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The candidates on the next series of The Apprentice better get prepared, because Claude Littner has been confirmed as Lord Sugar's new advisor.

The famously tough businessman will replace Nick Hewer in the show's upcoming eleventh series, it was announced on Monday (April 27).

He will join Karren Brady to watch the hopeful candidates as they take part in the tasks, before reporting back to Lord Sugar about their successes - and, more likely, their failures.

"If the candidates think I am soft and fluffy, they haven't been watching me on The Apprentice over the past decade," Littner said.

"I will now be assessing their performance in the process, individually and within their teams. I will be reporting to Lord Sugar to play my part in ensuring that his personal investment of £250,000 goes to the best candidate. I'm ready, and this won't be a walk in the park!"

Littner is already known to fans of The Apprentice for his role during the interviews stage of the competition, when he tends to demolish the candidates' CVs.

He famously told Stuart Baggs that he's not a big fish - "You're not even a fish" - and didn't even allow last year's candidate Solomon Akhtar to talk after discovering that his business plan was underprepared and largely consisted of logo ideas.

Lord Sugar has now said that he trusts Littner's judgement "completely", adding: "He will no doubt take a very different approach to Nick. It's great to have him on board."


The Apprentice will return to BBC One later this year.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s108/...pprentice.html

a fantastic choice. I hope that he still gets to do the interviews though