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The Apprentice | |
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Bill Cullen | |
Genre | Reality television series |
Created by | Mark Burnett |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 4 |
No. of episodes | 42 |
Production | |
Producer | Screentime ShinAwiL Productions |
Running time | 60-minute episodes |
Original release | |
Network | TV3 |
Release | 22 September 2008 19 December 2011 | –
Related | |
Celebrity Apprentice Ireland |
The Apprentice is an Irish reality television series, in which a group of aspiring young businessmen and women compete for the chance to win a job as " apprentice" to Bill Cullen, an Irish businessman.
The first series of the show aired on TV3 on 22 September 2008, and finished on 8 December 2008, with Brenda Shanahan as the winner. Shanahan worked at Cullen's company, Renault Ireland, on a 12-month contract worth €100,000. [1] Steve Rayner, a Business Development Manager, won the second series in 2009. That series also featured Breffny Morgan. Michelle Massey won the job in the 2010 series, while Eugene Heary won in 2011. [2] It was announced in May 2012 that the programme would not be renewed for a new series. [3] [4]
The Apprentice is modelled on the American series of the same name, which starred entrepreneur Donald Trump, but is styled more closely around the British series starring business magnate Alan, Lord Sugar. [5]
Bill Cullen's assistants in the Irish version of The Apprentice were his partner, and former model, Jackie Lavin and PR "guru", Brian Purcell. [6]
Due to the success and growth of the series in 2009, it was announced that a Celebrity version of the show was being sought by the producers and TV3. The producers began the task of finding the main sponsor for the show, celebrities to take part and finally smaller sponsors of each individual task. The producers were able to find a main sponsor for the launch of the spring show and would have started production in January or February 2010, however, they were unable to find sponsors of each individual task. The producers also ran into trouble finding different personalities for the show and for them to give up a month of their lives for the show. The production of the celebrity version of the show was postponed until the third series finished production in August 2010. [7]
As part of TV3's 2013 Autumn Schedule, the Celebrity Apprentice Ireland launched in September 2013.
The Apprentice Series 4 began airing on 3 October 2011. The Apprentice: You're Fired presented by Anton Savage also returned.
The fourth series consists of sixteen candidates in total again this year. In the three previous series, the candidates were initially separated into two teams based on gender. This year, however, Bill split the teams into 'youth' and 'experience'. Four male and four female candidates made up the teams.
Candidate | Background | Original team | Age | Result |
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Eugene Heary | Property Developer | Zest | 30 | Hired by Cullen |
Noel Rowland | Company Director | Zest | 30 | Fired in week 12 |
Joanne Sweeney-Burke | Multimedia Company Owner | Zest | 33 | Fired in week 12 |
Maurice O'Callaghan | Hospitality Manager | Zest | 32 | Fired in week 12 |
Conor Browne | Company Owner | Spirit | 20 | Fired in week 11 |
Sandra Murphy | Restaurateur | Zest | 30 | Fired in week 10 |
Christopher Harold | Marketing Manager with Cadpo Software Solutions | Spirit | 28 | Fired in week 9 |
Brian Kirwan | Sales & Marketing | Spirit | 29 | Fired in Week 8 |
Susanne Short | Marketing Graduate | Spirit | 22 | Fired in week 7 |
Peter Nielsen | Senior Channel Account Manager | Spirit | 29 | Fired in week 6 |
Louise O'Hara | Graduate, Masters in Marketing | Spirit | 29 | Fired in week 5 |
Claire Crone | Self Employed | Zest | 35 | Fired in week 4 |
Ruth Leggett | Construction Design Manager | Zest | 40 | Fired in week 3 |
Eoin Hamdam | I.T. Consultant | Zest | 38 | Quit in week 3 |
Yinka Rahman | Owns and runs www.hairweavon.com | Spirit | 25 | Fired in week 2 |
Aisling Smith | Marketing and Event Manager | Spirit | 26 | Fired in week 1 |
Candidate | Original team | Week 3 team | Week 4 team | Week 6 team | Week 8 team | Week 9 team | Week 11 team | Application result | Record as project manager |
