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"Nick Hewer describes Neil Clough as &amp;quot;a man to put money on&amp;quot; in tonight&amp;#039;s programme The Apprentice: The Final Five. Hewer and Karren Brady reveal their thoughts about the remaining candidates on the show, alongside revelations from friends and family members.   Clough receives much praise from Lord Sugar&amp;#039;s aides, who think he has come a long way from the &amp;#039;backseat driver&amp;#039; at the start of the series. Hewer said: &amp;quot;[He] comes into the boardroom, overconfident, quickly spotted I might add by Sir Alan Sugar, it was a very bruising boardroom for Neil and I think at the end of it, it dawned on him, go quiet, be a bit more careful, don&amp;#039;t be so cocky.&amp;quot; He added: &amp;quot;He now looks truly a man to put money on.&amp;quot; The 32-year-old regional manager&amp;#039;s close friends and family also explain that he has always had a competitive nature, with best friend Tom MacDonald saying: &amp;quot;Neil is competitive everywhere he goes, I think even if he was in the supermarket with a trolley he would be racing the person next to him. He&amp;#039;s always driving to succeed and be the best he can.&amp;quot;  Clough admits on the show that he would use any method to make sure he wins, saying: &amp;quot;If I got beat in anything I would cry, till I could have another chance so I could actually win.&amp;quot;  The candidate goes on to discuss the away-day task which showed him in a new light, when he gave a motivational speech about his father&amp;#039;s death when he was 18 years old.  &amp;quot;When he passed away I quickly realised it was him actually pushing me to do something, it wasn&amp;#039;t really me that wanted to do it, so I set upon my business career,&amp;quot; Clough says.   He explains as well that he pestered his sister to give him a job before embarking on a career in sales.  The contestant said: &amp;quot;I saw a guy driving a Porsche and the first thing I did was ask my sister; &amp;#039;What does this guy do? How do I get one of these things?&amp;#039; It turned out he was a sales director and made money through sales.&amp;quot; His wife Catherine later reveals that Clough organised their whole wedding, only allowing her to pick out the dress.  &amp;quot;I think he influenced my hen do, he&amp;#039;s that controlling,&amp;quot; she said. The Apprentice: The Final Five airs tonight (July 8) at 10.35pm on BBC One. Clough will go up against Francesca MacDuff-Varley, Jason Poulton, Luisa Zissman and Leah Totton in the interview stage on Wednesday, July 10 at 9pm on BBC One. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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