The Apprentice 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’s next business partner.
Karishma Vijay’s team won the latest task, and the charismatic candidate has picked up her fair share of supporters on social media.
Taking to X during tonight’s episode, one fan said: “Can Sugar just cancel the rest of the series and hire Karishma. She’s good at what she does and her attitude is just right.”
“Karishma carrying her team to the win makes sense she’s my pick to win this whole thing,” said another.
A third wrote: “Karishma is the best contestant this competition has seen in like 4 series.”
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“I like Karishma…hope she wins the series,” wrote yet another supporter.
Conor Galvin, meanwhile, was the Project Manager of the losing team – although it was Roxanne Hamedi who ultimately became the fifth candidate to be fired.
Even Roxanne backed Karishma for the win, saying after her dismissal that “everyone’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.”
“Rothna, Lawrence or Dan as well,” she added. “I suppose they’d be my top people that I’d hire. But like I say, everyone’s got their different skill sets, but within my kind of area, I would have probably said Karishma or Rothna.”
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Asked if she deserved the axe, she said: “No, I don’t think I deserved it. I just feel like there was definitely a lack of direction and leadership from the Project Manager, Conor.
“He said that he wants something bold and clean and I believe that’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.
“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’m not someone that’s going to coast through this experience. So I don’t regret being a sub-team lead, but I just feel like my time was cut short in the process.”
Series 20 of The Apprentice airs on BBC One on Thursdays. Spin-off The Apprentice: Unfinished Business airs on BBC Two after the main show.
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