The Apprentice’ star Kate Walsh might have got further in the boardroom, but her boyfriend (and fellow ‘Apprentice’ star) Phil Taylor insists he’s going to be the boss of the ballroom!

‘Strictly’ pro-dancer Karen Hardy is giving dance fans Phil, 29, and Kate, 27, a treat with some expert dance classes. The pair are tango’ing every day this week on Kate’s show, ‘Live From Studio Five’, but after witnessing his first attempt, Little Miss Showbiz wasn’t impressed!

‘It’s not as bad as it looks, honest! I hate to admit it, but Miss Twinkletoes Walsh is better than me at the moment, I can’t believe it because I’m a mint dancer in nightclubs!’ laughed Phil. ‘I promise by the end of the week it will be a different story!’

And even the skin-tight, sparkly lycra outfits aren’t enough to put him off going on next year’s show. ‘I’m a massive fan of ‘Strictly,’ he told me. ‘I’d love to be a contestant on the show, it’s a total institution!’

Wonder what Sir Alan would make of the sight of Phil in sequins and a spray tan?

Throughout the week the Live From Studio Five audience can follow Kate and her partner Philip Taylor’s progress as they are taught a series of challenging dance routines by Strictly Come Dancing star Karen Hardy. On Friday they will be facing their very own panel of judges, performing in front of Ian, Melinda and a special guest judge who will mark their skills.

Watch Phil and Kate in action on ‘Live At Studio Five’ every day this week at 6.25pm on C5.

According to the Press Association, The Apprentice stars Philip Taylor and Kate Walsh are engaged.

Kate has apparently been showing off a £3,000 engagement ring which the pair chose together at a jewellers in London.

A source is quoted by the PA as saying, “They are very much in love and this was always more than a work fling. Neither of them wanted to split.

“Once the show aired they were reminded of how well they had got on and Phil picked up the phone. They were back in each other’s arms within days and now it looks like they will have each other for life.

“Phil had been known as a womaniser but Kate has ended all that. He loves her to bits and is smitten.”

Kate, who was runner-up on The Apprentice, lost out on a job with Sir Alan to Yasmina Siadatan.

It’s been revealed today that The Apprentice series five runner-up Kate Walsh has been offered a role on GMTV presenting a feature about “what women should wear in the office”.

The Sun reports that her presenting slot will most likely be during Lorraine Kelly’s show. A source close to Walsh told the paper, “Kate is desperate to get a career in telly…

“She did a screen test for GMTV and they liked her.

“The plan is for her to do some stuff with Lorraine and then get something regular.”

Kate was pipped to the post on The Apprentice by Yasmina Siadatan but she didn’t leave the show entirely empty handed; she met her current love and fellow contestant Philip Taylor during filming.

Apprentice boss Sir Alan Sugar wanted to hire both show finalists this year according to Kate Walsh.

Kate lost the show to Yasmina last week but insists that Sir Alan wanted to hire her as well.

Walsh told The Sunday Mercury: “Sir Alan phoned to say on Friday what the outcome was. He said he tried to get the BBC to let him hire us both but he wasn’t allowed because of the format of the show.

“It’s a massive compliment and he said we were the best people he’s ever had in the final.”

She added: “He’s very shrewd. I was gutted to lose but I think in any job recruitment process the employer has a list of qualities in mind and perhaps Yasmina matched Sir Alan’s spec.”

Tonight saw the final Apprentice of the year and boy was it a good one!

Kate Walsh and Yasmina Siadatan went head to head in a confectionery based task, where each woman was responsible for creating and launching their own range of chocolates.

Kate’s team came up with ‘Choc Amour’, a product which was designed for sharing between couples, whilst Yamsina’s team produced ‘Cocoa Electric’ a shocking’ box of chocolates, which were almost inedible.

Taste obviously wasn’t an issue and Alan Sugar obviously isn’t a chocolate fan, because after admitting that Yasmina’s chocolates were vile, they were also cheap to produce and he moved on to hire her. I feel sorry for poor Mrs Sugar, I bet Valentines Day is a disappointment in their house.

