THE Apprentice runner-up Anisa Khan has revealed a huge secret rule that show bosses allowed her to break during her time on the show.
The pizza company owner finished second on the hit BBC contest to Dean Franklin after Lord Sugar opted to not invest in her.
Dean and Anisa both made passionate final plea's to the business titan
Speaking in an exclusive interview with Flying Eze, Anisa has now opened up on life during the filming of the show last year.
She admitted show bosses bent a huge rule for her during off-camera moments inside the shared house of all the candidates.
Contestants are cut off from the outside world during the filming process and are famously not allowed access to music during recording.
However, Anisa has admitted show bosses allowed her to listen to her idol in order to cope with the pressures of the programme.
Anisa admitted: “When I came to the house, I always wanted to relax and just chill.
“Sometimes it's hard when you're with your teammates because then it's like work gets brought home.
“I also made sure I had my own personal time to myself.
“The housing team were great because they let me listen to because I'm a big fan.
“I've been a big fan of Taylor Swift since I was nine years old and so them allowing that for me made it feel homely.”
When asked if that became her coping mechanism amid the stress of the competition, Anisa confessed: “As the weeks went on, the Taylor Swift increased.
“It was needed to process everything. It was nice especially when there's less people in the house.
“I got to have a room all to myself, play some music and just sit and lie there and listen.
“I just put myself in regenerate mode.”
The twist comes after Anisa's co-star, and member of the final five, Jordan Dargan, previously told Flying Eze he had been unable to listen to any music during his time filming in the show as a result of the rules.
Jordan admitted there was only one day during down time filming in that he was able to convince a hotel worker to let him play his music through the hotel bar's speaker.
Seemingly unaware of Anisa's ‘rule break', Jordan told Flying Eze last week: “I remember we were by the pool in and they had their Turkish music playing and we just were never allowed to listen to music.
“Listen to me. We didn't have phones, you just didn't have your own music so I started chatting to the the bartender lady and I was like, ‘oh how does the music work?'
“She then let me just pretty much make a big playlists of all my favourite songs and we got some Pina Coladas by the pool.
“That was the first time in weeks that I could just listen to any music so that was like a highlight of the whole process.”
Both Anisa and Jordan have remained on Lord Sugar's radar with the businessman giving his contact details to Jordan in the penultimate episode whilst she is still in talks with the mogul about a potential deal.
She told us: “In the past year, I've been in contact with his team. We've had emails back and forth.
“I have his so we have been in contact.
“After the final, he did call to say he is still interested in me. He's still interested in my business.
“He just said, let the dust settle a bit and then we'll have conversations again.”
