The Apprentice opens applications for series 20 – here’s how to star on show and win £250k from Lord Sugar

THE Apprentice is taking applications for the upcoming series 20 following season 18’s exhilarating finale. 

Do you have what it takes to be Lord Alan Sugar’s next big investment?

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Throughout the 18 seasons of The Apprentice, Lord Sugar has already invested close to £3,000,000 in business start-ups. 

The show started nearly two decades ago in 2005 and recently concluded its 18th series.

Fitness guru Rachel Woolford was crowned the latest winner during the final on Thursday, April 18th, 2024.

While fans enjoyed the last season at the beginning of the year, bosses opened up applications for the 19th series. 

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And now applications for series 20 - which is expected to broadcast in 2026 -are open.

The application process states: “Could you be his next investment? If you think you've got the talent and confidence to impress Britain's toughest backer, the process starts here.

“The winning candidate will receive an investment and go into a 50:50 business with Lord Sugar.

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“Fighting it out for his investment, candidates will take part in twelve tough tasks to win one life-changing opportunity.”

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The deadline for series 20 applications closes at 23.59 on Sunday, December 1 2024.

Since The Apprentice started it has changed the lives of many budding entrepreneurs, including the lucky 18 contestants who won each season. 

Throughout the years, viewers have seen Tim Campbell, Michelle Dewberry, Simon Ambrose, Lee McQueen, Yasmina Siadatan, Stella English, Tom Pellereau, Ricky Martin, Leah Totton, Mark Wright, Joseph Valente,  Alana Spencer,  Sarah Lynn, James White, Sian Gabbidon, Carina Lepore, Harpreet Kaur, Marnie Swindells and now Rachel crowed as the winners of the show.

The hit show follows a group of contestants who are set a series of business tasks and compete in a bid to win the ultimate prize – a £250,000 investment from Lord Sugar.