Tom Pellereau Wins 'The Apprentice'

Taking a break from political ranting to just say this on behalf of TV land:

CONGRATULATIONS TO TOM ON WINNING THE APPRENTICE! ♥ ♥ ♥

Seriously I really do think this was a well-deserved win for him because there were some really manipulative and tough characters this year and it was nice to see the well-mannered, sensible walking-calculator of creativity win out against the competition.

I was certain Helen would win - and had it been the old format she probably would have. However her business plan was flawed. I think she and Jim fell into the trap of choosing to present their businesses in a way they thought Lord Sugar would like rather than what they *really* wanted themselves. Susan and Tom stuck with their guns but I think in the end Susan is a bit young and Lord Sugar did say that he wanted to keep in contact with her because her business and Tom's could be put together because, of course, Tom was the inventor of the curved nail file.

(It was so weird when the show started and he said, "I invented the first curved nail file." because I immediately thought, "Was that you?!")

Anyway, something can be done to link Susan and Tom together because he had loads of inventions within the nail care industry and Susan is obviously in the cosmetic industry.

But Tom was the one who could benefit the most from Lord Sugar's investment and support because he has a business where things hae gone wrong because of Tom's difficulty in seeing things though. This is more to do with his mind; he has so many ideas and he needs someone to tell him what to focus on. So I think it was the right choice in the end, although if Helen or Susie had won I could have lived with it.

Another reason I am very glad Tom won is because he was so unlucky on the tasks, usually due to the fault of other people. I'm glad that Lord Sugar did bear in mind - especially in regards to Tom and Susan - that being business leaders rather than working under someone else, they weren't used to having to shout over people to be heard. In the beauty treatment task in particular I thought Felicity was very rude to have slapped Tom down when he was making sensible statements and again Melody (who I f***ing hated, btw!) together with Felicity, ignored him = losing the task. It happened with the French task as well; Tom wanted the carseat-rucksack and Melody lied about the market research to trick Tom into getting the products she wanted to sell in France... and it cost them the task. Tom put a lot of faith in Melody and on three occassions she lied, cheated and ignored him to suit herself.

She really was a pain in the arse and thank God Lord Sugar got rid of her after the investment task, because she really did bugger that up - and that was the third time she led Tom down the deep end while he wasn't there to stop her.

It wasn't Natasha who got where dirt can't, as Zoe put it one time. It was Melody! That said Zoe was pretty Zoe, although a lot more likeable that pig-ignorant Melody.

But back to Tom, I was very impressed with him and Helen in the Fast Food task. They were only a twosome against Susan, Natasha and Jim's threesome, and they beat them hands down. So it was right that it was down to those two and, again, it was right that Tom won.

Now I'm just sad this series is over. :'(

OK, time to catch-up on True Blood. Last week's cliffhanger was so... weird. Eric, you bad, bad boy. But it was Sookie's reaction that made me giggle.

Again, well done Tom! You did it for all the geeks and nerds of the world and we love you!