List of The Apprentice candidates (UK series eight)

The following is a list of candidates from the British reality television series The Apprentice.

Candidates are listed alphabetically by series; individual candidate information is accessed by clicking on their name below.

Table of contents

Series One[1][2]

Series Two[3][4]

Series Three[5][6]

Series Four[7][8]

Series Five[9]

Series Six[10]

Series Seven[11]

Series Eight[12]

Series Nine[13]

Series Ten[14]

Series Eleven[15]

References

Where a date of birth is not provided, the age given is as of the time the relevant series aired.

Bilyana Apostolova

Age: 25; Occupation: Risk Analyst.[16] She was fired in week 1 of this series.

Stephen Brady

Age: 33; Occupation: National Sales Manager[17]

Brady was educated at Finchley High School, a Roman Catholic voluntary aided state secondary school in Finchley in North London, followed by St Mary's University in Twickenham in South West London.

In an interview, Stephen spoke about his time on the show, how he was seemingly portrayed as a "panto villain" and his new business venture, Boxclean.

Duane Bryan

Age: 29; Occupation: Founder/Director of Drinks Distribution Company[18]

Bryan was educated at Stretford Grammar School,[19] a state grammar school in the town of Stretford in Greater Manchester, followed by the University of Salford,[20] from which he graduated in 2007 with a 2:2 in Business Management.[20]

Michael Copp

Age: 31; Occupation: MD Kitchen and Bedroom Furniture Retailer[21]

Copp was educated at Barking Abbey School,[22] a state comprehensive school in Barking in Essex, which he left at the age of 15.[22]

Adam Corbally

Age: 32; Occupation: Market Trader[23]
He also competed in Total Wipeout.

Tom Gearing

Age: 23; Occupation: Director of a Fine Wine Investment Company[24]

Gearing was educated at two independent schools for boys in South West London: at Rokeby Preparatory School,[25] a boys' preparatory school in Kingston-upon-Thames, which he left in 2003,[25] and Hampton School,[26] a senior school in Hampton, which he left in 2006,[26] followed by the University of Nottingham, where he studied History, and left in 2009.[27]

Laura Hogg

Age: 28; Occupation: Bridal Shop Owner[28]

Hogg was educated at The Glasgow Academy,[29] a co-educational day independent school in the city of Glasgow, followed by Glasgow Caledonian University.

After leaving the show, Hogg returned to manage her bridal shop. In June 2012, she appeared in a photoshoot in Nuts magazine.[30][31]

Nick Holzherr

Age: 25; Occupation: Technology Entrepreneur.[32] He was one of the four candidate in the Final. Eventually he came third, exiting after Jade Nash.

Holzherr spent the early years of his life in Switzerland, and in the UK was educated at Chailey School, a state comprehensive school in the village of Chailey (near the town of Lewes) in East Sussex, where he obtained 11 A-B grade GCSEs,[33] followed by Central Sussex College,[33] in the town of Haywards Heath in West Sussex. He is a graduate of Aston University, in the city of Birmingham.[34]

Following the show, Nick gave an interview, speaking about his time on the show and his company Whisk, the product of which was pitched during the Apprentice final. Nick studied International Business and spent a year placement working as an investment analyst for Deutsche Bank in Germany.

Ricky Martin

Age: 26; Occupation: Recruitment Entrepreneur - Managing Director of Hyper Recruitment Solutions (HRS)[35] Eventual Winner of series 8. He also won (Season 2 episode 3) BBC's Total Wipeout under the nickname 'Unassuming Ricky' - Witness the fitness!

Martin was educated at Crofton School,[36] a state comprehensive school in the village of Stubbington in Hampshire, followed by St Vincent College in Gosport (also in Hampshire), and Cardiff University.

After being announced the winner of The Apprentice Series 8 Ricky set up Hyper Recruitment Solutions (HRS) alongside Lord Alan Sugar out of Loughton, Essex. This is a specialist science and technology recruitment consultancy supporting companies across the EU. Ricky is a qualified biochemist from Cardiff University[37] member of the Royal Society of Chemistry and is also a certified professional recruiter. Whilst running HRS Ricky has taken part in a number of public events as a speaker supporting careers in apprenticeships, science and the life of an entrepreneur. This includes talks at the Royal Veterinary College, University of Oxford, Veolia Environnement and is also an ambassador for the Alzheimer’s & Dementia society regularly taking part and talking at their key events.

Before The Apprentice Ricky was also known for being a professional wrestling performing under the stage name Ricky Hype. He has been a UK Heavyweight and a UK Tag Team Champion as Ricky Hype performing across the UK and EU, wrestling against the likes of Wade Barrett, Sheamus, Al Snow, Billy Kidman and other well known talent from the WWE.

Preceded by
Tom Pellereau		 The Apprentice (UK) winner
Series Eight (2012) 		Succeeded by
Leah Totton

Jane McEvoy

Age: 28; Occupation: Co-founder of Food Manufacturing Company[38]

Jade Nash

Age: 29; Occupation: Business Development Manager[39]

Nash was educated at South Wilts Grammar School for Girls,[40] which has retained its name but is now a state comprehensive school for girls, in the cathedral city of Salisbury in Wiltshire.

Maria O'Connor

Age: 20; Occupation: Business Development Manager[41]

O' Connor was educated at Barton Court Grammar School,[42] a state grammar school in Canterbury in Kent, in South East England. O' Connor is the youngest candidate ever on The Apprentice at the age of 20.

