The Apprentice Series 20 Odds: Karishma New Favourite To Be Hired
Lord Sugar brought out the big guns for the latest episode of The Apprentice, as Big Zuu helped him judge the candidates.
However, it didn't help fired Roxanne Hamedi, whose departure could be a huge advantage for those at the top of the outright market on betting sites.
Roxanne had been a strong candidate until she found herself in deep water on the latest task, which required the contestants to tap into the bottled water market and create an ad campaign and live stream.
Roxanne's downfall was her team's branding, and her own Project Manager, Conor Galvin, threw her under the bus in the boardroom.
Speaking about his own team's North H2O water carton, he said: "When you look at this, you would think that Christopher Columbus would buy this, as an explorer."
It all went south for Roxanne, and the pharmacist was dispensed.
Pascha's Step Back
Pascha Myhill also appeared to go close to being axed from the series.
The recruitment consultant nearly required her own services in episode four, but she has progressed to this week's episode.
However, there was a nervy moment for Pascha when she claimed in the boardroom that she had taken a "step back" while directing an advert during the task, and Baroness Karren Brady told her: "I didn't witness you taking a step back."
She simply replied: "OK."
Pascha is 6/4 favourite on most betting apps to be fired next, but Rajan Gill, who was also brought back into the boardroom last week, isn't too far behind at 13/8.
The Apprentice Odds: Who Will Be Fired Next?
Contestant | Odds | Probability |
Pascha Myhill | 6/4 | 40% |
Rajan Gill | 13/8 | 38.1% |
Andrea Cooper | 7/4 | 36.4% |
Carrington Saunders | 15/8 | 34.8% |
Megan Ruiter | 2/1 | 33.3% |
Conor Galvin | 9/4 | 30.8% |
Priyesh Bathia | 5/2 | 28.6% |
Dan Miller | 3/1 | 25% |
Harry Clough | 3/1 | 25% |
Levi Hague | 7/2 | 22.2% |
Lawrence Rosenberg | 4/1 | 20% |
Kieran McCartney | 9/2 | 18.2% |
Rothna Akhtar | 5/1 | 16.7% |
Vanessa Tetteh-Squire | 6/1 | 14.3% |
Karishma Vijay | 7/1 | 12.5% |
He found himself in hot water when he dissed canned water to the experts, including Big Zuu, who has his own canned water company, 'Drip'.
Andrea Cooper has had a mixed start to this year's series, and it wouldn't be a surprise if she was axed in the near future.
Lord Sugar was particularly shell-shocked to find out the 7/4 chance wasn't too sure how to boil an egg a couple of episodes ago.
Conor was the losing PM in the latest task and is now at 9/4 to be fired next.
However, he will take some comfort from the fact that he managed to avoid being sacked in the latest episode, and Lord Sugar described him as a "good talker".
Karishma's Top Job
After tasting victory last time out in the Advertising Water task, Karishma Vijay is the 7/4 favourite to be hired.
As Project Manager, she had a clear idea about how to go out and win the task, and it was well executed.
She also received her team's support in the boardroom before the results of the task were revealed.
"Project Manager Karishma put in a cool, calm and collected display. She is one to watch for the right reasons going forward."
Karishma's team-mate, Lawrence Rosenberg, said she "knew what she was doing" in the episode, and Megan Ruiter said she did a "really good job".
That was despite Karishma appointing Megan as the director of their advert, only to take over herself.
Vanessa Tetteh-Squire was part of the losing team, but she is still hovering near the top of the outright market.
She was furious with the branding team on the task, even claiming they were trying to "sabotage" their own team.
Vanessa also didn't hold back when talking about their water carton, describing it as "diabolical".
While Lord Sugar doesn't always take too kindly to someone criticising their own team, Vanessa was right about the branding being an issue.
She is now 2/1 to win this year's Apprentice, slightly shorter than Rothna Akhtar (9/4) and Kieran McCartney (5/2).
Dan On The Drift
Elsewhere, Dan Miller has drifted to 7/2 to win this year's Apprentice, after he was taken to task in the boardroom for his branding.
There was some confusion about why the team chose North H2O as their brand name when aiming for a water container for commuters.
Dan explained to Lord Sugar: "That was my idea. I wanted to do a play on words that the water up north is better."
London-born Lord Sugar replied: "Is it? Is that because it rains more up there?"
The Apprentice Odds: Outright Winner
Contestant | Odds | Probability |
Karishma Vijay | 7/4 | 36.4% |
Vanessa Tetteh-Squire | 2/1 | 33.3% |
Rothna Akhtar | 9/4 | 30.8% |
Kieran McCartney | 5/2 | 28.6% |
Lawrence Rosenberg | 3/1 | 25% |
Levi Hague | 3/1 | 25% |
Harry Clough | 10/3 | 23.1% |
Dan Miller | 7/2 | 22.2% |
Priyesh Bathia | 4/1 | 20% |
Conor Galvin | 4/1 | 20% |
Megan Ruiter | 9/2 | 18.2% |
Carrington Saunders | 5/1 | 16.7% |
Andrea Cooper | 11/2 | 15.4% |
Rajan Gill | 6/1 | 14.3% |
Pascha Myhill | 8/1 | 11.1% |
Dan continued: "It's a joke that a lot of people say whenever they come down to London, they say the water tastes better up north."
Asked if it might alienate people in the south, Vanessa and Rajan both admitted they had made similar points to Dan.
Carrington Saunders remains a 5/1 shot to win this year's Apprentice, after the clients decided the other team's live stream was better than theirs in the latest task.
Lord Sugar's adviser Tim Campbell said: "The reality is you went very hard on the sale, and I suppose with your experience you could've done slightly better, no?"
Carrington admitted she "thought it went well", but Lord Sugar said: "Let me tell you what my panel had to say... they said that one [North H2O] was better."
* Reminder: These are hypothetical odds provided by industry experts.
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