Overview
- The BBC One series confirmed its final two on Thursday after a triple firing in the interview episode.
- The interviews saw advisers pull apart business plans, blind test products and examine finances, and one exchange left interviewer Claudine Collins wiping away tears.
- Hours before broadcast, multiple outlets reported that the finalists' names leaked online after a contestant shared the result in a group chat.
- Following the episode, a fired candidate rejected accusations that his plan was written by AI and revealed he took an empty suitcase into the boardroom as a superstition.
- Next week's finale will award £250,000 and a 50/50 partnership with Lord Sugar, after finalists build out and pitch their business plans to returning advisers Claude Littner, Claudine Collins, Linda Plant and Mike Soutar.