The Apprentice· Season 8
The Apprentice — Season 8
All 14 episodes in airing order, with first-run dates and viewer ratings.
- 01
Sixteen candidates begin their fight to start up a business with Lord Sugar. In this task, the teams must buy blank goods and add value by printing designs onto them.
- 02
Lord Sugar calls the teams to the Victoria and Albert Museum. They must invent a household gadget and pitch for orders to some of the country's biggest retailers.
- 03
Lord Sugar mixes the boys and girls teams together for the next task, which is to come up with a new condiment - a Mediterranean-style ketchup versus a chilli chutney.
- 04
Lord Sugar asks the teams to set up second-hand shops in London's fashionable East End, sourcing their stock from auctions, junk shops and car boot sales.
- 05
Lord Sugar turns the candidates' attentions towards the keep fit industry. They have two days to devise and brand a new fitness class that reflects recent popular trends.
- 06
It is week six, and Lord Sugar sends the candidates to Scotland, where they must make gourmet food and sell it on the streets of Edinburgh.
- 07
The teams are given 150 pounds to spend on wholesale goods, with Essex as their selling ground. Hopes are pinned on a collection of mops, MP3 players and fake tan.
- 08
The teams each have one day to convince up-and-coming urban artists that they are the right team to represent them in a one-off gallery sale.
- 09
Lord Sugar challenges the teams to devise a brand, identity and marketing campaign for English sparkling wine.
- 10
The candidates' negotiation skills are put to the test as they spend a day representing an online daily deals website.
- 11
The remaining candidates give their assessment of their personal triumphs and failures and the lessons they have learned during the quest to win an investment from Lord Sugar.
- 12
The candidates must consider affordable luxury retail markets and devise a new product range, complete with prototype retail space.
- 13
Lord Sugar sheds light on each of the firings from this year's Apprentice, explaining just what led him to utter the immortal words 'You're Fired' to the candidates.
- 14
The Final: Interviews and You're Hired
Lord Sugar asks the candidates to pitch their business concepts to him, and they face a gruelling series of interviews.
