Task MVPs (Series 20)
I don't know who usually does this post every year but I thought I'd give my take.
- Rajan. Successfully identified the erhu and iirc had a separate good negotiation. HM to Priyesh for his negotiation on the said erhu, which was one of the few good negotiations on this hard task and I'll give a little one to Tanmay (Controversial) for a solid negotiation on the pineapple paper even if it was the wrong item (At least he tried). Shout out on the losing team to Karishma for her stellar negotiation on the glocal mahjong set, going from 1430 to 700 Hong Kong Dollars.
- The whole sub team of Roxanne, Karishma, Carrington and Vanessa carried this task due to the design of the character but I'll give this one to Roxanne. The other three will be HMs. Shout out on the losing team to Lawrence for his strong sales and Conor for doing well in the pitch and could've had a good deal had Marcus not intervened.
3. Rajan. His negotiation with the corporate client was far superior to the other team and imo the reason the team won as the other team were better in market sales. HM to Dan as while not the best leader, he still performed well on the task and had to deal with certain team members trying to make him take all responsibility, Conor, Harry and Rothna will also get HMs for doing well in the market stall. Shout out on the losing team to Lawrence and Kieran who were amazing on the market sales and Karishma who could've had a good negotiation with the corporate client had Tanmay and Megan not intervened.
Karishma. Not much to say, Stellar PM Performance, dominant leadership and great advert. HM to Kieran for performing well in the ad and Lawrence for his good pitch. Shout out on the losing team to Dan for having a good concept idea that Lord Sugar and the aides defended and Conor for managing the social media video that was far better than the other team.
Rothna. Smashed the task as PM, great leadership and managed the market stall well. HM to Rajan for his negotiation which was much better than the other team, Kieran and Conor did well selling to the public iirc and Megan, Carrington and Andrea did reasonably well selling to the corporate client. Shout out on the losing team to Pascha for being by far the least probelmatic on the team and Lawrence for good sales despite fumbling his negotiation with the clients on the first day.
Controversial but I will go with Priyesh. He was far from perfect but was a much better PM than Megan, also he did well keeping costs down with his food negotiation by reducing the number of portions and his apology to the guests prevented an even bigger refund. HM to Conor (who probably would be MVP for most people) for the entertainment in the cave (Although it was a bit dragged out), Dan (Controversial pick) for chipping in with the food negotiation with Priyesh, Pascha and Lawrence for a decent negotiaiton with the clients and Karishma for managing the kitchen reasonably well despite Priyesh and Levi's F - ups. Massive Shout out to Rothna from the losing team for at least providing one course that was edible and even tasty (A chocolate fondant is a pretty hard dish to make).
Karishma. The win was 100% down to her game which was amazing. Shout out on the losing team to Rothna for managing the subteam well despite Rajan constantly being negative and rude to her and I'll give Levi one as well as he had ideas and constantly offered input but was constantly shut down by Lawrence.
Priyesh. His negotiation on the Sup was what led the team to victory and he also negotiated well on the Garlic. HM to Rothna for being more of a PM than Levi and negotiated well, Dan for his negotiation and even Levi made purchases until the last minute and still made the boat on time (He was still the weakest on this task). Shout out on the losing team for Karishma who negotiated brilliantly with the Doughnuts, getting a great discount, Kieran who was a much better leader than in Hong Kong and having a clear strategy from the beginning, Lawrence for helping with the wine negotiaiton, redeeming himself after his atrocious PM performance the previous week and Conor for his good negotiations.
Karishma and Lawrence carried this task. They smashed it with the ping pong set and negotiated the better high end product (even though they didn't sell any). I'll give the sole MVP title to Karishma though as she did well selling the product that did not feature in the episode. HM to Pascha who sold well with the teeth spraying product and was a passable PM despite Karishma being better suited and Priyesh did fine in the gallery as well. Shout out on the losing team to Dan who sold the bracelet really well, conducted himself in a good manner and was only bought back by Conor because Levi had already been fired. Also Rothna deserves a shout out for selling the cake mixer extremely well (which was unfairly cut out).
Karishma. Created a product that was way better than the cat tree and secured 1500 orders. HM to Lawrence for being instrumental in the design of the dog bed and securing 1100 orders which arguably got the team the win. Massive shout out on the losing team to Dan who was by far the best across both teams, his branding was far superior to 'Chique le Chien', unanimously liked by the focus group and secured 2000 orders for his team which was the most across both team and 97% of his teams total sales.
Final (Excluding FInalists) Kieran for his blatant attempt to sabotage Pascha and ensure that Karishma wins.
Only Joking! I'll give this one to Carrington for directing a decent ad that promoted Karishma's business. The only problem was that it was a bit pornographic (which she quickly edited out). Shout out on Pascha's team to Megan for directing the ad well and ignoring Kierans bonkers and ridiculous suggestions.
EDIT: Despite being fired that week, I'll give Harry an HM on Task 8 as his Sup Negotiation was still a decent one and I think had he been on the same team as Pascha or Levi he would have stayed.