The Apprentice Final 2026: When is the last episode of Lord Sugar's reality show, what are the remaining candidates' business plans, prize money, who has been fired, who is favourite to win?
Lord Sugar’s hunt for his next Apprentice is nearly over.
A fresh batch of candidates have spent 12 challenging weeks competing to win a £250,000 investment from Lord Sugar in the 20th series of the long-running BBC show The Apprentice.
First broadcast in the UK in February 2005, following the success of the American version featuring a certain Donald J. Trump, The Apprentice is one of the Beeb’s most successful shows.
Originally aired on BBC Two, it soon made the transition to BBC One as viewers became hooked on the tasks set by Amstrad founder Lord Sugar.
Season 20 of the show launched on Thursday, January 29, at 9pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
The first episode saw the boardroom held in Hong Kong - with Baroness Karren Brady and former winner Tim Campbell advising Lord Sugar on the suitability of the candidates.
Week two seek saw them attempt to create a children’s story book...with mixed results, while they were challenged to create a canapé based on either chicken or egg and sell it to a corporate client in week three.
Weeks four and five saw them challenged to advertise bottled water and sell flowers repectively.
Designing corporate away days in Egypt was the episode six challenge, with the next week seeing them invent a fitness virtual reality game.
In week eight they returned to the discount buying they made such a mess of in the first episode, this time on the Isle of Wight with slightly better results.
Week nine saw the always-hilarious television selling task deliver more laughs than actual sales, then the business wannabes designed a pet product - coming up with hi-tech dog bed and a frankly enormous (losing) ‘cat tree’.
Last week saw the final five candidates go through gruelling round of interviews with some of Britain’s toughest interviewers.
Now just two remain and the last entrepreneur standing will receive a cool quarter-of-a-million pound investment, along with mentorship from Lord Sugar himself.
Here’s everything you need to know about the Apprentice final.
When is the final episode of The Apprentice?
Episode 12 of Season 20 of the show will be shown on BBC One and the BBC iPlayer on Thursday, April 16, at 9pm.
What is the episode 12 challenge?
It's week 12, and the finalists must launch their businesses to a roomful of industry experts before Lord Sugar finally decides who will become his next business partner. A few familkiar faces will return to the show to help them to victory (or sabotage their attempts)
Who has been fired so far?
Here are all the candidates you have heard the dreaded ‘you’re fired’ so far.
Episode one: Nikki Jetha and Georgina Newton
Episode two: Marcus Donkoh
Episode three: Tanmay Hingorani
Episode four: Roxanne Hamedi
Episode five: Vanessa Tetteh-Squire
Episode six: Andrea Cooper, Carrington Saunders and Megan Ruiter (the first ever triple firing)
Episode seven: Rajan Gill
Episode eight: Harry Clough
Episode nine: Levi Hague and Conor Galvin
Episide ten: Kieran McCartney and Rothna Akhtar
Episode eleven: Dan Miller, Lawrence Rosenberg and Priyesh Bathia
Which candidates remain in the process after episode 11?
Here’s who is still in with a chance of winning - with just two candidates remaining:
- Karishma Vijay - Beauty brand owner
- Pascha Myhill - Recruitment consultant
What are the final two candidates’ business plans?
Here’s what the final five want Lord Sugar to invest his hard-earned cash in:
Karishma Vijay
Karishma is the owner of a beauty brand from Surrey. She would use the cash to invest in her current skincare business.
Pascha Myhill
Pascha is a recruitment consultant from Berkshire. She needs money for her recruitment company that specialises in private healthcare including care homes, supported living services, domiciliary care providers and nurseries.
What prize does the winner of The Apprentice 2026 get?
The last candidate standing will receive a £250,000 investment in their business, along with valuable mentorship from Lord Sugar himself.
Who is favourite to win The Apprentice?
Karishma Vijay is now the favourite to win the show.
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