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Eugene Heary | Zest | Spirit | Zest | Zest | Zest | Spirit | Spirit | Hired by Cullen | 2–1 (win in weeks 10 & 11, loss in week 6) |
Noel Rowland | Zest | Zest | Zest | Spirit | Spirit | Zest | Spirit | Fired in week 12 | 2–0 (win in weeks 4 & 8) |
Joanne Sweeney-Burke | Zest | Spirit | Spirit | Zest | Spirit | Spirit | Spirit | Fired in week 12 | 2–1 (win in weeks 2 & 9, loss in week 7) |
Maurice O'Callaghan | Zest | Zest | Spirit | Spirit | Spirit | Zest | Zest | Fired in week 12 | 2–1 (win in weeks 1 & 7, loss in week 10) |
Conor Browne | Spirit | Zest | Zest | Zest | Spirit | Spirit | Zest | Fired in week 11 | 0–2 (loss in weeks 5 & 11) |
Sandra Murphy | Zest | Zest | Zest | Spirit | Zest | Zest | Fired in week 10 | 1–1 (win in week 6, loss in week 8) | |
Christopher Harold | Spirit | Spirit | Spirit | Spirit | Zest | Zest | Fired in week 9 | 0–2 (loss in weeks 2 & 9) | |
Brian Kirwan | Spirit | Spirit | Spirit | Spirit | Zest | Fired in week 8 | 1–0 (win in week 5) | ||
Susanne Short | Spirit | Spirit | Spirit | Zest | Fired in week 7 | ||||
Peter Nielsen | Spirit | Spirit | Zest | Zest | Fired in week 6 | ||||
Louise O'Hara | Spirit | Spirit | Zest | Fired in week 5 | 1–0 (win in week 3) | ||||
Claire Crone | Zest | Zest | Spirit | Fired in week 4 | 0–1 (loss in week 4) | ||||
Ruth Leggett | Zest | Zest | Fired in week 3 | ||||||
Eoin Hamdam | Zest | Zest | Quit in week 3 | 0–1 (loss in week 3) | |||||
Yinka Rahman | Spirit | Fired in week 2 | |||||||
Aisling Smith | Spirit | Fired in week 1 | 0–1 (loss in week 1) |
Elimination chart | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. | Candidate | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||||||||||||
1 | Eugene | IN | IN | IN | IN | BR | LOSE | IN | IN | IN | WIN | WIN | HIRED | |||||||||||||
2 | Noel | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | BR | BR | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||
3 | Joanne | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOSE | IN | WIN | IN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||
4 | Maurice | WIN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | BR | LOSE | BR | FIRED | |||||||||||||
5 | Conor | BR | IN | IN | IN | LOSE | BR | BR | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||||||
6 | Sandra | IN | IN | LOSE | IN | IN | WIN | IN | LOSE | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||||
7 | Christopher | BR | LOSE | IN | BR | IN | IN | IN | BR | FIRED | ||||||||||||||||
8 | Brian | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Susanne | IN | IN | IN | BR | IN | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||||||||||
10 | Peter | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | Louise | IN | BR | WIN | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Claire | IN | IN | BR | FIRED | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Ruth | IN | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Eoin | IN | IN | LEFT | ||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Yinka | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Aisling | FIRED |
*Episode dedicated to the memory of Hannah Bryan (1996–2011, former inpatient of Our Lady's Children's Hospital Crumlin) who appeared briefly in the programme.
The 2010 series of the show began filming in July. The candidates have been spotted in locations including the Blanchardstown Shopping Centre on 9 July 2010. The Apprentice: You're Fired presented by Anton Savage, returned alongside brand new spin-off, The Apprentice: At Home featuring what has been going on in the house the contestants live together in during the competition offering further insight into their personalities and relationships. The Apprentice 2010 began on 20 September 2010 and continued for 13 weeks in total. The winner of the 2010 series was Michelle Massey. [21] [22]
The third series consists of sixteen candidates in total. As with the two previous series, the candidates were initially separated into two teams based on gender. The women chose the name 'Fusion', while the men chose the name 'Elev8'. Similar to the third series of the British version, in the first task, Bill swapped the project manager of the women's team with that of the men's before commencing the task.
