Another candidate fired on The Apprentice

Levi Hague and Conor Galvin have both been fired on The Apprentice in a shock double exit.

This week Lord Sugar handed the candidates one of the most notoriously-difficult tasks – selecting and selling products on a TV shopping channel.

Pascha Myhill was named Project Manager of her team, despite Karishma Vijay’s past experience of live selling, while on the other team, Conor won a vote to become PM ahead of Kieran McCartney.

While both teams encountered problems in a live studio environment, Pascha and her team were named the winners after selling 40 items – including a table tennis set and noise-cancelling headphones – for a total of £893.60.

Conor’s team was let down by poor sales of some bizarre product choices – including a basic yoga mat and a portable shoe drier – for a total of £773.82, marking the Irishman’s second loss as a PM.

Sugar wasted no time in firing Levi, telling him: “You were painful to watch all round, including with the shoe drier thing, what a bloody product that is.”

“One of the comments from the viewers was ‘this is a joke, I’m flabbergasted – I can’t watch any more’,” he continued. “They tuned out. And I have to say, I was flabbergasted also. I think you were diabolical. I do believe on reflection it’s actually time… Levi, it is with regret, you’re fired.”

Conor then chose to bring back Kieran and Dan Miller to the boardroom, but Sugar soon declared Miller safe as he had sold the most products.

Deciding to fire Conor, he told him: “At this stage Conor, it’s been very nice to meet you and associated with you, but I have to think about, kind of a gut feeling. So you’re fired.”

He added: “You’ve come through nine weeks of some difficult stuff. You’ve done good.”

The Apprentice continues next Thursday at 9pm on BBC One and iPlayer with a task requiring the final seven candidates to come up with a new pet product.