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

The series concluded on 17 April 2025, with Dean Franklin emerging as the overall winner with Anisa Khan as the runner-up. Dean is also the show's first male winner since James White on Series 13 and the first solo male winner since Joseph Valente on Series 11.

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. To coincide the show's 20th anniversary, 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 Dean Franklin Air conditioning company owner 34Winner Anisa Khan Pizza company owner 26 Runner-up Jordan Dargan Animation entrepreneur 21Fired in the interviews stage Chisola Chitambala Virtual assistant company owner 31 Amber-Rose Badrudin Convenience store owner 24 Mia Collins Meal prep entrepreneur 25Fired in the tenth task Liam Snellin Workwear brand owner 28 Max England Senior account manager 30 Fired in the ninth task Emma Street Corporate project manager 23Fired in the eighth task Melica Moshiri Tech recruitment company owner 32 Keir Shave Telemarketing company owner 26Fired in the seventh task Frederick Afrifa Motivational speaker & former athlete 28 Jonny Heaver Tutoring company owner 23 Fired in the sixth task Jana Denzel Cosmetic dentist 33Left 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 8 9 10 11 12 Dean BR IN WIN IN IN IN BR BR BR IN IN HIRED Anisa LOSE WIN LOSS LOSS LOSS LOSS BR BR IN BR IN RUNNER-UP Jordan IN LOSS IN IN IN IN WIN LOSS IN LOSE FIRED Chisola LOSS IN LOSS LOSS LOSS LOSE IN LOSS BR WIN FIRED Amber-Rose IN LOSE IN IN IN IN IN LOSE LOSS IN FIRED Mia IN LOSS IN WIN IN IN BR LOSE IN FIRED Liam IN LOSS BR LOSS LOSS LOSS IN LOSS WIN FIRED Max LOSS IN LOSE LOSS IN IN IN LOSS FIRED Emma S. WIN LOSS IN IN LOSS LOSS IN FIRED Melica BR IN IN IN WIN IN BR FIRED 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 LEFT Nadia IN BR LOSS FIRED Carlo BR IN FIRED Aoibheann IN FIRED Emma R. FIRED

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 / 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. The candidate left the process but were deemed culpable for their team’s loss as project manager.

Episodes

References

External links The Apprentice series 19 at BBC Online