I do not think anyone who was involved in the series or anyone who watched it was fooled by Kate Hopkins. It has been obvious for some weeks that a person who is earning her salary or with an ego of that scale could not be seriously interested in winning the job. It was all a game to make her famous. I would imagine that Alan Sugar was not fooled by her and was playing games with her as much as she was him. Has she made herself unemployable? Would anyone watching her antics and hearing her comments seriously want to employ her?

Suzanne Woodford, Portsmouth, England

Katie - yes, over the top, nasty but......how come Sir A can ask about her choice of childcare but didn't think about asking Tre? Also against employment laws......

Over the series he made some choice sexist remarks but I guess they are just cute and from an angry but funny young man. Oh the double standards don't go away but unfortunately that's "reality" and not just reality tv.

Kate , Edinburgh,

I know who I'd rather have working for me or with me or as a team's great example. That person would not be Katie or Tre. Would not trust either of them as far as I could throw them - although I think I could throw Tre, simply to take his ego down a notch. Come to think of it, Katie too.

Kristina should win. Any of you out there who've ever sold anything (and with a career in law firms for many years, I heard more the most blenchingly awful lies), do tell me when you've never 'softened' the truth to get custom.

Heather Clarke, London, UK

I didn't like her. She was obsessed with being 'ruthless' and 'intimidating'.... thats all what she ever had to say about herself. Didn't talk about her positive points. Negative.

I totally agree with the two interviewers, her motives weren't lying with the job but just her power-play games.

Somewhat obsession, not actually interested in the job at hand, more focussed on appearing to be right rather than actually getting to the correct result.

If she was at boardroom level, she would happily sacrifice the success of the project/product/company if it meant she personnally gained out of it --> ruthless to the point of unemployable.

Ian, manchester, uk

Well, Katie´s option to leave the program has lost me 500 € my bet that she would get the job with Sir Alan, I new she was the one after the second episode!!!

Thanks Katie...

Peter Fellows, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Easily the stand-out performer in this Reality Show. Without her it would not have had anything like the interest it has had.

Katie is an expert manipulator, ba all-breaker, super razor tongued, and really bright, if perhaps a little, (OK, a lot) arrogant of her talents.

I stiil really believe that her considerable talents will take her a long way in the right job, but not as a lackey to Sir Alan. Indeed, when all is said and done, who in their right mind would want to work for him now anyway?

I for one shall watch her career with interest, although I suspect that it will be much by way of the Red Tops; thats Reality Shows for you.

Tom Lister, London, UK

I remain sceptical as to the authenticity of 'reality' television. Sir Alan suggests that Katie might not have considered the practicalities of moving, and after a few minutes deliberation, Katie decides that he is correct and it is the courteous thing for her to leave the show... after weeks of grafting. Hmm, a great plot twist which simultaneously massages Sir Alan's omniscient persona.

Whilst the British version is not nearly as hideously scripted as its American counterpart, and Sir Alan refrains from imitating Trump's grotesque egotism, I refuse to believe that the program relies purely on spontaneity and a crafty editing team for its many sub-plots.

Luke, Somerset,

The comment below was correct, she is simply nasty. I have a lot of experience in business, at the top, and the nasty ones always lose out, usually sooner rather than later. Katie struck me as being false, it was all pretence. She has a lower middle class background and she was trying to be 'posh'. She failed. I don't believe for a second that she earns £90k. Also I found it hilarious when she used flirtation to get her own way, when she is as about as attractive as a sunburnt, fat arse.

Jerry, Bristol,

Katie was the only "class act" amongst a very poor final group.Leaving Sir Alan aside, his assistants and friends came over as mediocrities.
I think Katie realised this and got out before it was too late.

chris, Bordeaux, France

"Katie ... fired Sir Alan Sugar". Really? It seemed to me to be a very clever bit of positioning by Sir Alan - seeding a showstopping issue and pretty much manouvering Katie to an untenable position. Senior managers are rarely fired - they are 'managed out'.

Although a bulldog Sir Alan is cleverer than the producers sometimes make him out to be - last night's show demonstrated his ability to read people, not just shout "you're fired" at fame hungry wannabes.

Great episode.

Alan, London, UK

Very entertaining, but the future of our country depends on a sound economy and hard-working business people to run it. How do we achieve economic prosperity if young, talented people today dream of celebrity and a TV presentor's life is apparently worth so much more than a CEO's job? I felt sorry for AMS. I don't think any of the contestants really wanted his job, and I suspect he was beginning to realsie that. But arguably he only has himself to blame by getting rid of the better candidates during the first few rounds because they made for dull TV.

Eamon, Sheffield, UK

A more interesting scenario would be for Sir Alan Sugar to be one of the contestants on Donald Trump's programme.

E J Murray, Kerry, Ireland

I think what really happened was she had a right royal bust -up with Sir Alan when he accused her of being false. She looked very, very angry more than anything else just before she quit. Then they re-recorded it to save everyone´s - and in particular Sir Alan´s - face.

