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The team names were missing from The Apprentice episode 1 – and viewers are not happy
Has a crucial part of The Apprentice been dropped from the 2018 show?
- Radio Times Staff
Published: Thursday, 4 October 2018 at 10:05 am
The Apprentice 2018 candidates left the UK for Malta in this year's launch episode, but they seem to have forgotten to pack one important thing: a team name.
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Normally the first episode features an excruciating brainstorming session between the candidates about their team name, which usually ends up being something like "Team Hydra" or "Team Empire" or "Team Apex". It's a cringey but essential part of The Apprentice formula.
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But not this year. As the candidates travelled to find and buy objects for Lord Sugar, the show skipped straight over the naming of the teams.
Ahead of the episode, fans of the Apprentice were anticipating (and dreading) this year's picks...
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But then it became clear: something was missing.
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Despite all the mockery of the bad team names, it seems you don't know what you got 'til it's gone... and Apprentice fans are seriously missing the usual disasters.
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