The candidates are:
Team 1 | Team 2 |
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Fusion | Elev8 |
Name | Occupation | Age* | Result |
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Michelle Massey | Corporate Sales Manager | 28 | Winner |
Niamh McDonald | Marketing Coordinator | 23 | Runner-up |
Panos Zambetakis | Senior Online Advertising Manager | 33 | Fired in Week 12 |
Will McCreevey | Financial Sales Manager | 22 | Fired in Week 12 |
Barry Caesar Hunt | Entrepreneur | 32 | Fired in Week 11 |
Jamie Moran | Property Consultant | 29 | Fired in Week 10 |
Ciara McManus | Sales Manager | 34 | Fired in Week 10 |
Dave Cashman | Events Organizer | 26 | Fired in Week 9 |
Tara Lee | Property Surveyor | 24 | Fired in Week 8 |
Nagaite Farag | Sales Agent | 25 | Fired in Week 7 |
Sarah O'Neill | PR & Communications Manager | 30 | Fired in Week 6 |
Caroline McHugh | Solicitor | 26 | Fired in Week 5 |
Kieran Walsh | Professional Poker Player/Director Family Business | 28 | Fired in Week 4 |
Niamh Humphreys | Business Account Manager | 35 | Fired in Week 3 |
David O'Byrne | Marketing Professional | 27 | Fired in Week 2 |
Cahal Heapes | Area Sales Manager | 32 | Fired in Week 1 |
* as of the date of the programme
Elimination Chart | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. | Candidate | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||||||||
1 | Michelle | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | WIN | BR | BR | IN | HIRED | ||||||||||||||
2 | Niamh M. | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||||||
3 | Panos | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | BR | BR | IN | WIN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||||
4 | Will | IN | BR | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOSE | IN | BR | IN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||||
5 | Barry | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOSE | IN | IN | IN | LOSE | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Jamie | IN | BR | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | BR | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Ciara | WIN | IN | BR | BR | BR | IN | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Dave | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | BR | IN | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||||||||||
9 | Tara | BR | IN | IN | BR | WIN | IN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | Nagaite | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | BR | FIRED | ||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Sarah | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Caroline | IN | IN | LOSE | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Kieran | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Niamh H. | BR | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | David | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Cahal | FIRED |
After the success of the first series, TV3 announced that the show would return for another series. The second series started broadcasting on Monday, 21 September 2009. In addition to the main show, an official after show called The Apprentice: You're Fired! started this series. The winner of the 2009 series was Steve Rayner. [35]
There were fourteen candidates taking part in the second series and initially they were separated into two teams based on gender, Bill later switches around the personnel on these teams. The women chose the name Platinum, while the men chose the name Cúchulainn.
