for it being too long, it is fair for the skeleton to be disallowed as it wasn't constructed.

I thought I'd continue where dasBiest08 left off and make a task MVP post for series 2. This will be a rundown of who I think the best performers were out of the winners on each task, alongside any honourable mentions. If you disagree with any, please feel free to let me know.

1. Jo: Was the only one who spoke up against her teammates' shameless strategy at the start of the task, but didn't throw them under the bus when it was questioned if their win was legitimate in the boardroom. With the losers, honourable mentions to Syed for saving £150 with his negotiation with the vendor, Mani for spotting a pricing error early on, and Paul who sold very well despite being stuck on the scales at first.
2. Ansell: Acted more like the PM than Samuel did, pushing for quicker planning in the brainstorm which gave the boys dibs on the better idea, de-escalating tensions with Syed, and attempting to convince Mani to step up his pitching. Honourable mentions to Syed, who contributed many ideas for the calendar's contents, possibly even suggesting infants with jobs in the first place, Tuan, who was in charge of the calendar's layout, and, although he was a poor PM, Samuel for eventually calling dibs on the babies before the girls.
3. Syed: Surprisingly kept a level head in the PM position and had a good strategy of getting sellers as low as possible, then walking out for a better price. He also maintained good punctuality by leaving 30 minutes before the deadline and negotiated a decent price for the lobsters. Out of the losers, Sharon, Michelle, and the Badger all deserve honourable mentions for doing practically all of the work on their team and putting up with Jo on the phone the whole time.
4. "We need 100 chickens..." That line alone won Velocity the task, but if I had to choose someone, I guess Michelle since she tried to discourage Mani from overstocking and also attempted to mediate tensions between him and Sharon.
5. Neither team did amazing on this task, but I'll give it to Paul since he came up with the "card trick" slogan for his campaign and put up a passable performance in his pitch. While he also didn't get the point of the advert, it wasn't as severe as the other team, and his slogan worked either way. Honourable mention to Michelle for directing the advert alongside Sharon and Tuan for making a decent-looking billboard.
6. Paul: Convinced Sharon to cut prices to more realistic values and did well in sales, alongside Syed and Michelle, all of whom understood the value in the higher commission from the add-ons (although I don't condone Syed lying to a customer). Obviously, the Badger gets a massive shout-out on the losing team for selling the majority of her team's cars alone.
7. Sharon: While they didn't listen to her at first, she gave her team valuable advice on what items would be worth selling. She also had a large role in setting the shop up, and did well in her role with the changing rooms. Honourable mentions to Paul and Syed who both seemed to achieve good sales.
8. The Badger: Bravely went with the high ticket items and had a good strategy of picking retailers to sell both items to, while also leading from the front with her own sales. Honourable mention to Ansell who did well selling alone.
9. Since the winners all let two flats each, I'll go with Ansell as he appeared to receive the most positive feedback thanks to his charming sales technique, something relevant when customers are making such huge commitments. Out of the losers, huge shout-out to the Badger for single-handedly providing most of her team's revenue, and I suppose Syed for somehow letting a flat to a random couple off the street.
10. Paul: I barely remember anything Michelle and Ansell did on this task. The whole thing just felt like Paul obliterating Syed and the Badger in every possible way. He picked a consistent theme with the dancing and took practically every promotional opportunity available including an appearance on the cruise TV channel and the big screen.

Final (excluding finalists): Alongside Michelle, Sharon seemed to do most of the legwork on day one and continued putting in full effort for the rest of the task. Honourable mentions to Paul and Syed who were able to make good sales when they weren't working together.

One criticism I saw a lot of during series 18 was that Phil massively outstayed is welcome, and that he should've been fired for losing 9 out of 10 tasks. But did he deserve to get fired for any of them. I decided to rewatch series 18, focussing heavily on what Phil did in each of those tasks. I will also be using Phil's AMA on this sub as well as other interviews and AMAs with other candidates as my sources.

Week 1: Phil had to lead a kitchen team of people he never met and had varying levels of cooking ability. Whilst the girls made a right mess of things, Phil was able to get all the food out to a decent standard on time. Yes, he didn't purchase any alcohol, but that wasn't even the second main reason they lost the task.

