GALLERY: Meet The Apprentice candidates

There are 18 hopefuls

The Apprentice contestants
Published 26th Sep 2017
Last updated 26th Sep 2017

The 13th series of The Apprentice is due to start next week and ahead of the new series details of the brand new candidates have been revealed.

The 18 candidates come from a variety of backgrounds from 'Tory Boy' Elliot Van Emden to 'slightly bonkers country girl' Elizabeth McKenna, and Jeff Wan, the business analyst who is also a semi-pro hip-hop dancer! It certainly sounds like Lord Sugar and his aides have their work cut out this year.

The start date of the new series was recently announced along with a tongue-in-cheek trailer in the style of La La Land, with contestants dancing to a song featuring the words 'you're fired'. Just as the trailer is about to finish Lord Sugar appears and calls an end to it all firing the producer.

Watch the trailer below:

This year The Apprentice will return on Wednesday 4th October, with Karren Brady and Claude Littner returning as Lord Sugar's aides. We can't wait to see how the candidates get on this year.

Meet the candidates below:

Anisa Topan

36-year-old Anisa, from Surrey, owns her own fashion PR consultancy.


She admits she can find it hard to listen and sometimes misses things when she is excited about an idea, but is good at 'winning' in business.

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Last year's winner was Alana Spencer who owned her own cake company. Earlier this year Alana revealed to the Radio Times that things had been going well since the programme ended, and she was in regular contact with her new business partner.

The Apprentice will return for its 13th series on Wednesday 4th October.