The Apprentice (UK series five)

The Apprentice UK

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File:S5Candidates.jpg The Candidates Name Left Show       Yasmina Siadatan Week 12 Kate Walsh Week 12 Debra Barr Week 11 Lorraine Tighe Week 11 James McQuillan Week 11 Howard Ebison Week 10 Ben Clarke Week 9 Mona Lewis Week 8 Philip Taylor Week 7 Noorul Choudhury Week 6 Kimberly Davis Week 5 Paula Jones Week 4 Majid Nagra Week 3 Rocky Andrews Week 2 Anita Shah Week 1 Adam Freeman Pre-series Hired Runner-up Fired Resigned

Series Five of The Apprentice (UK), a British reality television series, was broadcast in the UK during 2009 from 25 March to 7 June on BBC One, and is the last series to feature Margaret Mountford as one of the advisors to Lord Sugar (then Sir Alan at time of broadcast), after announcing her decision to leave the role and continue her education. Auditions and interviews took place during July 2008 in London, Glasgow, Manchester and Birmingham, though the sixteenth candidate who secured a place on the show was forced to drop out before recording due to personal reasons, and thus could not be replaced. In total, fifteen candidates took part for this series, and the two teams were named Empire and Ignite, with Yasmina Siadatan winning the series.

Two new editions of specials that had featured during the previous series, were aired alongside the 2009 series during the final weeks - "The Final Five" on 3 June (followed broadcasting of Week 11), and "Why I Fired Them" on 5 June. In addition, the final episode was aired on 7 June due to ITV airing live coverage of the 2010 World Cup Group 6 qualifying match between England & Andorra on 10 June that year.

Candidates

See also: List of The Apprentice candidates (UK series five)

Candidate	Background	Age	Result
Yasmina Siadatan	Restaurateur	27	Winner
Kate Walsh	Licensing Development Manager	27	Runner-up
Debra Barr	Senior Sales Consultant	24	Fired after Interviews stage
Lorraine Tighe	National Accounts Manager	36	Fired after Interviews stage
James McQuillan	Senior Commercial Manager	32	Fired after Interviews stage
Howard Ebison	Retail Business Manager	24	Fired after tenth task
Ben Clarke	Trainee Stockbroker	22	Fired after ninth task
Mona Lewis	Senior Financial Manager	28	Fired after eighth task
Philip Taylor	Estate Agent	29	Fired after seventh task
Noorul Choudhury	Science Teacher	33	Fired after sixth task
Kimberly Davis	Marketing Consultant	33	Fired after fifth task
Paula Jones	Human Resources Consultant	29	Fired after fourth task
Majid Nagra	Business Development Manager	28	Fired after third task
Rocky Andrews	Sandwich Chain Owner	21	Fired after second task
Anita Shah	Business Strategist	35	Fired after first task
Adam Freeman	Internet Entrepreneur	30	Left prior to first task

Performance Chart

Candidate	Task Number
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Yasmina	IN	WIN	IN	BR	IN	IN	IN	WIN	IN	WIN	IN	HIRED
Kate	IN	IN	IN	IN	WIN	IN	BR	IN	IN	BR	IN	RUNNER-UP
Debra	BR	IN	WIN	IN	IN	BR	IN	LOSE	BR	IN	FIRED
Lorraine	IN	IN	IN	IN	BR	IN	LOSE	IN	WIN	BR	FIRED
James	IN	BR	LOSE	IN	IN	IN	IN	BR	LOSE	IN	FIRED
Howard	WIN	BR	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	FIRED
Ben	IN	IN	BR	BR	IN	LOSE	IN	IN	FIRED
Mona	LOSE	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	WIN	FIRED
Philip	IN	IN	IN	IN	BR	WIN	FIRED
Noorul	IN	IN	IN	WIN	IN	FIRED
Kimberly	IN	IN	IN	IN	FIRED
Paula	IN	IN	IN	FIRED
Majid	IN	IN	FIRED
Rocky	IN	FIRED
Anita	FIRED
Adam	LEFT

Key:

     The candidate won this series of The Apprentice.

     The candidate was the runner-up.

     The candidate won as project manager on his/her team, for this task.

     The candidate lost as project manager on his/her team, for this task.

     The candidate was on the winning team for this task / they passed the Interviews stage.

     The candidate was on the losing team for this task.

     The candidate was brought to the final boardroom for this task.

     The candidate was fired in this task.

     The candidate lost as project manager for this task and was fired.

     The candidate left the competition, before the process began.

