List of The Apprentice candidates (UK series nine)

The following is a list of candidates from the British reality television series The Apprentice.

Candidates are listed alphabetically by series; individual candidate information is accessed by clicking on their name below.

Where a date of birth is not provided, the age given is as of the time the relevant series aired.

Age: 41; Occupation: Literacy and Education Company Director.

Ampaw-Farr described herself as "half machine. I can process things at a speed that is out of this world!", "I'm superwoman", and "the Brad Pitt of the Teacher Training Industry". Despite these claims Ampaw-Farr was fired after the first task and became the first female project manager to be fired on the first task. She was the only candidate that Tim Stillwell never worked with during the series.

At the time of her appearance on the show, Ampaw-Farr was 41, making her the oldest ever contestant to take part in the show, beating out Matthew Palmer from Series 1 and Mani Sandher from Series 2, who were both 39 during their time on the show respectively. This would be beaten two years later by Ruth Whiteley from Series 11, who was 47 during her time on the show.

Age: 32; Occupation: Regional Manager - Soccer Centres.

Clough was educated at Woolston High School, a former comprehensive school in Woolston, a suburb of the city of Warrington in Cheshire in Northern England.

Early in the process, Karren Brady labelled Clough a "backseat driver", as he never volunteered to be project manager, though always ended up leading in some way. In week 4 Clough led his team to a loss, though survived based on past performance. He later won two other tasks as project manager - one being an overwhelming victory. In the Interviews stage of the process, Claude Littner said that Clough could not make his business idea work, but Clough continued to insist that he could make it work. Lord Sugar regrettably fired Clough for his obstinate nature, though was saddened to do so.

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