The candidates are:
Team 1 | Team 2 |
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Platinum | Cúchulainn |
Name | Occupation | Age* | Result |
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Steve Rayner | Senior Account Manager | 30 | Winner |
Stephen Higgins | Company Director | 25 | Runner-up |
Geraldine O'Callaghan | Company Owner | 26 | Fired in Week 12 : semi-finals |
Lucinda Kelly | Telecommunications Online Manager | 29 | Fired in week 11 |
Aoiffe Madden | Marketing Manager | 25 | Fired in week 10 |
Breffny Morgan | Harvard Graduate | 23 | Fired in Week 9 |
Ruth O'Dowd | Marketing Manager | 30 | Fired in Week 8 |
Samantha Conroy | Secondary School Teacher | 32 | Fired in Week 7 |
Brenden Moore | Entrepreneur | 23 | Fired in Week 6 |
Maria Loughran | Financial Product Manager | 33 | Fired in Week 5 |
Jennifer Quinn | Environmental Engineer | 27 | Fired in Week 4 |
Setanta Landers | Tax Consultant | 27 | Fired in Week 3 |
Donal Proctor | Building Services Engineer | 30 | Fired in Week 2 |
Craig Butler | Retail Business Developer | 25 | Fired in Week 1 |
* as of the date of the programme
Elimination Chart | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. | Candidate | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |||||||||
1 | Steve | IN | IN | IN | IN | BR | WIN | BR | WIN | IN | LOSE | BR | IN | HIRED | |||||||||
2 | Stephen | IN | LOSE | IN | IN | IN | IN | BR | IN | WIN | IN | WIN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||
3 | Geraldine | IN | IN | BR | WIN | IN | IN | IN | BR | LOSE | IN | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||
4 | Lucinda | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | FIRED | |||||||||||
5 | Aoiffe | IN | IN | IN | BR | WIN | BR | IN | LOSE | BR | FIRED | ||||||||||||
6 | Breffny | BR | BR | WIN | IN | IN | BR | WIN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||
7 | Ruth | WIN | IN | BR | IN | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||||||
8 | Samantha | IN | IN | IN | IN | BR | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||||
9 | Brendan | IN | IN | IN | BR | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||||||||
10 | Maria | IN | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||||||
11 | Jennifer | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||||||||||
12 | Setanta | IN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | Donal | BR | FIRED | ||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Craig | FIRED |
There were fourteen candidates taking part in the series and initially they were separated into two teams based on gender. The women chose the name Phoenix, while the men chose the name Dynamo.
The candidates are:
Team 1 | Team 2 |
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Phoenix | Dynamo |
Name | Occupation | Age* | Result |
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Brenda Shanahan | Bridal Shop Owner | 32 | Winner |
Nicky O'Callaghan | Auctioneer | 26 | Runner up |
Stuart Butler | Business Development Manager | 31 | Fired in Week 11 |
Orla Power | Marketing Manager | 34 | Fired in Week 11 |
Shane Davey | National Account Manager | 29 | Fired in Week 10 |
Sarah Cowley | Advertising Sales Manager | 32 | Fired in Week 9 |
Paddy O'Dea | Senior Sales Executive | 26 | Fired in Week 8 |
Joanna Murphy | Sales Director | 37 | Fired in Week 7 |
Mark O'Rourke | Company Director | 26 | Fired in Week 6 |
Orla McAdam | Medical Sales Representative | 24 | Fired in Week 5 |
Avril Daly | Recruitment Consultant | 24 | Fired in Week 4 |
Ronan Whitty | Yield Analyst | 27 | Fired in Week 3 |
Derek Ramsey | Regional Sales Manager | 26 | Fired in Week 2 |
David Neary | Assistant Brand Manager | 25 | Fired in Week 1 |
* as of the date of the programme
Elimination Chart | |||||||||||||||||||||
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No. | Candidate | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||||||
1 | Brenda | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | HIRED | ||||||||
2 | Nicky | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOSE | BR | BR | WIN | IN | IN | FIRED | ||||||||
3 | Stuart | IN | IN | BR | IN | LOSE | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | FIRED | |||||||||
4 | Orla P. | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | IN | BR | LOSE | BR | LOSE | FIRED | |||||||||
5 | Shane | IN | IN | WIN | IN | BR | IN | WIN | IN | BR | FIRED | ||||||||||
6 | Sarah | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||
7 | Paddy | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||||
8 | Joanna | WIN | IN | IN | BR | IN | BR | FIRED | |||||||||||||
9 | Mark | LOSE | BR | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||||||
10 | Orla M. | IN | IN | IN | LOSE | FIRED | |||||||||||||||
11 | Avril | IN | IN | LOSE | FIRED | ||||||||||||||||
12 | Ronan | BR | LOSE | FIRED | |||||||||||||||||
13 | Derek | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||||||||||
14 | David | FIRED |
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The Apprentice | |
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Bill Cullen | |
Genre | Reality television series |
Created by | Mark Burnett |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 4 |
No. of episodes | 42 |
Production | |
Producer | Screentime ShinAwiL Productions |
Running time | 60-minute episodes |
Original release | |
Network | TV3 |
Release | 22 September 2008 19 December 2011 | –
Related | |
Celebrity Apprentice Ireland |
The Apprentice is an Irish reality television series, in which a group of aspiring young businessmen and women compete for the chance to win a job as " apprentice" to Bill Cullen, an Irish businessman.
