OK. I am going to still put these in spoiler tags because I know there will be some people who read this thread and still complain that I have spoilt it for them.

I got these from the internet forum (thanks to the person who posted them) and they are some quite major spoilers.

The first spoiler is the team names for Series five. They are:



The teams in action (pictures and pictures of candidates in some so do not click on the links if you don't want to see that!)







More on the series:

WOW!! Thanks

Do you know when series 5 starts?

I think it will be the same length as last year March-June but no confirmation yet.

Awesome to get some news about series 5.....

Ahh how I have missed the spoilers thread, it was pretty much the best thing about series 4 (apart from Raef, of course! )

LOL I thought that woman with the file standing next to Nick was BelindaBelindaBelinda from Big Brother!

I didnt know the final 2 candidates get a trial run is this how he decides his winner

Ooh, thanks. So we definitely...

I actually saw 7 of the contestants around 2 months ago.

They were in Ealing (West London) in Bridge End Cafe.

lol. I see a slight resemblance. Big Brother characters on The Apprentice would cause way too many arguements. Especially if Rachel and Rex from this year were on it. lol.

Thanks for the spoilers. No sign of anyone as colourful and ditzy and Lucinda though. I hope there is someone like her. She made fabulous TV. She was likeable, and caused contention every episode.

ahh i've missed this thread!

comic relief does apprentice is currently due on 12th march...and the real series starts a few weeks after that.

Oh My God! I cannot wait till it airs! I hope it's a better series than last year!

6 weeks to go!

Ha, the losers' cafe

I don't know! Jenny buying the "Kosher" chicken was right up there. Sir Alan was so angry, "I'm surprised you didn't get a Catholic priest to bless it while you were at it!" lol.

Is this series that last one that Sralan is contracted to do? (Unless he renews, of course, which I don't think he will.)

Is he contracted? I thought he told Jonathan Ross he had offered to do series 4 but hadn't been told whether they'd need him?

If it is his last contracted series, I hope he renews but introduces a few changes.

Yeah this series brought out some strong feelings lol. None of them were too talented though.

I hope this series has a "Tre" or a "Raef" lol.

Is there any (legal) way of watching the previous four series again or is it a torrent job?

Leave my lovely Jenny alone.

I saw Raef on come dine with me last night - the celebrity version

It put me right off him.. He behaved so smugly and his pomposity was cringworthy. He is a nice guy but anyone that refers to themselves in the third person I seem to not be able to tolerate!\

Plus, him and Lucinda had great personalities but they wee, especially Raef, completely over rated!

Yeah, you know he actually annoyed me in the first episode of the season but the second week when he got a really good team running with the boys, I thought that was pretty good. Raef and Tre were both smug but that makes good TV lol

The official story is that they have to be given employment for the six month period between the main filming and the final, because they couldn't get a normal job because they have to take Sir Alan's job if they win. So it's not supposed to be a "trial run" and he's supposed to base his decision only on the show.

I'd be kind of worried if they didn't tbh, as long as it's not in public!

Anyway, Raef was in no way over rated, in my eyes, if it hadn't been for him, I would never even have watched the whole of the last series because it was pretty poor.

I've just seen some new promo pictures of the new series on the BBC Pictures website- can't wait for it!

Oooh, have they got mugshots of the candidates up? Can you sneak them out? LOL.