Onyeka Nweze was the latest candidate to be fired from The Apprentice on Thursday’s show, after her team lost a big-money challenge.
The candidates were tasked with launching a new Formula E team before putting it forward for sponsorship, and they shocked the boardroom by securing the largest sum in the program’s history.
Multi-million dollar deals were put in jeopardy when disastrous car designs and questionable brands were revealed.
But despite this, the winning team surprised Lord Sugar by securing sponsorships worth £38.7 million.
As his team lost, Lord Sugar noted that Onyeka’s “lack of spirit” during the task remained a concern, especially after his presentations to bankers failed to win them investment.
Onyeka Nweze was the latest candidate to be fired from The Apprentice on Thursday’s show, after her team lost a big-money challenge.
Calling his video “trash”, Lord Sugar decided that Onyeka would be sacked.
He said: ‘Onyeka, the lack of explanation of the spirit is also a very, very serious thing. You are guilty when it comes to failure…
‘Onyeka, you are clearly a lovely and very intelligent lady, and I appreciate that you have done the best you could during the course of this process, but on this occasion it just wasn’t enough. So Onyeka is sorry to see you fired.
Speaking in the taxi after his departure, Onyeka said: “Big surprise. I didn’t expect it but look it is what it is. It’s happened and I have to accept it.
After the big-money Formula E task, one team climbed to the top of the podium after securing sponsorships worth a mind-boggling amount of money, surpassing the previous record sum of £1.2 million in the e-bike task from the 2015 series.
The winning team’s sponsorship offer, which is the largest in the programme’s 18-year history, surprised even Lord Alan Sugar himself, who was convinced it had to be a mistake.
Speaking about the win, Baroness Karen Brady explained how Lord Sugar couldn’t help but be impressed by the performance.
She said: ‘(He was) excited. She couldn’t believe it when he saw the number. He said to me: ‘Are you sure? Has anyone made a mistake? Can you check it again? That sponsorship figure is a huge amount!’
The candidates were tasked with launching a new Formula E team before putting it forward for sponsorship.
Lord Sugar was stunned when it was revealed the winning team had secured sponsorships worth £38.7 million.
When his team lost, Lord Sugar noted that Onyeka’s “lack of spirit” during the task remained a concern, especially after his overtures to bankers failed to win them investment.
The winning sum is the most won by a team since one of the teams raised £1.2 million in the e-bike challenge in 2015.
The then record total seriously impressed Lord Sugar and left the rival team, who had raised just over £400,000, speechless.
It comes after last week’s episode of the latest series saw a double redundancy, with recruitment director Jack Davies and pharmacist and business owner Amina Khan sacked.
During the show’s fourth episode, the group headed to Jersey to source and trade nine items synonymous with the area at the lowest price.
However, Lord Sugar was not very impressed with Jack and Amina’s efforts in the challenge and told them that their “lack of strategy” was their downfall.
He said in the boardroom: ‘Jack, you were ultimately responsible for the strategy, and the strategy failed.
‘But, Amina, you were in charge of the subteam’s lack of strategy and that cost the entire team a lot. And, with regret, Amina, you are fired.
“And Jack, I’m sorry to tell you that you’re fired too.”
Raj was chosen as her team leader while she reported for the job.
Meanwhile, Jack claimed he has eight years of experience dealing with clients and insisted he would be able to “lead his team to victory.” He received the most votes from his team and was elected team leader.
Last week, recruiting director Jack Davies (pictured) and pharmacist and business owner Amina Khan were booted from the show in a double dismissal.
His journey as an apprentice came to an end after coming under Lord Sugar’s line of fire in the boardroom during Thursday’s episode.
Both teams were given maps, local directories, and a list of items associated with the area that they were asked to locate and purchase at the lowest price.
The list included a T-shirt with an anchor emblem, freshly shucked oysters, bachin (an old bowl used to make Jersey butter) and a surfboard.
Both teams had eight hours to find all the items and deliver them to Lord Sugar.
Back in the boardroom, Karen revealed that Jack’s team bought seven of the items and spent £390.20, but couldn’t get the Jersey Royal potatoes and the glass jar of sea salt and they also bought the size shackle incorrect.
They suffered a fine of £274.30, giving them a total cost of £669.50.
Raj’s team spent a total of £337.23 but failed to land Jersey Royals and incurred a fine of £90, giving a total expenditure for the team of £427.23.
Jack and his team returned to the meeting room and Lord Sugar declared that it was “practically the worst team he has ever sent on this task”, as they returned with seven items.
After receiving feedback from Karen Brady, Lord Sugar decided to bring them all back into the firing line and eventually both Jack and Amina were fired.