Lewis Ellis

Did You Know?

• He flew 4000 miles to Qatar to reunite his lost Airpod using Find my device.
• In April 2020, Lewis and Ryan-Mark Parsons planned a skydive to raise money for the NHS during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Career

In 2019, Lewis joined the 15th season of BBC One's The Apprentice to win a £250,000 investment from Alan Sugar; his business idea was to go into a travel business with the show host. He was evicted in week eleven, reaching the interview stage and coming fourth. He appeared as a guest on the BBC Two spin-off The Apprentice: You're Fired! with BGT star Daliso Chaponda and comedian Tom Allen in Episode Eight, and also participated in BBC Two's You're Hired! for the final. Before The Apprentice, he was a YouTube prankster, most notable for jumping into a pool at Manchester's Trafford Centre food court in 2016. After the show, he started a travel company. In 2022 he appeared in six episodes of Open House, the Great Sex Experiment on Channel 4. He founded Hiddn Travel Ltd in 2019 and Hussel Marketing Ltd in 2020.

Controversy

During Lewis's tenure on The Apprentice, there were allegations of a romantic encounter with fellow contestant Lottie Lion while they were in Finland for a task. Lewis also faced criticism from Alan Sugar for his tattoo, which Sugar described as 'horrific,' after Lewis stripped down to his swimming shorts for a campaign promoting summertime in Finland. In response, Lewis defended his tattoo and even got another tattoo of the businessman holding a gun. He was further criticised for creating a disruptive marketing campaign in Liverpool using a faux Elton John.