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Cosmetic dentist Jana Denzel left the show in last night’s (February 27) episode, which saw him serve as the project manager in week five’s Easter egg task.
His team lost the task, which saw him make a simple chocolate treat aimed at children and, before the results were revealed, he said he is “not sure I want it as bad as them”, and decided to “step away from the process”.
Before entering the business world, he attended Watford Grammar School for Boys as the son of a Royal Mail worker father and a mother who still works at Sainsbury’s.
Following his exit from the show, he told the PA news agency that he thought he “performed really, really well”, until episode four when “Lord Sugar said to me, ‘You’ve been really, really quiet the last few weeks’.
“And that just registered in my head. I was like … and I did say this as well, but I didn’t get a chance to speak … ‘I’ve been one of the best performing candidates here for the last few weeks, I’ve been really giving it 100% and all of myself. But you just say that I’ve been really, really quiet is really hurtful.”
Dr Jana admitted in “hindsight” he could have spoken up more in boardrooms, but also maintained that Lord Sugar has access to the records of who led which negotiation.
He added: “I actually made my decision in that boardroom at the end of episode four, and I said to the producers as well, I don’t think this is (going to) work … or be a great fit for me … because I don’t like how that was going down.”
Candidates have left the show early before, including children’s nursery owner Shama Amin and theatre school owner Reece Donnelly over the last few years.
After he departed the programme, Dr Jana was spoken to about an “ill-informed” remark he made about a character during a task – which saw production staff tell him his “use of language was not acceptable”.