So Yasmina landed a six figure job and Kate is left high and dry but somehow I don’t think she’ll be destitute. Surely her and Phillip are good for at least one or two big magazine spreads?

Apprentice candidate Phillip Taylor has admitted that Kate Walsh is just the sort of woman he’d like to marry.

Phillip was fired from the show last week for being too cocky and shooting his mouth off but the experience left him with more than just honed business skills, he also got a girlfriend thrown in for free.

In an interview with Heat magazine Phil opened up about his and Kate’s relationship saying:

“Well you always dream of marrying a beautiful woman don’t you – put it this way if I was going to marry anyone I’d like it to be her.”

He also opened up about their first kiss while filming the BBC show.

Phil said: “It was after task three – we were hanging out with each other before the boardroom meeting. I told Kate to close her eyes and when she did I lent in and kissed her! She was laughing at me but I knew at that point she liked me too.

“We were slipping each other kisses here and there and there were lots of stolen moments. When we were in the lounge we’d sneakily hold hands or if the lights were down a bit of a kiss.”

Phil is so besotted with Kate that he is he is relocating to be nearer to her.

He said: “We were worried about when we got out that the distance would be a problem but we talked about it and decided that we would make it work and in fact I am going to move closer to where Kate lives to make it work which is a big decision for me – my feelings for Kate have made me want to take that risk.”

Apprentice candidates Phillip Taylor and Kate Walsh may look all loved up now but rumour has it that Kate was not the Phillip’s first choice.

Paula Jones, who was fired from the show in week four, reportedly claimed that Phillip tried to bed her in the early days of filming but after she rebuffed him, he moved on to wooing Kate.

The People report that Paula told a friend: “It was obvious from the moment we met that he wanted to bed me. One night he tried to pull me on to a sofa but I wasn’t having any of it.

“He kept calling me Jessica Rabbit from the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit and playfully slapped my bottom. He even compared me to the back of a racing car, saying my bottom was all trim and full of oomph. I just laughed in his face.”

Asked to make an official statement, human resources consultant Paula said: “Sorry, I can’t comment. I am still contracted to the show.”

The romance between The Apprentice’s Phillip and Kate has been well documented but on tonight’s episode we will get to the the pair ‘at it’ for the first time.

Phil and Kate are supposed to be working on a task under the leadership of Lorraine Tighe but instead they spend most of their time flirting in the back of the car.

When Lorraine asks them to focus, Kate, 27, just shrugs: “I am not sure what else we can do.” And Philip, 29, suggests: “Let’s go to the pub.”

An irate Lorraine later tells the cameras: “I want to know what is causing all the distractions. And I hope for Kate, Phil and Ben’s sake it is not Kate’s beauty.”

A show source added: “Kate and Philip are mixing business with pleasure – and it’s not having a positive effect on them selling.

“Their relationship is a big part of this week’s show.”

There has been much speculation about the supposed relationship between Apprentice candidates Philip Taylor and Kate Walsh since this years series began. These pictures would make it hard for the pair to deny that there was, at one point, something going on.

Kate and Philip’s rumored romance is put under the microscope on tonight’s The Apprentice: You’re Fired. Host Adrian Chiles asks: “who’s under whose spell?”

Tune in to The Apprentice, tonight at 9pm on BBC One, followed by You’re Fired at 10pm on BBC Two.

Apprentice candidate Kate Walsh has denied rumours that she had an affair with fellow candidate Phillip Taylor.

A rumour emerged last week that the pair hooked up whilst filming the show but broke up after the show ended. However Kate insists that they shared one snog only and not even a good one!

The Sunday Mirror reported that Walsh told a friend: “I did snog Phillip one evening but that was all that happened. I don’t know why I did it because he was a terrible kisser. There was definitely no affair.”

A source close to Taylor recently commented: “Phillip is a classic ladies’ man. He’s as smooth as glass with a nice North East brogue. If he hadn’t got hold of Kate, he’d have pounced on one of the others.”