Upcoming Season of The Apprentice UK in 2025: Air Date, Preview, Contestants, Q&A with Lord Alan Sugar, Program Guide, and All Reported Information
The Apprentice UK 2025: A Journey Through Real-World Business Challenges
The much-anticipated series of The Apprentice UK 2025 is set to premiere on BBC1 and BBC iPlayer on Thursday, January 30 at 9pm. This year's contestants face a series of demanding tasks designed to test their entrepreneurial potential under pressure.
In the opening episode, the candidates are sent to Austria, where they must deliver glacier and forest tour packages. The task tests their negotiation and client acquisition skills, with challenges such as cold weather and demanding work conditions.
As the series progresses, the candidates are faced with a variety of tasks that challenge their creative, commercial, and negotiation skills. Some examples include:
- Creating virtual pop stars, including recording a single and producing a music video, and pitching brand sponsorships.
- Turning fresh crops into profitable dishes, involving food preparation under pressure and fulfilling a bespoke corporate order.
- Designing and marketing chocolate Easter eggs, balancing creativity and market appeal.
- A corporate hospitality challenge in Turkey, testing organization and business acumen in an international setting.
- Selling products via television, demanding salesmanship and on-screen presentation skills.
Throughout the series, the candidates face high-pressure environments, internal team conflicts, disappointing customer or buyer reception, and difficult boardroom evaluations where poor performance leads to elimination. The variety of tasks emphasizes adaptability, creativity, negotiation, and commercial awareness.
The final five candidates for The Apprentice UK 2025 are Amber-Rose Badrudin, Anisa Khan, Chisola Chitambala, Dean Franklin, and Jordan Dargan. The finalists for the series are Anisa Khan and Dean Franklin.
The winner of The Apprentice UK 2025 will be revealed in the final episode, with the winner receiving a £250,000 investment from Lord Sugar to start their own business.
The Apprentice: Your Fired with Tom Allen airs on BBC2 at 10pm straight afterwards. New episodes of the 12-part series will air weekly and will be available on BBC iPlayer after they have aired. The Apprentice UK 2026 has been confirmed and will mark the show's 20th anniversary.
Among the candidates for The Apprentice UK 2025 are Aoibheann Walsh, the Donegal hair and beauty salon proprietress, Liam Snellin, Essex founder of a workwear brand for the construction industry, and Nadia Suliaman, the Swansea native who owns a London salon chain and is determined to expand across the UK and globally.
Other notable contestants include Melica Moshiri, a West Sussex tech recruitment businesswoman who plans to start a global AI tech recruitment company, and Emma Street, a London corporate project manager who wants to redefine coffee culture.
Stay tuned for The Apprentice UK 2025, where we'll see who has what it takes to impress Lord Sugar and secure the investment to start their own business.
- The release date for the first episode of The Apprentice UK 2025 is January 30, and it will air on both BBC1 and BBC iPlayer at 9pm.
- In the first episode, the contestants will be sent to Austria to deliver glacier and forest tour packages, testing their negotiation and client acquisition skills.
- As the series progresses, viewers can expect to see the candidates face a variety of tasks in areas such as music, food, marketing, international business, and television sales.
- The winner of The Apprentice UK 2025 will receive a £250,000 investment from Lord Sugar to start their own business.
- For those who want to stay updated on the latest entertainment, new episodes of The Apprentice UK 2025 will be available on BBC iPlayer after they air on BBC2.