The first series of the show aired on TV3 on 22 September 2008, and finished on 8 December 2008, with Brenda Shanahan as the winner. Shanahan worked at Cullen's company, Renault Ireland, on a 12-month contract worth €100,000. [1] Steve Rayner, a Business Development Manager, won the second series in 2009. That series also featured Breffny Morgan. Michelle Massey won the job in the 2010 series, while Eugene Heary won in 2011. [2] It was announced in May 2012 that the programme would not be renewed for a new series. [3] [4]
The Apprentice is modelled on the American series of the same name, which starred entrepreneur Donald Trump, but is styled more closely around the British series starring business magnate Alan, Lord Sugar. [5]
Bill Cullen's assistants in the Irish version of The Apprentice were his partner, and former model, Jackie Lavin and PR "guru", Brian Purcell. [6]
Due to the success and growth of the series in 2009, it was announced that a Celebrity version of the show was being sought by the producers and TV3. The producers began the task of finding the main sponsor for the show, celebrities to take part and finally smaller sponsors of each individual task. The producers were able to find a main sponsor for the launch of the spring show and would have started production in January or February 2010, however, they were unable to find sponsors of each individual task. The producers also ran into trouble finding different personalities for the show and for them to give up a month of their lives for the show. The production of the celebrity version of the show was postponed until the third series finished production in August 2010. [7]
As part of TV3's 2013 Autumn Schedule, the Celebrity Apprentice Ireland launched in September 2013.
The Apprentice Series 4 began airing on 3 October 2011. The Apprentice: You're Fired presented by Anton Savage also returned.
The fourth series consists of sixteen candidates in total again this year. In the three previous series, the candidates were initially separated into two teams based on gender. This year, however, Bill split the teams into 'youth' and 'experience'. Four male and four female candidates made up the teams.
Candidate | Background | Original team | Age | Result |
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Eugene Heary | Property Developer | Zest | 30 | Hired by Cullen |
Noel Rowland | Company Director | Zest | 30 | Fired in week 12 |
Joanne Sweeney-Burke | Multimedia Company Owner | Zest | 33 | Fired in week 12 |
Maurice O'Callaghan | Hospitality Manager | Zest | 32 | Fired in week 12 |
Conor Browne | Company Owner | Spirit | 20 | Fired in week 11 |
Sandra Murphy | Restaurateur | Zest | 30 | Fired in week 10 |
Christopher Harold | Marketing Manager with Cadpo Software Solutions | Spirit | 28 | Fired in week 9 |
Brian Kirwan | Sales & Marketing | Spirit | 29 | Fired in Week 8 |
Susanne Short | Marketing Graduate | Spirit | 22 | Fired in week 7 |
Peter Nielsen | Senior Channel Account Manager | Spirit | 29 | Fired in week 6 |
Louise O'Hara | Graduate, Masters in Marketing | Spirit | 29 | Fired in week 5 |
Claire Crone | Self Employed | Zest | 35 | Fired in week 4 |
Ruth Leggett | Construction Design Manager | Zest | 40 | Fired in week 3 |
Eoin Hamdam | I.T. Consultant | Zest | 38 | Quit in week 3 |
Yinka Rahman | Owns and runs www.hairweavon.com | Spirit | 25 | Fired in week 2 |
Aisling Smith | Marketing and Event Manager | Spirit | 26 | Fired in week 1 |
Candidate | Original team | Week 3 team | Week 4 team | Week 6 team | Week 8 team | Week 9 team | Week 11 team | Application result | Record as project manager |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eugene Heary | Zest | Spirit | Zest | Zest | Zest | Spirit | Spirit | Hired by Cullen | 2–1 (win in weeks 10 & 11, loss in week 6) |
Noel Rowland | Zest | Zest | Zest | Spirit | Spirit | Zest | Spirit | Fired in week 12 | 2–0 (win in weeks 4 & 8) |
