The Apprentice | |
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Season 8 | |
No. of contestants | 16 |
Winner | Joan Rivers |
Runner-up | Annie Duke |
No. of episodes | 11 |
Release | |
Original network | NBC |
Original release | March 1 May 10, 2009 | –
Additional information | |
Filming dates | October 2008 November 2008 | –
Season chronology |
The Celebrity Apprentice 2 (also known as The Apprentice 8) is the eighth installment of the reality game show The Apprentice. It premiered on March 1, 2009. The Celebrity Apprentice 2 aired for two hours on Sundays at 9:00 Eastern time.[1] Joan Rivers was the winner, while Annie Duke was the runner-up.
The following is the list of candidates for this season. The candidates are divided into two teams, male versus female (as in seasons 1, 2, and 4). The women named their team Athena, after the Greek goddess of wisdom, strategic warfare and heroic endeavor. The men named their team KOTU, an acronym for Kings Of The Universe.
Celebrity | Background | Original team | Age | Hometown | Charity[2] | Result | Raised |
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Joan Rivers | Comedian & television host | Athena | 75 | Larchmont, New York | God's Love We Deliver | The Celebrity Apprentice (2009–05–10) |
$526,546.39 |
Annie Duke | Professional poker player | Athena | 43 | Concord, New Hampshire | Refugees International | Fired in the Season Finale (2009–05–10) |
$730,725 |
Jesse James | Television host & motor customizer | KOTU | 39 | Long Beach, California | Long Beach Education Foundation Archived April 21, 2016, at the Wayback Machine | (2009–05–03) |
Fired in task 12$20,000 |
Brande Roderick | Model & actress | Athena | 34 | Novato, California | California Police Youth Charities | (2009–05–03) |
Fired in task 12$166,450 |
Clint Black | Country singer | KOTU | 47 | Katy, Texas | International Rett Syndrome Foundation | (2009–05–03) |
Fired in task 11$20,000 |
Melissa Rivers | Television host | Athena | 41 | New York, New York | Lili Claire Foundation Archived February 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine | (2009–04–26) |
Fired in task 10|
Herschel Walker | Former NFL running back | KOTU | 47 | Wrightsville, Georgia | Alternative Community Development Services [3] | (2009–04–19) |
Fired in task 9|
Natalie Gulbis | LPGA golfer | Athena | 26 | Sacramento, California | Boys & Girls Clubs of America | (2009–04–19) |
Fired in task 8$20,000 |
Brian McKnight | Singer-songwriter | KOTU | 39 | Buffalo, New York | Youthville, USA | (2009–04–12) |
Fired in task 7$20,000 |
Khloe Kardashian | Reality television star | Athena | 24 | Los Angeles, California | The Brent Shapiro Foundation for Alcohol and Drug Awareness | (2009–04–05) |
Fired in task 6$40,000 |
Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins | TLC singer | Athena | 38 | Atlanta, Georgia | Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia | (2009–04–05) |
Fired in task 6$20,000 |
Dennis Rodman | Former NBA power forward | KOTU | 48 | Dallas, Texas | Court Appointed Special Advocates | (2009–03–29) |
Fired in task 5|
Claudia Jordan | Miss USA 1997 & Deal or No Deal model | Athena | 35 | Providence, Rhode Island | NAPSAC Foundation Archived April 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine | (2009–03–22) |
Fired in task 4|
Tom Green | Comedian | KOTU | 37 | Gloucester, Ontario | Butch Walts and Donald Skinner Urologic Cancer Research Foundation | (2009–03–15) |
Fired in task 3|
Scott Hamilton | Former Olympic figure skater | KOTU | 50 | Bowling Green, Ohio | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation | (2009–03–08) |
Fired in task 2|
Andrew Dice Clay | Stand-up comedian | KOTU | 51 | Brooklyn, New York | StandUp for Kids | (2009–03–01) |
Fired in task 1
Candidate | Original team | Task 6 team | Task 7 team | Task 10 team | Final Task | Application result | Record as project manager |
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Joan Rivers | Athena | KOTU | KOTU | KOTU | KOTU | The Celebrity Apprentice | 1–1 (win in task 1, loss in task 8) |
Annie Duke | Athena | Athena | Athena | Athena | Athena | Fired in the season finale | 2–0 (win in tasks 8 & 11) |
Jesse James | KOTU | Athena | Athena | KOTU | Fired in task 12 | 1–0 (win in task 9) | |
Brande Roderick | Athena | Athena | Athena | Athena | Athena | Fired in task 12 | 1–1 (win in task 3, loss in task 10) |
Clint Black | KOTU | KOTU | KOTU | KOTU | KOTU | Fired in task 11 | 1–2 (win in task 10, loss in tasks 6 & 11) |
Melissa Rivers | Athena | Athena | Athena | Athena | KOTU | Fired in task 10 | 0–1 (loss in task 6) |
Herschel Walker | KOTU | KOTU | KOTU | KOTU | Fired in task 9 | 0–2 (loss in tasks 1 & 9) | |
Natalie Gulbis | Athena | KOTU | KOTU | Fired in task 8 | 1–0 (win in task 7) | ||
Brian McKnight | KOTU | Athena | Fired in task 7 | 1–1 (win in task 4, loss in task 7) | |||
Khloé Kardashian | Athena | KOTU | Fired in task 6 | 1–0 (win in task 2) | |||
Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins | Athena | Athena | Fired in task 6 | 1–0 (win in task 5) | |||
Dennis Rodman | KOTU | Athena | Fired in task 5 | 0–1 (loss in task 5) | |||
Claudia Jordan | Athena | Fired in task 4 | 0–1 (loss in task 4) | ||||
Tom Green | KOTU | Athena | Fired in task 3 | 0–1 (loss in task 3) | |||
Scott Hamilton | KOTU | Fired in task 2 | 0–1 (loss in task 2) | ||||
Andrew Dice Clay | KOTU | Fired in task 1 |
No. | Elimination chart | ||||||||||||||
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Candidate | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||
1 | Joan | WIN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOSE | IN | IN | IN | IN | HIRED | |
2 | Annie | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | BR | WIN | IN | FIRED | |
3 | Jesse | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | FIRED | ||
4 | Brande | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | BR | BR | IN | IN | LOSE | IN | FIRED | ||
5 | Clint | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOSE | IN | IN | IN | WIN | FIRED | |||
6 | Melissa | IN | IN | IN | BR | IN | LOSE | BR | IN | IN | FIRED | ||||
7 | Herschel | LOSE | BR | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | |||||
8 | Natalie | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | BR | WIN | FIRED | ||||||
9 | Brian | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | FIRED | |||||||
10 | Khloé | IN | WIN | IN | BR | IN | FIRED | ||||||||
11 | Tionne | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | FIRED | ||||||||
12 | Dennis | BR | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||
13 | Claudia | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||
14 | Tom | IN | BR | FIRED | |||||||||||
15 | Scott | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||||
16 | Andrew | FIRED |
Brande Roderick, Dennis Rodman, and Claudia Jordan all returned for All-Star Celebrity Apprentice. Roderick, Rodman, and Jordan placed 7th, 9th, and 11th, respectively, with Rodman and Jordan unable to raise anything and Roderick able to raise $20,000.