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The Apprentice 2016 winner: Lord Sugar accidentally reveals victor on Twitter

The business magnate accidently followed a certain contestant 

Jack Shepherd
Sunday 04 December 2016 12:01 GMT
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Before each season of The Apprentice begins, contestants and crew are made to sign numerous forms preventing them from revealing who wins the BBC show.

Unfortunately, after all these years signing on the dotted line, Alan Sugar may have forgotten about those NDA forms as the business magnate accidentally revealed the winner of the 2016 competition on social media.

While not outright saying “[redacted] wins,” Sugar let slip the information through his Twitter account three weeks before the pre-recorded final is set to air.

Beady-eyed fans of the series noticed how Sugar started following one of the contestants on Twitter - the 69-year-old only ever follows a single contestant from each series: the winner.

The Mail on Sunday contacted Sugar about the slip-up, soon ‘unfollowing’ the contestant following the revelation. Like that publication, we will refrain from naming the winner - who will take home the £250,000 prize - as to not spoil the outcome for those millions of viewers who enjoy the show.

One contestant said of the revelation to The Mail: “Each year Lord Sugar makes a point of only following the winner – this is what he has done since he joined Twitter in 2011. He started to follow this year’s winner a few weeks ago.

“It’s blatantly obvious who has won as Lord Sugar is only following the one contestant, which is hilarious as he makes everyone else toe the line when it comes to secrecy.”

Only six contestants remain in the competition - Alana Spencer, Courtney Wood, Frances Bishop, Grainne McCoy, Jessica Cunningham, and Trishna Thakrar - the winner being announced in three weeks time.

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