'The Apprentice' Episode 6: Live Blog

Apologies for the absence of an Apprentice blog last week. There were lots of dancing dogs and organ bashing old women over on that other channel and we had to turn our backs on Shugs, Hewer and Brady for a night. We are thoroughly ashamed and have most definitely learned our lesson. We're back and fighting fit for week six of The Apprentice 2011, which promises to be a humdinger of an episode with the candidates challenged to make cash from scrap. No Amstrad computer jokes from you at the back please.

22:01: Lesson from this week's show: Don't talk about your education with Lord Sugar, he'll hate you for it. Next week's task? They have to create a new magazine. Jedi Jim and Glenn share a cheeky wink. One of the teams is doing a lads' mag. The other is doing one for pensioners. It looks like a cracker. We'll be right back here next week!

21:58: Susan and Zoe continue their jabbering, finger-pointing and catty snapping in their car journey to the house. Edna is packed off in the black cab with only her three degrees to keep her company. Bye, bye Eds, you went far too soon for our liking.

21:56: Nick Hewer: "There's no meat, it's all waffle". Nick Hewer hammers the final nail in Edna's coffin. EDNA IS FIRED! Gloves and all.

21:54: Edna's put her foot in it. "I have an MBA in business-vision-future-social media-best foot forward-entrepreneurship-codswallop," she babbles. Lord Shugs, from the School of Hard Knocks and University of Life, won't care for her degree bragging.

21:50: Some serious dagger eyes going on in this boardroom. Full on bickering between Zoe and Susan. There's probably some kicking and pinching going on under the table as well. Everyone is trying to claim to be the hero. Everyone is trying to disown themselves from the mistakes. Will Zoe's honesty policy save her? It might, solely on the fact that Susan and Edna are babbling without much substance.

21:46: Cry-baby ZOE is bringing back big-head SUSAN and gloved-assassin EDNA for the final boardroom showdown. Nick Hewer has Edna's card marked and thinks Susan bends too easily (oo-er, saucy etc).

21:44: Zoe's got herself a canny boardroom tactic. She's admitted she ballsed it up. She's admitted that she should never have been Project Manager. She's just hoping that the fact she put herself up to lead the task is enough to save her. Will anyone else dig themselves a grave, shoot themselves in the foot, cock it all up and end up saving her?

21:40: RESULTS TIME: And it's a shocker. LOGIC HAVE WON. For the first time this year. Wonder Woman Helen has managed to break the curse. It was only by £6 mind, so it's no time to get too cocky. Zoe and Team Venture are heading to the Loser Cafe. Zoe always looks on the verge of tears. Is Edna stabbing a voodoo doll of her under the table?

21:39: Tom is already apologising for being useless over the past five weeks. He's sniggering far too hard at Shugs' Steptoe & Son gags as well. Ease up on the brown-nosing Poindexter!

21:36: BOARDROOM TIME: Melody is feeling cocky. "I loved seeing the dirt on me yesterday". Ooh the saucepot.

21:32: Do you get the feeling Nick Hewer's done a few cash in hand deals down back alleys before? He looks right at home as the bartering and negotiations get under way. Meanwhile, Jedi Jim looks as though he may go a bit Scarface on some builders who try to swindle him on a deal by bundling in some extra rubbish. The rest of the sub team have to adopt EastEnders voices for "it's not worth it Jim" chants.

21:26: Helen may have kept herself to herself in the opening weeks, but she appears to have the Midas touch. She's managing to flog scrag ends of wood for hundreds of pounds. Jedi Jim would be proud of that sort of ludicrous deal. I'm clearly in the wrong business. I'm not in the office tomorrow. I'm off hunting for some copper.

21:22: Who knew clearing rubbish could be such a kerfuffle. Do people not chuck stuff in rivers in shopping trolleys anymore?

21:19: Venture's Project Manager Zoe is in tears. Susan 'I Own a Skincare Company' Ma's constant babbling and know-it-all wittering has pushed her over the edge. Also, her team have done bugger all so far and made bugger all cash. Come on Zoe, it could be worse. Not much worse, but it could be worse.

21:17: Vincent will be crying into his mocha watching this episode. His old buddy Jedi Jim has struck up a Batman/Robin double act with Poindexter Tom. They are rummaging around in skips looking for scraps of metal. It's like a glimpse into the future for the careers of many of these candidates.

21:11: Helen is getting a warm welcome to Team Logic. Well, if you consider a warm welcome to be Melody and Natasha chewing your ear off about bad deals then that's what she's getting. Helen has taken a risky strategy of offering her team's free services to clear some junk. She's banking on being able to flog a load of wood tomorrow. Selling wood - it should be a doddle for Jedi Jim and co. She hopes.

21:08: It's a weird task this week, but basically they have to clear rubbish and make the most money possible from doing it. There's also contracts to be secured, so there's a bit of sales skills and gift of the gab needed as well. Helen has moved over to the always-doomed Team Logic. Who is Helen you may ask? Honestly, we can't answer that because her screen time has amounted to about 36 seconds in the first five episodes.

21:05: Melody and Jim and pondering the curse of Team Logic. Melody blames the name rather than incompetence, Vincent, and Leon being a big girl's blouse. We still maintain they should have gone for Team Leon-trepreneur as the team name. I know I keep banging on about that one, but it still makes me chuckle.

21:04: The candidates are given high-vis tops and hard boots to wear for this task. Ooh, the glamour. Edna thinks they may be working on a building site and says she'll need a "cold shower" if there's lots of men around. The saucepot.

21:00: So after last week's double firing and the departure of Vince The Spiv, who are we all rooting for? Bonkers Edna? Jedi Jim? Poindexter Tom? Share your opinions at the bottom of the page or on Twitter @dsrealitybites

20:57: If like me you've just caught the first episode of new Will Mellor family comedy In With The Flynns, you'll be needing The Apprentice more than ever. Bring us some laughs Shugs and save us from this bland trip.

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