That would be fair given the dross left in the competition.Quote:
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I reckon Claire wins and Lee is giving the above positionQuote:
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That would be fair given the dross left in the competition.Quote:
Originally Posted by SiobhanI reckon Claire wins and Lee is giving the above positionQuote:
Originally Posted by bondboffin
Exactly! Lee is from Essex, or London? The others are northern, so doubt they'd be working for Essex Council.Quote:
Originally Posted by SiobhanI reckon Claire wins and Lee is giving the above positionQuote:
Originally Posted by bondboffin
And Lee & Claire are paired together in the final, so if Lee gets that job, i'd say Claire wins the apprentice.
I think Claire's gonna win tonight but I hope Helene does :D
Lee won :cheer: I was SOOOO pleased! He deserves it!
Oh no! Claire was more capable than Lee but he wanted an apprentice and he's got one.
Poor Helene on You're Fired!. The interview seemed to be tailored towards having a dig at her and Lucinda should have kept quiet and Adrian Chiles should have kept more control.
APPRENTICE winner Lee McQueen last night said he still has one task left to do — marry his sweetheart.
Former salesman Lee, 30, scooped the show’s prize of a £100,000-a-year job after an estimated nine million viewers saw the tense final head-to-head with rival Claire Young.
He says hearing show tycoon Sir Alan Sugar telling him “You’re hired” still hasn’t sunk in.
But, launching into his catchphrase “That’s what I’m talking about,” one thing he is clear about is long-time girlfriend Nicola Jellyman.
Runners-up ... Claire Young, Alex Wotherspoon and Helene Speight
Lee said: “I’ve got my dream job and I’ve already got my dream girl. I suppose now I should go down on one knee and ask her to marry me. That would really complete things wouldn’t it?”
Lee and Nicola have been together for nine years and live in a £500,000 home in Princes Risborough, Bucks.
The faithful star said he was furious with whispers that he was dating runner-up Claire, 29. He said: “I heard all these rumours but they were just that. Me and Nicola are solid.
“We have a great life together - I’m not going to jeopardise that.
“I’m a big fan of Claire professionally. I was backing her to win.
“I even started thinking how I’d quite happily ask her for a job if she ended up working for Sir Alan.”
Lee revealed he plans to splash out on Nicola as a treat for putting up with him while he filmed the BBC1 show.
He said: “One of the first things I’m going to have to do when I join Sir Alan’s company is ask him for some time off so we can go on holiday. And I should treat Nicola to something nice like some fancy new shoes.”
He also plans to splash out on his loving mum Susan, 55, who has split from his milkman dad.
He said: “When I was 18 I helped my mum buy a house because she’s always been so supportive. I know there are things that need sorting out and improving there so that’s what I’ll do.”
And he also plans to buy himself a flash motor as soon as he banks his first pay cheque.
He said: “When I was 26 I said to my mates I was going to have a Porsche 911 when I was 30.
“Well I’m 30 now and I’ve got a £100,000-a-year job so it shouldn’t be long before that gets sorted.”
Sadly, he has little contact with his dad. He said: “My dad didn’t come to the screening and he doesn’t know I’ve won . . . well I suppose he might do by now.”
Lee was a surprise winner as many thought he had blown his chances by lying on his CV.
He claimed to have been to college for two years when in fact he lasted only four months.
Lee described the “miscommunication” as “one of the biggest mistakes of my life”.
He said: “It was a massive mistake and I got a serious grilling for it from Sir Alan. I deserved that. I shouldn’t have lied. But it was a mistake and it didn’t reflect on my skills.
“I’ve got a chip on my shoulder about my education because I didn’t do very well at school.
I also once worked for four years as a catering manager at Harrow School, which was full of posh kids getting a great education. I think that might have something to do with my insecurities.
“I still had them going on to the show which is why I did what I did with my CV. But I’m glad Sir Alan saw beyond that and realised I’ve got plenty of experience and gone on to achieve at a high level.
“I think maybe he saw a bit of himself in me - he left school at 16 and has had to make his way without masses of educational achievements.”
He added winning the show had given him a “major confidence boost”. He added: “I won't let Sir Alan down. I can't wait to get stuck in. Maybe soon I'll be earning seven figures instead of six.”
Lee - who earned £75,000-a-year in his last job at Capita Group - will be put in charge of a new company within Sir Alan’s sprawling £800million empire.
He explained: “Sir Alan has bought a new business doing digital advertising and signage. I’ll be running the sales teams with one of his colleagues. It’s just want I wanted to do - start on something fresh and exciting.”
Lee said he would employ some of the other apprentices - including runner-up Claire.
But added: “She’d never work for me. In fact, I imagine none of them would work for me. How odd would that be?”
He also confessed that he had become a GAY icon since appearing on the BBC1 show.
He said: “I’ve had letters from gay blokes. One guy said he didn’t care if I won - he just wanted to spend some time with me. I’ll probably give that a miss.”
Another thing he won’t be indulging in is his famous reverse pterodactyl performance, which he demonstrated on the show. He laughed: “It’s extinct.”
Well done Lee!
I am gutted for Claire, though. They worked very well together and deserved to win the task even if their fragrance was 'boring'.
Helene was awful. She fell to pieces and is a conceited, delusional woman who believes herself to be so much better than she is. She is negative, negative, negative.
Alex, needs to concentrate on being positive and performing himself rather than putting other people down. He also deserved to go. It was the designer who had the great idea, and the name came from the bottle.
Neither of them performed well.
I would have preferred that Claire got the job, however, I think that Lee is a fantastic apprentice. He is a grafter who needed this more than Claire. I think that she will still get her chance. didn't one of the interviewers last week say that if Sir Alan didn't give her a job then she would??
:cheer::cheer: delighted Lee won.. He was consistent throughout and it was well deserved
I am so pleased Lee won, i was a bit gutted for Claire as i thought she worjed really well in the last few weeks. I was just so wanting Helene not to win. She was still blaming other people when she came out.