The Apprentice (American TV series) season 9

Template:Infobox Television The Apprentice The Celebrity Apprentice 3 (also known as The Apprentice 9) is the ninth installment of the United States version of the reality television series, The Apprentice. On April 29, 2009, NBC officially announced the renewal of Celebrity Apprentice for Spring 2010. The show premiered on Sunday, March 14, 2010. The two-hour season finale was on Sunday, May 23, 2010, from 9-11 p.m., ET/PT and the winner was Poison lead singer and Rock of Love star Bret Michaels. The Celebrity Apprentice is auctioning off items to help benefit the Hollyrod Foundation and the American Diabetes Association. Auction items include photos taken by Bret Michaels, clothing, posters, and other rare items signed by the cast.

Candidates

The candidates for this season have been officially announced.

Candidate	Background	Original Team	Age	Hometown	Charity	Result	Raised
Bret Michaels	Rockstar, "Poison"	Rocksolid	47	Butler, Pennsylvania	American Diabetes Association (Sponsor of Camps for Kids With Diabetes)	The Celebrity Apprentice	$640,000
Holly Robinson Peete	Actress	Tenacity	45	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	HollyRod Foundation	09Fired in the Season Finale (05-23-2010)	$597,893
Sharon Osbourne	Music Manager/TV Star	Tenacity	57	London, England	Cedars-Sinai in support of Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program	09Fired in week 10 (05-16-2010)	$50,000
Curtis Stone	Celebrity Chef	Rocksolid	34	Melbourne, Australia	Feeding America	08Fired in week 10 (05-16-2010)	$40,000
Maria Kanellis	Former WWE Diva, Singer	Tenacity	28	Chicago, Illinois	Make a Wish Foundation	07Fired in week 10 (05-16-2010)	$20,000
Cyndi Lauper	Grammy Winning Singer	Tenacity	56	Queens, New York	Stonewall Community Foundation for True Colors www.truecolorsfund.org	07Fired in week 9 (05-09-2010)	$45,000
Summer Sanders	Olympic Gold Medal Swimmer	Tenacity	37	Roseville, California	Right to Play	07Fired in week 8 (05-02-2010)	$45,000
Bill Goldberg	Actor/Wrestler	Rocksolid	43	Bonsall, California	Specchio Family Foundation in support of "Sons of the Fallen."	07Fired in week 6 (04-18-2010)
Selita Ebanks	Victoria's Secret Angel	Tenacity	27	George Town, Grand Cayman	Shine on Sierra Leone	06Fired in week 5 (04-11-2010)	$20,000
Michael Johnson	Olympic Gold Medal Sprinter	Rocksolid	42	Dallas, Texas	Laureus Sport for Good Foundation	05Quit in week 5 (04-11-2010)
Rod Blagojevich	Former Illinois Governor	Rocksolid	53	Chicago, Illinois	Children's Cancer Center	04Fired in week 4 (04-04-2010)
Darryl Strawberry	Baseball Star	Rocksolid	48	Los Angeles, California	The Darryl Strawberry Foundation	03Fired in week 3 (03-28-2010)	$25,000
Sinbad	Stand-up Comedian	Rocksolid	53	Benton Harbor, Michigan	Omega Boys Club / Street Soldiers	02Fired in week 2 (03-21-2010)
Carol Leifer	Writer/Comedian	Tenacity	53	East Williston, New York	North Shore Animal League America	01Fired in week 1 (03-14-2010)	$10,000

Weekly results

Candidate	Original team	Task 7 team	Task 9 team	Final Task team	Application Result	Record as project manager
Bret Michaels	Rocksolid	Rocksolid	Tenacity	Rocksolid	The Celebrity Apprentice	2-0 (win in weeks 1 & 8)
Holly Robinson Peete	Tenacity	Tenacity	Tenacity	Tenacity	Fired in the Season Finale	1-2 (win in week 7, loss in weeks 5 & 9)
Sharon Osbourne	Tenacity	Rocksolid	Rocksolid		Fired in week 10	1-1 (win in week 9, loss in week 7)
Curtis Stone	Rocksolid	Tenacity	Rocksolid		Fired in week 10	1-0 (win in week 5)
Maria Kanellis	Tenacity	Rocksolid	Rocksolid		Fired in week 10	1-0 (win in week 2)
Cyndi Lauper	Tenacity	Tenacity	Tenacity		Fired in week 9	1-1 (win in week 6, loss in week 1)
Summer Sanders	Tenacity	Tenacity			Fired in week 8	1-1 (win in week 3, loss in week 8)
Bill Goldberg	Rocksolid				Fired in week 6	0-1 (loss in week 6)
Selita Ebanks	Tenacity				Fired in week 5	1-0 (win in week 4)
Michael Johnson	Rocksolid				Quit in week 5	0-1 (loss in week 3)
Rod Blagojevich	Rocksolid				Fired in week 4	0-1 (loss in week 4)
Darryl Strawberry	Rocksolid				Fired in week 3
Sinbad	Rocksolid				Fired in week 2	0-1 (loss in week 2)
Carol Leifer	Tenacity				Fired in week 1

