It was a bit of a messy task on The Apprentice tonight as the teams set up their own dog businesses, quite literally making them pick up mess.

We saw them on their hands and knees scooping and dumping, all for cash to impress Lord Sugar.

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The episode began with fans calling for multiple firings:

The treatments on offer at the dog spa surprised some fans at home:

Andrew's swearing during a pitch to a client didn't impress:

The practicalities of what the task demanded amused many:

Bushra's photography "skills" left much to be desired:

The doggy products offered up for sale baffled many:

And after all that drama (including tonight's shock firing of three candidates), axed hopeful Andrew Brady gave Digital Spy an angry exit interview in which he predicted that ratings for the BBC reality competition would collapse without him.

"I brought the entertainment factor," he bragged. "Most of the other people are as dull as dishwater. "A lot of people thought there were going to be [big] personalities [on the show]. But their serious [sides] came out in a bad way. [Whereas] I enjoy making other people laugh."

Meanwhile, fellow fired candidate Anisa Topan set the record straight on those rumours that she's struck up a romance with the boastful Andrew.

The Apprentice continues next Wednesday at 9pm on BBC One.


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