The Apprentice sees fourteen candidates, men vs. women, competing against each other for a position at Sir Alan Sugar's company. Each week the candidates take part in a task set by Sir Alan. Each team will have a Project Manager who managers that group for that task.
The team that performs the best will win a reward and avoid the boardroom. The loosing team will be summoned to the boardroom where their project manager will be forced to pick two people in their team who we join them in the boardroom and a chance to be fired.
