He has been an early exponent of other imported ideas: last year he was the front man for the Russian version of the reality television show, “The Apprentice”.
This week, Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour discussed crying in the office, afterone of the female candidates burst into tears on The Apprentice — and was criticised for it afterwards.
Not only do many of their shows resemble British and American programmes like “Pop Idol” and “The Apprentice”. They also rip off each other’s formats.
