{"id":300397,"date":"2026-02-20T04:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T04:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/300397\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T04:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T04:29:09","slug":"cancel-the-rest-of-the-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/300397\/","title":{"rendered":"Cancel the rest of the series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"3\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/the-apprentice\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/the-apprentice\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"The Apprentice\" data-node-id=\"3.0.0\" class=\"body-link css-1gyyefe emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Apprentice<\/a> is only up to week four of its current run, but fans already seem to have picked their winner following the latest episode. After a bold approach to leadership and a successful attempt at an advert for a water bottle, it seems viewers have one popular pick for Lord Alan Sugar&#8217;s next business partner.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"9\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">Karishma Vijay&#8217;s team won the latest task, and the charismatic candidate has picked up her fair share of supporters on social media.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"13\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">Taking to X during tonight&#8217;s episode, one fan <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/iamagiraffe\/status\/2024601401842704491\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/x.com\/iamagiraffe\/status\/2024601401842704491\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"said\" data-node-id=\"13.1\" class=\"body-link css-1gyyefe emevuu60\">said<\/a>: &#8220;Can Sugar just cancel the rest of the series and hire Karishma. She&#8217;s good at what she does and her attitude is just right.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"18\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">&#8220;Karishma carrying her team to the win makes sense she\u2019s my pick to win this whole thing,&#8221; said <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/big_man_joshyy\/status\/2024600089071653316\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/x.com\/big_man_joshyy\/status\/2024600089071653316\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"another\" data-node-id=\"18.1\" class=\"body-link css-1gyyefe emevuu60\">another<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"22\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">A third <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tyrell_lekai\/status\/2024593416030474504\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tyrell_lekai\/status\/2024593416030474504\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"wrote\" data-node-id=\"22.1\" class=\"body-link css-1gyyefe emevuu60\">wrote<\/a>: &#8220;Karishma is the best contestant this competition has seen in like 4 series.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img draggable=\"true\" alt=\"karishma apprentice\" title=\"karishma apprentice\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2544\" height=\"1616\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;width:100%;height:auto;\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/karishma-apprentice-69978780bb9bb.jpg\" class=\"css-0 e1g79fud0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>BBC<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"27\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tech\/best-tech-deals\/g35899960\/best-streaming-services\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-node-id=\"27.0.1\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tech\/best-tech-deals\/g35899960\/best-streaming-services\/\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Best streaming services\" class=\"body-link css-1gyyefe emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Best streaming services<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"31\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">&#8220;I like Karishma\u2026hope she wins the series,&#8221; wrote yet <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CavoloChe\/status\/2024591924959531051\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CavoloChe\/status\/2024591924959531051\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"another\" data-node-id=\"31.1\" class=\"body-link css-1gyyefe emevuu60\">another<\/a> supporter.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"35\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">Conor Galvin, meanwhile, was the Project Manager of the losing team &#8211; although it was Roxanne Hamedi who ultimately became the fifth candidate to be fired.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"39\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">Even Roxanne backed Karishma for the win, saying after her dismissal that &#8220;everyone&#8217;s got a different skill set. So if I was to hire someone within the beauty industry, it would obviously be Karishma. I feel like she has come across quite strong.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"43\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">&#8220;Rothna, Lawrence or Dan as well,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I suppose they&#8217;d be my top people that I&#8217;d hire. But like I say, everyone&#8217;s got their different skill sets, but within my kind of area, I would have probably said Karishma or Rothna.