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Episode 9 surprised our predictors this week. Lorraine was their favourite to go but she escaped the boardroom by winning her task. Predictions were split between Debra and James but at the end of the day it was boasting Ben who Sir Alan sent home.

Please note: The graphs show users' predictions for the final three candidates from the start of the show to the moment when Sir Alan makes his final decision.

Ben

Ben鈥檚 departure surprised the majority of predictors. Despite Ben鈥檚 weak performance, only a select few predictors realised that the cocky candidate鈥檚 time was up. Sir Alan sucker-punched everyone with a sly summary that suggested James was going but it was Ben who was fired.

Debra

Once Lorraine had won the baby task, Debra became the number one prediction for the taxi ride home. Never the most popular of Sir Alan鈥檚 candidates, Debra鈥檚 decision to back a luxury rocking horse seemed to spell her doom. However, in the boardroom, Debra steered the conversation away from her costly gamble in the boardroom and Sir Alan saved her due to her sheer belligerence.

James

James was a confident and competent project manager and he received few predictions until his team lost the task. Predictions for James increased as the boardroom battle commenced. James countered Sir Alan鈥檚 interrogation with convincing explanations of his business decisions and provided more substance than Ben or Debra.

Jockeying for position

You can鈥檛 argue with results, and so it was that Lorraine delivered another victory as project manager.

With Lorraine out of the firing line, second-most-predicted Debra shot to the top as favourite to go. Despite putting up an impressive defence in the boardroom, most predictors still felt that Debra had dished the dirt on the others for the very last time.

Predictions rose for James as Sir Alan referred to James鈥� jokey, jape-heavy presence among the candidates. Even though James responded to these accusations with strong arguments for his eligibility for the job, Sir Alan did not seem impressed.

Comments posted on the Predictor reflected the surprise when Sir Alan sidelined Ben at the episode climax. Many predictors believed he was sacking the wrong horse. Here's a selection:

鈥淏en was offered a scholarship at Sandhurst - did you know?!!鈥� 鈥� Lizzie, Cirencester

鈥淗asn't every new parent worried about their baby's forehead ruining the 鈥榥ewly-laid marble floor鈥�?" 鈥� Editor, on Howard鈥檚 reaction to the baby crash helmets

鈥淭wo words. Rocking Horse. James should be safe.鈥� 鈥� DMMV, London

鈥淒ammit I had Ben for the longest time and then changed.鈥� Babies, London

鈥淚 could have sworn it was going to be Debra!鈥澛� - Patrick, Belfast

鈥淛ames, a village is missing an idiot...鈥� Piers, Plymouth

See you next week on The Apprentice Predictor

See also:

• Predictor round-up week 8
• Predictor round-up week 10
• Predictor round up week 12
• The inventions revealed
• Backing the wrong horse

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