A Donegal beauty salon owner has been fired from the latest series of The Apprentice after contestants were challenged to record a song and music video, writes Casey Cooper-Fiske.

Aoibheann Walsh was fired on the BBC business show by Alan Sugar, who said he had not "heard much" from her so far, after last week's challenge saw the contestants tasked with selling holiday tours in Austria. She is the second contestant to leave to date.

At the end of the episode, Sugar said in the boardroom: "Aoibheann, one of the big mistakes being made here was digitising the voice which put a lot of people off.

"On balance, Aoibheann, I don't think in the last two tasks I've actually heard much from you or seen you do much. So, I'm sorry to say, Aoibheann, you're fired," he said.

In the taxi afterwards, Walsh, from Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, said: "I'm a little disappointed that I didn't really get the opportunity to shine.

"I do wish I did speak out a little more and if I did, I probably wouldn't be sitting here right now," she said.

It comes after Emma Rothwell became the first candidate to be fired in last week's episode.

In Thursday night's episode, Amber-Rose Badrudin's team created a rap duo called Fred and Nadz, while Anisa Khan's team created a female pop singer called Bami and won.

The Apprentice will return at 9pm on Thursday on BBC One.

Photo: Aoibheann Walsh on The Apprentice. (Pic: BBC/Naked/Ray Burmiston)