Margaret Mountford 'gets fired' from Apprentice interviews episode - Daily TV round-up

Margaret Mountford has said that she was 'fired' from the interviews episode of this year's series of 'The Apprentice'. Fans expecting to see Lord Sugar's former sidekick grilling this year's hopefuls last night were instead treated to Ricky Martin, the former wrestler who won the eighth series of the show.

"They didn't ask me back. I suppose I was fired!" she told whatsontv.co.uk.

"No, obviously they weren't going to want me to carry on doing interviews forever, and nor did I want to do them forever."

Margaret has appeared on the interview stage of the selection process every year since she quit the series in 2009. She was then replaced by businesswoman Karren Brady as Lord Sugar's eyes and ears, along with 'Countdown's Nick Hewer. Last night saw three candidates fired from the process.

Pub quiz entrepreneur Daniel Lassman and accountant Roisin Hogan were both shown the door by Lord Sugar. But it was 22-year-old Solomon Akhtar who left the process in spectacular fashion.

The young tech entrepreneur was savaged by Sugar's long-time associate Claude Littner, who slammed his flimsy business plan and sent him packing during their brief interview.

Remaining contestants Bianca Miller and Mark Wright will fight it out next week for investment of £250,000 from Lord Sugar. [What's On TV]

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