Joanne Sweeney-Burke | Zest | Spirit | Spirit | Zest | Spirit | Spirit | Spirit | Fired in week 12 | 2–1 (win in weeks 2 & 9, loss in week 7) |
Maurice O'Callaghan | Zest | Zest | Spirit | Spirit | Spirit | Zest | Zest | Fired in week 12 | 2–1 (win in weeks 1 & 7, loss in week 10) |
Conor Browne | Spirit | Zest | Zest | Zest | Spirit | Spirit | Zest | Fired in week 11 | 0–2 (loss in weeks 5 & 11) |
Sandra Murphy | Zest | Zest | Zest | Spirit | Zest | Zest | Fired in week 10 | 1–1 (win in week 6, loss in week 8) | |
Christopher Harold | Spirit | Spirit | Spirit | Spirit | Zest | Zest | Fired in week 9 | 0–2 (loss in weeks 2 & 9) | |
Brian Kirwan | Spirit | Spirit | Spirit | Spirit | Zest | Fired in week 8 | 1–0 (win in week 5) | ||
Susanne Short | Spirit | Spirit | Spirit | Zest | Fired in week 7 | ||||
Peter Nielsen | Spirit | Spirit | Zest | Zest | Fired in week 6 | ||||
Louise O'Hara | Spirit | Spirit | Zest | Fired in week 5 | 1–0 (win in week 3) | ||||
Claire Crone | Zest | Zest | Spirit | Fired in week 4 | 0–1 (loss in week 4) | ||||
Ruth Leggett | Zest | Zest | Fired in week 3 | ||||||
Eoin Hamdam | Zest | Zest | Quit in week 3 | 0–1 (loss in week 3) | |||||
Yinka Rahman | Spirit | Fired in week 2 | |||||||
Aisling Smith | Spirit | Fired in week 1 | 0–1 (loss in week 1) |
Elimination chart | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. | Candidate | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||||||||||||
1 | Eugene | IN | IN | IN | IN | BR | LOSE | IN | IN | IN | WIN | WIN | HIRED | |||||||||||||
2 | Noel | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | BR | BR | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||
3 | Joanne | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOSE | IN | WIN | IN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||
4 | Maurice | WIN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | BR | LOSE | BR | FIRED | |||||||||||||
5 | Conor | BR | IN | IN | IN | LOSE | BR | BR | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||||||
6 | Sandra | IN | IN | LOSE | IN | IN | WIN | IN | LOSE | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||||
7 | Christopher | BR | LOSE | IN | BR | IN | IN | IN | BR | FIRED | ||||||||||||||||
8 | Brian | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Susanne | IN | IN | IN | BR | IN | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||||||||||
10 | Peter | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | Louise | IN | BR | WIN | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Claire | IN | IN | BR | FIRED | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Ruth | IN | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Eoin | IN | IN | LEFT | ||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Yinka | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Aisling | FIRED |
*Episode dedicated to the memory of Hannah Bryan (1996–2011, former inpatient of Our Lady's Children's Hospital Crumlin) who appeared briefly in the programme.
The 2010 series of the show began filming in July. The candidates have been spotted in locations including the Blanchardstown Shopping Centre on 9 July 2010. The Apprentice: You're Fired presented by Anton Savage, returned alongside brand new spin-off, The Apprentice: At Home featuring what has been going on in the house the contestants live together in during the competition offering further insight into their personalities and relationships. The Apprentice 2010 began on 20 September 2010 and continued for 13 weeks in total. The winner of the 2010 series was Michelle Massey. [21] [22]
The third series consists of sixteen candidates in total. As with the two previous series, the candidates were initially separated into two teams based on gender. The women chose the name 'Fusion', while the men chose the name 'Elev8'. Similar to the third series of the British version, in the first task, Bill swapped the project manager of the women's team with that of the men's before commencing the task.
