The Apprentice Odds: Anisa New Favourite But Carlo And Nadia At Risk

The Apprentice candidates were tasked with creating a virtual pop star in the second episode of the series - but one team was a huge hit and the other side failed to chart. 

In the challenge, the teams had to record a single and produce a music video before pitching for brand sponsorship. 

Anisa Khan put herself up for project manager for a second week running, after her team tasted defeat in episode one.

However, she turned it around in the second episode, leading her side to glory and defeating Amber-Rose Badrudin's team. 

There was a shock result in the boardroom as Aoibheann Walsh, who was an outsider to go next on betting sites, was fired by Lord Sugar. 

Anisa Tops Market 

Pizza company owner Anisa is top of the outright market after her team ran out winners by more than £100,000, having attracted £215,000 in brand sponsorship thanks to their Taylor Swift-inspired character Bami. 

Anisa bravely put herself up for PM for a second week running, and her risk paid off massively. 

She is now into 11/8 favourite on betting apps, from 2/1, following her success. 

Anisa did have one blip when she closed out what she thought was a huge six-figure deal, only for it to be reduced to £50,000 in the boardroom. 

However, Anisa had a strong episode, as did her team-mate Melica Moshiri.

The tech recruitment company owner has been cut to 13/8 from 11/2 after a solid episode, during which she closed a big-money deal. 

However, she also described Bami's look as "utter rubbish", and another of Anisa's team said the virtual pop star looked more like Dot Cotton than Taylor Swift. 

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Carlo's Fortune 

However, it didn't matter in the end as the team ran out winners, and this was particularly fortunate for Carlo Brancati.

The hair transplant consultant was within a whisker of going home in episode one after he landed in the bottom three. 

And he may well have been brought back into the boardroom last Thursday night had his team lost the task. 

While Carlo got lucky because he was on the winning side, he is still propping up the outright market at 10/1, and he is into 6/4 favourite to be fired this week. 

It comes after he made a couple of faux pas during the episode. 

He got a brand name wrong when speaking to the client, and also boasted in the boardroom that he had "zero" input into the microphone part of the Bami branding.

While the microphone was largely criticised, it may have been better for Carlo to keep schtum considering his team ran out victors anyway. 

Nadia And Amber-Rose Clash 

Amber-Rose's team landed a respectable £112,000 in sponsorship deals from three brands, but it wasn't enough to win the task. 

During the challenge, PM Amber-Rose regularly clashed with Nadia Suliaman, which won't have increased either candidate's chances of securing Lord Sugar's £250,000 investment. 

Nadia was fuming with Amber-Rose's leadership and felt she was being "swept aside", claiming it was "very much Amber-Rose's way or the highway". 

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However, Nadia also interrupted team-mates when they were talking to clients, as she did in episode one. 

Nadia has been cut slightly to 13/8 second favourite to be fired this week, while Amber-Rose is into 5/2 fourth favourite. 

Amber-Rose brought Nadia and Aoibheann into the boardroom last week, and while Lord Sugar admitted the PM made "a lot of fundamental mistakes", he fired Aoibheann for not doing enough in the task. 

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