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The 19th series of The Apprentice is finally on our screens, and already, the show has provided plenty of drama as 18 new candidates battle it out to become Lord Sugar's next business partner. Over the years, plenty of fantastic contestants have achieved incredible businesses. One former finalist who almost won the show in 2018 made history as the youngest-ever candidate to appear on the BBC series.

Speaking exclusively to Express Online, Camilla Ainsworth has lifted the lid on her experience and unveiled some hidden behind-the-scenes secrets - including strict rules such as no discussions about decisions off-camera. When asked if all the candidates wake up at 4am, she replied, "That's completely true. What makes 4am worse is that you don't know when they'll wake you up.



"So from each day to each day, one day it might be 4, the next it might be 5. Then they might treat you for a lie-in, and it's 6am, but you don't know when they'll wake you up." "It's just when the cameras are in your face, and then they say, 'You've got 20 minutes to get ready.

' It's like the most jam-packed day you could possibly imagine." She added: "From getting mic'd up, getting ready, and then you're out the door, and then you sometimes don't get back till 10 or 11 o'clock because it's too late. "It does make you tired, but I think that's when you probably make better TV because you're making more mistakes.

Although it never felt like they were keeping us out on purpose, it was just genuinely that the d.

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