List of The Apprentice candidates (UK series 11)

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The following is a list of candidates from the British reality television series The Apprentice.

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<i>The Apprentice</i> (UK TV series) British reality television series

The Apprentice is a British business-styled reality game show, created by Mark Burnett, distributed by Fremantle and broadcast by the BBC. Based upon the American original of the same name and billed as the "job interview from hell", the programme focuses on a group of aspiring businesspeople competing against each other in a series of business related challenges, in order to win a prize offered by British business magnate Alan Sugar. Produced by a number of companies over the course of the show's history, including Talkback Thames and United Artists Media Group, each series consists of around twelve episodes, and were initially aired either around early/late Spring, before later series began their broadcasts around Autumn. The show initially was aired on BBC Two, before the programme's success led the BBC to move the show to BBC One from the start of the third series in 2007.

Contents

Candidates are listed alphabetically by series; individual candidate information is accessed by clicking on their name below.

Table of contents

Series One [1] [2]

Series Two [3] [4]

Series Three [5] [6]

Series Four [7] [8]

Series Five [9]

Series Six [10]

Series Seven [11]

Series Eight [12]

Series Nine [13]

Series Ten [14]

Series Eleven [15]

Series Twelve [16]

Series Thirteen [17]

Series Fourteen [18]

References

Where a date of birth is not provided, the age given is as of the time the relevant series aired.

Mërgim Butaja

Age: 23; Sales account manager. Became noted early on in the first episode for attempting to sell fish to a vegan restaurant before annoying his fellow candidates and Lord Sugar in the boardroom. He managed to sell several copies of a children's book to the focus group in week five. Butaja was fired in Week 6 after performing a number of DIY tasks to a very poor standard and his infamous “I’m screwing a nail” line. He was one of three candidates that were fired at the end of that week. Prior to his firing, he was one of the candidates alongside Richard and David to have one of the best track records, winning five times in a row. [19]

Brett Butler-Smythe

(6th Place) - Brett Butler-Smythe, aged 28, is a Builder from Plymouth. He was close to being fired in the first episode for being the primary cause of the delay selling fish but was ultimately fired in Week 10.

Dan Callaghan

(18th Place) - Daniel Callaghan, aged 23, is a fragrance retail director from Manchester. He previously worked as an MEP at the European Parliament in Belgium, where he also Iived for one year. Callaghan was fired in week 1, for his poor performance in sales and as a chef. [20] [21]

Sam Curry

(10th Place) - Age: 23; Private tutor. Curry was fired in Week 7 for making an incorrect calculation, only selling a small amount of products, and his bad performance as project manager in Week 5. [22] Following the show, Curry along with fellow candidate, Elle Stevenson wrote a Children's Book, Gobble Gruff.

Natalie Dean

(14th Place) - Age: 25; Corporate account manager working in telecoms. Dean claimed that "If I set my mind to something I won’t quit until I have done it". However, Lord Sugar told Dean that "she's immature" and that "I'm not sure you think before you speak". Lord Sugar fired Dean in Week 5. [23] She was the only candidate that eventual Series 11 winner Joseph Valente never worked with during the series.

Jenny Garbis

(16th Place) - Age: 23; Student. Garbis claimed that "You will see my name in lights – Jenny Garbis, don’t forget that. That’s going to be a global name". [24] However, Claude Littner described Garbis as "not very good" so she was fired after the third task. [25]

April Jackson

(11TH PLACE) - Age: 26; Occupation: Owner of a Jamaican boutique. Jackson claimed that "I’m Jamaican - we come first ... we will win in the boardroom", however Jackson was fired in Week 6 and was the last candidate to be fired that week. [26]

Aisha Kasim

(17th Place) - Age: 30; Occupation: Inventor and hair extensions specialist. Kasim was project manager in week two and was fired. [27]

Vana Koutsomitis

(2nd Place) - Age: 27; Social media entrepreneur. She was runner-up in the final, where she was beaten by Joseph Valente.

Gary Poulton

(4th Place) - Age: 34; Programme manager. He was fired in week 11 because of his unreliable business plan. [28]

Scott Saunders

(8th Place) - Age: 27; Senior account manager in sales. Saunders claimed that he "is the best" and that he "puts in a hundred million per cent effort". [29] However, despite being on a winning team, he quit the show because he felt that he and Lord Sugar simply wouldn't work well together and that he was lucky to last as long as he did. [30] [31]

David Stevenson

(9th Place) - Age: 25; Owner of a sports marketing company. Stevenson stated that he "wants to change the world of business" and was an ideal candidate because he "wears tweed", [32] however during the Week 8 Stevenson was criticised for lack of contribution to the task and making an error which caused his team to lose, and so was fired. [33]

Elle Stevenson

(11th Place) - Age: 21; Construction operation executive. Stevenson stated that she "I’ve never been the person that comes second", [34] and was proven correct when she was fired in Week 6, coming 13th overall. [35] Stevenson was fired after failing as project manager in a construction task, during which she admitted that she had performed so badly that she would have fired herself "given half a chance". [36] During her time on the show, she had never been on the winning team, and became the candidate to survive the longest without winning a task (six weeks). Following the show, Stevenson along with fellow candidate, Sam Curry wrote a children's book, Gobble Gruff.

Joseph Valente

(1st Place) - Age: 25; He won season 11 of The Apprentice. Owner of a plumbing business. Valente claimed that "I am the definition of success. I’m the godfather of business", [37] however Lord Sugar described this as a "stupid comment to make". [38] He was hired due to his better knowledge in the final. [39]

Charleine Wain

(5th Place) - Age: 31; Hair and beauty salon owner. Wain was involved in a catfight with Selina Waterman-Smith after being in the boardroom during the third episode. [40] Charleine was Fired in Week 11 after her aspirations for business were described as unrealistic. [41]

Charleine was the only candidate that Brett Butler-Smythe never worked with during the series.

Selina Waterman-Smith

(7th Place) - Age: 31; Owner of an events agency. Waterman-Smith was involved in a catfight with Charleine Wain after being in the boardroom during the third episode. [40] and since appearing on the show has reported to have broken contract with the BBC accusing them of making her out to be a pantomime villain. Waterman-Smith claimed that she could enter "wonder woman mode", however Lord Sugar described her as "invisible women". [38] She was fired in Week 9 for failing to make a sale, and for not being able to get along with her fellow candidates, and she was the only fired candidate so far to not appear on the spinoff show You're Fired! for largely personal reasons (Ella-Jade Bitton did not appear on You're Fired due to her father's death but returned in the final) [42]

Ruth Whiteley

Age: 47; Sales training consultancy owner. Whiteley claimed of Lord Sugar, that "he’ll think I’m great". However, during the fourth task Whiteley, a sales training consultant, failed to make a single sale. Moreover, Lord Sugar thought that Whiteley's personality was unsuitable if she was to work with him so fired Whiteley. [43]

Richard Woods

(3rd Place) - Age: 31; Digital marketing agency director. Woods claimed "I’ve got everything highly tuned and highly chiselled" and had the best track record of all the candidates winning eight out of ten tasks. However, during the interviews Woods admitted that he had "just flowered my business plan with the most amount of bullshit you’ve seen". Therefore, Sugar fired Woods in Week 11. [44] [45]

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