The long-awaited finale of The Apprentice is here.
Contestants Phil Turner and Rachel Woolford will go head to head on Thursday in the hope of becoming Lord Alan Sugar’s new business partner and winning his £250,000 investment.
The Bognor Regis Pie business owner and fitness entrepreneur triumphed over Tre Lowe, Flo Edwards and Dr Paul Midha during interview week as they proved strong enough to handle the heat.
After eleven challenging weeks, it wouldn’t be The Apprentice without drama and organized chaos.
While fighting to be crowned, Lord Sugar’s champion, Phil and Rachel, brought back their old contenders to form two teams and face each other in one last challenge.
The final sneak peek of The Apprentice shows the embarrassing moment a contestant tells an actress to “smell with her eyes” when she is handed a box of pastries before Thursday’s finale.
As the teams fight once again to win the final challenge, former contestant Virdi Singh Mazaria awkwardly told an actress who was part of the task to “sniff with her eyes.”
In an exclusive sneak peek of the nail-biting episode, Virdi Singh Mazaria suffered a cringe-worthy moment after telling an actress involved in the task to “sniff with her eyes.”
While filming a cake commercial, the music producer awkwardly handed the beautiful brunette, who played the mother, a box of cakes and asked her to look “astonished.”
He first gave instructions to actress and former contender Paul Bowen, who plays the chef: “We’re going to have our chef here bringing the pies and delivering them to the mother.”
“Mom will open the cakes, pick one up, and look amazed.”
But after his first run practicing his vague transcription, Virdi clumsily cut the reel and said, ‘Okay, cut. You already smell it with your eyes before you smell it. Let’s do it again, okay?
The actress quickly spoke out against the DJ, offering him a solution to his apparent discontent.
Ignoring his comment, Virdi joked: ‘I know this is going to be hard, but it’s going to have to be like… Look. MY GOD. Grab. Wow. Lower.’
Finding immediate flaws in her logic, the actress said, “Well, how do you want me to leave because then you’ll only see my back?”
While filming a cake commercial, the music producer awkwardly handed the brunette, who was playing the mother, a box of cakes and asked her to look “astonished.”
He first told actress and former contender Paul Bowen, who plays the chef: “We’re going to have our chef here bringing the pies and delivering them to the mother.”
But after his first run practicing his vague transcription, Virdi clumsily cut the reel and said, ‘Okay, cut. You already smell it with your eyes before you smell it. Let’s do it again, okay?
Seemingly unsure of his own instructions, Virdi responded: “You guys are concentrating on the performance, now I think we’re wasting a lot of time with these interruptions.”
Ready to hit back, the actress continues to respond to the former contestant, but seemingly huffs in defeat.
After wooing Lord Sugar with their business plans, Phil and Rachel were announced as the show’s finalists.
On Thursday, some familiar faces returned as the five candidates met with Lord Sugar’s most trusted advisers as business plans were grilled, CVs scrutinized and white lies exposed as the candidates battled their way to the final .
And it was Tre, Flo and Paul who unfortunately fell at the final hurdle, with Lord Sugar rejecting their business plans.
Claude called Tre’s business plan “woefully inadequate,” while Linda highlighted his lack of scientific evidence supporting his “testosterone injections.”
Mike then presented Tre with a sample of his own drink, based on the ingredients listed, and forced him to try it for the first time.
Mike accused Phil of misleading customers after saying his cake company was established in 1933, even though it first opened in 2012.
On Thursday, some familiar faces returned as the final five candidates met with Lord Sugar’s most trusted advisers as they grilled each other’s business plans while battling it out.
Mike accused Phil of misleading customers after saying his cake business was established in 1933, despite first opening in 2012.
Rachel’s gym plan was criticized by Claude, who said she was “lacking proper numbers” and Mike then wildly bought up the domain names for her gyms before her.
Claude called Tre’s business plan “woefully inadequate,” while Linda highlighted his lack of scientific evidence supporting his “testosterone injections.”
Both Claude and Linda said Paul (pictured) had chosen the wrong business by choosing a scrubbing company, calling it a “fairytale”.
Eventually, it was discovered that Flo’s recruitment company shared a name with an existing company in Norwich and Claudine questioned its staff size.
Linda then questioned her accounts and said she would have to raise prices to continue making a profit.
Rachel’s gym plan was criticized by Claude, who said she was “lacking proper numbers” after Claudine initially praised it, and Mike then savagely bought up her gyms’ domain names before her.
Both Claude and Linda said Paul had made the wrong choice in choosing a scrubbing company, calling it a “fairy tale.”
Eventually, it was discovered that Flo’s recruitment company shared a name with an existing company in Norwich and Claudine questioned its staff size.
In the most dramatic boardroom to date, Lord Sugar told music and wellness entrepreneur Tre: ‘Tre, I’ve always told people in this process that they will learn as they go, and that includes me. And I’ve learned that you’re a good guy.
However, his personality wasn’t enough for the business mogul, as he added: “Your business is not to my taste, friend, and so it is, with sincere regret: You’re fired!”
Recruitment consultant Flo was the next to go, as Lord Sugar explained: ‘Flo, I think you’ve underestimated how difficult it will be to start from scratch.
“It’s going to be hard and I lean over to Flo to tell her that I’m going to have to let you go.” I’m sorry. And I wish you much, much good. But Flo, you’re fired.
Finally, Paul, owner of Dental Group, also lost the opportunity to be Lord Sugar’s business partner, as he became the final candidate to face the line of fire.
‘Pablo, I wish you the best. But unfortunately, as you are not willing to share the whole business with me, I am afraid to say with great respect: “You are fired,” concluded Lord Sugar.
As Phil and Rachel celebrated their achievement after surviving the hardest day of the process so far, Phil saying: ‘I feel very proud of myself for reaching the final.
As Phil and Rachel celebrated their achievement after surviving the toughest day of the process so far, Phil said: “I feel really proud of myself for making it to the final.”
Meanwhile, Rachel added: “I can’t believe it’s gotten to this point.” “This has been such a competitive series with incredible candidates that I am absolutely amazed.”
“It hasn’t been the easiest journey but I kept my head up, kept going every week and now I’m ready to give it one more chance to prove that Lord Sugar was right to see something in me and that I can be it.” his next business partner.
Meanwhile, Rachel added: “I can’t believe it’s gotten to this point.” This has been such a competitive series with incredible candidates that I am absolutely amazed.
“Reaching the final is a dream and I am very excited now to showcase my business that I have put my heart and soul into.”
The final episode of Apprentice will air on Thursday 18 April on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.