Why do people who get kicked out of The Apprentice think they can go on to advise start-up businesses? Coming fifth on a reality game show surely doesn't qualify you??
Most of the contestants on that show have pretty prestigious backgrounds. They either went to great business schools or started businesses of their own, or both.
I don't think that's true of the UK version - if you look at the career histories of the people on the most recent series, for example, they're pretty average.
And then there's their performance on the actual show...