The Apprentice - catch up: Contestants head to Malta and first candidate gets fired by Lord Sugar
New series kicks off with fan-favourite shopping challenge
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Your support makes all the difference.The Apprentice returned with another crop of 16 candidates hoping to become Lord Sugar’s next business partner.
The first episode of series 14 saw the newcomers travel to Malta for the fan favourite shopping task, something we usually have to wait until later in the series for.
As ever our main host was Lord Alan Sugar, with ever-faithful Karren Brady and Claude Littner by his side.
Follow along with the first episode as it happened.
Flick through all the new candidates below.
The Apprentice will air every Wednesday at 9pm on BBC One from 3 October.
Just one hour to go and both teams are still scouring for their items. The women are finally starting to pick up some items, while the men debate whether to keep going or play it safe and avoid penalties. The tension is palpable...
The men are back safely in time, with 7 out of 9 items. Not bad for a first outing.
Whether it's clever editing or reality we don't know, but it looks like the girls may have sacrificed being on time for some honey...
And it's not just the women showing a total lack of loyalty, the men are dobbing each other in left right and centre.
It's finally coming out. No one knows what an octopus with a 40 inch hose is. In a shock to nobody, they do not mean an actual octopus. It's a piece of diving equipment.
The women didn't get all their items AND didn't make it to the airport on time. So the men have sailed through. As Lord Sugar points out it's not a great win, but a win it is.
The boys pat themselves on the back while toasting champagne, while the girls clutch their polystyrene cups, blaming each other for the fact they've ended up in Losers' Cafe.
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