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, from 6 October to 19 December 2010; due to the 2010 General Election, which

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had political ties with following his appointment as a Lord within the

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Series overview

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In a statement made about the postponement of the sixth series, Sugar revealed that running it during the General Election would have been a risk to the broadcaster's "impartiality" in political matters, due in part to his recent appointment as a Lord in the

earlier that year; candidates taking part were advised that during filming Sugar was no longer to be referred to by them as "Sir Alan", but "Lord Sugar" because of his new appointment. The change towards an Autumn schedule for the programme resulted in the production team seeking to compensate viewers for the delay. This led to them arranging for the formation of a two-hour special to end the series on, focused on a crossover episode between ''The Apprentice'' and its sister show, '' The Apprentice: You're Fired!'', on

. As part of its production, the episode's format was devised to begin with a short intro by the active host for ''You're Fired'', introducing the special and what was to come, before leading on into the main feature – the series finale of the main show – and then immediately followed by the sister show's segment of discussions and interviews, with subsequent repeats being entirely composed of the main show's series finale only. Production staff later decided to create subsequent crossover finales of the two episodes in future series, after finding the crossover format to be appealing with viewers. For the candidates who took part, the first task saw the men name their team ''Synergy'', while the women named their team ''Apollo''. Prior to the start of filming for the second episode, Raleigh Addington was forced to drop out of the show after a member of his family was badly injured while on active duty in the British armed forces. His departure meant that Sugar could not perform a multiple firing outside of the Interviews stage. Of those who remained, Stella English would become the eventual winner, whereupon she remained in Sugar's employment until issues began to surface in May 2011, whilst working for his company

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. Complaining to her employer that she required a new role, as the existing one made her work like a "glorified PA" for Sugar, she would retain such comments for a year until her contract was up, whereupon it would not be renewed. After unsuccessfully suing Sugar, she would later face financial difficulties, before eventually securing work with crowdfunding TV channel Crowd Box TV.

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 / they passed the Interviews stage. : 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. : The candidate left the competition prior to this task.

Episodes

Controversy

Behaviour of Stella English after filming Following the sixth series conclusion, production staff became concerned with the behaviour of Stella English after she had won the contest. A few days after winning a job under Alan Sugar, English quit her post after deeming it to be "a sham" employment. Shortly after her resignation, she complained against her former employer's response to her decision and subsequently attempted to sue him for

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. Both Sugar and the producers disapproved of the negative media attention that English brought about after her case was dismissed, and agreed during a meeting that the format of ''The Apprentice'' could not continue for the next series. As a result, the format underwent a complete revamp before production began on the seventh series.

Ratings

Official episode viewing figures are from

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Apprentice (British series 6), The 2010 British television seasons 06