Series overview
Applications for the eighth series began towards the final episodes of the previous series, with auditions, interviews and assessments made in July 2011. Once the sixteen candidates for the final line-up were selected and notified, production began in Autumn of that year. Prior to the candidates starting their first task, the production staff and Alan Sugar opted for a minor change in the format of the first task, allowing candidates to view and use their accommodation before beginning the process – up until this series, candidates never used, let alone viewed their accommodations, until after the first task and the resulting boardroom scenes. In the first task, the men formed under the team name of ''Phoenix'', while the women formed under the team name of ''Sterling''. Of those who took part, Ricky Martin would become the eventual winner, and go on to use Sugar's investment to set up a scientific recruitment company, Hyper Recruitment Solutions (HRS), on 23 October 2012. He would later be invited back to help as an interviewer for the tenth series. Nick Holzherr, who would lose out in the final, would later go on to raise £1 million to invest in a new online business, "Whisk", and become a success story with what he learned from their participation in the programme.Candidates
Performance chart
Key: : The candidate won this series of ''The Apprentice''. : The candidate was the runner-up. : The candidate won as project manager on his/her team, for this task. : The candidate lost as project manager on his/her team, for this task. : The candidate was on the winning team for this task. : The candidate was on the losing team for this task. : The candidate was brought to the final boardroom for this task. : The candidate was fired in this task. : The candidate lost as project manager for this task and was fired.Episodes
Ratings
Official episode viewing figures are from BARB. SpecialsReferences
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Apprentice (British series 8), The 2012 British television seasons 08