21.53 Twitter's ablaze with viewers noting that Soundbite Stephen actually just said "With me you'll get somebody who makes mistakes, but I'll turn up the next day and do the same again." 21.50 I wouldn't want to incite violence, but Stephen just told Gabrielle he'd like to see some "fight." I think the viewing public might have a few ideas about exactly where she should put her fist... 21.48 Oh, Gabrielle has a "spark" does she, Lord Sugar? So that's what they're calling it these days. And, from where I'm watching, she has about as much spark as a cigarette butt in a puddle. 21.45 Ricky Martin is entirely charisma-free, but he did carry the team this week. A one-man band, just like his Latino namesake. Think he'll probably be safe, but if he does get fired, at least he got some free scallops out of it. 21.42 It's a troubling sign of the times that the ghostly greasy spoon of doom never has any other customers. How on earth do they get by when The Apprentice isn't on? 21.39 I thought Stephen's feet being nibbled by poor abused fish was the most unattractive thing I'd seen all week, but his smug face when, for a split second there, he thought they'd won the task, was even worse. They've LOST! He can't slither out of this one... can he? 21.38 This has been troubling me too (you don't get fashion commentary when Michael Hogan's running this thing, do you?): 21.30 Love the way Tom is depicted as the trendy London gent every week. Vintage tat! Urban art! Wine! And now... overpriced candles! He knows it all. He'll be on the cover of GQ in no time. 21.28 Finally, Ricky exhibits a sense of humour: a wry smile at being served scallops three times in one day. Comedy gold, clearly... 21.25 "I can work it out if it's round numbers!" Jade proudly declares at one of London's fanciest bars. Anyone else feeling a little overwhelmed by all these bright business brains? 21.22 The people of Twitter aren't awfully impressed by the candidates' strategies either... 21.20 See, this is classic Slippery Stephen. From corporate robo-speak "I've taken your feedback on board" to chirpy wideboy ("cheer mate!") in one 15 second phone call. 21.18 Note to Jade: "High end" partners might not be impressed by your repeated use of "pound" instead of "pounds." Or is that just my pet hate? 99 pound down from 200 pound!. Thought Adam was the market trader? 21.15 "I do not do tacky discounts, only free adverts for my fancy-pants restaurant on extremely popular TV shows" 21.12 Motivated self-starter Ricky (you just know that's what it says on his CV) is getting argumentative already. Shame the viewing public's main response to him is giggling every time he introduces himself as Ricky Martin. Why not Richard? Or Rich? Or Dick? 21.09 Oh no, stressy Jade is in charge of Phoenix. Shetalkstoofastanditmakesmenervous. But she knows about "email marketing" (mmm, tasty spam) so she's probably the right choice. But why does Stirling boss Stephen keep referring to Gabrielle as "Gabriella"? How would he feel if we called him Stephanie? 21.05 Ah, daily deals websites. I've always thought those emails about fish pedicures I "mark as spam" several times a day probably come from Apprentice types. This should go brilliantly badly. 20.59 How exciting! My first reader email from my first ever Apprentice live-blog: Victoria Hogg writes: "My prediction: Isn't Gabrielle a bit - to pre-empt SurAlan - "bladdy useless"? Her judgement always seems pretty off. She's massively winging it as far as I can see. Well, true, but... Keep your thoughts coming in via the comments box below, @isabel_mohan on Twitter, and isabelmohan@googlemail.com. And now the show begins... 20.50 With a sense of both dread and excitement, I've just remembered what happened at the end of last week's episode... Lord Sugar forced Stephen to be one of this week's project managers. Naturally, charmless delude-anoid Stephen dressed this up as a fantastic show of confidence, but I like to think Lord Sugar's complex internal monologue went a little something like this: "I've gotta get rid of that god-awful chancer somehow. If I put 'im in charge, he's bound to stuff it up. 'e probly finks I like 'im or summink but we all know that if I wanted a friend, I'd get a dog. I've bin sayin' it for ten weeks now. Fingers crossed that his evil plan works - that man has got to go. 20.28 Without wishing to come over all "GIRL POWER!," I'm glad to be wo-manning the blog tonight since there are so few women left on the show - just Jade (who's improved hugely in the past few weeks, but still has an infectiously stressy air that reminds me of Jen from The IT Crowd during her more deranged moments) and Gabrielle (who Lord Sugar seems to be rather taken with. She clearly has a very attractive... business plan). And the best thing about doing a live-blog is that you can't tell whether or not I have a painful foghorn voice like poor fired Jenna. Half an hour to go until tonight's show starts on BBC One - don't forget to get in touch with your predictions. 20.00 Good evening and welcome to week 10 of our The Apprentice live blog. Michael Hogan is away this week, so I'm filling the Hogan-sized hole. I'm Isabel, by the way. Seven candidates remain in Lord Sugar's search for a business partner. After last week's English sparkling wine promotion, tonight's task sees the would-be tycoons representing an online daily deals website (possibly the one where Michael Hogan bought his last minute getaway). Who will follow Jenna Whittingham, Laura Hogg, Azhar Siddique and the other six fired candidates on the walk of wheely-suitcased shame? I'll be building up from now until showtime at 9pm, in between doing a few breathing exercises to keep my burning hatred of that despicable chancer Stephen at an acceptable level. Please join me and share your thoughts and predictions, either in the comments box below, by emailing me at isabelmohan@googlemail.com or on Twitter, where I'm @isabel_mohan.