Ruth Badger
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Ruth Badger (born 1978 in Wolverhampton) is a British business professional best known as the runner-up in the second series of the UK version of The Apprentice[1]. She is currently the presenter of the TV show Badger or Bust.
Badger has her own consultancy firm, Ruth Badger Consultancy Ltd[2], with offices in Didsbury, Manchester and has also appeared on The Big Idea on Sky One[3].
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[edit] Biography
Badger was educated at Wodensfield Primary School in Wednesfield[4] and then at Our Lady & St Chad RC leaving in 1995 with 3 GCSEs. She then worked at her local Jobcentre, moving on to become a civil servant. During this period she worked as a barmaid at several pubs in Wolverhampton and as a Steward at Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club. After several years as a civil servant, she started working in the finance industry, earning her awards as top employee with one company before becoming a Sales Manager at a company near Manchester.
[edit] The Apprentice
Prior to appearing on The Apprentice, Ruth Badger worked as a senior management executive for Compass Finance.
Badger excelled in many of the task challenges, most notably the car sales in week six and the flat letting in week nine. She was brought into the boardroom on four occasions and had notable altercations with fellow candidates Mani Sandher in week five and Syed Ahmed in week ten. As a result of her appearances, she was given the nickname 'The Badger' by fans of the series.
During the airing of The Apprentice Ruth fell foul of the British press. Ruth is a lesbian and has divorced her husband[5] who sold his story to the tabloids, revealing that Ruth had been in relationships with two other women while they were still together.
Ruth appeared on Apprentice spin-off show The Apprentice: You're Fired! on 27th May 2008 following Michael Sophocles being fired on the fourth series of the BBC1 show.
[edit] National Television Awards nomination
Ruth Badger was nominated for a National Television Award, for which she competed against fellow The Apprentice candidate Syed Ahmed and Big Brother housemate Nikki Grahame, amongst others. Badger failed to make it through to the second stage of online voting and the award was eventually won by Nikki[6]. Ruth has appeared on episodes of Big Brother's Little Brother[7] and 8 Out Of 10 Cats[8].
[edit] The Big Idea
Badger featured on The Big Idea — a television show developed in the UK by Grand Central, produced by Ricochet for Vodafone, and broadcast on Sky One from October 2006. The Big Idea gave "budding entrepreneurs" the chance to show off their inventions to the nation. Viewers and a studio audience eventually decided on an idea, and the winner was given £100,000 in investment to build and market their idea. Some inventions that appeared on the show included a 4x4 razor, a device for teaching children to brush their teeth (previously appearing on the BBC's Dragons Den), a plug removal system and a vending machine comb hair straightener.
The winner of the contest was Julian Peck with the Cyclaire, a hand powered air-pump. A profit share was assigned to a member of the public who voted[9].
[edit] Badger or Bust
Ruth also was the star of her own show on Sky One that started on May 8, 2007 and finished in Autumn 2007. In this show Ruth uses her sales expertise to help failing business.
[edit] Famous Fans
Ruth Badger has many celebrity fans including Phil Neville, Timmy Mallett and sibling pop duo Journey South of X Factor fame, who said after meeting Ruth at their mini gig at Tesco in Hull on 28 October 2007, that when they're not performing they like "nothing more than eating a Chinese and watching 'Badger or Bust'".
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Female First. URL last accessed on 4 November 2006.
- ^ Panasonic helps Ruth Badger be her Own Boss — Panasonic press article, 26 June 2006. URL last accessed 03 February 2007.
- ^ Un-Reality TV - The Big Idea. URL last accessed on 4 November 2006.
- ^ The Apprentice - Ruth's Profile — BBC Apprentice website. URL last accessed 03 February 2007.
- ^ Ruth fires all men — Sky News article, 12 April. 2006. URL last accessed 03 February 2007.
- ^ Highs and lows of the TV awards — BBC news article, 1 November 2006. URL last accessed 03 February 2007.
- ^ Big Brother's Little Brother on TV.com. URL last accessed 03 February 2007.
- ^ 8 Out Of 10 Cats on TV.com. URL last accessed 03 February 2007.
- ^ Vodafone Small Business. URL last accessed 01 July 2007.
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