Now that the BBC’s The Apprentice is over for this year we can get back to talking about business insurance, but not before reflecting on a ‘stella’ rise for the chosen one.
Although the winner Stella was accused by one of Sugar’s attack dogs in the interview week as the type more likely to handle the admin – such as the business insurance policy – she kept her calm and walked off with the £100,000 a year position as a Sugar acolyte.
Stella was tipped right from the start as a possible finalist and when the other great favourite Liz was torpedoed by ‘The Brand’ at the last but one hurdle, she looked like the odds-on favourite. Stella was indeed ‘corporate’, but was more the finished article than likeable chappy Chris who lacked real business experience.
Arguably, that’s the whole point of The Apprentice, to appoint someone who was still ‘green’ and lots to learn, but Sugar obviously saw in Stella someone who could get a grip right from the start.
The last scene in the Boardroom was predictably exciting with gentlemen Chris and ice-maiden Stella doing their best to persuade the big man of their passion, and that they can choose a new drink, but it was perhaps no surprise when the infamous finger was pointed at Stella.
There was one moment when Stella nearly snatched defeat from the jaws of victory – an outburst against Chris which could have undone weeks of calm planning – but she got safely home in the end.
So that’s it, The Apprentice is over for another year and we can get back to the more important matters of business insurance. But roll on the next series of The Apprentice, when again we can witness 16 candidates squirm for some 12 weeks. Oh yes.
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