The Apprentice fans were delighted to see the epic return of show legend Claude Littner.
Lord Sugar’s stern on-screen aide had been missing from this year’s series whilst he recovers from a bike accident.
The business expert was replaced by former show winner Tim Campbell, who has kept an eye on the candidates alongside Karren Brady.
However, Claude walked back onto the show during its semi-final on Thursday night (March 17) – which saw the remaining four candidates present their business plans to Lord Sugar’s fellow entrepreneurs.
The last four candidates hoping to progress to the final were Stephanie Affleck, Brittany Carter, Kathryn Burn and Harpreet Kaur.
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Claude ripped into the business hopefuls alongside business buffs Mike Soutar, who appeared in last week’s episode, and Linda Plant.
Announcing his return on the show, Lord Sugar said: “I’ll see you in the boardroom tomorrow. All clear?” before adding: “Hold on, just one more thing. Claude is back.”
Fans of the show ere excited to see the famously-strict aide back in business, and many flocked to talk about it on Twitter.
One fan wrote: “OMG Claude is back.”
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A second commented: “Loving Claude being back back back like a soft-voiced ninja business assassin”
A third said: “Claude is back and he hasn’t had his breakfast. As cutting and sharp as ever. Go Claude go.”
A fourth agreed: “Glad to see Claude back, ripping them to shreds…”
A fifth added: “Arguing with Claude is right up there with that one brave kid at school who back-chatted the teacher in front of the whole class”
Firstly, Claude grilled Brittany on her high-protein alcoholic drink product, and he was so unimpressed with her business plan that he savagely terminated the interview.
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Later on, the businessman scrutinised Kathrine’s fashion business – but when it came to the topic of planned profits for the company, he said: “That’s impossible!”
Defending her plans to make big bucks, Katherine said: “I don’t think there’s anything wrong with being ambitious Claude.”
However, Claude hit back: “There’s a difference between ambitious and unrealistic, this is the rantings of a lunatic!”
In the end, Brittany and Stephanie got the dreaded chop, which put Kathryn and Harpreet through to next week’s grand final.
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