The Apprentice 2026 - starts tonight - first stop Hong Kong!

[IHeartMyTissues]

Anyone else looking forward to the new series?

First task is the classic buying task, but it's taking place in Hong Kong.

There's also a new companion show - 'Unfinished Business' - let's hope it's a return to form after several years of the 'All About Tom Allen' show 😆

It was a stroke of genius that sadly is lacking in the rest of the contestants although I do at times find her annoying I think she could be the only decent one there!

And because....contestants just used to be a totally different calibre...and it's that time of year again...

Thanks for that @TitsInAbsentia
Love that they were genuinely howling
(Geddit? Ba-dum-tish!
No?
OK then, I'll get my wolf coat...)
😂

Those were the days!!

Brilliant. Absolutely. Brilliant. Proper laughing here.

2nd week running I've been a day late watching - stuck on a train last night coming back from work thing.

Not that surprised Harry went - we haven't seen that much of him.

Continuing the trend of candidates having to earn their discount with the hand-picking garlic and mucking out the goats. Starting to feel a bit contrived.

Where I live a donut is called a gravy ring 😂😂

£100 fine per item seems harsh. I’m sure it used to be the standard price of the item?

Interestingly we didn't even see one team get the Duster although they weren't fined.

I assume the blanket £100 penalty was to prevent them form focusing only on big ticket items and to make each item important- but you are right that it used to be calibrated . The triumphant carrying of the sweets on to the hovercraft only made sense once we knew what was at stake later.

I'm not sure it was a blanket £100 fine.
If so both teams would have been better off not buying the SUP or the wine.

It was. All the missing items were fined £100.

I know the three missed items were all charged at £100 - but it would make no sense if the more expensive items would have been charged at the same rate - it would penalise the team who bought them 😲

New thread for next week as this one is getting full - forgot to use my Apprentice homage name, will have to see if MNHQ can change it😆

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/telly_addicts/5506498-the-apprentice-2026-thread-2-conversate-here

Good point. Maybe it's both £100 PLUS the value of the item?

That is indeed true.

I think one team got the Duster. There were three hanging up in one of the shops (where the last SUP was dusty?) and the shop man told them what they were, asked if they wanted S M or L.

She seems too competent so can see something happening in interviews and not making it through!

Yes, but we didn't see how the other team got one but they weren't fined so they must have I guess.

I'm sure I heard Lord Sugar mention one team didn't get the duster.

Weren't they fined £100 for not getting it?