Week 2: Yes he was the losing project manager, but he wasn't going home before Asif or Paul B. The editing looked like everyone in the cafe were all hounding on Paul B, and when they were all back at the house, they were all expecting his elimination other than Virdi.

Week 3: Lord Sugar claimed it all went wrong in the brainstorm with Asif failing to cement any clear vision or direction for the escape room. To Phil's credit, he did seem to be the one who was trying to pressure Asif into doing this.

Week 4: Nobody on the losing team covered themselves in glory this week, though to be fair Phil's negotiation was one of the team's better ones. It wasn't as good a bargain as what the other team got, but that was one of the better negotiations they got.

Week 5: By Phil's own admission, this was the week he felt most vulnerable to getting fired in. He was pretty fortunate that Onyeka and Virdi were more responsible for the loss.

Week 6: This is where things start getting interesting. Phil claimed on his AMA that the edit we got made it look like the bland taste of the cereal was a bigger factor for the loss than it actually was. I can believe it since nobody in the final boardroom brought it up all that much. Sam's firing was justifiable anyway though, as she didn't do a great job as the PM, and I think she was on a downward spiral.

Week 7: Phil was the only person on the selling team to have sold at the appropriate prices, and was in charge of the strudel making that went down well. Foluso and Virdi being brought back was pretty obvious.

Week 8: The most you can get Phil for here is that he was the subteam leader of the horrible logo design. With that said, that was more Foluso's contribution than Phil's. Not that it really mattered because nobody was going other than Noor.

Week 9: Probably the most controversial of Phil's survivals based on the edit. It should be noted that Phil's AMA states that he was never in danger other than weeks 5 and 6. Paul M predicted that Raj and Maura would go with a maybe on Phil (a maybe Tre disagreed with). Nobody seemed shocked or surprised to see Phil return to the house. If Phil was going this week, it probably would've been alongside the other two, not instead of.

Week 10: Phil finally won a task here, so there's no debate to be had

I should also note that I do believe that Phil's best moments were never truly seen on camera. Steve said on his AMA that he knew from the start that Phil would go a long way. Flo described him as a "brilliant" project manager in week 10, and Paul M said in a BBC interview that Phil was the best project manager he worked under.

We're onto the series considered to have the strongest batch of candidates in shows run, if not as entertaining. The final 3 in particular were considered one of the most competent, but all of them had moments of weakness. Credit to u/rachelf1990 for coming up with this concept.

Jade Nash

Best - Week 10: Jade led from the front as PM on this task, with her sub-team providing all of the revenue for Phoenix by sticking to quality over quantity deals as the organisation rejects discounts not seen as worthwhile. She also scored a massive 50% discount from one retailer, and while Nick claimed he had equal contribution in that, it never came through in the edit and may have just been a tactical lie in the boardroom.

Worst - Week 7: Granted, this wasn't a terrible PM performance given that the margin of victory between the teams wasn't massive, but considering how much time Ricky and Stephen wasted during a restock, it becomes less impressive. While I think Jade definitely had more strategy than Azhar was claiming she did, her real failures were in the actual items she was choosing. Had she picked items with similar margins to the other team or at least made them somewhat related to each other, I feel she would have won, but instead she didn't listen to Tom and came very close to a firing.

Nick Holzherr

Best - Week 1: The fact that no one put themselves forward for PM this week and Nick just took it by default was hilarious given how big some of the egos of the boys this series was. However, despite having the position thrusted onto him, Nick did very well in the PM position. He knew the task was set in margins, he picked all the correct products to sell, and he wasn't overcome by stress at any point like others would be.

Worst - Week 11: Nick's last task feels like the total opposite of his first where, instead of stepping up and understanding the margins, he sat back and let Adam use whatever price he felt like using. He also barely contributed to the creative side of the task, only suggesting chocolate and doing nothing else which is funny considering he has experience selling hot chocolate in a previous business. Had he not excelled in previous tasks, I reckon he'd be gone over Adam this week considering Adam's entertainment value.

Tom Gearing

Best - Week 4: He adopted two very risky strategies this task, one of which being his minimalistic purchasing idea on items, leading to a restock, and another being his choice to heavily limit his teammates' spending, something Nick Hewer criticised. However, in an interesting turn, Nick admitted he was wrong when the products started shifting and apologised, and thanks to Tom's stinginess, the team won by a substantial amount despite being outsold.

