The final of BBC's The Apprentice is due to air this week. On Thursday, March 23, boxing gym owner Marnie Swindells will take on hair guru Rochelle Anthony to fight it out to win Lord Sugar's backing and cash.
However, before that, the business tycoon has made an announcement over the show's future. Lord Sugar shared what he thinks should happen to The Apprentice when he finally leaves.
He said: “I don’t want to sound too big-headed but a lot of people underestimate me. They hear me talking like a cockney, but I know everything, I really do. I’m not degrading people like (Dragons’ Den star) Peter Jones, because they’ve done a lot also.
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“But none of them have done as much as I have. Who would I put in my place? I can’t think of anybody. There’s loads of people that would queue up."
During an interview with the Sun newspaper, which was reported by Birmingham Live, the businessman continued: “There’s no reason why I can’t go on to do 25 years. I’m very fit, so I don’t know whether it stops at 20. But if I ever did stop, I get a feeling the BBC wouldn’t stop it. I think they would try to find someone new to do it and that’s where it may kill itself off.”
“When Donald Trump gave up his one in the US they got Arnold Schwarzenegger to do it," he added to the Sun newspaper. “But he was pathetic — and Trump was bad enough. It really destroyed the format.
“If it was up to me, I think it should be, ‘Thank you very much, it’s been great, but maybe in ten years’ time we’ll bring it back’. like Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? but with different characters hosting.”
The current series is the 17th and kicked off in the New Year with 18 candidates vying for £250,000 of Lord Sugar's cash. The contestants began selling and running bespoke tours on the Caribbean Island of Antigua. As the weeks progressed, just two people remain in the running and now each finalist is launching their business with an eye on Lord Sugar's £250,000 investment. They have just three days to create a brand, produce a digital billboard, direct and edit a TV advert and design a metaverse.
The Apprentice final airs Thursday, March 23, on BBC One at 9pm.
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