Sir Alan Sugar has revealed that one of this years Apprentice candidates has already dropped out of the reality TV show.

Sir Alan breaks the news to the remaining fifteen hopefuls during their first boardroom meeting, telling them that a male candidate had already dropped out because of nerves.

“I personally don’t know who he is,” said Sugar at The Apprentice launch. “As I joke in the first episode, I’ve never met the bloke!

“From what I understand from the production team there’s nothing sinister about it. It was just that he got himself into the hotel room on the last night and he finally realised that this was it.”

He added: “He knew that he was going to be away from his family and kids for 12 weeks and the reality hit home. That’s what done him in. The thought of being away from the family.”

The Apprentice returns on Wednesday, March 25 on BBC One.