Elimination Chart
Candidate	1	2	3	4	5	6	71	8	9	10	11
Bret	WIN	BR	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	WIN	BR	IN	CA
Holly	IN	IN	IN	IN	LOSE	IN	WIN	IN	LOSE	IN	FIRED
Sharon	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	LOSE	IN	WIN	FIRED
Curtis	IN	IN	IN	BR	WIN	IN	IN	BR	IN	FIRED
Maria	IN	WIN	IN	IN	BR	IN	IN	IN	IN	FIRED
Cyndi	LOSE	IN	IN	IN	IN	WIN	IN	BR	FIRED
Summer	IN	IN	WIN	IN	IN	IN	IN	FIRED
Bill	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	FIRED
Selita	IN	IN	IN	WIN	FIRED
Michael	IN	IN	LOSE	BR	QUIT
Rod	IN	BR	IN	FIRED
Darryl	IN	IN	FIRED
Sinbad	IN	FIRED
Carol	FIRED

¹ No one was fired during this episode because both teams raised a lot of money.

  The contestant won the competition and was named the Celebrity Apprentice.

  The contestant won as project manager on his/her team.

  The contestant won part of the challenge, but was not declared the actual winner.

  The contestant lost as project manager on his/her team.

  The contestant was brought to the final boardroom.

  The contestant was fired.

  The contestant lost as project manager and was fired.

  The contestant was absent during the project due to a previous engagement.

  The contestant quit the show.

Episodes

Episode 1

Task 1

• Airdate: March 14, 2010
• Actual date: October 2009
• Task scope: The teams had to run a New York diner called Burger Heaven. They'll be making their own menus. The team with the most money wins.
• Tenacity project manager: Cyndi Lauper
• Rocksolid project manager: Bret Michaels
• Judges: Donald Trump; Ivanka Trump; Donald Trump, Jr.
• Winning team: Rocksolid
  • Reasons for win: Although they didn't get $10,000 from Joan Rivers, they earned a total profit of $57,905. Joan said the burger was cold and she wanted to eliminate Rod for acting like a politician to the other customers.
• Losing team: Tenacity
  • Reasons for loss: Even though they got $10,000 from Joan Rivers, they got $29,559 plus 10 grand will equal to $39,559. Ivanka said that Tenacity's price points were too low from tracking customers on the streets.
  • Final boardroom: None, as Cyndi couldn't narrow it down to just two people.
• Fired: Carol Leifer, by process of elimination. Carol's name came up the most when Trump asked the teammates who should be fired.

• Notes:
  • After Carol Leifer was eliminated, she asked Donald Trump if he could donate to The North Shore Animal League, Donald Trump then donated $10,000 out of his pocket for Carol's charity

Episode 2

Task 2

• Airdate: March 21, 2010
• Task scope: Run a Kodak Storefront
• Task sponsor: Kodak
• Tenacity project manager: Maria Kanellis
• Rocksolid project manager: Sinbad
• Judges: Donald Trump; Ivanka Trump; Donald Trump, Jr.
• Winning team: Tenacity
  • Reasons for win: They seemed to promote the product more than the men which is what the Kodak presidents were looking for despite numerous power outages that threatened them during the walkthrough
• Losing team: Rocksolid
  • Reasons for loss: While the men were praised for using their celebrity power (such as Darryl posing in a New York Mets jersey) with certain people the men missed the bill on getting the product out to the customers and also lost because of a card that had a website to find the pictures that were taken at the store: the website was nowhere to be found on the card, according to 2 secret shoppers that shopped at the men's storefront
  • Final boardroom: Sinbad, Bret Michaels, Rod Blagojevich
• Fired: Sinbad for not leading well as the team leader and for not being able to manage Bret, who disappeared for the first part of the task. Sinbad was criticized for the website card as well and also was fired for bringing Rod Blagojevich in when he was not responsible for the loss.
• Kodak Moment - America's Choice: Rod Mistaken For Donny Osmond
• Kodak Moment - Trump's Choice: Rod Mistaken For Donny Osmond

