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Kent Apprentice candidate and ex-Tunbridge Wells school boy Solomon Akhtar faces questions over alleged sex tape

The Apprentice contestants' challenge tonight is to create online TV channels - Kent candidate Solomon Akhtar may have already provided some content, but not the sort BBC bosses were hoping for.

According to the Sun, the ex-Tunbridge Wells schoolboy was forced to admit to the BBC that an alleged sex tape could surface on twitter, after it was mentioned by 'friends' on the social networking site.

The 22-year-old, who runs his own technology company, has so far avoided Lord Alan Sugar's finger of doom, joined other contestants tasked with creating a successful online video.

Solomon Akhtar. Copyright: BBC Pictures
Solomon Akhtar. Copyright: BBC Pictures

Solomon and the rest of Team Summit decide on a comedy cooking programme, with somewhat mixed results.

But their Dare to Dine video got the most views with 3, 532 views earning Solomon and his team-mates a visit to Iceland's Blue Lagoon as a treat.

The other Kent candidate Felipe Alviar-Baquero part of Team Tenacity, branded himself the Fat Daddy and took a starring role in a video designed to show an overweight father's journey to exercise himself fit.

But with just 3, 314 views, his team were staring at disaster. In the boardroom the uploading of their YouTube video without a synopsis and a criticism of the video for being an odd mix of humour and seriousness were blamed for its failure.

Felipe was not selected by team leader Ella-Jade Bitton to face a boardroom firing. Instead she bought back former PA and hypnotherpist Sarah Dales and social worker Steven Ugoalah.

In a shock move, Lord Sugar fired all three and warned the remaining candidates he was deadly serious about sacking more than one person each week.

Felipe from Kings Hill, is also causing a stir on twitter, having inspired his own hashtag.

#talklikefelipe features fans aping the lawyer's unique speech patterns, which often include references to himself in the third-person.

#talklikefelipe is causing a stir on twitter. Copyright: BBC Pictures
#talklikefelipe is causing a stir on twitter. Copyright: BBC Pictures

And in a somewhat ironic twist tonight Fat Daddy is also trending on Twitter.

Last week Mr Alviar-Baquero, who led the all-male Team Summit to defeat in the first episode, was moved to the previously all-female Team Tenacity.

The groups were competing to make the most money from selling a scented candle and reed diffuser, which they created themselves.

Despite producing a seemingly inferior product, Mr Alviar-Baquero finished the episode as a winner for the first time.

The production company behind the show has declined to comment on Mr Akhtar's alleged video.

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