Meet this year's Apprentice candidates as new series starts TONIGHT: From a shop owner who enjoyed an on-set liaison to an ex-sprinter who will be vying for Lord Sugar's next investment
Meet this year's Apprentice candidates as new series starts TONIGHT: From a shop owner who enjoyed an on-set liaison to an ex-sprinter who will be vying for Lord Sugar's next investment
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The next 18 hopefuls vying for Lord Sugar's investment on the long-awaited new series of The Apprentice will hit screens for the first time on Thursday night. A new cohort of aspiring entrepreneurs will join Lord Sugar and his trusted advisors, Baroness Karren Brady and Tim Campbell in the launch episode.
![[First up is convenience store owner Amber-Rose Badrudin, who has already made headlines with her reported off-set behaviour]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/19/18/94267837-14302379-image-m-3_1737311908165.jpg)
The contestants will battle it out for the chance to win Lord Sugar's £250,000 investment. However, while series past would see bosses track down budding business moguls hoping for their big break in the industry, it seems many of this year's hopefuls are already influencers in the making.
![[Amber-Rose was reportedly caught with another contestant in a hotel room during filming abroad in Turkey, breaking the show's strict sex ban]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/20/17/94269827-14302379-Amber_Rose_was_reportedly_caught_with_another_contestant_in_a_ho-m-4_1737394345094.jpg)
With candidates including a budding animator, a pizza company owner and a meal prep entrepreneur many already boast a huge online following on Instagram and TikTok, no doubt meaning some viewers will already be familiar with their work. This new series has also already been hit by controversy, with convenience store owner Amber-Rose Badrudin reportedly caught with another contestant in a hotel room during filming abroad in Turkey.
![[She has a whopping 48million likes on TikTok where she documents her luxury lifestyle of getting beauty treatments, her holiday travels and working in her shop]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/20/17/94269829-14302379-She_has_a_whopping_48million_likes_on_TikTok_where_she_documents-m-3_1737394338723.jpg)
Speaking on the new series, Alan, 77, said: 'I think we find that the quality of the candidates gets better and better, and it's important because the candidates make the show. The next 18 hopefuls vying for Lord Sugar's investment on the long-awaited new series of The Apprentice will hit screens for the first time on Thursday night (L-R Nadia, Jonny, Jordan, Chisola, Max, Emma, Dean, Amber-Rose, Emma S, Mia, Frederick, Aoibheann, Liam, Jana, Melica, Kier and Anisa).
![[Up next is Anisa Khan, who owns a pizza company in London, and is no stranger to promoting her company's product, which she boasts are a fusion of Indian and Italian cuisine]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/19/18/94267833-14302379-image-m-9_1737312068864.jpg)
