# The Apprentice (British TV series) series 19

The nineteenth series of British reality television series The Apprentice premiered on the 30 January 2025 in the UK on BBC One. Karren Brady and Tim Campbell also return as Lord Sugar's aides.

## Production

In January 2024, whilst the previous series was airing, the BBC announced applications were open for the nineteenth series. The applications closed on 17 February 2024. The BBC confirmed that the series will again feature eighteen candidates, as well as revealing several of the tasks set to feature across the series including "creating a virtual popstar, turning a ton of potatoes and tomatoes into cash, designing and marketing Easter Eggs, jetting off to Turkey for a corporate hospitality challenge and taking on a discount buying task in Stratford-upon-Avon". The first trailer for the series was released in January 2025, which teased the series as the "most demanding yet".

## Series overview

The eighteen candidates appearing in the nineteenth series were announced on 19 January 2025. The first task saw the candidates being formed into mixed gender teams, with neither team having an official name until the fourth episode; the two teams were unofficially referred to as "Team Forest" and "Team Glacier" on the first task. Eventually, by Week 4, "Team Glacier" adopted the name Ascendancy and "Team Forest" adopted the name Parallel.

### Candidates

| Candidate | Background | Age | Result |
| Amber-Rose Badrudin | Convenience store owner | 24 | |
| Anisa Khan | Pizza company owner | 26 | |
| Chisola Chitambala | Virtual assistant company owner | 31 | |
| Dean Franklin | Air conditioning company owner | 34 | |
| Emma Street | Corporate project manager | 23 | |
| Jordan Dargan | Animation entrepreneur | 22 | |
| Liam Snellin | Workwear brand owner | 28 | |
| Max England | Senior account manager | 30 | |
| Melica Moshiri | Tech recruitment company owner | 32 | |
| Mia Collins | Meal prep entrepreneur | 25 | |
| Keir Shave | Telemarketing company owner | 26 | Fired in the seventh task |
| Frederick Afrifa | Motivational speaker & former athlete | 28 | Fired in the seventh task |
| Jonny Heaver | Tutoring company owner | 23 | Fired in the sixth task |
| Jana Denzel | Cosmetic dentist | 33 | Left after the fifth task |
| Nadia Suliaman | Salon chain owner | 35 | Fired in the fourth task |
| Carlo Brancati | Hair transplant consultant | 37 | Fired in the third task |
| Aoibheann Walsh | Hair and beauty salon owner | 36 | Fired in the second task |
| Emma Rothwell | Online gift store owner | 29 | Fired in the first task |

### Performance chart

Task Number :
| Candidate | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Amber-Rose | IN | LOSE | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN |
| Anisa | LOSE | WIN | LOSS | LOSS | LOSS | LOSS | BR |
| Chisola | LOSS | IN | LOSS | LOSS | LOSS | LOSE | IN |
| Dean | BR | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | BR |
| Emma S. | WIN | LOSS | IN | IN | LOSS | LOSS | IN |
| Jordan | IN | LOSS | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN |
| Liam | IN | LOSS | BR | LOSS | LOSS | LOSS | IN |
| Max | LOSS | IN | LOSE | LOSS | IN | IN | IN |
| Melica | BR | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | BR |
| Mia | IN | LOSS | IN | WIN | IN | IN | BR |
| Keir | BR | IN | LOSS | BR | IN | WIN | FIRED |
| Frederick | IN | LOSS | IN | IN | LOSS | BR | FIRED |
| Jonny | IN | LOSS | IN | IN | LOSS | FIRED | |
| Jana | LOSS | IN | LOSS | BR | QUIT | | |
| Nadia | IN | BR | LOSS | FIRED | | | |
| Carlo | BR | IN | FIRED | | | | |
| Aoibheann | IN | FIRED | | | | | |
| Emma R. | FIRED | | | | | | |
    HIRED The candidate won this series of The Apprentice.
    RUNNER-UP The candidate was the runner-up.
    WIN The candidate won as project manager on their team, for this task.
    LOSE The candidate lost as project manager on their team, for this task.
    IN The candidate was on the winning team for this task / passed the Interviews stage.
    LOSS The candidate was on the losing team for this task.
    BR The candidate was brought to the final boardroom for this task.
    FIRED The candidate was fired in this task.
    FIRED The candidate lost as project manager for this task and was fired.
    QUIT The candidate left the process.