The candidates are:
Team 1 | Team 2 |
---|---|
Fusion | Elev8 |
Name | Occupation | Age* | Result |
---|---|---|---|
Michelle Massey | Corporate Sales Manager | 28 | Winner |
Niamh McDonald | Marketing Coordinator | 23 | Runner-up |
Panos Zambetakis | Senior Online Advertising Manager | 33 | Fired in Week 12 |
Will McCreevey | Financial Sales Manager | 22 | Fired in Week 12 |
Barry Caesar Hunt | Entrepreneur | 32 | Fired in Week 11 |
Jamie Moran | Property Consultant | 29 | Fired in Week 10 |
Ciara McManus | Sales Manager | 34 | Fired in Week 10 |
Dave Cashman | Events Organizer | 26 | Fired in Week 9 |
Tara Lee | Property Surveyor | 24 | Fired in Week 8 |
Nagaite Farag | Sales Agent | 25 | Fired in Week 7 |
Sarah O'Neill | PR & Communications Manager | 30 | Fired in Week 6 |
Caroline McHugh | Solicitor | 26 | Fired in Week 5 |
Kieran Walsh | Professional Poker Player/Director Family Business | 28 | Fired in Week 4 |
Niamh Humphreys | Business Account Manager | 35 | Fired in Week 3 |
David O'Byrne | Marketing Professional | 27 | Fired in Week 2 |
Cahal Heapes | Area Sales Manager | 32 | Fired in Week 1 |
* as of the date of the programme
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No. | Candidate | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||||||||
1 | Michelle | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | WIN | BR | BR | IN | HIRED | ||||||||||||||
2 | Niamh M. | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||||||
3 | Panos | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | BR | BR | IN | WIN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||||
4 | Will | IN | BR | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOSE | IN | BR | IN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||||
5 | Barry | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOSE | IN | IN | IN | LOSE | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Jamie | IN | BR | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | BR | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Ciara | WIN | IN | BR | BR | BR | IN | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Dave | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | BR | IN | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||||||||||
9 | Tara | BR | IN | IN | BR | WIN | IN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | Nagaite | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | BR | FIRED | ||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Sarah | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Caroline | IN | IN | LOSE | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Kieran | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Niamh H. | BR | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | David | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Cahal | FIRED |
After the success of the first series, TV3 announced that the show would return for another series. The second series started broadcasting on Monday, 21 September 2009. In addition to the main show, an official after show called The Apprentice: You're Fired! started this series. The winner of the 2009 series was Steve Rayner. [35]
There were fourteen candidates taking part in the second series and initially they were separated into two teams based on gender, Bill later switches around the personnel on these teams. The women chose the name Platinum, while the men chose the name Cúchulainn.
