Hit BBC entrepreneurial show The Apprentice has been rocked by a new race row as viewers question why minority ethnic candidates have been fired for three weeks in a row.
The aim of the show is to impress Lord Sugar and his suited pals enough to win an injection of cash into the winner's business - a candidate is fired each week if their business chops don't dazzle.
The first three weeks of the show has seen three black and minority ethnic (BAME) candidates get kicked off the show - Shahin Hassan, Kenna Ngoma and Souleyman Bah.
This has led some fans to take to social media and ask what's going on.
One wrote: "Watching The Apprentice last night, am I being cynical or is it looking racist that it's 3 weeks in a row now that a person of colour has been fired?"
Another asked: "Unconscious bias or totally racist 3 out of 3 BAME..."
A third was very straightforward: "Convinced The Apprentice has racist undertones."
A BBC spokesperson said: "Which candidates return to the boardroom at the end of a task - and are therefore in the firing line - is determined by being on the losing team, and the project manager of that task deciding to take them back into the boardroom.
"The candidates' performance both on the task and in the boardroom are then key to Lord Sugar's decision."
It's not the first time this year's series has come into trouble over racism.
Controversial contestant Lottie Lion, the "cutthroat" 19 year old librarian, is in hot water after calling fellow contestant Lubna Farhan "Gandhi" on a WhatsApp Group, and telling her "I'll f**k you up."
At least two contestants are believed to have made complaints about racism, bullying and homophobia, which were allegedly covered up during filming.
