Who left The Apprentice this week? All the eliminated candidates from season 20

**Warning: Contains spoilers for The Apprentice season 20**

The Apprentice returned for another episode tonight as the remaining candidates returned to the boardroom and were tasked with turning petals into profits.

Tonight's task saw the candidates head to Egypt to put on corporate away days for paying clients. One team headed off into the desert for a dune adventure and ended up with a bumpy ride, whilst the other set off on a lagoon tour which was anything but smooth sailing.

But soon, the 15 business hopefuls soon became 12 as Lord Sugar fired three candidates who weren't on their A-game in tonight's task.

So, who was fired from The Apprentice 2026? Read on to find out more.

Who left The Apprentice 2026 this week?

Megan Ruiter - Week 6

Megan was project manager this week and was in charge of organising the lagoon tour. Having done corporate events in the past, Megan thought this was the task she could sail through, but she found herself in the firing line after leading her team to a loss of $290 due to the clients asking for a 50 per cent refund for their raw and cold food and their kayaking activity which left them eating dinner in wet clothes.

Speaking of her exit, Megan said: "I was absolutely devastated. I felt like there was a lot more that I could have shown to Lord Sugar. I feel like there was a lot more tasks where I could have shown more of the skill set that I've got. When I got fired, I was absolutely gutted and especially to be fired on a task that, on paper, is my most ideal task."

Carrington Saunders - Week 6

Carrington's raw and cold potato wedges during the task left a poor taste, and led to her being fired by Lord Sugar.

She said of her exit: "I can say it didn't hurt as much because it wasn't just me getting fired. So, it was more of a ‘wow’ moment opposed to something that was entirely sad. It wasn't until a few days later in when the sadness kicked in."

Andrea Cooper - Week 6

Andrea's conflict with Kieran during a successful negotiation saw them her back in the boardroom alongside Megan and Lord Sugar wasn't impressed and pointed his firing finger at her.

"I were actually okay about being fired but I'll be honest with you, I don't think I deserved to be," Andrea said of her exit. "It were a terrible task for me, it were another one where I was in the kitchen, which is just not my forte at all.

"I'm not saying I was surprised because by my calculations, it could have possibly been a triple firing that week. But if there were only going to be one or two fired, I didn't think that it should have been me."

Vanessa Tetteh-Squire - Week 5

Vanessa's failures as project manager led to her being fired, with Lord Sugar deciding that due to her poor leadership, a large loss in profit and the poor manufacturing of the bouquets, it was her turn to be fired from the process.

"I was gutted. Absolutely gutted. I don't believe it was my time to go," Vanessa said of her firing. "I kind of just feel like my fate was already decided from when I put myself up because nobody else wanted the job, and we know from Apprentice history that the PM will always get the blame should anything go wrong.

"So, I was really gutted that my risk of putting myself up for a task, that I knew nothing about, wasn’t seen as me being a risk taker, or willing to do whatever it took to get the result. It was taken as though I decided to do something I knew nothing about."

Roxanne Hamedi - Week 4

This week, Roxanne found herself on the losing team and she, along with Rajan, were brought back into the boardroom by project manager Conor.

Conor was criticised for providing unclear instructions to his team and Rajan was held responsible for some grave errors in the pitch. But, with Roxanne in charge of the branding as sub team leader, Lord Sugar's firing finger was aimed firmly at her.

Asked how it felt be fired, Roxanne said: "It didn't feel good to be fired, just because I didn't think that I deserved to be. There was a lot going on that day and I feel like other people lacked accountability. So yeah, it wasn't a nice feeling."

Tanmay Hingorani - Week 3

After Tanmay, Megan and Carrington found themselves in the firing line, Lord Sugar eventually pointed the finger at Tanmay, after he secured the low deal and became the fourth candidate to leave the competition.

Asked how it felt to be fired from the process, Tanmay said: "I think the first few tasks I had contributed quite a lot and I tried to remain quite cool, calm and collected throughout those first two episodes. So, when things were getting a bit crazy, I did try and reign things in. For example in the storybook, I tried really hard to keep people grounded.

"So, ultimately, I am disappointed for it to end this way. When we went into the negotiation, i was looking forward to it, I see negotiation as an art form, but that negotiation didn’t become a very nice piece of art. Karishma started with a monologue which set the tempo and then Megan came through and set the price ceiling by saying £12, and I shook the hand on £11.80 trying to salvage it.

"I did take the bullet in the boardroom and I do think it was unfair. But you win some and you lose some and I can’t do much about it now!"

Marcus Donkoh - Week 2

After much contemplation from Lord Sugar and pleas from the four candidates who returned to the boardroom, the business mogul ultimately decided to fire Marcus, who had been project manager of his team.

"I didn't expect to be third," Marcus said on his way home. "Putting myself forward as PM, I thought it would be appreciated in the sense of I'm taking a risk, but it is what it is. Onwards and upwards."

Georgina Newton - Week 1

It was a double firing no one was expecting as Lord Sugar told project manager Georgina she was fired.

He said: "Georgina, I think you're your own worst enemy. You come in here, you bring two people in and you say they shouldn't be here. And so you leave me with nowhere to go, so Georgina, regretfully you're fired."`

Nikki Jetha - Week 1

After plenty of back and forth in the boardroom between the project managers and those who were brought back to the boardroom, it was all down to Lord Sugar's decision.

Addressing Nikki, Lord Sugar said: "Yes you put yourself forward as the project manager, very brave, but you were two hours late and you only got one item, and you were the overall project manager... And so it is with regret that you're fired."

The Apprentice continues on Thursday 26 February at 9pm on BBC One and iPlayer.

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