LORD Sugar confirms The Apprentice 2020 is cancelled - but all the contestants will be invited back for next year. The businessman, 73, revealed the news on Twitter after a fan asked about the BBC show as the country continues to face the coronavirus pandemic.
A fan of the programme asked: "Is The Apprentice cancelled this year, Lord? Sorry if you have already answered that?" Lord Sugar replied: "Yes I guess so.
Could be back in Spring 2021 or skip a whole year and back in October 2021." Another fan the asked: "So the applicants from this year will get a chance next year or have they lost their chance if the show is cancelled this year, Lord?" The TV personality wrote: "The BBC has a selection of candidates ready to go from the last.