Australia has followed in the footsteps of America and England and is showing it's first series of 'The Apprentice', which started five weeks ago. The concept is exactly the same and the big man with the power to hire and fire is Mark Bouris, an Australian businessman best known as the founder and chairman of Wizard Home Loans, Australia's largest non-bank mortgage lender. One thing is for sure -he is no Sir Alan Sugar.
So far we have seen similar UK-Apprentice related tasks including a cereal challenge, where the teams had to develop a cereal brand for children; an Australian pie challenge, where the aim was to create, market and sell pies; and last night a hotel challenge where the teams had to provide a 5-star service to paying guests at the Sydney Harbour Marriott hotel.
Needless to say there have been similar embarrassment inducing moments for all of the contestants concerned. A particularly hated contestant of mine is Sabrina, past Miss Australia (which she uses to her advantage, but to the embarrassment of others, at every opportunity) and member of Mensa. Both mine and Dave's favourite, and potential winner, is Morello (yes, as in the cherry) who claims he can "sell sand to the Egyptians, oil to the Arabs, and ice to the eskimos"! Whilst the show is in no way comparable to the English version with the absence of Sir Alan himself and brilliant contestants such as Raef Bjayou and Ben Clarke, it is a good way to spend a Monday night!
So far we have seen similar UK-Apprentice related tasks including a cereal challenge, where the teams had to develop a cereal brand for children; an Australian pie challenge, where the aim was to create, market and sell pies; and last night a hotel challenge where the teams had to provide a 5-star service to paying guests at the Sydney Harbour Marriott hotel.
Needless to say there have been similar embarrassment inducing moments for all of the contestants concerned. A particularly hated contestant of mine is Sabrina, past Miss Australia (which she uses to her advantage, but to the embarrassment of others, at every opportunity) and member of Mensa. Both mine and Dave's favourite, and potential winner, is Morello (yes, as in the cherry) who claims he can "sell sand to the Egyptians, oil to the Arabs, and ice to the eskimos"! Whilst the show is in no way comparable to the English version with the absence of Sir Alan himself and brilliant contestants such as Raef Bjayou and Ben Clarke, it is a good way to spend a Monday night!
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