Worst - Week 10: Some of you might be surprised I didn't choose week 8 given it was a PM loss that was mostly down to him, but outside of his mistake of communicating poorly with Pure Evil, Tom did quite well that episode and was still willing to take a risk with high ticket items. In week 10, he didn't contribute to his win whatsoever. None of the discounts he and Adam obtained were good enough to be accepted by the organisation, and even between the two of them, Adam seemed to be doing most of the work. Had his team lost, I feel Tom would be in for a grilling in the boardroom for his lack of contribution, possibly even in danger of being fired.

Ricky Martin

Best - Week 11: After receiving another loss the previous week, you can tell Ricky knew it was all or nothing now. While both he and Tom were great on this task, I feel Ricky did slightly better as you could feel every ounce of effort he put into task, whether it be setting up his stand, researching male grooming, or coaching Tom in preparation for their pitch. In the pitch itself, I think he was also slightly better in the public speaking setting, which makes sense given how stoic Tom tends to be. Overall, this was a well-deserved win.

Worst - Week 3: While Ricky has two PM losses, neither were his fault and he just got unlucky. In this case, there's a far better argument for his firing as his sub-team messed up in the production of the sauce they were making. How they messed up is unclear, but as sub-team leader, it falls on Ricky to manage the team to prevent these situations, and the fact that he couldn't station blame in the boardroom shows he lost control. Ricky was lucky not to go here.

This is a follow-up from my post on series 7, and inspired by the idea of u/rachelf1990. Series 10 is the first apprentice series I ever watched, so I'm excited to talk about the final 5 here. Feel free to air out any disagreements.

Solomon Akhtar

Best - Week 4: After claiming in week two that he would put himself forward for an internet-based task if one came up, he didn't disappoint when the moment arrived. Unlike the other team, he stuck to a pretty simple concept that worked better on the internet, especially in 2015, and knew to ask for a shoutout when collaborating with another creator.

Worst - Week 2: Granted, I think Solomon was hard done by in the boardroom and was at no real risk of being fired given Robert, Scott, Daniel, and James were all far worse, but he didn't exactly perform amazingly. He came up with an idea that was slightly better than the one used, but barely pushed for it and let the team choose James's horrible product.

Rosin Hogan

Best - Week 6: Rosin came up with the idea for GeoKnow, which was an excellent effort and gave her team a far superior board game to her competitors, leading to a win even with Bianca giving exclusivity to a small shop and Mark far surpassing James in sales. It always makes me laugh when early boots on the show talk about wanting to be "more than just an accountant", yet Rosin was able to perform in every area of the process while still being a proud accountant.

Worst - Week 7: I can't exactly say this was a bad task from Rosin, but when dealing with a candidate this good, you've got to start grasping at straws. While her team won, the taste and branding of her drink outside of the name was heavily criticised, something she and Sanjay had the most input on. It was obviously still better than the other team though.

Daniel Lassman

Best - Week 1: He was the top seller on the boys team, getting rid of all the flowers he was selling and somehow selling the crate they were in as well. It was unfortunate that his team lost this task because of Robert obsessing over decorating hot dogs or Chiles ditching his t-shirts because Daniel put on a winning performance here.

Worst - Week 6: "The Relationship Guru" might be one of the most hilariously bad products I've ever seen made on the show, and Daniel really cemented that label with the questions he wrote. They were just terrible, and it makes it worse knowing his job was in pub quizzes, this should have been something he excelled in. Had he been a less entertaining candidate, I reckon he'd be gone this week.

Bianca Miller

Best - Week 10: Her contributions towards the cheesecake her team created were essential, coming up with the name "Tea-Pot", and having a huge role ensuring the tea aspect of it tasted good. She also did very well pitching to the corporate clients.

Worst - Week 6: This was a win, but not exactly a good win for Bianca. Had the other team not produced such an appalling board game, I think it would be difficult for Bianca's team to come back from the loss in sales when Bianca offered exclusivity to a random small shop. I actually think she would have been fired if her team lost, which says a lot considering James was project manager.

