Viewers watching episode seven of The Apprentice last night were impressed by Swindon contestant Kathryn Burn's performance and many tweeted they believe she's the favourite to win the series.

Kathryn was nearly sent packing in last week's episode but viewers this week praised Kathryn's kindness, assertiveness and ability to remain calm in tricky situations.

This week, the two teams were set a task to design their own driverless vehicles.

Kathryn's team Diverse was led by project manager Sophie this week. Kathryn and Akshay were put on branding and ended up clashing with Sophie about the final design.

And, although Diverse lost again this week, Kathryn gained a lot of support on Twitter for sticking up for fellow teammate Akshay. 

While Sophie tried to throw Akshay under the bus, the pyjama entrepreneur reassured him that he would be fine.

Daily Mail journalist Claudia Connell backed Swindon's contestant to win Lord Sugar's investment in her latest article.

She said: "Hard to see anyone other than Kathryn winning now."

And other viewers pitched in on Twitter.

 

Sam Farmer tweeted: "Kathryn is by far my favourite contestant this series. She’s got the brains and isn’t afraid to stick up for others. The ideal winner in my eyes."

John Peters added: "Kathryn is really standing out to me as a strong performer and good person."

Simon Totten wrote: "Kathryn has to be favourite to win this year. Calm but assertive always makes sensible points. A recipe for success in #TheApprentice."

While @tanzeela tweeted: "The way Kathryn reassured Akshay that he’d be fine was honestly the best moment."

And Kathryn was certainly assertive throughout the episode, making clear her differences with Sophie's idea of a 'party pod' for the task. 

She said: "I'm not sure I'm 100 per cent on Sophie's vision. We've got to make sure it doesn't go into the tacky route so we need to keep things classy.

"I think there's been a lack of direction and leadership."

Karen Brady was not impressed with the Starpod design the branding team came up with and said it "looks like a toaster that's exploding."

But, in the end, Alan Sugar fired Sophie so Kathryn made it through to week eight.