The Apprentice

Strictly Come Dancing

Emma Bunton stars in the latest series of Strictly Come Dancing, on our screens from 7th Oct - check out our gallery for the full list of contestants.

Anita Shah

Anita considers herself to be a humanitarian with a Bridget Jones alter-ego and wants to write a chick-lit novel

Debra Barr

Debra is inspired by Bill Gates and Sir Richard Branson - she once won 'Mouth of the Year' at an office party

Kate Walsh

Kate's passions include cooking and snowboarding - she admires the business approach of Sex And The City's Samantha

Kimberly Davis

Kimberly was born in The Bronx - she has danced onstage at Disney and sold her own lemonade aged five

Lorraine Tighe

Lorraine admires Victoria Beckham and sums up her attitude to business as the ability to drive a dead horse to the winning line

Mona Lewis

Former Tanzanian beauty-queen Mona says she's an open-minded decision maker and would love to be the brains behind Tesco

Paula Jones

Paula was a four-star sergeant in the army cadets - she says she is a scatter brain with a love for interior design

Yasmina Siadatan

Ambitious restaurant owner Yasmina has lived in LA and Iran - she describes herself as dominating yet adaptable

Ben Clarke

Ben used to work as a Gavin Henson lookalike - he is inspired by the Playboy brand and says making money is better than sex

Howard Ebison

Howard is an award-winning dancer and self-trained musician - he has worked as an area manager for 10 pubs

James McQuillan

James cites Al Pacino and JK Rowling as his inspirational figures - he says he suffers from 'foot in mouth syndrome'

Majid Nagra

Majid believes that business is the backbone to the world - his attitude is 'never say die' and he says he's funny and talkative

Noorul Choudhury

Fashion-obsessed Noorul thinks that Argos should be banned from selling jewellery - he aims to start up a men's tailoring business

Phillip Taylor

Phillip describes himself as 'confident and charming' - he says business is the new rock 'n' roll and he's Elvis Presley

Rocky Andrews

Rocky started up his own sandwich business when he was 17 - he now owns 15 shops across the North East of England

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