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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Alfie Packham and Guardian readers

‘You’re fired!’ The TV shows you can’t stomach any more

Alan Sugar on The Apprentice.
Chairman of the bored … Alan Sugar on The Apprentice. Photograph: N/A/BBC/FremantleMedia Ltd

The Apprentice

We loved this show for the first four or five seasons. It had a really good mix of candidates, different ages and walks of life. I think it was after season nine that we started to feel the programme was losing its authenticity. Contestants started to look like homogenous Love Islanders, all the same demographic – 20-30 age bracket, highly polished body image, eye on a post-show influencer career, etc. It lost its uniqueness and became just another reality show. Ngaire Vine, 56, Derbyshire

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