ONE Championship today announced that the first season of its highly acclaimed business reality television series, The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition, will premiere on Netflix in over 150 countries in the first quarter of 2022.
Chatri Sityodtong, Chairman and CEO of ONE Championship, has stated: “The first season of the ‘The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition’ was a smashing success. After a fantastic reception in Asia, it’s time for the rest of the world to experience the toughest and most unique version of ‘The Apprentice’ in history. On behalf of ONE Championship, I am truly honored for all the support we have received for the show, and I’m excited to premiere the series to a broader audience.”
“The Apprentice” is one of the biggest reality television programs in history, judging the business skills of candidates who are competing for a job offer under a high-profile CEO. The first season of “The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition” consists of 13 episodes.
Award Winning
“The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition” has recently won two major awards at the Asian Academy Creative Awards 2021 (AAA). It topped the categories for “Best Non-Scripted Entertainment” and “Best Adaptation of an Existing Format.”
The show, which launched in Asia earlier this year, brought in an estimated 4 million viewers on premiere night. Beating other top-rated reality competition premieres including “America’s Got Talent” Season 20, “MasterChef Singapore” Season 2, “The Voice” Season 20, and “The Masked Singer” Season 5 to emerge as the most-watched 2021 season premiere of all English-language reality series on TV in Asia by broadcast reach. The show’s run in Asia also had an average of 3.5 million reach per episode.
What Is the Apprentice: One Championship Edition?
“The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition” invites 16 candidates handpicked from around the world to compete in a high-stakes competition involving business and physical challenges. The winner will receive a US$250,000 job offer to work directly under ONE Chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong for a year as his protege in Singapore.
CEOs in special guest appearances on “The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition” include Grab CEO Anthony Tan, Zoom CEO Eric Yuan, Zilingo CEO Ankiti Bose, Catcha Group Co-Founder and Group CEO Patrick Grove, and Everise CEO Sudhir Agarwal, among others.
Special Guests
Familiar faces in special guest appearances include martial arts legends Georges St-Pierre and Renzo Gracie, former ONE Welterweight World Champion Ben Askren, ONE Heavyweight World Champion Brandon Vera, ONE Women’s Atomweight World Champion Angela Lee, ONE Flyweight World Grand Prix Champion and widely considered GOAT Demetrious Johnson, Indian Wrestling Champion Ritu Phogat, Karate World Champion Sage Northcutt, and ONE Women’s Strawweight World Champion Xiong Jing Nan.
Will you be tuning into The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition when it premiers on Netflix in 2022?
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