Sara Davies recalls a disastrous pitch from a young entrepreneur on Dragons’ Den who refused to accept constructive criticism.
Dragons’ Den star Sara Davies has recalled her worst pitch. The BBC competition is returning for its 22nd series with Touker Suleyman, Deborah Meaden, Peter Jones, Steven Bartlett and Sara Davies being joined by Joe Wicks, Emma Grede and Trinny Woodall as guest investors.
Ahead of investing in some new inventions and creative businesses, the Dragons revealed which disastrous pitches have clearly left a mark, with Strictly star Sara recalling a ‘brainwashed’ contestant who left her ‘blood boiling’. She told Metro and other press: ‘The worst, I don’t actually remember what the business was, but I remember it was a young girl, she had pink dungarees on and she was so full of herself, she just couldn’t see that we were trying to give constructive feedback on the business… it was like she was brainwashed. ‘And I remember trying to get through to her, and we all gave her this fantastic feedback, and you could just see she was sat there thinking, “Well, you guys have clearly no idea what you’re on about, and I’m just brilliant, and I’m just going to walk out of here and that’s the end of that.” ‘And I remember it boiled my blood at the time thinking what an opportunity you’ve missed here.’ The Dragons are back for a 22nd series (Picture: Graeme Hunter/Caroline McDonald) Deborah, one of the programme’s longest-serving Dragons’, behind Peter who has been a part of the show since its inception in 2005, remembered one pitch that’s been ‘burned in brain’ since her first year as a Dragon. She said: ‘I know my worst one, absolutely burned in my brain. It was my first series ever, and I remember sitting there thinking, “Oh dear, I’m in trouble. If this is what we’re going to be pitched, we’re in trouble.” It was the guy with the false fingernails for cats… that was pretty ba
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