The Apprentice Betting Guide (Odds, Contenders, History)

A select bunch of Apprentice candidates will be battling it out to become Lord Sugar's latest business partner. The format of the BBC series is relatively unchanged since its launch in 2005. Selected online bookmakers will be offering odds on who will win the 250K apprentice investment.
The Apprentice Betting Guide (Odds, Contenders, History)
Jake Ashton
Jake Ashton Senior News Editor

Jake is a Football and Entertainment betting expert, with a Man City season ticket and a deep knowledge of reality TV betting angles

The Apprentice Winner Betting Odds

No betting odds are available for The Apprentice due to the show being pre-recorded and the result already known at the broadcast time. However, without that knowledge, our team of Entertainment betting specialists, led by Jake Ashton will provide their views and probabilities which we will convert into fractional odds for entertainment purposes.

How To Bet on The Apprentice

Ahead of the series, some but not all of the best betting sites offer Apprentice betting. 

Ahead of the first episode, Harpreet Kaur was at odds of 9/1 to win the Apprentice last year.
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You will have a short window of opportunity to place a bet before the series kicks into full gear. 

Of the 32 Apprentice winners and runners up 21 (65.62%) have been female and 11 have been male (34.38%).
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We will add the Apprentice betting odds as soon as they are available in this section of the Apprentice blog. 

Making a bet on who will be the winning Apprentice is as easy as picking a contender from the list of candidates. 

  1. Find the bookmaker offering odds on the Apprentice. 
  2. Choose one of the possible contenders
  3. Decide how much you want to bet
  4. Check the odds and your stake to understand how much you may win if your prediction is correct
  5. Understand that if your prediction is wrong, you will lose your money. 


Francesca Kennedy Wallbank the owner of a sustainability company was last year's Apprentice favourite (3/1), she was fired in Week 5.
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The Apprentice Betting News Diary Timeline

The betting odds for The  Apprentice will see plenty of speculation and a lot of fluctuation. 

Here is a round-up of the Apprentice Betting Timeline from our OLBG News feed

7th February 2025

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The Apprentice History

The Apprentice format was created by producer Mark Burnet in 2004 with Donald Trump as the first host. 

In 2005 the series arrived in the UK with Alan Sugar in the Trump role. 

Originally candidates were competing for an apprenticeship with one of his companies, this changed in 2007 to a business investment. 

Youngest and Oldest Apprentice Candidates
At just 19 Lottie Lyon and Ryan-Mark Parsons (series 15) have been the youngest apprentice candidates. Amy Anzel (series 16) is the oldest at 48.

The winner would now receive 250K and Lord Sugar as their business partner. 



Viewing Figures for The Apprentice

Apprentice Viewing Figures

The show regularly pulls in around 7 million viewers in the UK.

SeriesPremiere dateFinale dateWinnerRunner-upAverage viewers (millions)
175 January 202323 March 2023Marnie SwindellsRochelle Raye Anthony6.54
166 January 202224 March 2022Harpreet KaurKathryn Louise Burn7.09
152 October 201918 December 2019Carina LeporeScarlett Allen-Horton7.17
143 October 201816 December 2018Sian GabbidonCamilla Ainsworth7.32
134 October 201717 December 2017Sarah Lynn / James Whiteβ€”6.94
126 October 201618 December 2016Alana SpencerCourtney Wood7.28
1114 October 201520 December 2015Joseph ValenteVana Koutsomitis7.33
1014 October 201421 December 2014Mark WrightBianca Miller7.4
97 May 201317 July 2013Leah TottonLuisa Zissman7.34
821 March 20123 June 2012Ricky MartinTom Gearing7.35

The viewing figures for the Apprentice in 2023 were the lowest we had seen since 2008. We shall be keeping a close eye on them this year to see if this show could be under threat from a loss of interest from the once loyal audience.

List of The Apprentice Winners

SeasonCandidateWINNING TEAM (INCLUDING INTERVIEWS)PROJECT MANAGER WIN %
1Tim Campbell63.64%50.00%
2Michelle Dewberry72.73%50.00%
3Simon Ambrose54.55%50.00%
4Lee McQueen72.73%100.00%
5Yasmina Siadatan54.55%100.00%
6Stella English72.73%100.00%
7Tom Pellereau27.27%0.00%
8Ricky Martin54.55%33.33%
9Leah Totton45.45%100.00%
10Mark Wright36.36%0.00%

All Time Apprentice Task Data

The table below shows the tasks the Apprentice winners undertook and how successful they were in the tasks. 

SeasonCandidate123456789101112
1Tim CampbellWININTASK LOSTLOSEINININTASK LOSTINBRINHIRED
1Saira KhanLOSETASK LOSTININTASK LOSTBRTASK LOSTINLOSEININRUNNER-UP
1Paul TorrisiININININBRLOSEINBRWINBRFIRED
1James MaxINININWINININLOSEINBRWINFIRED
1Miriam StaleyTASK LOSTBRTASK LOSTTASK LOSTINWININBRINFIRED PROJECT MANAGER
1Raj DhonotaINWINININTASK LOSTTASK LOSTBRWINFIRED
1Ben LearyININBRTASK LOSTININWINFIRED PROJECT MANAGER
1Sebastian SchrimpffININTASK LOSTTASK LOSTWININFIRED
1Rachel GrovesTASK LOSTTASK LOSTININLOSEFIRED
1Matthew PalmerININWININFIRED

Apprentice FAQ

FAQ

The Apprentice (UK)

  • Do bookmakers offer Apprentice betting odds?

  • Who is the favourite to win the Apprentice?

  • Have more males or females won the Apprentice?

Article Contributor Information

This Apprentice Betting article was constructed by our Senior News Editor and Entertainment Specialist Jake Ashton who reports daily for OLBG News on all Entertainment, Reality TV and Award show betting. Jake is often quoted in the national press for his opinion on entertainment betting and manages all of the Entertainment and TV Specials Blogs on OLBG.

Jake Ashton

Jake Ashton

Senior News Editor

Jake is a keen reality TV fan and our expert on Specials betting, encompassing, Reality TV and Award shows among others. If it is a niche market found in the Specials section of a betting site, Jake has seen it and written about it. If he isn't at the Etihad watching Man City that is!
Nigel Skinner

Blog Editor

If you want to know anything about a football club manager then Nigel is your go-to guy. Nigel has written about every manager at every football club in the English football league, Scotland and across Europe in our next manager blogs section and is in touch daily for all football managerial moves, rumours and sackings.

- Nigel Skinner, Blog Content Manager

Dan Tracey

Data Fact Checker

Dan Tracey is our very own Data Fact Checker who enhances our blogs with the latest data that is relevant to the information provided by our editors. Dan is the go-to guy for Data and Facts around a whole host of different topics with his information contributing to a large amount of content provided by OLBG.

- Dan Tracey, Data Scientist and Football Editor

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