The thirteenth series of British reality television series The Apprentice (UK) was broadcast in the UK on BBC One, from 4 October to 17 December 2017. Alongside the standard twelve episodes, the series was preceded by the mini online episode Meet the Candidates on 26 September, with two specials aired alongside the series – The Final Five on 8 December, and Why I Fired Them on 14 December.
Eighteen candidates took part, with James White and Sarah Lynn becoming the overall winners, marking the first time in the programme's history that a series ended with joint winners. Excluding the specials, the series averaged around 6.94 million viewers during its broadcast.
Series overview Filming took place during spring and early summer 2017. Unlike previous series that had aired in the spring, it was decided that The Apprentice would maintain its relatively new autumn broadcast for the foreseeable future, having initially been a convenience slot owing to historic schedule clashes with political and sporting events of previous years.
This series' team names were Vitality and Graphene. James White and Sarah Lynn were crowned joint winners, an event that marks the first time in the programme's history that more than one person received a business investment. The aftermath of this result received mixed feedback from viewers. While James would go on to use his investment to start up his IT recruitment firm 'Right Time Recruitment', Sarah would go on to use her investment to start up an online personalised sweets company, 'Sweets in the City'.
Candidates Candidate Background Age Result James White Recruitment firm owner 26 Joint Winners Sarah Lynn Confectionery company owner 35 Michaela Wain Construction business owner 33 Fired after Interviews stage Elizabeth McKenna Florist chain owner 39 Joanna Jarjue Digital marketing manager 23 Jade English PR & marketing manager 25 Fired after tenth task Harrison Jones Sales executive 27 Bushra Shaikh Clothing company owner 34 Fired after ninth task Charles Burns Management consultant 24 Fired after eighth task Anisa Topan PR fashion agency owner 36 Andrew Brady Project engineer 26 Sajan Shah Event company owner 24 Fired after seventh task Sarah-Jayne Clark Clothing company owner 25 Fired after sixth task Ross Fretten Digital product consultant 29 Fired after fifth task Siobhan Smith Wedding company owner 34 Fired after fourth task Elliot Van Emden Legal firm owner 31 Fired after third task Jeff Wan Business analyst 28 Fired after second task Danny Grant Online retail store owner 32 Fired after first task
Performance chart Candidate Task Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 James LOSS BR LOSS IN IN IN LOSE WIN LOSS IN IN HIRED Sarah WIN IN IN IN LOSS IN IN LOSS LOSE BR IN Michaela IN IN LOSE IN LOSS LOSS WIN LOSS IN IN FIRED Elizabeth IN IN IN BR IN WIN BR IN BR IN FIRED Joanna IN IN IN BR WIN IN BR IN IN WIN FIRED Jade IN IN WIN LOSS IN LOSS IN LOSS IN FIRED Harrison LOSS LOSS BR IN BR IN LOSS IN WIN FIRED Bushra IN WIN IN LOSS IN IN LOSS IN FIRED Charles BR LOSS LOSS IN LOSS BR IN FIRED Anisa IN IN IN LOSS IN LOSS IN FIRED Andrew LOSS LOSS LOSS WIN LOSS BR IN FIRED Sajan LOSS LOSS LOSS IN LOSE IN FIRED Sarah-Jayne IN IN IN LOSS IN FIRED Ross LOSS LOSE LOSS IN FIRED Siobhan IN IN IN FIRED Elliot BR LOSS FIRED Jeff LOSS FIRED Danny FIRED
Key: The candidate won this series of The Apprentice. The candidate was the runner-up. The candidate won as project manager on their team, for this task. The candidate lost as project manager on their 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.
Episodes
Ratings Official episode viewing figures are from BARB.
Episodeno. Air date 7-day viewers(millions) 28-day viewers(millions) BBC Oneweekly ranking 1 4 October 2017 6.49 6.67 6 2 11 October 2017 6.90 7.10 3 3 18 October 2017 6.73 6.95 6 4 25 October 2017 6.79 7.00 4 5 1 November 2017 6.81 6.95 5 6 8 November 2017 6.76 6.84 7 7 15 November 2017 7.19 7.31 4 8 22 November 2017 6.57 6.70 7 9 29 November 2017 6.29 6.44 9 10 6 December 2017 6.34 6.44 10 11 13 December 2017 6.74 6.80 6 12 17 December 2017 7.99 8.09 2
References
External links Official site BBC