The Apprentice returned to BBC One tonight (February 1), with an entire new batch of contestants battling it out for Lord Alan Sugar‘s affections.
Now in its 18th sequence, the enterprise mogul takes completely no prisoners – as this 12 months’s hopefuls may have already found.
It’s so intense that, in accordance with sequence 15 star Thomas Skinner, candidates “don’t even realise the digicam crew are there”.
Right here, talking solely to ED! on behalf of Sky On line casino, Tom tells us what occurs when the cameras cease rolling, from boardroom to bed room and again once more…
The Apprentice stars given a really early wake-up name
Life as a contestant on BBC sequence The Apprentice begins very early within the day. Or, ought to we are saying, in the midst of the night time.
“You get up about three or 4 within the morning, you do a filming shot of stepping into the minibuses, you then go and see Lord Sugar initially of the duties, and he tells you what you need to do,” Tom defined.
Viewers see Lord Sugar calling The Apprentice home, waking the contestants up. Nevertheless, Tom revealed that’s not totally the case.
“You get 20 minutes after the telephone rings to get able to do the duty. However they do inform you the night time earlier than what time the telephone will ring so you may set your alarm for half an hour earlier to begin preparing,” he stated.
The duties
Tom – who’s a dad of three – instructed us: “One job takes three days on The Apprentice. Then, actually the following couple of days, you’re really doing the duty and all the pieces that you simply do has bought to be filmed on digicam. If it’s not filmed on digicam, it doesn’t rely on the present.”
And, whereas the contestants do have telephones to speak with one another, that’s all they’ll use them for. Relating to duties, it’s all about mind energy – and studying a map!
“You possibly can’t use web or telephones – you may’t use nothing. They take your telephones off you earlier than you go in the home, so that you’ve bought to only use your head!”
Contained in the boardroom on BBC One sequence The Apprentice
“A boardroom on The Apprentice takes a couple of hours, however on the present you’re solely in there for 20 minutes,” stated Tom.
“They need to re-film bits in the event that they don’t get it proper. I’d simply sit there, be assured and speak when you need to speak,” he stated, providing recommendation to this 12 months’s contestants. “I used to be simply being myself the entire means by way of.”
He added: “The Apprentice actually doesn’t differ from what we see on TV. It truly is what it’s – it’s a enterprise present, it’s a contest. It’s clearly arrange for the cameras, however it’s just about you simply get your head down and do one of the best you may in every job.
“You don’t even realise the digicam crew are there. You simply crack on with the digicam within the background, and also you simply wish to do one of the best you may.”
And chill out…
After a fairly full-on day of operating round city, the contestants are given a little bit of downtime. After which it’s time to hit the sack.
“Whenever you’re again from doing the duty, you’ve got a little bit of down time,” Tom instructed ED!. “You then go to mattress about 9 or 10pm, able to be up once more at about 3am.”
The Apprentice is on Thursday nights on BBC One at 9pm.
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