6.6/1013 votes#1 - Scrubbing Up
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 3/25/2009
The sixteen new candidates meet Sir Alan for the first time and receive their challenge. They have to start cleaning companies and make as much money as possible. At the end of the show the first of the hoepfuls is fired.
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- 6.2/1011 votes
#2 - A Hungry Business
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 4/1/2009
After a punishing first task, there is no let-up for the candidates, as Sir Alan challenges them to set up a catering service for busy professionals in the City of London. In tough economic times, the teams must agree a distinctive identity to stand out from the competition and win new customers.
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- 5.7/1010 votes
#3 - Survival of the Fittest
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 4/8/2009
This week the two teams have to create a new piece of portable gym equipment and create a poster advertising it. They then have to demonstrate the equipment. At the end of the show one of the candidates from the loosing show is fired by Sir Alan.
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- 6.0/1010 votes
#4 - A Soap Opera
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 4/15/2009
Week four of Sir Alan Sugars search for his apprentice. Sir Alan Sugar challenges the teams to set up their own cosmetics business.
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- 5.7/1010 votes
#5 - The Advertising Challenge
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 4/22/2009
The candidates are given the task of a new breakfast cereal with a brand identity including a name for the cereal, design for the box and film a TV campaign that will appeal both to the parents and the children.
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- 6.0/1010 votes
#6 - Bric-a-Brac Race
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 4/29/2009
The candidates are tasked with taking a collection of items given to them by Sir Alan Sugar and selling them for the most proffit.
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- 6.0/109 votes
#7 - Heading North
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 5/6/2009
Travelling north for their next challenge, each team must choose two innovative products, and then sell their choices to the right markets within two days.
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- 6.0/107 votes
#8 - Cool Margate
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 5/13/2009
Alan Sugar sends the candidates to Margate on the Kent coast, where they are challenged to produce an eye-catching series of posters and leaflets designed to attract tourists to the seaside resort.
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- NaN/100 votes
#9 - Baby Love
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 5/20/2009
The teams interview suppliers of baby equipment, select two products, and sell them on to a potential 10,000 customers at the country's biggest baby show.
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- NaN/100 votes
#10 - Car Crash TV
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 5/27/2009
The teams must select products which they believe will sell the best during an hour of live television. They must then sell these on-screen themselves.
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- NaN/100 votes
#11 - Interviews
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 6/3/2009
There's no place to hide as the final five candidates face four of Sir Alan's trusted advisors in face-to-face interviews.
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- 7.7/109 votes
#12 - The Final
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 6/7/2009
After facing a multitude of business tasks and a tough interview, the two finalists now face one more challenge – helped by old friends, each finalist must market a brand new box of chocolates, pitching their concept to a panel of business and chocolate experts.
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The Best Episodes of The Apprentice Season 5
Every episode of The Apprentice Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Apprentice Season 5!
British version of the reality competitions series that sees young entrepreneurs compete in several business tasks, attempting to survive the weekly firings in order to...
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Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Scrubbing Up" is the best rated episode of "The Apprentice" season 5. It scored 6.6/10 based on 13 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/25/2009. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "A Hungry Business".