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<\/p>\nThe first ever full-length series of The Celebrity Apprentice is coming to BBC iPlayer and BBC One, with 12 well-known names taking on Lord Sugar\u2019s ultimate business challenge.<\/p>\n
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The series had originally been announced to air in 2026, however TV Zone understands the series has been pushed back to early 2027. The Sun newspaper also reports the series is expected to air next year.<\/p>\n
The celebrities taking part are; singer and songwriter Alexandra Burke, actor Danny Miller, presenter Gethin Jones, dancer and presenter Jordan Banjo, journalist Kay Burley, actress and online personality Maddie Grace Jepson, presenter, podcaster and content creator Max Balegde, Gladiator Sheli McCoy, UK garage legend DJ Spoony, TV and BBC Radio 2 presenter Richie Anderson, comedian and writer Laura Smyth and television personality Toni Laites.<\/p>\n
Across the six-part series, the celebrities will face a range of weekly business challenges set by Lord Sugar. Competing for the chance to win a \u00a3100,000 donation to a charity of their choice, they will each be hoping to prove their business acumen and ultimately be crowned The Celebrity Apprentice winner.<\/p>\n
For this star-studded series, the boardroom will relocate to a London City skyscraper, providing a distinctive new setting for Lord Sugar\u2019s final deliberations.<\/p>\n
Bringing together entertainment, competition and high-stakes decision-making, the new series marks a major addition to The Apprentice franchise.<\/p>\n
Lord Sugar says: \u201cWe\u2019ve not done anything like this before, and it\u2019ll be entertaining to see these 12 celebrities being put through six weeks of some brilliant business challenges. But just because they\u2019re celebrities, it doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019re going to get an easy ride, especially when there\u2019s \u00a3100,000 at stake for their chosen charity.\u201d<\/p>\n
Paul Broadbent, Director of Programmes at Naked adds: \u201cWe\u2019ve a brilliant cast of familiar faces entering our brand-new boardroom, and with a full six-episode series, viewers will get many opportunities to see the celebrities as they\u2019ve never before, battling to show off their business acumen for a massive charity prize.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment Commissioning at the BBC says: \u201cThis brand-new full-length series of The Celebrity Apprentice takes everything audiences love about the format and turns the pressure right up…<\/p>\n
“This year\u2019s celebrities arrive with strong reputations – but in the boardroom, status counts for nothing. They\u2019ll be tested on leadership, teamwork and commercial instinct, and only those who can truly deliver will make it through. It\u2019s bold, unpredictable and hugely entertaining – and viewers are in for a brilliant ride.\u201d<\/p>\n
Broadcast details for The Celebrity Apprentice will be confirmed in due course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first ever full-length series of The Celebrity Apprentice is coming to BBC iPlayer and BBC One, with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":809806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-809805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=809805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/809806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}