The candidates are:
Team 1 | Team 2 |
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Platinum | Cúchulainn |
Name | Occupation | Age* | Result |
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Steve Rayner | Senior Account Manager | 30 | Winner |
Stephen Higgins | Company Director | 25 | Runner-up |
Geraldine O'Callaghan | Company Owner | 26 | Fired in Week 12 : semi-finals |
Lucinda Kelly | Telecommunications Online Manager | 29 | Fired in week 11 |
Aoiffe Madden | Marketing Manager | 25 | Fired in week 10 |
Breffny Morgan | Harvard Graduate | 23 | Fired in Week 9 |
Ruth O'Dowd | Marketing Manager | 30 | Fired in Week 8 |
Samantha Conroy | Secondary School Teacher | 32 | Fired in Week 7 |
Brenden Moore | Entrepreneur | 23 | Fired in Week 6 |
Maria Loughran | Financial Product Manager | 33 | Fired in Week 5 |
Jennifer Quinn | Environmental Engineer | 27 | Fired in Week 4 |
Setanta Landers | Tax Consultant | 27 | Fired in Week 3 |
Donal Proctor | Building Services Engineer | 30 | Fired in Week 2 |
Craig Butler | Retail Business Developer | 25 | Fired in Week 1 |
* as of the date of the programme
Elimination Chart | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. | Candidate | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |||||||||
1 | Steve | IN | IN | IN | IN | BR | WIN | BR | WIN | IN | LOSE | BR | IN | HIRED | |||||||||
2 | Stephen | IN | LOSE | IN | IN | IN | IN | BR | IN | WIN | IN | WIN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||
3 | Geraldine | IN | IN | BR | WIN | IN | IN | IN | BR | LOSE | IN | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||
4 | Lucinda | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | FIRED | |||||||||||
5 | Aoiffe | IN | IN | IN | BR | WIN | BR | IN | LOSE | BR | FIRED | ||||||||||||
6 | Breffny | BR | BR | WIN | IN | IN | BR | WIN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||
7 | Ruth | WIN | IN | BR | IN | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||||||
8 | Samantha | IN | IN | IN | IN | BR | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||||
9 | Brendan | IN | IN | IN | BR | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||||||||
10 | Maria | IN | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||||||
11 | Jennifer | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||||||||||
12 | Setanta | IN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | Donal | BR | FIRED | ||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Craig | FIRED |
There were fourteen candidates taking part in the series and initially they were separated into two teams based on gender. The women chose the name Phoenix, while the men chose the name Dynamo.
The candidates are:
Team 1 | Team 2 |
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Phoenix | Dynamo |
Name | Occupation | Age* | Result |
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Brenda Shanahan | Bridal Shop Owner | 32 | Winner |
Nicky O'Callaghan | Auctioneer | 26 | Runner up |
Stuart Butler | Business Development Manager | 31 | Fired in Week 11 |
Orla Power | Marketing Manager | 34 | Fired in Week 11 |
Shane Davey | National Account Manager | 29 | Fired in Week 10 |
Sarah Cowley | Advertising Sales Manager | 32 | Fired in Week 9 |
Paddy O'Dea | Senior Sales Executive | 26 | Fired in Week 8 |
Joanna Murphy | Sales Director | 37 | Fired in Week 7 |
Mark O'Rourke | Company Director | 26 | Fired in Week 6 |
Orla McAdam | Medical Sales Representative | 24 | Fired in Week 5 |
Avril Daly | Recruitment Consultant | 24 | Fired in Week 4 |
Ronan Whitty | Yield Analyst | 27 | Fired in Week 3 |
Derek Ramsey | Regional Sales Manager | 26 | Fired in Week 2 |
David Neary | Assistant Brand Manager | 25 | Fired in Week 1 |
* as of the date of the programme
Elimination Chart | |||||||||||||||||||||
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No. | Candidate | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||||||
1 | Brenda | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | HIRED | ||||||||
2 | Nicky | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOSE | BR | BR | WIN | IN | IN | FIRED | ||||||||
3 | Stuart | IN | IN | BR | IN | LOSE | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | FIRED | |||||||||
4 | Orla P. | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | IN | BR | LOSE | BR | LOSE | FIRED | |||||||||
5 | Shane | IN | IN | WIN | IN | BR | IN | WIN | IN | BR | FIRED | ||||||||||
6 | Sarah | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||
7 | Paddy | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||||
8 | Joanna | WIN | IN | IN | BR | IN | BR | FIRED | |||||||||||||
9 | Mark | LOSE | BR | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||||||
10 | Orla M. | IN | IN | IN | LOSE | FIRED | |||||||||||||||
11 | Avril | IN | IN | LOSE | FIRED | ||||||||||||||||
12 | Ronan | BR | LOSE | FIRED | |||||||||||||||||
13 | Derek | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||||||||||
14 | David | FIRED |
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