Apprentice Nagra fired by Sugar

Majid Nagra thinks Philip Taylor will win the series

The latest contestant to be fired by Sir Alan Sugar on BBC One show The Apprentice is business development manager Majid Nagra.

The 28-year-old was booted off the show after his team lost the task, which involved designing an innovative piece of fitness equipment and selling it.

He told Radio 1 Newsbeat that he was " was "absolutely gutted" to be going.

"I honestly thought I'd get to the final stages, that's the honest truth," he said.

He said he had enjoyed the entire experience.

Philip tipped

"I've met some really great people in there, I've made some friends that I think I'll be in touch with for the rest of my life.

"It's been an awesome experience, you know, you can't go wrong."

He has tipped Philip Taylor as the dead cert to win this year's series.

"He's just the complete package, he's confident, he's got great business acumen and he gets on really well with Sir Alan Sugar."

Coventry-born Nagra, whose parents are from Pakistan, also defended fellow contestant Yasmina Siadatan.

She asked white team-mate Taylor to take part in their campaign instead of Asian Noorul Choudhury because she thought there should be a mix.

"It was a small thing that was blown way out of proportion. I think from a business point of view you've got to cater for everything, whether it be a white man, a green man, a yellow man, a purple man, it doesn't really matter.

"In the house everybody got on with everybody, there was no such thing as race, there was no such thing as that, it never even materialised," said Nagra.

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