I was appalled that these young, arrogant, egotistical people really do rate themselves so highly. Have parents given their kids this blinkered self belief and confidence? They don't question themselves and they know so little. Their general knowledge is absolutely appalling. It is frightening that some of them have responsible positions.
Their loudness and repetition of "Let's do this guys" when they had no plan or sense made me watch open mouthed.
The women teetering about in heels and sprayed on dresses looked ridiculous and every wannabe hipster male, groomed to within an inch of his life seemed to think they were the bees knees.
Style over substance most definitely.
The programme IS about wackiness and loudness now and being a personality, rather than business acumen and problem solving.
Most disappointing though is the way Alan Sugar just doesn't do Alan Sugar any longer. He used to lambast the candidates in a direct and angry fashion because they were so breath-takingly stupid. He let rip and so he should have done.
Now the producers have him calmly deliver his verdict without any explosions. He was the star. Karen tends to be boring (and wears too much rouge) and Claude too is the nice, mkII version.
If these captains of industry, once plain-speaking, brash and importantly, truthful, endorse this rubbish and the vacuous, egotistical candidates, they might as well wrap up this series now before they recruit another bunch of complete airheads/egos for 2019.