The Apprentice | |
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Season 11 | |
No. of contestants | 16 |
Winner | John Rich |
Runner-up | Marlee Matlin |
No. of episodes | 12 |
Release | |
Original network | NBC |
Original release | March 6 May 22, 2011 | –
Additional information | |
Filming dates | October 18, 2010 May 22, 2011 | –
Season chronology |
The Celebrity Apprentice 4 (also known as The Apprentice 11) is the eleventh installment of the reality game show Celebrity Apprentice, which premiered March 6, 2011. Country music star John Rich was named the winner defeating actress Marlee Matlin. Lil Jon, La Toya Jackson, Gary Busey, and Lisa Rinna all returned for All-Star Celebrity Apprentice. Jackson and Busey placed twelfth and sixth, respectively, and both won $20,000 for their charities while Lil Jon and Rinna were both semifinalists placing third and fourth, respectively; Jon raised $160,000 and Rinna raised $504,500 resulting in her improving immensely from her first season.
The candidates were divided into two teams, males versus females. The women named their team A.S.A.P., an acronym for Artists, Singers, Authors, and Professionals for a Purpose. The men named their team Backbone.[1][2]
Celebrity | Background | Original team | Age | Hometown | Charity | Result | Raised |
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John Rich | Singer-songwriter | Backbone | 37 | Dickson, Tennessee | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital[3] | The Celebrity Apprentice (5–22–2011) |
$1,261,908 |
Marlee Matlin | Film & television actress | A.S.A.P. | 45 | Arlington Heights, Illinois | The Starkey Hearing Foundation[4] | (5–22–2011) |
Fired in the season finale$1,050,000 |
Meat Loaf | Singer | Backbone | 63 | Dallas, Texas | The Painted Turtle[5] | (5–15–2011) |
Fired in task 12$204,580 |
Lil Jon | Rapper & entrepreneur | Backbone | 40 | Atlanta, Georgia | The United Methodist Children's Home of North Georgia Conference[6] | (5–15–2011) |
Fired in task 12$80,000 |
Star Jones | Former The View panelist | A.S.A.P. | 49 | Trenton, New Jersey | American Heart Association[7][8] | (5–08–2011) |
Fired in task 11$169,372 |
La Toya Jackson | Singer, author & businesswoman | A.S.A.P. | 54 | Gary, Indiana | AIDS Project L.A.[9] | 1 (05–08–2011) |
Fired in task 8 & 10$65,000 |
NeNe Leakes | The Real Housewives of Atlanta star | A.S.A.P. | 43 | Athens, Georgia | Atlanta Mission: My Sister's House[10] | (5–08–2011) |
Quit in task 10|
Hope Dworaczyk | Playboy model | A.S.A.P. | 26 | Port Lavaca, Texas | Best Buddies[11] | (5–01–2011) |
Fired in task 9$20,000 |
Gary Busey | Actor | Backbone | 66 | Goose Creek, Texas | The Center for Head Injury Services[12] | (4–17–2011) |
Fired in task 7$40,000 |
Mark McGrath | Sugar Ray singer & television host | Backbone | 43 | Newport Beach, California | Save the Music Foundation[13] | (4–10–2011) |
Fired in task 6|
Richard Hatch | Survivor winner | Backbone | 49 | Newport, Rhode Island | Grassroot Soccer[14] | (4–03–2011) |
Fired in task 5|
Jose Canseco | Former MLB outfielder | Backbone | 46 | Havana, Cuba | Baseball Assistance Team (B.A.T.)[15] | (4–03–2011) |
Quit in task 5$25,000 |
Dionne Warwick | Singer | A.S.A.P. | 70 | East Orange, New Jersey | The Hunger Project[16] | (3–27–2011) |
Fired in task 4|
Niki Taylor | Model | A.S.A.P. | 36 | Pembroke Pines, Florida | American Red Cross[17] | (3–20–2011) |
Fired in task 3$35,000 |
Lisa Rinna | Television host & actress | A.S.A.P. | 47 | Medford, Oregon | Entertainment Industry Foundation: Women's Cancer Research Fund[18] | (3–13–2011) |
Fired in task 2|