Episode 3

• Airdate: March 28, 2010
• Task scope: The teams were asked to create an advertorial for Norton 360 + Lifelock.
• Task sponsor: Norton 360 and Lifelock
• Tenacity project manager: Summer Sanders
• Rocksolid project manager: Michael Johnson
• Judges: Donald Trump; Donald Trump, Jr.; Gavin Maloof
• Winning team: Tenacity
  • Reasons for win: Better use of graphics, more attention-catching, more emotional connectivity in the ad content
• Losing team: Rocksolid
  • Reasons for loss: Men's advertorial was too verbose to be effective.
  • Final boardroom: There was no final boardroom due to Darryl Strawberry asking to be fired.
• Fired: Darryl Strawberry. He functionally quit by asking to be fired. Donald Trump strongly hinted that the project manager (Michael Johnson) would have been fired if Darryl had not quit.
• Kodak Moment - America's Choice: Rod's Computer Incompetence
• Kodak Moment - Trump's Choice: Michael's Photo Shoot
• Notes:
  • Not only did Summer win $20,000 for her charity but Life Lock and Norton would donate $10 for every sale. At the finale, she revealed she got an additional $25,000 from the sales.

Episode 4

• Airdate: April 4, 2010
• Task scope: To create a 3D experience for the Wizarding World of Harry Potter
• Task sponsor: Universal Studios Florida
• Tenacity project manager: Selita Ebanks
• Rocksolid project manager: Rod Blagojevich
• Judges: Donald Trump; George H. Ross; Erin Burnett
• Winning team: Tenacity
  • Reasons for win: The team was more focused on the theme park image and the team was better appealed by the demographic kids.
• Losing team: Rocksolid
  • Reasons for loss: The team agreed Rod was a poor project manager who lacked communication & technology skills. They also confused the key Harry Potter terms, such as saying "classes" instead of "houses."
  • Final boardroom: Curtis Stone, Michael Johnson, Rod Blagojevich
• Fired: Rod Blagojevich - poor leadership skills and not delegating the team correctly.
• Kodak Moment - America's Choice: Rod's Sleepy Journey
• Kodak Moment - Trump's Choice: Cyndi's Wacky Wizard
• Notes:
  • Selita Ebanks had won $20,000 to her charity.
  • Sharon Osbourne was still ill from Tenacity at the prop house.

Episode 5

• Airdate: April 11, 2010
• Task scope: To write, produce, and direct a 30-second and 10-second commercial, starring two ex NBA stars, Clyde Drexler and Scottie Pippen, for Right Guard.
• Task sponsor: Right Guard
• Tenacity project manager: Holly Robinson Peete
• Rocksolid project manager: Curtis Stone
• Judges: Donald Trump; George H. Ross; Ivanka Trump
• Winning team: Rocksolid
  • Reasons for win: Trump & The Right Guard Executives said that their commercial was perfect, and the 30-second commercial was funny.
• Losing team: Tenacity
  • Reasons for loss: The Executives loved the jingle from Cyndi's vioice, both 30 and 10-second commercials were funny, but in the end the commercial's focus wasn't on the right demographic. But frankly, the Right Guard executives is impressed by both teams.
  • Initial boardroom: During the task, Holly went to the edit room and the audio was different. It played at least 3 times at no point that Maria couldn't hear it. In the boardroom, she doesn't think that Maria is a loyal team player; which Ivanka brought up that statement.
  • Sent to boardroom: Holly Robinson Peete, Maria Kanellis, Selita Ebanks
• Fired: Selita Ebanks, because she wasn't as aggressive as the other contestants.
• Quit: Michael Johnson, he had unknown issues to take care of. He did not disclose the issues, but admitted he hated to quit.
• Kodak Moment - America's Choice: Donald Shoots and Scores
• Kodak Moment - Trump's Choice: Donald Shoots and Scores
• Notes:
  • Right Guard gave Curtis & Feeding America a matching check of $20,000 for winning the challenge.
  • In the beginning, Trump made the celebrities to shoot the basketball into the hoop. The person that makes it, will get $10,000 to him. Maria from Tenacity got it. So Maria made Holly win $10,000.
  • Holly had earned $10,000 for her charity from the basketball hoop.

