The Apprentice in fix row as fans find 'proof' Lord Sugar chose winner weeks ago

Fans of The think they’ve found ‘proof’ that the grand finale was all a fix. The final episode of this year’s show aired on the tonight, of a £250,000 investment.

In the nail-biting final, with his air conditioning business, beating out Anisa Khan with her dark kitchen takeaway service. Some very keen fans, however, say the result wasn’t nail-biting at all - and that it’s been clear for weeks who’d become Lord ’s protegee.

In the most , just this week fans noticed that Lord Sugar only followed Dean on , while Anisa didn’t get the same appreciation.

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One fan commented: "Lord Sugar follows Dean on Instagram but doesn't follow Anisa. The winner seems obvious..." Another speculated: "The Instagram thing is very interesting to be honest. Bit that he's only following one of them."

Even before, two past contestants revealed exclusively to the that and ideas when getting rid of them rather than focusing on the tasks alone - and he gets those business plans on day one.

Liam Snellin said that he himself was aware that he likely wouldn’t get to the final thanks to his business plan, saying: “Yeah I had a rough idea. I felt like Lord Sugar didn't really have the same vision that I had about my business and didn't really understand the concept of fashionable worker work.

“He sort of said to me multiple times throughout the process that he thinks builders don't care about their appearance. I don't feel like he was the right business partner for me at that late stage in the process.”

His co-star Mia Collins backed up Liam’s version of events, saying she didn’t have any chance of winning as her business had closed down - something Lord Sugar knew as soon as she walked through the door.

“If you look at who I was up against, I was the only one that didn't have an operational business. So I think it's at that point that that's when the businesses start being considered,” she said. “So it's all well and good having a good track record, but it's to win an investment and to work with Lord sugar, I was on the back foot a little bit, having a business that closed down.”

On X, formerly known as , many fans agreed that - alongside the recent Instagram follow - Lord Sugar must have his favourites weeks before he publicly declares a winner.

“Alan Sugar knew exactly what these candidates business plans were from the start , it's all 100% fixed. He tends to forget how absolutely s***e they were in every task , suddenly they're all professional intelligent people . B*****ks,” one viewer wrote.

“It's all fixed, it's all about their business plan, Lord sugar must have seen something In Mia's that he didn't like,” another person agreed.

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