The Apprentice Bingo Cards

When and Where?

The Apprentice returned for its 20th season on 29 January 2026 on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. Immediately after each episode, The Apprentice: You’re Fired airs on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer, featuring an interview with the candidate who has just left the process. Series 20 began with 20 contestants instead of the usual 18, and even moved the boardroom to Hong Kong for the opening task.

What Is The Apprentice?

The Apprentice is a business style reality game show that focuses on a group of people competing in a series of challenges to prove themselves worthy of a business investment from Lord Alan Sugar. He is aided by two associates, Karren Brady and Tim Campbell.

Latest Updates

The new series kicked off with an immediate shock double firing in Week 1. After the Hong Kong “9 items” task went sideways, Georgina Newton and Nikki Jetha were both fired, making it clear Lord Sugar was not easing into Series 20.

Week 2 moved into a children’s story and audiobook challenge, and the boardroom got messy quickly. Project manager Marcus Donkoh made a late decision over who to bring back into the boardroom, and it backfired badly – Marcus was fired.

In Week 3, it was Chicken vs Egg, with the teams trying to turn their ingredient into profit through public food sales and a corporate canapés order. After a chaotic task and a boardroom fallout, Tanmay Hingorani was fired.

Week 4 delivered classic branding chaos. The teams had to create and market a bottled water brand, sell it on social media and produce a TV advert, with Big Zuu appearing as a guest judge. After the losing team’s branding was criticised, Roxanne Hamedi was fired.

Week 5 brought a floral twist on one of the show’s earliest tasks, with candidates selling flowers to the public and creating floral installations for corporate clients. Vanessa Tetteh-Squire, who stepped up as project manager, was fired after her team lost on profit.

Then Week 6 delivered one of the most brutal boardrooms of the series so far. The candidates headed to Egypt to run corporate away days, but poor organisation, unhappy clients and hospitality mistakes turned the task into a disaster. The fallout ended in a rare triple firing, with Megan Ruiter, Carrington Saunders and Andrea Cooper all leaving the process at once.

Outside the tasks, one of the biggest off-screen storylines has been the controversy around historic offensive tweets linked to contestant Levi Hodgetts-Hague. The BBC said it had not been aware of the posts before transmission and said social media vetting procedures were being reviewed.

Who’s been fired

Week 1 (Hong Kong – “9 items” task)
Georgina Newton – fired
Nikki Jetha – fired

Week 2 (Children’s story + audiobook task)
Marcus Donkoh – fired

Week 3 (Chicken vs Egg – public food sales + corporate canapés)
Tanmay Hingorani – fired

Week 4 (Bottled water branding + live social selling + TV advert)
Roxanne Hamedi – fired

Week 5 (Flowers – public sales + corporate installations)
Vanessa Tetteh-Squire – fired

Week 6 (Egypt – corporate away days)
Megan Ruiter – fired
Carrington Saunders – fired
Andrea Cooper – fired

How To Play

Our tool for generating The Apprentice bingo cards can be used for solo play or with friends. Here’s how to create bingo cards for the Apprentice 2025.

• Select Card Size – click the grid box to activate a drop-down menu of options, or stay with the default 4 x 4 layout.
• If you like, add your own phrases in the ‘Enter Words/Emojis’ Panel.
• Click ‘Generate Bingo Card’
• You’ll Be Presented with a Preview Bingo Card
• Choose the Number of Cards You Want to Print via the Drop-Down Menu OR enter your desired number in the ‘custom number’ box. The phrases will then be jumbled up for each card.
• Click ‘Generate Printable Bingo Cards’

Kick back and watch an episode of the Apprentice with your pals in-person or virtually, marking off each item as it occurs. The first person to mark off all or most items wins!