Episode 6

• Airdate: April 18, 2010
• Task scope: To make over an aspiring country musician.
• Results: Tenacity selected Emily West and Rocksolid selected Luke Bryan.
• Tenacity project manager: Cyndi Lauper
• Rocksolid project manager: Bill Goldberg
• Judges: Donald Trump; Trace Adkins; Donald Trump, Jr.
• Winning team: Tenacity
  • Reasons for win: Emily West had a much more genuine makeover, and her performance was more inspiring.
• Losing team: Rocksolid
  • Reasons for loss: Luke Bryan didn't look the best while performing, there were things that could have been changed, and his attitude was poorly maintained.
  • Final boardroom: Bill Goldberg, Bret Michaels, Curtis Stone
• Fired: Bill Goldberg, for stepping up as project manager during a task that was better suited for Bret Michaels.
• Kodak Moment - America's Choice: Emily Idolizes Cyndi
• Kodak Moment - Trump's choice: Bret and Trace Bond
• Notes:
  • After getting $20,000 from Mr. Trump, Emily West and Luke Bryan will donate all proceeds at the next month of sales from iTunes with their singles "Blue Sky" and "Rain is a Good Thing" to Cyndi's charity. At the finale, Cyndi had earned an additional of $25,000 from the sales.

Episode 7

• Airdate: April 25, 2010
• Task scope: To create a celebrity workout class for 24 Hour Fitness. The team that raised the most money would win both team's money of profit.
• Task sponsor: 24 Hour Fitness
• New Rocksolid Team: Bret Michaels, Sharon Osbourne, and Maria Kanellis
• New Tenacity Team: Curtis Stone, Holly Robinson Peete, Cyndi Lauper, and Summer Sanders
• Judges: Donald Trump; Ivanka Trump; Donald Trump, Jr.
• Tenacity project manager: Holly Robinson Peete
• Rocksolid project manager: Sharon Osbourne
• Winning team: Tenacity
• Fired: No one — since everyone did an outstanding job in their fundraising efforts, Trump decided to keep the teams intact for another task.
• Kodak Moment - America's Choice: Barron Trump Tees Off
• Kodak Moment - Trump's Choice: Barron Trump Tees Off
• Notes:
  • At the end of the episode, NBC wished a speedy recovery to Bret Michaels, who was hospitalized just before this episode aired.
  • The total raised was $347,893, a Celebrity Apprentice record for an episode other than the finale.
  • For the second time in Apprentice history, nobody was fired.
  • Holly cut a portion of the raised money for Sharon's charity.

Episode 8

• Airdate: May 2, 2010
• Taskscope: To create three radio commercials for three different areas of a home repair company.
• Tenacity project manager: Summer Sanders
• Rocksolid project manager: Bret Michaels
• Dramatic decision: All seven celebrities all escaped from the boardroom after the 24 Hour Fitness task. Trump promisied one of them will be fired; especially he thinks it could be two people.
• Judges: Donald Trump; Ivanka Trump; Eric Trump
• Winning team: Rocksolid
  • Reasons for win: The executives of the company believed that their commercials were superior to Tenacity's in terms of clarity and originality.
• Losing team: Tenacity
  • Reasons for loss: Despite enjoying Cyndi Lauper's singing, the executives believed the team's commercials were too wordy, and they wanted to hear more of Cyndi's voice.
  • Sent to boardroom: Cyndi Lauper, Summer Sanders, Curtis Stone. Though Cyndi was sent out of the boardroom before Trump fired Summer
• Fired: Summer Sanders, for not defending herself.
• Kodak Moment- America's Choice: Holly's Surprise Visit
• Kodak Moment- Trump's Choice: Holly's Surprise Visit
• Notes: At the end of the episode, NBC wished another speedy recovery to Bret Michaels, who was recently hospitalized.
• This is the first time that Eric Trump has joined in as Mr. Trump's "eyes and ears".
• Bret Michaels had got $40,000; and he is now at $140,000.

Episode 9

• Airdate: May 9, 2010
• Taskscope: To remodel and decorate an apartment
• Tenacity project manager: Holly Robinson Peete
• Rocksolid project manager: Sharon Osbourne
• Judges: Donald Trump; Donald Trump, Jr.; Richard LeFrak
• Winning team: Rocksolid
  • Reasons for win: The Judges felt "solidly" about their decoration.
• Losing team: Tenacity
  • Reasons for loss: Tenacity on the other hand, they loved Cyndi's idea for the celebrity room. But the team made the apartment look cheaper than Zen and frankly the executives did not like the master bedroom that has the color "seafoam green".
• Fired: Cyndi Lauper for telling Mr. Trump that the color of the celebrity room, which was the judges' favorite room and for which Cyndi was given much credit, was actually Holly's idea.
• Kodak Moment - America's Choice: Bret's Stair Climb
• Kodak Moment - Trump's Choice: Sharon's Prop House Espionage
• Notes:
  • Curtis said the reason why Sharon and Maria don't like him was that they haven't worked with him, so Trump moved Curtis to Rocksolid and Bret to Tenacity.
  • Richard LeFrak decided to double the money that Sharon won making her total $40,000.
  • Rocksolid had won 5 out of 6 factors: Bathroom, apartment size, master bedroom, kitchen, and living room. The judges felt like the celebrity room turned into a media room. And it had no "wow" idea.
  • Tenacity had 4 out of 6 factors: Bathroom, kitchen, living room, and especially Cyndi's favorite red celebrity room. The apartment was smaller and the seafoam green room was awful.
  • Sharon Osbourne had won $40,000 to her charity.

