{"id":49028,"date":"2024-04-04T23:01:33","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T21:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2020178"},"modified":"2024-04-05T00:44:48","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T22:44:48","slug":"the-apprentice-reveals-top-5-contestants-as-2024-finalists-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/the-apprentice-reveals-top-5-contestants-as-2024-finalists-confirmed\/","title":{"rendered":"The Apprentice reveals top 5 contestants as 2024 finalists confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"

But who will secure the life-changing opportunity? <\/p>

By David Craig\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 04 April 2024 at 21:01 PM<\/p>

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The Apprentice\u2019s Lord Alan Sugar has whittled down this year\u2019s contestants to the final five, with more nail-biting challenges still to come \u2013 including those fiery interviews.<\/p>\n

On tonight\u2019s episode, the teams were tasked with creating and branding a vegan alternative to cheese, with industry experts tapped to offer their thoughts on the proposals.<\/p>\n

Following another heated boardroom, Lord Sugar delivered a double elimination that brought the total number of contestants down to that all-important number, which signifies the final phase of the process.<\/p>\n

The unlucky candidates who were fired this week<\/a> were Foluso Falade<\/a> and Steve Darken<\/a>, with the former falling short on her much-touted branding skills and the latter taking blame for an unappealing flavour.<\/p>\n

That development leaves recruitment consultant Flo Edwards<\/a>, dental group owner Dr Paul Midha<\/a>, pie company owner Phil Turner<\/a>, fitness studio owner Rachel Woolford<\/a> and music and wellness entrepreneur Tre Lowe<\/a> as the final five.<\/p>

Paul described learning of his success as \u201cprobably one of the best feelings I\u2019ve ever had in my life\u201d.<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cSometimes you look back in life, and you remember certain moments as being the pinnacle of an achievement that you made and that was one of them for sure.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember when we were in task ten, in the boardroom, and we found out that myself, Phil, Flo, and Tre had made it into the final five by winning that task. I just couldn\u2019t stop smiling and I don\u2019t think I stopped smiling for the next few days.\u201d<\/p>\n

Flo admitted to having some \u201cimposter syndrome\u201d when starting the process, which came from being one of the few candidates who didn\u2019t already own their own business. She said the cheesecake task gave her confidence to push forward.<\/p>\n

\"Flo