We are not normal Hoff fans, in fact we thought David Hasselhoff’s performance on Britain’s Got Talent last year was nothing sort of cheesy and predictable.

However, when he’s not talking too much The Hoff looks pretty good we think you’ll have to agree.

The former Baywatch star is almost 60 years old, but he doesn’t look a day over forty in these shots, which were taken on Australia’s Bondi Beach where he was shooting for the Oz version of Celebrity Apprentice.

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So it’s finally here after weeks of Dashikis, Rainforest Chic, Smoochies and Captain Vanilla the final of The Young Apprentice is upon us.

A strangely deserted Apprentice House was the first scene in this episode as James received the final phone call instructing him and fellow finalist Zara to meet Lord Sugar and co. at County Hall. The difference between the two finalists was demonstrated here as posh Zara asked politely, ‘where’s County Hall?’ and rough and ready James answered back, ‘how the hell should I know?’ It turned out that County Hall is actually London’s largest video gaming arcade and for a second time this series the location had something to do with the final task – designing an online game and a viral ad to promote it.

Lord Sugar told the candidates later on that this was a project dear to his heart as, in his own words, he was in the computer business when apples and blackberries were things you put in pies. As always with the final task the fired candidates return to assist their former rivals in winning the series and usually this process involves the two finalists picking their teams one by one however here Lord Sugar swiftly put the teams together. I’m guessing he’d done this so it didn’t turn it to a popularity contest as some of these kids looked like they always got picked last when choosing football teams, especially Ben who seems like a boy who is always put in goal. I feel that Zara drew the short straw having both Ben and Mahamed, the first two to be fired, plus notorious seven time loser Harry M. James on the other hand got best mate Harry H plus likeable and fired too soon Hannah.

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TOP MOMENTS OF EPISODE EIGHT:

JAMES AND ZARA GO HEAD TO HEAD IN TWO-PLAYER FINALE
MAHAMED SUGGESTS GRIM GRAVEYARD GAME AS FORMER CANDIDATES RETURN
SLAPSTICK VS SATIRE AS BOTH TEAMS OPT FOR COMEDY VIRAL CAMPAIGNS

It’s the all important final and the moment of truth for Zara and James as they prepare to do battle in one last task. They are both called to County Hall where they are briefed on the competition’s toughest challenge yet. With the help of some familiar faces they must create and develop a brand new online video game as well as filming a viral advert to accompany their launch campaign.

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In the adult version of The Apprentice the penultimate week’s show is traditionally reserved for the interviews so that Sugar can whittle down his candidates to a final two. However while there would be a final two his Lordship revealed that the next task would see the entire losing team fired as well as a member of the winning team as both Atomic and Kinetic set about developing flavours and brands of popcorn. This news was delivered to them by Sugar himself as the candidates were relaxing playing some sort of weird ball game at their house he surprised them by entering through the back door as ominous backing music let us know that this was not expected. However surely the kids new something was awry as there was a camera filming their game, unless that is they’re being taped 24/7 and in that case it’s just a bit creepy. After this announcement Harry M and Zara both looked shocked not so much because of the impending quadruple firing but because they had to go to Leeds for the task and they hadn’t had their shots yet. Harry H and Lizzie also looked quite upset when they realised that they would be in a team with six-time loser Harry M and were at an instant disadvantage.

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As a long-time fan of The Apprentice my favourite task still has to be the buying task in which the candidates have to rush around London finding ten items in one day. This time the teams met in Madame Tussauds as the ten items were to help them with their weekly shop of things that need replacing, I found this was a rare moment in Apprentice history as the location in which Lord Sugar met the teams was actually relevant to the completion of the task. Some of the ten items were quite self-explanatory – 100 Helium Balloons, a Left-Handed Electric Guitar in mint condition, a stool, 40m of Red Carpet, a vanity case and a moustache comb the latter of which neither team seemed to find. Then there was the case of the Size 10 Red Stilettos apparently for Elle McPherson but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a picture of her in which she’s wearing shoes as gaudy as this. Meanwhile there was a suit for Justin Bieber that had specific measurements – a 34 inch chest, 28 inch waist and a 32 leg after some searching Lizzie’s team realised that a child’s outfitters would be the best place to go for this item. In the unlikely event Mr Bieber was watching this at the time I’m sure he’d be appalled by the suggestion that he still buys children’s sized clothes as he’s a proper adult now, honest.

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We can’t wait to see how much Lord Alan Sugar shouts at Lizzie Magee and Harry Maxwell on tonight’s Young Apprentice show.

The bumbling duo were sent to find a pair of red stilettos, size ten, as part on this week’s task, where the teams had to source items for Madame Tussauds Wax work museum.

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Check out our first preview clip from tonight’s Young Apprentice show.

In the video, James McCullagh and Haya Al Dlame are seen haggling to get the best price on a left handed guitar, in a task which sees the teams sourcing items for the famous Madame Tussauds waxwork museum.

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TOP MOMENTS OF YOUNG APPRENTICE EPISODE SIX:

HAYA’S HAPHAZARD STRATEGY
BOTH TEAMS IN DASHIKI DISASTER
NEGATIVE NEGOTIATIONS

It’s week six of the Young Apprentice and the pressure to win is on Harry M, who has suffered five losses in five tasks. His fellow candidates are less than supportive, with Haya stating, “I’ve never seen anyone survive week after week, that boy is very lucky” and Lizzie rubbing salt into the wound by telling him, “You’re just a bad luck charm.”

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I’m always a fan of the opening stages of The Apprentice where one of the candidates picks up the phone from the mysterious secretary from Lord Sugar’s office which informs them they have a very small amount of time to look smart and get to the agreed upon location. This call then results in everybody getting ready furiously – applying eye-liner, straightening hair and in the case of James spraying deodorant all over his shirt after he’s fully dressed. You would think that everybody in that house would know approximately what time they had to be up and therefore be ready to go, but every week there seems to be that hurry to get ready, anyway I digress. I mention James’ weird morning ritual because it ties in nicely with this week’s task for each team to create their own anti perspirant spray. As it seems these days Lord Sugar is too lazy to leave the confines of the boardroom he delivered this message on a big screen at Wembley Stadium with Nick and Karren standing awkwardly in the stadium before delivering the team names and the project managers.

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On tonight’s Young Apprentice it was back to the boardroom after a heated task designing and pitching antiperspirants and for one candidate it was the end of the road.

With both PM’s coming under fire by disgruntled team mates, it was down to the expert verdicts to separate the two.

Atomic were announced as the winners with their male skewed deodorant RAW while Kinetic were criticised for the design and selling point flaws in their female targeted product Vanity.

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