{"id":2136847,"date":"2025-11-05T14:07:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T14:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2136847"},"modified":"2025-11-05T14:07:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T14:07:23","slug":"former-candidate-to-star-in-the-celebrity-apprentice-christmas-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/former-candidate-to-star-in-the-celebrity-apprentice-christmas-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Former candidate to star in The Celebrity Apprentice Christmas shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The BBC has announced the cast for its Christmas special, The Celebrity Apprentice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In aid of BBC Children in Need, there will be two celebrity Christmas specials with 12 famous faces taking to the boardroom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Viewers can expect Lord Sugar to call upon Santa Claus for help. The celebrity candidates are split into two groups and sent to Lapland, the official home of Santa, to develop their own gingerbread biscuits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The celebrities will have to create the own biscuit and market their product by making an advert and a jingle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Both teams will then have to pitch their creations to retailers to help secure those all-important sales.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">The Celebrity Apprentice full line-up for Christmas specials<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Here is the full list of celebrities who will take part in the two Christmas specials of The Celebrity Apprentice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tom Skinner is no stranger to the boardroom, having made his name on The Apprentice series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Team one<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\"\/>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Radio 1 DJ Charlie Hedges<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\"\/>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\"\/>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\"\/>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Barrister and TV presenter Rob Rinder<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Creation: a gingerbread biscuit in the shape of Santa\u2019s naughty brother, Jolly McTrouble, with butter toffee, vanilla and Christmas pudding flavoured festive icing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tagline: \u201cBe Naughty, Get Nice\u201d.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-4\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Most successful winners of BBC&#8217;s The Apprentice<\/h2>\n<hr class=\"my-4\"\/>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Team two<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Broadcaster and podcaster Angela Scanlon<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Singer and TV presenter JB Gill<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Gladiators legend Matt Morsia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\"\/>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\"\/>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Businessman and TV personality &#8211; Tom Skinner<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Creation: a gingerbread biscuit in the shape of a penguin called Gary the Penguin with a blend of lemon, bubble-gum and white pepper.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tagline: \u201cA Cheeky Treat for Your Little Rebel\u201d.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-4\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Top 10 best British TV series<\/h2>\n<hr class=\"my-4\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">How to buy the celebrities\u2019 biscuit creations<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">From the Friday, November 14, you can buy the celebrities\u2019 biscuits nationwide with every purchase helping to support children and young people across the UK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Both biscuits will be available to buy at Asda, Tesco, Boots, Debenhams, One Stop, Ocado Retail, Amazon Online, Amazon Fresh stores (London), Lola\u2019s Cupcakes, Knoops, Haven Holidays, Wenzel&#8217;s The Bakers and Greenhalgh\u2019s bakeries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lord Sugar says: \u201cIt\u2019s the first ever time on The Celebrity Apprentice that the public can buy products that were created by the celebrity candidates. It\u2019s added some real pressure to the process.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-4\"\/>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Recommended reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-4\"\/>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI think the celebs thought they were in for an easy ride, but they were wrong! Raising money for BBC Children in Need is serious business, so the candidates really need to deliver if they want to avoid ending up on my naughty list.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">How to watch The Celebrity Apprentice<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Celebrity Apprentice: Christmas Specials will air later this year on BBC One and iPlayer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A specific date and time is yet to be confirmed by the BBC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source uk.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC has announced the cast for its Christmas special, The Celebrity Apprentice. In aid of BBC Children in Need, there will be two celebrity Christmas specials with 12 famous faces taking to the boardroom. Viewers can expect Lord Sugar to call upon Santa Claus for help. 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