Lord Sugar has been accused of 'giving away' the winner of The Apprentice a week before the final, as fans worked out that Marnie Swindells had triumphed thanks to an 'obvious' clue from the business mogul, which they argued the BBC should never have allowed to be shown.
While the new series of the long-running BBC show has been criticised by some viewers for not being a vintage year, the final once again proved to be compulsive viewing as new champion Marnie battled it out with Rochelle Anthony to become Lord Sugar's new business partner and earn a £250,000 investment from him.
Sticking with Apprentice tradition, Marnie and Rochelle were given one last opportunity to make their business pitch in the finale, which saw this year's unsuccessful candidates brought back into the fold to join of the two teams. As ever, Lord Sugar's aides Karren Brady and Tim Campbell looked on, as both finalists had an early struggle with what to name their companies.