Gabrielle Omar

Age: 29; Occupation: Architect[43]

Gabrielle spoke in depth about her time on the show in an interview, as well as discussing her future plans and how she feels the format of the Apprentice TV show could be changed to produce better results.

Azhar Siddique

Age: 33; Occupation: Founder and Managing Director of Catering and Refrigeration Company[44]

Siddique was educated at West Street Primary School and Park High School in the town of Colne in Lancashire,[45] followed by Nelson and Colne College,[46] in the town of Nelson (also in Lancashire), and the University of Manchester.[47]

Jenna Whittingham

Age: 25; Occupation: Beauty Salon Owner[48]

Whittingham was educated at Runshaw College in the town of Leyland in Lancashire, where she attended a Beauty course, and at the University of Central Lancashire, in the city of Preston (also in Lancashire), where she took a Business degree.[49]

Katie Wright

Age: 26; Occupation: Editorial and Research Director[50]

An interview saw Katie speak about her time on the show, her future plans and how she responded to "lads mags" approaching her for glamour shots.

References

  1. ↑ "The Apprentice Contestant profiles — the men". BBC. 8 February 2005.
  2. ↑ "The Apprentice Contestant profiles — the women". BBC. 8 February 2005.
  3. ↑ "The Apprentice Series Two: Meet the Boys". BBC. 7 February 2006.
  4. ↑ "The Apprentice Series Two: Meet the Girls". BBC. 7 February 2006.
  5. ↑ "The Apprentice Series Three: Meet the Boys". BBC. 20 March 2007.
  6. ↑ "The Apprentice Series Three: Meet the Girls". BBC. 20 March 2007.
  7. ↑ "The Apprentice Series Four: Meet the Boys". BBC. 18 March 2008.
  8. ↑ "The Apprentice Series Four: Meet the Girls". BBC. 18 March 2008.
  9. ↑ "The Apprentice Series 5: Candidates". BBC.
  10. ↑ "The Apprentice 2010: Candidates". BBC.
  11. ↑ "The Apprentice 2011: Candidates". BBC.
  12. ↑ "The Apprentice, Series 8: Meet the candidates". BBC One. 2012.
  13. ↑ "The Apprentice, Series 9: Meet the candidates". BBC One. 2013.
  14. ↑ "The Apprentice, Series 10: Meet the candidates". BBC One. 2014.
  15. ↑ "The Apprentice, Series 11: Meet the candidates". BBC One. 2015.
  16. ↑ Series eight candidates: Bilyana Apostolova
  17. ↑ Series eight candidates: Stephen Brady
  18. ↑ Series eight candidates: Duane Bryan
  19. ↑ Rick Bowen (19 April 2012). "Stretford businessman Duane Bryan fired from The Apprentice". Messenger newspaper. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  20. 1 2 "Salford Graduate Duane Bryan on Apprentice". University of Salford. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  21. ↑ Series eight candidates: Michael Copp
  22. 1 2 Laura Adams (6 April 2012). "Woodford Green Apprentice loser Michael Copp: Firing me was the wrong decision". Barking and Dagenham Post. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  23. ↑ Series eight candidates: Adam Corbally
  24. ↑ Series eight candidates: Tom Gearing
  25. 1 2 "Old Rokebeian Comes Second in 'The Apprentice". Rokeby School. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  26. 1 2 "HamptonSchool 2006 University Places (Sorted by University) -- Nottingham - History - ThomasGearing" (PDF).
  27. ↑ "Tom Gearing". IMPACT: University of Nottingham Official Student Magazine. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  28. ↑ Series eight candidates: Laura Hogg
  29. ↑ Karen Bale (6 May 2012). "Scots Apprentice hopeful Laura Hogg feared for baby after road smash". Daily Record. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  30. ↑ Nuts magazine, 22–28 June, 2012
  31. ↑ "Laura Hogg - UK Apprentice Nuts Sneak Peak June 18th 2012 - Babetastic".
  32. ↑ Series eight candidates: Nick Holzherr
  33. 1 2 "Could Mid Sussex have educated an Apprentice winner?". Mid Sussex Times. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  34. ↑ "Nick Holzherr". Study at Aston. Aston University. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  35. ↑ Series eight candidates: Ricky Martin
  36. ↑ "Apprentice Ricky gives pupils the inside track". The Portsmouth News. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  37. ↑ "News Centre".
  38. ↑ Series eight candidates: Jane McEvoy
  39. ↑ Series eight candidates: Jade Nash
  40. ↑ Miranda Robertson (31 May 2012). "South Wilts girl through to Apprentice final". Salisbury Journal. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  41. ↑ Series eight candidates: Maria O'Connor
  42. ↑ "Lord Sugar goes sour on restaurateur". Canterbury Times. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  43. ↑ Series eight candidates: Gabrielle Omar
  44. ↑ Series eight candidates: Azhar Siddique
  45. ↑ "Colne man appears on ‘The Apprentice". Pendle Today. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  46. ↑ "College’s “The Apprentice” competition is a hit with BBC Contestant!". Nelson and Colne College. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  47. ↑ "Former ‘Apprentice’ star training for Pennine Lancashire race". Pendle Today. 25 May 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  48. ↑ Series eight candidates: Jenna Whittingham
  49. ↑ Chris Gee (10 July 2012). "Apprentice candidate takes up hairdressing". The Chorley Citizen. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  50. ↑ Series eight candidates: Katie Wright
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