It’s all change for Week 4 of The Apprentice. The teams are now mixed, forcing the alliances formed in previous weeks to be split. Meeting at the Wallace Collection, Sir Alan told the teams they will be taking photos of customers and selling them from the Blue Water shopping centre, the largest in Europe.

After avoiding a firing by Sir Alan last week and wanting to prove himself this week, Simon put himself forward to lead team Renascence. Leading the Alpha group this week is Helene. Both teams decide the theme of their photo shoot and source the appropriate props and equipment.

The next day, both groups prepare their photography sets ready for the shoot. Renascence decided on a traditional red carpet theme, whilst Alpha went for look-a-like celebrities to draw in the punters.

It became clear very quickly that both teams were struggling with this week’s task. Lucinda, had difficulty working the technology for Alpha, whilst the photo processing department for Renascence lost the order of the photos.

Back in the boardroom, it was revealed that Alpha won this week’s task with their prize, dinner on board a yacht. With Renascence left in the boardroom, the infighting began between all members, even more so when down to the final three. When Sir Alan asked who should be fired, Alex named Claire and Claire said Simon. With Claire continually arguing her point of view, Sir Alan became annoyed and was extremely close to firing her. Instead, he instantly sent her out of the boardroom and back to the house, whilst also stating that she will be team leader next week. With two left in the boardroom, Sir Alan decided that the task had got away from him, with the responsibly lying at the feet of the team leader. Subsequently, Simon was the next apprentice to be fired by Sir Alan.

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