The Apprentice Final Odds: Anisa Odds-On To Pip Dean To Lord Sugar's £250k

After 11 gruelling episodes, it's The Apprentice final on Thursday night - and it's tight on the best betting sites between the remaining two candidates. 

Anisa Khan and Dean Franklin advanced to this week's finale following the dreaded Final Five interviews stage last time out. 

Amber-Rose Badrudin and Chisola Chitambala went into episode 11 in strong form after they were victorious in week 10's 'Fashion' task.

However, they failed to impress no-nonsense interviewers Claude Littner, Linda Plant, Claudine Collins and Mike Soutar last Thursday night. 

During the emotional chats, Linda said Amber-Rose's business plan was simply "not realistic", and the convenience store owner was the first of the remaining five to be fired. 

Chisola also had a tough time with Linda, describing her chat with the businesswoman as "brutal", and admitted she was returning "traumatised". 

In the boardroom, Lord Sugar said he had a lot of admiration for Chisola's performances throughout the series, but he just didn't "get" her business. 

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Finally, Lord Sugar axed Jordan from the competition. 

Linda said his business plan was a "bit of a car crash", but Lord Sugar was a big fan of Jordan throughout the process. 

In an unusual move, the entrepreneur gave Jordan his contact details after firing him and told Jordan to reach out when his business has hit the "next level". 

That leaves just Anisa and Dean in Thursday's showdown, when they will have to launch their businesses to prove to Lord Sugar they have what it takes to earn his £250,000 investment. 

She Khan Do It 

That means Anisa's Indian-inspired pizzas will be up against Dean's air conditioning company. 

Anisa has the worst record in the whole process, but she is in the final. 

The candidate won just two out of 10 tasks and found herself in the boardroom after three of the final four task episodes. 

Despite this, there is every chance Anisa will be successful in Thursday night's finale.

She appeared to receive the most positive feedback by far in last week's Final Five interviews. 

Anisa admitted she "didn't expect" to suffer so many team losses throughout the process, but she "doesn't regret" anything. 

She said she learned "a lot" about herself in the process and thinks suffering several defeats helped to make her more resilient.

She said: "I didn't actually realise how resilient I was as a person. I'm someone that if I have a goal, I'll make it happen. 

"But I feel like this process has truly tested that, especially one loss after another and still putting myself forward for PM. I don't care, I'm still going to do it. 

"I think I surprised myself in a way that I don't let anyone impact me and that part I didn't realise as much.

"Obviously this process does bring out all your flaws as well, but I think that's what's so great about the process is that it tests you to your limits."

It remains to be seen whether Anisa can push herself to her limits in Thursday night's final, but she heads into the episode as the 8/11 favourite on betting apps to be victorious.

Dean To Keep His Cool? 

Self-described "Daddy Cool" Dean had his business plan torn to shreds by Claude during the interviews, but he managed to overcome that and other criticisms to reach the final. 

The fact he's already got a profitable air conditioning business clearly appealed to Lord Sugar - but will it be enough to clinch the entrepreneur's quarter of a million investment? 

Dean certainly has plenty of determination and he is desperate to be victorious for his family. 

He said: "I was the only parent in the whole process. None of the other candidates had kids and there was no one to relate to.

"So I was the only one missing my family, my kids and my wife. 

"But yeah, everything I do is for them. That's the reason I work as hard as I do. I don't want them to ever have to worry about anything. 

"I just wanna give them the best life possible. And if that means I've gotta work long days and nights, so be it."

While Anisa is the odds-on favourite to win this year's Apprentice, Dean isn't far behind at 11/8. It certainly wouldn't be a huge shock if he clinched victory on Thursday night. 

* Reminder: These are hypothetical odds provided by industry experts.