Defintiely something fishy there anyway, it just didnt ring true.

Peter Hart, Oxford,

Surely someone as bright as Katie would have thought about the Logistics of moving to London before going on the Apprentice and would have discussed the prospect with her parents. Unless she had no intention of moving, which now seems likely. The whole of the boardroom scene seemed set up - otherwise why was Katie told so early that she could stay?

Sarah Baker, London, UK

What's more important is what Sir A said in the boardroon. I am amazed that he actually implied that commitment for him does not equal motherhood. And furthermore that one of his trusted aides would actually see Katie's attempts at balancing motherhood, a successful business opportunity and the requirements of a reality tv show as game playing! We are all unique and each deal with things differently. Yes, Kristina is a mother and made it to the final as a mother of one. We don't know all the particulars however, where is the father for example, what is he doing, but I would have thought that Sir A would want the best candidates. Any job offer always has benefits such as relocation packages, aren't these available to the apprentice?
Sir A comments and the media circus that brought Katies children into the show are the ones at fault here. The other applicants brought only themselves into boardroom whereas Katie was given so much baggage to deal with. Not a level playing field.

Hannah, Bournemouth, UK

The media commentators are missing the point. Katie did not turn the tables on the producers.
Sir Alan Sugar is an extremely shrewd businessman, who deliberately put Katie in that position so that she could think about the consequences of her actions.
They both knew Katie didn't want the job and couldn't really accept it for practical reasons; so he let her sit there and stew over it with two equally qualified candidates by her side.
Sir Alan pulled the rug from under her feet. This was reality TV at its best with the good guys winning in the end!

Charlotte, Birmingham, UK

I don't think someone with a complexion the colour of raw beetroot can afford to call anyone orange. My television nearly ran out of red pixels when Katie was on and got a bit excited.

EG , Grimsby, England

Steve, as someone who auditioned for the first series, I am not being bitter when I say that if you heard what the producers said during those auditions and you saw how they behaved (I actually overheard two male producers comment about a rather large-breasted woman saying they had to put her through to the next round because of her... and the hand gestures said the rest), you would understand why they get the calibre they do. The questions they asked us were inappropriate for a show about business, and all about finding out what we explosive things we would do to make great TV.

Graham, London, UK

Hats off to you Katie, at least you thought of your parents before taking the decision to up root the family
You have a lot of guts, which is required to succeed in the 'male oriented 'business life'.
I wish you well.
As for 'stealing' other womens' husbands...I am a little disappointed with your line of thinking and would not wish my daughters to see you as role model, in that respect.

Perhaps you need a man who respects you for what you are, I see a very pleasant Katie with a nice partner...may you be guided in the right path.....

Smita, Harrow, Middx

Joe from shefflied, if you would rather spend your free time watching some jumped up idiots on tv i feel very sorry for you. get a life.

sam, birmingham,

Love her or hate her; you have to take your hat off to the woman. Katie Hopkins has manipulated the reality show format to a degree that we have never seen before. Even those characters who were eventually successful due to their appearance in shows like Big Brother, stumbled into success rather than manoeuvred as Katie did. Expect to see her as a multi-millionaire media star in the same format as Simon Cowell not too long in the future.This lady is going places and good luck to her - even though she has the morals of an alley-cat and the seemingly ruthless, single mindedness of Pol-Pot!

Keith Downer, London , UK

Katie made for great viewing, far better than the rest of the dull candidates. It's all entertainment, who really cares who will work best in Sir Alan's organisation. The only reality show worth watching, I'm sure Katie will do ok.........

Neil Moran, London,

Kristina was the one who said, "I lied, that's what we do in sales"
Anyone want to buy anything off Kristina?
Rather unreal people for a "reality" show.

Ken Wyatt, Todmorden, UK

Katie was not just assertive and ruthless, she is plain nasty. I wouldn't want to work for her nor, if I was ever in that position, would I want her working for me. If Katie is suggesting that she hadn't thought through the implications of being offered the job i.e. having to move house etc, then she is either lying or is even worse at planning than I thought. What little she achieved on 'Apprentice' (and she lost more often than most) was achieved on the backs of others, and she was dismal in branding exercises, so how she earned £90k as a brand consultant shows the gullibility of soem companies.

David Leslie, Perth, Scotland

I don't think someone with a complexion the colour of raw beetroot can afford to call anyone orange. My television nearly ran out of red pixels when Katie was on and got a bit excited.

EG , Grimsby, England

I know it's only television but Sir Alan must despair of the quality of applicants he is presented with,as I said they make good television but would you really give any one of them a job.

Steve, reading, berks

I loved Katie and her put downs. Tre and katie made the show for me and i suspect for the entire country. I hope we will get the chance to see them both in the future on TV. The apprentice is worth every penny of the license fee

Joe, Sheffield, united kingdom