Lord Sugar reveals US Apprentice considered replacing Trump with him instead

Donald Trump, who holds the same role as Lord Sugar in the US Apprentice, is now running for office, with Arnold Schwarzenegger set to take over as the head of the show.

Lord Sugar said: “It is the consistency of keeping things the same, with slight tweaks like mixing the teams up [in this series” first task], which we wouldn’t normally do.

What they have in common is the aim to spend weeks trying to avoid Lord Sugar’s words: “You’re fired!”

Among the eighteen characters competing are Natalie Dean, aged 25, and 23-year-old Mergim Butaja.

The Owls hopeful cites her background in corporate management in Telecoms and describes herself as a “tomboy” with a “passion” for football and Sheffield Wednesday.

Key information: she was born in Nigeria, but has lived in the United Kingdom since she was 15.

Since the age of 18, he has been supporting his family by working in a range of jobs from sales to waiting tables.

Yes, The Apprentice is still going and the contestants… well, they’re getting worse, aren’t they?

When asked about the qualities he is looking for in his next business partner, Lord Sugar says: “When I started my business, I loaded the lorries, I designed the product, I stood on the production line and I marketed the product and that’s what I’m looking for here”. Everyone he’s met probably sucks up to him.

He told his rival: “In my opinion, and I say this respectfully to X Factor, gimmicks don’t seem to work”.

Who will impress Alan Sugar this year?

This year Lord Sugar will be joined in the boardroom by Karen Brady and Claude Littner, who steps into the shoes of Sugar’s old friend and right hand man, Nick Hewer.

If The X Factor is going to end, then it should be shut down for good.

She owns her own Dubai-based events company and is keen to be project manager straight away.

Top quote: “I’m a Swiss army knife of bouncy skills, business skills, enthusiasm, I’ve got everything highly tuned and highly chiselled.” Saunders likes a no-nonsense approach when it comes to branding and mentions that one of his favourite companies at the moment is confused.com.

Easy on the eye Scott is obsessed with making his first million – but is happy to strip off for tasks.

“I am strong minded…”

She says: ‘I believe this is a marathon and if you have stamina and if you do things with integrity, morals and direction, you can get where you want to go’. Given her penchant for chatting, it’s also no surprise that she’s found business success in telephone sales, setting up teams for a multi-national company.