Episode 10

• Airdate: May 16, 2010
• Taskscope: Interviews with Bill Rancic & Joan Rivers
• Judges: Donald Trump; Joan Rivers; Bill Rancic
• Fired: Maria Kanellis, Curtis Stone, Sharon Osbourne
• Reasons for firing:
  • Before the interviews, Maria was fired because the other four contestants deemed her the weakest out the five remaining. Also, Mr. Trump found it distasteful and "gross" when, in the boardroom, Maria referred to Curtis being arrogant by "taking a big stinky dump" in a dressing room bathroom. Mr. Trump felt that making that statement was offensive to Curtis's character and "hitting below the belt".
  • According to Joan and Bill, Curtis was weaker than the other contestants, and he did not have the fight or passion. Holly, Bret, and Sharon all agreed, although they also complimented him being a gentleman and a fantastic contestant. And he also he's fired, for not having what it takes to be the Celebrity Apprentice.
  • Bill thought Sharon was not as strong as Holly or Bret, but Joan disagreed. Mr. Trump listened to Bill's advice and fired Sharon.
• Kodak Moment - America's Choice: Curtis Manipulates Bret
• Kodak Moment - Trump's Choice: Curtis Manipulates Bret
• Notes:
  • In this episode, three people were fired, revealing the final two.
  • Interviews were conducted by The Apprentice season one winner, Bill Rancic, and The Celebrity Apprentice season eight winner, Joan Rivers.
  • Coincidentally, all three of the people who were fired (Sharon, Curtis, and Maria), are all the last remaining members of Rocksolid, while Bret and Holly, the final two, were both on Tenacity.
  • This episode will be continued into the "finale" episode, where the winner will be announced.
  • This is the first time a candidate is fired before a task begins.

Episode 11

• Airdate: May 23, 2010
• Task scope: To create a new flavor for Snapple, 30-second commercial, and an advertorial
• Bret's Team: Summer Sanders, Darryl Strawberry
• Holly's Team: Curtis Stone, Maria Kanellis
• Fired: Holly Robinson Peete
• Named the Celebrity Apprentice/Winner: Bret Michaels $250,000 for charity
• Kodak Moment Of The Season - America's Choice: Rod Mistaken For Donny Osmond
• Kodak Moment Of The Season - Trump's Choice: Rod Mistaken For Donny Osmond
• Notes:
  • Cyndi Lauper and Summer Sanders announced the extra money they have made from their respective tasks.
  • Cyndi performed a live song from her upcoming Memphis Blues album, in which she danced on The Boardroom table.
  • Donald Trump gave $25,000 to Darryl Strawberry's charity for coming back to the show.
  • Neither Sharon Osbourne nor Bill Goldberg returned to participate in the finale. Bill Goldberg could not return because his son Gage was sick. Sharon Osbourne could not return because of a "pre-existing charity commitment."
  • Both Bret Michaels and Holly Robinson Peete received $250,000 from Snapple.
  • Donald Trump never actually said "You're Fired" to Holly Robinson Peete; rather, he simply turned to Bret Michaels and announced "You're Hired!"
  • In the season finale, Joan Rivers clashed into Bill Rancic.

US Ratings

Episode	Rating	Share	Rating/share (18-49)	Viewers (millions)	Rank (Timeslot)	Rank (Night)
1	5.1	8	3.2/8	8.27	3	3
2	4.2	7	2.6/7	6.86	3	4
3	4.6	7	2.8/7	7.35	3	5
4	4.2	8	2.8/8	7.37	3	4
5	4.7	8	3.5/8	7.9	3	5
6	4.6	8	2.9/8	7.20	3	7
7	4.5	6	2.8/6	6.60	3	6
8	4.4	7	3.3/7	7.30	3	5
9	4.5	8	2.7/8	7.20	3	7
10	4.7	8	3.1/8	7.70	3	4
11	4.0	6	2.8/6	10.31	2	6

External links

• Official website