Episodes

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
57	1	"Scrubbing Up"	25 March 2009 (2009-03-25)	8.71
The search for Sir Alan's apprentice of 2009 begins with a revelation that one of his new batch of hopefuls has had to bottle out. For the remaining fifteen candidates, there's no time to contemplate this as they find themselves getting a little dirty, taking on the task of starting up their own cleaning company. With a £200 budget and eight hours to make as much profit as possible, both teams opting to focus on cleaning cars. It's not long before the rush to get as much done in the time limit leads to tensions rising and tempers flaring, with the losing team left to face battling in the boardroom to avoid being the first to go.
58	2	"A Hungry Business"	1 April 2009 (2009-04-01)	7.16
For their next task, the candidates take on the job of offering a catering service for London's busy professional. Needing to budget wisely to make a profit while working within a theme, both teams face problems and complaints over their services, where both face reductions on their evening contracts to make up to their customers. For one candidate, they'll be picking up the bill when Sir Alan reviews their performance in the boardroom.
59	3	"Survival of the Fittest"	8 April 2009 (2009-04-08)	8.04
For people who like to keep fit, comes a market that can offer a potential lucrative market. For the candidates' next task, they must design a new piece of portable fitness equipment that can help to tone and flex muscles, and pitch it to retailers complete with a poster campaign. Both teams opt for simple designs, and it soon becomes clear that one team's creation is a hit, while the other team's product will leave them hitting the showers before the boardroom battle.
60	4	"A Soap Opera"	15 April 2009 (2009-04-15)	7.86
Cosmetics are big business, and Sir Alan is hopeful the remaining twelve candidates can come up with a brand new bath and beauty product. Required to use natural ingredients and make their creation stand out, one team face difficulties with a weak leader and a weaker product, while the other side enjoy success but at the price of a manufacturing blunder. For the losing team, one candidate won't be coming out of the boardroom smelling of roses.
61	5	"The Advertising Challenge"	22 April 2009 (2009-04-22)	8.32
In their next task, the candidates face the challenge of coming up with a brand new breakfast cereal, complete with its own original character and TV advert. Looking to design an outstanding cereal box and advert to impress the experts, each team faces issues with their creation and pitching skills, but only Sir Alan will determine whose breakfast cereal would be something to wake up to each morning.
62	6	"Bric-a-Brac Race"	29 April 2009 (2009-04-29)	8.29
For the past four series, Sir Alan has tasked candidates with getting him a list of items. For this year, he has a collection of items for each team that he wants them to sell across London. Negotiating for the best price is one thing, but both teams must determine the value of what they got to find the hidden gem that will make them a fine profit. As both teams struggle with the task at hand, both wind up not making as much money as they hoped, leaving it down to who avoided too much of a loss to escape being in the boardroom and in Sir Alan's firing line.
63	7	"Heading North"	6 May 2009 (2009-05-06)	8.45
The teams travel up north for their next challenge, where they must choose two new innovative products that they must sell to trade. Putting their sales skills to the test, the teams seek out potential buyers while also pitching their products to two major retailers. Only the best sale figures will secure victory, and for the team that fails to achieve this, they'll be coming back down south to face the boardroom.
64	8	"Cool Margate"	13 May 2009 (2009-05-13)	8.50
The grandeur of the seaside resort of Margate may have dwindled, but Sir Alan believes it could be restored for the 21st century with some re-branding. Both teams face the task of using their marketing and creative skills for just that - while one team opts for it becoming a family resort, the other team decide to promote it as a gay resort. With the experts scoring their execution of this task, only the best concepts will win, while it won't be a day at the seaside for the candidate on the losing team.
65	9	"Baby Love"	20 May 2009 (2009-05-20)	8.90
Baby products are basis of the next task for the candidates, as they find themselves seeking out two products that could sell well at Britain's biggest baby show. With sales the key to victory, mums and dads to impress, and fierce competition from other vendors at the show, the right products will grant one team victory, while the wrong products will land the losing team in the boardroom cot.
66	10	"Car Crash TV"	27 May 2009 (2009-05-27)	7.14
Sir Alan returns to an old favourite, as the teams face the challenge of selling a range of products to potential customers, via a shopping channel. Good sales will come from good demonstrations, identifying the right products for the right market, and staying cool and calm on live TV. For the losing team, not demonstrating a good sales patter to viewers will wind up leading them only to one place - the boardroom.
67	SP–1	"The Final Five"	3 June 2009 (2009-06-03)	5.06
As this year's series of The Apprentice draws closer to its finale, this special episode takes a look at profiling the true story behind the five remaining candidates. Discussing their backgrounds, experiences, personality, and strengths and weaknesses, are a selection of each candidate's friends, family and colleagues, as well as Sir Alan's aides, Nick Hewer and Margaret Mountford.
68	11	"Interviews"	3 June 2009 (2009-06-03)	9.76
For the remaining five candidates, its time to undergo the penultimate task - a gruelling interview process with four of Sir Alan's closest business associates. With scrutiny made on each candidate's background, work experience and performance on the tasks, there are issues with attitudes, motives and appearance, and firm criticism from the interviewers, which will influence which two candidates that Sir Alan will choose to move on to the final.
69	SP–2	"Why I Fired Them"	5 June 2009 (2009-06-05)	N/A
As the final looms, Sir Alan takes a look back to the tasks he set for this year's series of The Apprentice, from the cartoonish characters made for breakfast cereals, to the soap manufacturing blunder, reliving all of the mistakes and doomed decisions that were made, and what made him fire a candidate in that respective task.
70	12	"The Final"	7 June 2009 (2009-06-07)	9.31
For this year's two finalist, one task is all that stands between them and a future job with Sir Alan - to market a brand next box of chocolates, and then pitch their idea to a panel of business and chocolate experts. With help from old friends, one finalist opts for high quality flavours with a romantic theme, while the other chooses unconventional flavours that can be manufactured cheaply, but both face criticism from their choices. Regardless of what they face, only the best performer will enjoy the sweet taste of success, and become Sir Alan's new apprentice for 2009.

Ratings

Official episode viewing figures are from BARB.

Episode no.	Airdate	Viewers (millions)	BBC One weekly ranking
1	25 March 2009	8.71	4
2	1 April 2009	7.16	5
3	8 April 2009	8.04	5
4	15 April 2009	7.86	4
5	22 April 2009	8.32	2
6	29 April 2009	8.29	2
7	6 May 2009	8.45	2
8	13 May 2009	8.50	2
9	20 May 2009	8.90	2
10	27 May 2009	7.14	3
11	3 June 2009	9.76	1
12	7 June 2009	9.31	2

Specials

Special	Airdate	Viewers (millions)	BBC One weekly ranking
The Final Five	3 June 2009	5.06	17
Why I Fired Them	5 June 2009	N/A	N/A

External links

• The Apprentice at BBC Online

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