Thomas Skinner and Marianne Rawlins have become the latest candidates to be fired from \'The Apprentice\'.
The duo were dismissed by Lord Sugar in Wednesday\'s (27.11.19) episode after failing a music task.
Pillow salesman Thomas, 28, had no complaints about his exit, claiming it was justified after losing all bar one of the tasks.
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Speaking exclusively to BANG Showbiz, he said: "I messed up the task, I lost eight out of nine tasks."
Thomas also has no hard feelings against project manager Lewis Ellis, despite the fact he led the team to defeat.
He said: "Lewis is a clever bloke and deserves the chance to go through in the process. I don\'t lie, I think Lewis is great and I hope he goes all the way."
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Thomas and Marianne frequently sparred during the process as they were often on the losing side, however the pair both enjoyed working together.
Thomas said: "Marianne was lovely. She\'s a really nice girl and I really enjoyed spending time with her."
Marianne added: "Thomas is incredible. He really is a sound businessman and he\'s got this infectious enthusiasm that just takes over. I absolutely loved working with him."
Meanwhile, Marianne, 36, admitted that she felt unlikely to be hired as Lord Sugar "couldn\'t relate" to her.
She explained: "From the very beginning I could tell Lord Sugar couldn\'t relate to me. Throughout the process, there were things he would misinterpret or wouldn\'t understand. If you\'re going to be in a partnership with someone you need to relate to them, so I had to go at some point."
Marianne soon realised that was destined not to become Lord Sugar\'s business partner.
She said: "I came into this thinking I would find a business partner in Lord Sugar but I realised by about week four that this guy\'s not going to like me."
Marianne also blasted former candidate Ryan-Mark Parsons, 19, who described her as "a waste of space".
She said: "I didn\'t interact with Ryan-Mark until the Finland task. He felt that I had a vendetta against him, I do now after reading the headlines, he is a rude and inconsiderate person."
The businesswoman, who moved to Britain from the US in 2017, tipped Scarlett Allen-Horton to win the competition.
When asked who would win, she said: "Scarlett. She\'s extremely professional and can adapt to a variety of situations. She\'s also my favourite person in the house."
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