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img draggable=\"true\" alt=\"karishma vijay the apprentice\" title=\"karishma vijay the apprentice\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"3424\" height=\"4285\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;width:100%;height:auto;\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/karishma-apprentice-2-699787ac0dc23.jpg\" class=\"css-0 e1g79fud0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>BBC<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"48\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/reality-tv\/a70191836\/dragons-den-peter-jones-secret\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-node-id=\"48.0.1\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/reality-tv\/a70191836\/dragons-den-peter-jones-secret\/\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Dragon&#039;s Den star finally lets slip his secret &quot;tactic&quot; after 21 years\" class=\"body-link css-1gyyefe emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dragon&#8217;s Den star finally lets slip his secret &#8220;tactic&#8221; after 21 years<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"52\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">Asked if she deserved the axe, she said: &#8220;No, I don&#8217;t think I deserved it. I just feel like there was definitely a lack of direction and leadership from the Project Manager, Conor. <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"56\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">&#8220;He said that he wants something bold and clean and I believe that&#8217;s what I delivered. So the instructions were very vague but I delivered what was asked for with clarity, simplicity and a creative touch. I still stand by it being a professional brand with room to build around it. <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"60\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">&#8220;But then also at the same time, being sub team lead, I definitely wanted to get out of my comfort zone and take that risk and just showcase that I&#8217;m not someone that&#8217;s going to coast through this experience. So I don&#8217;t regret being a sub-team lead, but I just feel like my time was cut short in the process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"64\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">Series 20 of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playpilot.com\/show\/the-apprentice-uk-2005\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" data-used-css-variables=\" --playpilot-injection-text-color --playpilot-injection-text-color-hover --playpilot-injection-font-weight --playpilot-injection-text-decoration --playpilot-injection-text-decoration-hover --playpilot-injection-background-color-hover\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.playpilot.com\/show\/the-apprentice-uk-2005\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"The Apprentice\" data-node-id=\"64.0.1\" class=\"body-link css-1gyyefe emevuu60\">The Apprentice<\/a> airs on BBC One on Thursdays. Spin-off The Apprentice: Unfinished Business airs on BBC Two after the main show.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"68\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/the-apprentice\/\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/the-apprentice\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Read more The Apprentice news on our dedicated homepage\" data-node-id=\"68.0\" class=\"body-link css-1gyyefe emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read more The Apprentice news on our dedicated homepage<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"73\" class=\"css-18ljdn6 emevuu60\">The new edition of Living Legends, a 100-page all-colour celebration of Taylor Swift, is here! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearstmagazines.co.uk\/livilgtaylorswift?hearst_refdomain=direct&amp;hearst_utm=none\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.hearstmagazines.co.uk\/livilgtaylorswift\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"Buy Taylor in newsagents or online\" data-node-id=\"73.0.3\" class=\"body-link css-1gyyefe emevuu60\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Buy Taylor in newsagents or online<\/a>, priced at just \u00a38.99.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771561749_183_37454c59-9f86-4f90-8319-50e00b543ca5_1759932323.file.png\" alt=\"Headshot of Shaun Kitchener\" title=\"Headshot of Shaun Kitchener\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"css-o0wq4v ev8dhu53\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Shaun is an Evening News Editor at Digital Spy, with over a decade of experience reporting on all things pop culture. He has written for outlets including <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/author\/shaun-kitchener\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Metro<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.attitude.co.uk\/contributor\/shaun-kitchener\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Attitude<\/a>, Huffington Post, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/authors\/shaun-kitchener\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Mirror<\/a>, Yahoo!, Pink News and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/journalist\/122476\/Shaun-Kitchener\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Express Online<\/a>; specialising in TV, movies, soaps, music and LGBTQ+ issues. He is also a BAFTA Rocliffe-winning scriptwriter, having written episodes of the soap Hollyoaks, the official Steps musical <a href=\"https:\/\/thestepsmusical.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Here &amp; Now<\/a> and multiple Offie Award-nominated plays. He studied English Literature and Drama at the University of East Anglia, and will happily talk at length about Desperate Housewives to anyone who&#8217;ll listen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Apprentice is only up to week four of its current run, but fans already seem to have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[137241,151604,635,151603,637,146,85,46,636,151602,138784,411],"class_list":{"0":"post-300397","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-collection-latest-news","9":"tag-collection-the-apprentice","10":"tag-content-type-news","11":"tag-contentid-67bb7946-3a39-4f52-8581-9dad02bf99e8","12":"tag-displaytype-standard-article","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-il","15":"tag-israel","16":"tag-locale-gb","17":"tag-shorttitle-the-apprentice-fans-have-picked-their-winner-already","18":"tag-subsection-reality-tv","19":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}