Mark Wright

Best - Week 5: Daniel was quite a poor project manager this week, so Mark really took the reins and ensured the task was successful. There were no refunds, so this was a margins-based win, something Mark allowed through his excellent negotiation on both the venue and the boat, along with pushing for higher ticket prices.

Worst - Week 7: The fact that Lauran was fired over Mark this episode was disgraceful. He was a terrible project manager, which is rich considering he lied about his job to get the spot. He came up with a sickeningly safe brand, and the whole time it felt like he was covering his own back instead of actually trying to win, particularly with how he kept Lauren in one corner, scapegoating her as he knew she'd been previously warned about not speaking up more.

I got permission from u/rachelf1990 to use this concept they came up with and I'm excited to do it for series 7, a series with one of the strongest batch of interviewees and most iconic characters. Feel free to air out any disagreements you might have.

Jim Eastwood

Best - Week 10: Quite possibly the most I've ever seen one candidate carry an entire task. By far, he sold the most on his team and was the only one pushing for another restock, something ignored by Natasha until it was too late. Despite the sales missed from restocking earlier and the hefty fine his team got for not restocking, they still won, almost entirely because of Jim's sales efforts. Instead of the treat being cancelled, Jim should've just been invited to go alone because he 100% deserved it.

Worst - Week 5: Despite his strength as a candidate, Jim has a lot of bad tasks. Week 2 he wrote a ridiculous description for his team's app. Week 4 he sold barely anything and hid upstairs. Week 7 and 11 he lost as PM and did particularly poorly in week 7 where he pushed bad concepts forward for a magazine for seniors. However, week 5 was a truly abysmal performance where Jim bulldozed his garbage "Every Dog" idea for the branding and didn't contribute anything positive. What really makes this his worst task is how much of his manipulative personality shows in getting what he wants, something Nick called out as no one on his team except Tom would question him about his idea. He was lucky Vincent didn't have the balls to bring him into the boardroom that week or he could've been in trouble.

Susan Ma

Best - Week 8: This is a tough one, but I'll go with week 8 simply because Susan just made all the right calls as PM. During the brief, she picked the correct products for the French market, even when wondering if the French are "fond of their children", allowing for a comfortable win for her team. While Helen is usually credited for her team's win this week because of her pitch, she wouldn't be in that position if Susan didn't pick the correct products in the first place to sell effectively. I doubt even Helen would pull off similar figures pitching teapots.

Worst - Week 7: While, similar to other tasks, I think Susan was ganged up on unfairly in the boardroom, I have to agree that she really didn't do much in this task. Practically nothing on the team's magazine can be linked back to her, and while the same could be said about the app in week 2, I'm more willing to excuse that since there were more candidates. However, if anything, it's good she did poorly on this task as she stated afterwards that it pushed her into stepping up more.

Helen Louise Milligan

Best - Week 6: There are plenty of tasks I could choose from. Helen has three convincing PM wins and gained a massive corporate order from a pitch in week 8, but the reason week 6 stands out for me is because of how ballsy and decisive she was. She chose a risky strategy of disposing of the rubbish for free as a means to profit off the metals within and led from the front in making appointments, negotiating, and moving the scrap. The fact that she did this with a struggling team also says a lot about her competency.

Worst - Week 10: It's not even close, this was an atrocious week from Helen. She completely fumbled in logistics with restocking, she didn't sell particularly well given her team were still outsold when Jim's team were fined and didn't restock, and she also worked poorly with Melody, being a discouraging team member. If this was anyone else, they would have been fired without discussion, but since this task was a total outlier for Helen, I can understand her making it out.

Tom Pellereau

Best - Week 11: Tom doesn't really have a "standout task", he mainly just has moments of brilliance within tasks like suggesting the strategy in Week 6 or discouraging bad ideas in other weeks. However, week 11 is easily the most hands-on we ever see him, with him playing a huge role in the design and organisation of his restaurant along with working well as a team with Helen. This win was a 50%-50% split between both of them, making it an incredible task for Tom who usually just contributes in minor ways.

Worst - Week 8: Tom crashed and burned as PM this week, getting browbeat by Melody into giving away all the appointments and choosing the wrong products. He also sold nothing, which is less than you could say for Leon, who got fired that week. I was honestly shocked Tom survived this boardroom my first time seeing the episode, but after rewatching, I guess he did show more potential than Leon in previous weeks. However, he's certainly a lucky winner.

