Candidates
See also: List of The Apprentice candidates (UK series five)Sixteen candidates were selected however only fifteen candidates were announced for the start of the series. The sixteenth candidate, Adam Freeman, withdrew from the show the night before recording of the series was due to begin, and could not be replaced in time. As a result, the series went ahead with only fifteen candidates. In the first episode, Sir Alan Sugar described Freeman (whom he did not name) as having "bottled it". Two candidates - Anita and Majid - never got the chance to be project manager (not including Adam.)
The team names for this series are Empire (initially the men's team) and Ignite (initially the women's team).
| Candidate | Background | Original team | Age | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yasmina Siadatan | Restaurateur | Ignite | 27 | Hired by Sugar (06-07-2009) |
| Kate Walsh | Licensing Development Manager | Ignite | 27 | Runner-up in the Final (06-07-2009) |
| Debra Barr | Senior Sales Consultant | Ignite | 23 | Fired in week 11 (06-03-2009) |
| Lorraine Tighe | National Accounts Manager | Ignite | 36 | Fired in week 11 (06-03-2009) |
| James McQuillan | Senior Commercial Manager | Empire | 32 | Fired in week 11 (06-03-2009) |
| Howard Ebison | Retail Business Manager | Empire | 24 | Fired in week 10 (05-27-2009) |
| Ben Clarke | Trainee Stockbroker | Empire | 22 | Fired in week 9 (05-20-2009) |
| Mona Lewis | Senior Financial Manager | Ignite | 28 | Fired in week 8 (05-13-2009) |
| Philip Taylor | Estate Agent | Empire | 29 | Fired in week 7 (05-06-2009) |
| Noorul Choudhury | Science Teacher | Empire | 33 | Fired in week 6 (04-29-2009) |
| Kimberly Davis | Marketing Consultant | Ignite | 33 | Fired in week 5 (04-22-2009) |
| Paula Jones | Human Resources Consultant | Ignite | 29 | Fired in week 4 (04-15-2009) |
| Majid Nagra | Business Development Manager | Empire | 28 | Fired in week 3 (04-08-2009) |
| Rocky Andrews | Sandwich Chain Owner | Empire | 21 | Fired in week 2 (04-01-2009) |
| Anita Shah | Business Strategist | Ignite | 35 | Fired in week 1 (03-25-2009) |
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