The Apprentice
Mike's been an on-screen interviewer for Lord Sugar since 2011.
Carina won season 15 of the Apprentice, but not without a bump in the road when she slightly overclaimed on the level of customer service in her cafe..
[ 00:00 ]Season 14 saw Daniel Elahi try to cover up his exaggerated sales figures. It saw his chances of reaching the final scuppered – and launched countless TikTok memes.
[ 00:00 ]Michaela Wain from season 13 was a real entrepreneur. The question wasn’t if she'd launched a company…it was that she’d launched too many to remember.
[ 00:00 ]Phil the Pie Man came unstuck talking about his accounts – or rather, his lack of them. He made the final but fell just short of the investment in series 18.
[ 00:00 ]Series 15 saw beauty entrepreneur Pamela Laird in the interviews. Her products were innovative but her delivery times – on one crucial order – let her down.
[ 00:00 ]Tre Lowe came looking for investment to launch a brand of testosterone shots. He listed the recipe but hadn’t ever made them. Someone else did.
[ 00:00 ]Some candidates never learn. They come for investment but fail to buy their websites. Just ask Jade (series 8), Katherine (series 16) and Rachel (series 18) what happened next.
[ 00:00 ]All final five candidates have to get past Lord Sugar’s trusted advisors before they get their hands on the investment on The Apprentice. And it can be painful to watch.
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