This will be a rundown of the top performers on each task in series 13, alongside who I believe contributed to their team's win the most. Credit for the idea u/dasBiest08 who made posts on series 3-12, and I believe u/Charming-Coffee1737 also made one for series 16. Feel free to air out any disagreements.

1. Sarah: Was an effective PM in the first week, making the right call on the location and she received positive feedback from her team regarding her management style. Honourable mentions to Elizabeth and Michaela for their negotiations on the team's meat, and for suggesting British produce in Elizabeth's case. From the losers, shout out to Sajan for getting a discount on their buffalo and Harrison for being the boys' top seller, even if he got the wrong location.
2. Elizabeth: Given that the experts didn't like either of the rooms and left the decision of who wins to Lord Sugar, I assume the girls won from their better margins thanks to Elizabeth's stinginess. Michaela gets an honourable mention for her negotiation on the products, as does Sajan from the losers for salvaging Ross's negotiation after he offended the seller.
3. Both teams did poorly on this task, so I guess I'll give it to Jade by default for targeting child consumers as, even disregarding all of Vitality's mistakes, they were dead in the water the moment they chose the senior market. Honourable mentions to Bushra for coming up with the name E-Bot and Anissa for doing the voice. Out of the losers, while Michaela made a lot of mistakes as PM, she gets an honourable mention for selling the toys well which likely saved her from a firing for everything else.
4. Harrison: His rendition of 'I Did It My Way' saved his team £700 on entertainment, although Vitality were lucky not to get any refunds given the quality of their event. Honourable mention to Jade from the losers who did an excellent job selling candy floss.
5. Joanna: Made the right decisions as PM, most importantly on prioritising buying the high-value items over not being late, leading to smaller fines. Honourable mention goes to James who negotiated on a lot of the items and also sourced the scarf from one of his friends.
6. Elizabeth: Showed her strength in logistics by keeping an eye on the clock to ensure punctuality and delegating each member of her team a small selection of facts to remember instead of leaving everything to one person like Sarah-Jayne did. Honourable mentions to Harrison who suggested selling Belgium chocolate, Joanna for negotiating a 5% commission from the chocolate shop, and James for being one of the better sellers of both tickets and bags. Out of the losers, Andrew should get an honourable mention for selling the most and keeping up positivity on his terrible tour, and another should go to Michaela for having the foresight to ask to sell beer to customers.
7. Michaela: Contributed heavily in executing her team's advert and was the best part of her pitch despite the rest of the team's doubts. Honourable mentions to Jade who came up with most of the ideas in the initial brainstorm, and Andrew for choosing the name 'Miami' and for performing/voicing in the advert.
8. Joanna and Elizabeth made the most money on their team through product sales, likely because the customers trusted them after they fixed James's inconsistent pricing. It's unclear who sold the most or had the most say in the price amendments, but I'll give MVP to Elizabeth since she made fewer mistakes talking to the corporate clients earlier on. Honourable mention to Harrison for charming the clients with his enthusiasm for dogs.
9. This was a fool's win thanks to Graphene's terrible pitching, but I'll give it to Michaela since she cooked the food in her pitch and was frankly the least problematic candidate on her team. Out of the losers, James should get an honourable mention for his geographical branding idea, something that should have won his team the task had they not decided to make Donald Trump jokes in their pitch.
10. Joanna: Her experience in the fashion industry gave her team a far better commission than Vitality and a 10% volume discount. Granted, neither likely mattered much since Graphene still made nearly three times the revenue of the losers, but as it was never mentioned who sold the most, I still feel comfortable enough giving Joanna MVP due to her competency in the PM spot. Shout out to James as well for standing in as a model despite lacking professional experience.

Final (excluding finalists): The real MVPs were Ricky and Alana for the advise they gave to James and Sarah, but with the current candidates, Harrison allegedly was a key contributor in the storyboard for Sarah's advert (although this was off-camera), and Joanna did well directing James's advert despite leaving the storyboard at the filming location.

I haven't met anyone personally, but did once meet someone who worked for Jenny C from Season 4 (the horrible one) who said she was actually really nice. Couldn't verify, but the person even said she came across as horrible in the show so I'm inclined to take them at their word.