AHEAD of The Apprentice’s return this evening, a former candidate has spoken out about why she believes the show is ‘manipulated’.
Amy Anzel has spoken to The Sun ahead of the new series catapulting onto our screens to share show secrets as well as her view of the business reality show.
Amy Anzel is a former candidate on The Apprentice[/caption]
The flame-haired beauty often speaks out about her time on the show[/caption]
Amy’s business, Hollywood =Browzer, is continuing to go from strength-to-strength[/caption]
Amy has spoke to The Sun ahead of the new series airing tonight[/caption]
The stunning American business woman, 51, shot to fame in the 2022 series of the BBC One reality show when she was allegedly “banned” from the final after she was fired.
Amy previously spoke out about how she was “banned” from the final when she spoke of the “unfair” treatment she received, with her still not holding back.
An now, Amy, who founded Hollywood Browzer, has slammed the show for being “manipulated” and staged in some areas – with her also making a request for more representation on the show.
Chatting exclusively to The Sun about reality shows and how they are “set up” in some ways, Amy hinted that she’d go on Dancing On Ice because it’s not as staged as other shows.
“If someone asked me about Dancing On Ice, it’s like you can’t really pretend … because how could you like make someone fall on the ice?”
Speaking about doing reality telly again, she said: “It depends on the show, and if I could really seemingly showcase my ability.”
Amy then trailed off and slammed The Apprentice when she said: “The amount of manipulation in that show is unbelievable. I mean, then, there has to be in all reality, I appreciate that, but not to that extent.”
The business owner then explained how she did The Bachelor in America back in 2002, adding: “Granted, that was a very different time, and reality has come a long way since, but there was no manipulation back then.
‘REALITY TV HAS CHANGED’
“So that’s why I went into The Apprentice with, like, you know, a false sense of security, because I thought, The Bachelor went really well. I was presented as myself. I had a very good time. I met some wonderful people, and I think I was portrayed as I was.
“But things have changed in 20 years. Sadly.”
While chatting about her time on The Apprentice, Amy said that the producers purposely “set up the stage so the candidates will make a mistake”.
She said: “It’s really about the producers making the mistakes, not on behalf of the candidates, like setting up the stage so that the candidates will definitely make that mistake.”
PRODUCER MANIPULATION
Amy added: “What I saw often was, they’ll say you have 10 min left for a task, and you know there’s no clocks.
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Tim Campbell – Former London Underground transport manager Tim Campbell won the first series of the reality show in 2005. He is now one of Lord Sugar’s aides on the show.
Sarah Lynn and James White – For the first and only time in the show’s history, both finalists were crowned winners in 2017.
Amy Anzel – Season 16’s fired candidate Amy Anzel was BANNED from the final celebration show, after a tit-for-tat exchange over Lord Sugar’s mocking tweets.
Michelle Dewberry – Telecoms consultant Michelle Dewberry won the second series of the show in 2006. However, after winning a six-figure job with Lord Sugar she lasted just four months before she sensationally quit.
Selena Waterman-Smith – We’re used to tensions running high in the boardroom, but in 2015 a disagreement between two candidates spilled over – for the first time – into a physical bust-up. Events manager Selina Waterman-Smith was given a verbal warning by show bosses for her role in an off-camera scrap with Charleine Wain.
“You can’t wear a watch, and they’ll shut you down.
“They’ll stop the task way early, prematurely, so that you don’t finish something, and then your artwork is half finished, and then you have to present that version to the buyers.”
And Amy doesn’t think this year’s series will be any different to hers, with her keen to predict the same amount of “manipulation”.
“The same kind of tasks make the same or similar mistakes,” she said, “So you know exactly how it was for us, and thus I’m sure it’s similar for these tasks this year.”
MORE REPRESENTATION NEEDED
We then asked Amy what she thinks about the representation of older people on the show, with her saying that they “of course” need to have older candidates going forward.
“Of course, they should have an older candidate represented, because nowadays people start businesses like later in life, and it’s very common.
“I meet so many entrepreneurs and founders, and many of them have had a career. And then, later on, thirties forties even, you know, they start a business later in life, but they don’t do that now, because they know that those would be candidates that would see the cracks know that they’re controlling the narrative.”
The stunning entrepreneur was ‘banned’ from the final of the series[/caption]
Amy shot to fame in the 2022 series and clashed with Lord Sugar in the process[/caption]
