{"id":9646,"date":"2022-01-06T23:01:48","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T22:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1545483"},"modified":"2022-01-06T23:27:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T22:27:07","slug":"who-left-the-apprentice-2022-first-fired-contestant-revealed","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/who-left-the-apprentice-2022-first-fired-contestant-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Who left The Apprentice 2022? First fired contestant revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Grace Henry\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 06 January 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>After two years off air, <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/the-apprentice-air-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">The Apprentice<\/a> returned this week, with the new candidates getting stuck into their very challenge.<\/p>\n<p>For episode one, <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/apprentice-2022-cast-line-up\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">The Apprentice 2022 cast<\/a> were split into two teams and had to come up with a brand, logo and advertisement for a luxury cruise ship.<\/p>\n<p>The girls were followed by Lord Sugar\u2019s newest advisor, <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/tim-campbell-the-apprentice\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Tim Campbell<\/a>, who many may recognise as the first winner of the show. Campbell is currently filling in for <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/claude-littner-the-apprentice\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Claude Littner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The boys were chaperoned by Baroness Karren Brady, who joined the show back in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the episode, Sugar revealed the winner of the first task, which just so happened to be the girls, who had a more consistent brand idea, meaning one of the boys would be going home.<\/p>\n<p>But who was it?<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s who left The Apprentice this week, and what they had to say about their exit.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Who left The Apprentice?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Week One \u2013 Harry Mahmood<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/01\/The-Apprentice-contestant-Harry-Mahmood-c81bbc6.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;Harry\" mahmood=\"\" title=\"&quot;The-Apprentice-contestant-Harry-Mahmood&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Harry Mahmood<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>BBC<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Harry Mahmood was the first contestant to be eliminated from series 16. It was felt by many that Harry had been \u201cdisruptive\u201d during the challenge and, although he was right about the logo, which was compared to a \u201cturd\u201d, didn\u2019t voice it in a way which the others found supportive.<\/p> <p>Project manager <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/the-apprentice-2022-akshay-thakrar-contestant\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Akshay Thakrar<\/a> brought Harry and <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/the-apprentice-2022-akeem-bundu-kamara-contestant\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Akeem Bundu-Kamara<\/a> back to the boardroom, and in the end it was decided that Mahmood would be going home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a bit unfortunate because all my friends and family and everyone I work with have sent me such nice comments, so hopefully after the episode they can make up their mind and decide if the decision was viable or I got hard done by,\u201d Harry said, adding: \u201cPersonally, I think I was hard done by!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Apprentice airs on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Thursdays at 9pm. If you\u2019re looking for more to watch, check out our\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or visit our dedicated\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Entertainment<\/a>\u00a0hub.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Grace Henry Published: Thursday, 06 January 2022 at 12:00 am After two years off air, The Apprentice returned this week, with the new candidates getting stuck into their very challenge. 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