For series one to six, the prize was to become his apprentice and work at his . The Apprentice was created by British-born American television producer Mark Burnett. Billed as The Ultimate Job Interview, the show . The ninth series saw the show revert to its original task layout prior to the seventh series, though with the finalists now having to promote their business idea before Lord Alan Sugar . British producer Mark Burnett, the show depicts contestants from around the country with various professional backgrounds in an elimination-style competition to become an apprentice to a .

Most of their training is done while .
Eighteen candidates are taking part, and the teams are named Vitality and Graphene.
Sixteen candidates took part, naming their teams Phoenix and Sterling, with Ricky Martin winning the series. There were fourteen candidates for this series, who called their teams First Forte and Impact, with Tim Campbell winning the series.





