Debra should have won! She's young, professional, promising and it would have fit perfectly in Sir Alan's organization. Being so young -and in a certain way unexperienced- would have allowed Sir Alan to molded her from the very first beginning. Moreover, she was the only candidate who has demostrated she has learnt something during the Apprentice process and made positive and significant changes.

i didnt think that yasmina would win but im glad she did. kate was very good; everyone could see that but the problem was she was just too robotic. there wasnt proper spark in her, not like yasmina. sir alan did make the right decision because kate didnt have a business like yasmina, it showed that yasmina has more experience. i'll admit i was wrong when i thought that kate was a blonde bimbo; she isnt but she isnt as good as yasmina. besides, its always the dark horse who wins. last year it was lee mcqueen, the year before it was michelle dewbury. michelle was nicknamed the silent assassin and lee lied in his CV. yet alan still hired them! it just shows that he never hires anyone who seems too good to be true.

Yasmina was definately the worthy winner,apart from the chocolates,everything was better in the presentation,and if we're going on consistancy,yasmina was winning project manager three times,kate was only once,and although yasmina possibly was at fault when poor paula was fired,that day out with phil and ben selling nothing was unforgivable for kate.

kate should have definately won. if the chocolates did go on sale, people would buy yasmina's but NEVER AGAIN. kate's chocolates tasted wonderful (even sir alan sugar said so). even if it was overly priced it was only ONE task. in general kate did way better than yasmina!

@ doreen braconnier: "she refrained from stabbing people in the back" < Erm, no she didn't. Remember Paula? How they were best buddies then she turned on her quicker than the speed of light to get her fired even though Ben really should have gone that round instead?

@ Mark: How is it "playing safe" to make your product cost so dearly? If anything, Yasmina was playing it safe selling it at a fiver! And if you were to fix Yasmina's choice of ingredients, that would ALSO involve completely redesigning the box and advert! It's the exact same amount of work except Kate had a FAR BETTER concept than Yasmina's!

The His and Her idea was so awesome and Kate really should've been hired for her consistency in several tasks.

I'm totally with Maha Ramanathan, b/c Yasmina's tactic of "low quality and cheap pricing" will make a company's reputation go down the drain so quick. You don't see BHS selling a tacky top at a fiver like they do in the market stores, do you?

I guess none of us are to judge Sir Alan's decision b/c it is up to him who he hires, but imo, totally wrong decision and looks more like a deliberate twist you'd see from Big Brother or something. Oh well, I'm sure Kate has an amazing future ahead of her.

craig - How did Kate win that task fair and square? All the experts said her chocolates weren't commercially viable because they were to expensive, although Yasmina's chocolates need some working with the choice of ingredients in order from them to work Kate's product would have needed a lot more work in order for them to become a viable product. Kate's chocolates needed to be set at a lower price point which means a complete redesign of the raw ingredients, new box and new advert (her advert needed working on it looked a bit boring) Kate was playing safe I feel this is what cost her task.

To be fair to both candidates I feel these were the two best finalists the apprentice has ever had, good luck to both of them.

The worthy winner won and that was definitely Yasmina, so well done. I agree with Gaye that Yasmina had the business acumen from the start and I was definitely rooting for her, so I'm pleased she won. First time I've rooted somebody in the Aprrentice that Sir Alan did pick!
Just a comment to say that it was brave of Yasmina to rubbish Phillip 'Pants man' idea in the chocolate idea. I found all his ideas were rubbish and he's so obstinate. Kate didn't want to have him only 'cause she's afraid it might cause another scene (oh Lorraine was so good at using that to her advantage). Fair play, but casting looks (as she said on BBC news) to get Yasmina to pick him isn't exactly fair is it?
2009 class of Apprentice will be remembered for the childish tantrums of some of the contestants (Ben and Debra were so annoying). Makes for fun entertainment though, so I'm looking forward to watching next year's.

Useless result and Yasmina wont stay for long in the job. Kate will end up in a much bigger job than apprentice. Imagine big TV screens in hostpitals with low quality products and making 250% profit margin. This isn't going to work for ever. people are not fools to listen to your crap and Sir Alan will regret his decision sooner or later. For sure he fired a gorgeous pony without any reason...........

Yasmina was awesome last night! Well executed design and pitch from her team. I was given a gift to make and design my own chocolates for my birthday...let's show Sir Alan exactly how easy it is... i think it was from a company called moon estates. Try searching the name...Good luck!!

STUPID RESULT

What a ridiculous outcome to the final. Kate won the last task fair and square but it didn't seem to count for anything!! Over the course of the program Kate has performed much better in general than Yasmina. It goes to show that Allan Sugar isn't always right, after all he is the man who in Feb 2005 predicted that the iPod would be dead, finished, gone by Xmas that year!! How wrong he was!!

I am so happy that Yasmina won and i actually wanted her to win,,Don't get me wrong Kate was a very strong candidate and they were both worthy of winning but i just think Yasmina had a better way about her seemed to have a better personality and had a bit of depth to her where as Kate seemed a bit one dimensional -Kate will go on to great things and she has a great future ahead of her and i think Yasmina will do a brilliant job for Sir Alan and will also be a successful buissness woman ,she's already got plenty of business accumin ,this will be a great career move for her -i wish her well in whatever she does ,I.M.O a very worthy winner.

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I did think Yasmina should win because she was really focused and did look tough and the fact she was already runing her own business. She seemed to have a very nice nature and was pleasant to the others - she didn't get into those nasty arguments and name calling like most of them did - she refrained from stabbing people in the back - yes she deserved to win she was the best candfidate ande Lord Sugar didn't make any mistakes - will he be there next year ?d.creswell

i agree with morag.surallun knows what/who he's looking for and yasmina was it.it's not really about our opinion just his.
great show as usual with a fantastic 'twist'.surallun never goes for the favourite....remember 'the badger'?

phillip really doesn't get it does he....mercy me!chocolates for men is like football season tickets for women.'you know,just put some flowers and a nice design on them,make them scented season tickets and they birds would lap them up'.did you see how he sulked when yasmina said his idea was rubbish?she then went to a chocolate making shop for a second opinion and they said the same thing.only then did the penny drop for phillip,who still thinks that we will all understand the marketing concept of 'pants-man',eventually....erm,yeah...when hell freezes over.

anyhoo,good luck to yasmina.

Kate should have won. Yasmina should never have made it to the final,she doesn't even know the turnover of her own company!!

At the end of the day, it could have gone either way. What mattered was who Alan Sugar had in mind that he could work with better. And clearly he thought that was Yasmina. To be honest, I think Kate had a lucky escape, but then I don't rate him much as a boss for women.

Kate shoudl have won. she is going to do well and that it a sure fact. Yasmina only got her business by means of money Kate is grounded and has worked for a living. Kate will outshine Yasmina she does not need Sir Alan. Yasmina however can't do it wihtout him.

Yasmina is the winner.. Good on you girl... You were business minded and good Project Manager from the start. Congratulations :)

excellent programme i feel there should be such entertainments for all those who are unemployed, so they develop skills and knowledge. and also would have something to look forward.