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It will be a completely new game when “The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition” launches in Asia on March 18.
All eyes will be on the Filipino couple, Louie Sangalang and Lara Pearl Alvarez, as they progress through the high-stakes reality TV show that will test both their skill in the boardroom and their strength outside of it.
The rest of the candidates are: Alvin Ang, Singapore; Irina Chadsey, Russia; Eugene Chung, United States; Teirra Kamolvattanavith, Thailand; Joy Koh, Singapore; Monica Millington, United States; Paulina Purnomowati, Indonesia; Jessica Ramella, Venezuela; Niraj Puran Rao, India; Nazee Sajedi, United States; Sho Takei, Japan; Clinton Tudor, New Zealand; Roman Wilson, United States; and Kexin Ye, Germany.
“From my point of view, what you can expect from me is that I do my best,” Sangalang said.
“We are representing the country. We are representing the Philippines. We are not perfect. We have to be honest about our shortcomings, but we hope I am at my best in this show.”
Álvarez also promised to represent the country well on the show.
“They should be watching this,” he said. “I’m going to do my best. I’m going to be real. Whatever they see on the show, that’s the real me. We are going to raise the Philippine flag in this competition.”
When looking at the respective backgrounds of the two candidates, there is only one word to describe them: survivors.
Sangalang beat appendix cancer more than two decades ago before becoming the URCC featherweight champion and the first Filipino cancer survivor to finish the North Pole Marathon (2018).
“I just hope that whatever happens, the country can support me because this is not easy. I hope to win or lose, the country can support me and Pearl,” Sangalang said.
Álvarez, on the other hand, seeks to follow in Team Lakay’s footsteps as he embarks on his first trip out of the city of Baguio.
“I am a full-blooded Igorota from the highlands, the Cordilleras. The Cordilleras have been a home for fighters and I will fight for my hometown,” he said.
The winner of the program is awarded a $ 250,000 one-year contract to work under ONE President and CEO Chatri Sityodtong in Singapore.