David Cassidy | Actor & singer | Backbone | 60 | West Orange, New Jersey | The Alzheimer's Research and Prevention Foundation[19] | (3–6–2011) | Fired in task 1
Candidate | Original team | Task 10 team | Final Task team | Application result | Record as project manager |
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John Rich | Backbone | Backbone | Backbone | The Celebrity Apprentice | 2–1 (win in tasks 8 & 11, loss in task 5) |
Marlee Matlin | A.S.A.P. | A.S.A.P. | A.S.A.P. | Fired in the season finale | 1–1 (win in task 5, loss in task 11) |
Meat Loaf | Backbone | A.S.A.P | A.S.A.P. | Fired in task 12 | 2–0 (win in tasks 2 & 10) |
Lil Jon | Backbone | Backbone | Backbone | Fired in task 12 | 2–0 (win in tasks 4 & 9) |
Star Jones | A.S.A.P. | A.S.A.P. | Backbone | Fired in task 11 | 1–1 (win in task 1, loss in task 8) |
La Toya Jackson | A.S.A.P. | Backbone | A.S.A.P. | Fired in task 8 & 101 | 1–1 (win in task 6, loss in task 10) |
NeNe Leakes | A.S.A.P. | Backbone | Quit in task 10 | 0–2 (loss in tasks 4 & 9) | |
Hope Dworaczyk | A.S.A.P. | Fired in task 9 | 1–0 (win in task 7) | ||
Gary Busey | Backbone | Fired in task 7 | 1–1 (win in task 3, loss in task 7) | ||
Mark McGrath | Backbone | Backbone | Fired in task 6 | 0–1 (loss in task 6) | |
Richard Hatch | Backbone | A.S.A.P. | Fired in task 5 | 0–1 (loss in task 1) | |
Jose Canseco | Backbone | Quit in task 5 | |||
Dionne Warwick | A.S.A.P. | Fired in task 4 | |||
Niki Taylor | A.S.A.P. | Fired in task 3 | 0–1 (loss in task 3) | ||
Lisa Rinna | A.S.A.P. | Fired in task 2 | 0–1 (loss in task 2) | ||
David Cassidy | Backbone | Fired in task 1 |
^1 La Toya Jackson was originally fired in task eight, but was brought back into the competition during the boardroom of task nine.
No. | Elimination chart | ||||||||||||||
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Candidate | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||
1 | John | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOSE | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | CA | |
2 | Marlee | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOSE | IN | FIRED | |
3 | Meat Loaf | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | BR | FIRED | ||
4 | Lil Jon | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | FIRED | ||
5 | Star | WIN | BR | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOSE | BR | IN | FIRED | |||
6 | La Toya | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | FIRED | IN | FIRED | ||||
7 | NeNe | IN | IN | IN | LOSE | IN | IN | IN | BR | LOSE | QUIT | ||||
8 | Hope | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | FIRED | |||||
9 | Gary | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | BR | FIRED | |||||||
10 | Mark | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | ||||||||
11 | Richard | LOSE | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||
12 | Jose | BR | IN | IN | IN | QUIT | |||||||||
13 | Dionne | IN | BR | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||
14 | Niki | IN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||
15 | Lisa | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||||
16 | David | FIRED |
Task 10
Task 11
Task 12
Task 13
Episode | Rating | Share | Rating/share (18-49) |
Viewers (millions) |
Rank (Timeslot) |
Rank (Night) |
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1 | 4.9 | 8 | 2.8/7 | 7.93[24] | ||
2 | 5.0 | 8 | 2.8/8 | 8.13[25] | ||
3 | 5.1 | 8 | 2.8/8 | 8.17[26] | ||
4 | 5.4 | 9 | 3.0/8 | 8.58[27] | ||
5 | 5.2 | 8 | 3.1/8 | 8.65[28] | ||
6 | 5.0 | 8 | 3.0/8 | 8.23[29] | ||
7 | 4.7 | 7 | 2.6/7 | 7.66[30] | ||
8 | 4.8 | 8 | 3.0/8 | 8.26[31] | ||
9 | 5.1 | 8 | 3.1/8 | 8.65[32] | ||
10 | 4.4 | 7 | 2.4/7 | 7.18 | ||
11 | 2.5/6 | 6.8[33] | ||||
12 | 3.0/7 | 8.61[34] |