The Apprentice | |
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Season 12 | |
No. of contestants | 18 |
Winner | Arsenio Hall |
Runner-up | Clay Aiken |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 14 |
Release | |
Original network | NBC |
Original release | February 19 May 20, 2012 | –
Season chronology |
The Celebrity Apprentice 5 (also known as The Apprentice 12) is the fifth installment of the reality game show The Celebrity Apprentice. On May 15, 2011, NBC announced that the show would be returning for a fifth season in 2012.[1] The following day, at NBC's annual upfront presentations to advertisers, Donald Trump confirmed that he would be hosting the fifth season.[2] On January 4, 2012, Trump officially announced the cast on Today and NBC issued a press release with more details.[3][4] On January 13, 2012, NBC announced the fifth season would premiere February 19, 2012, and would be the first season to air each week's finale live. The network announced that it would air a one-hour version of the previous week's episode prior to the airing of new episodes on February 26 and March 4 at 8 p.m.[5]
Celebrity | Background | Original team | Age | Hometown | Charity | Result | Raised |
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Arsenio Hall | Comedian, actor & talk show host | Unanimous | 55 | Warrensville Heights, Ohio | Magic Johnson Foundation | Hired as The Celebrity Apprentice (5–20–2012) |
$522,100 |
Clay Aiken | Singer-songwriter & activist | Unanimous | 33 | Raleigh, North Carolina | National Inclusion Project | (5–20–2012) |
Fired in the season finale$361,500 |
Aubrey O'Day | Danity Kane singer & actress | Forte | 27 | La Quinta, California | Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network | (5–13–2012) |
Fired in task 14$50,000 |
Lisa Lampanelli | Comedian | Forte | 50 | Trumbull, Connecticut | Gay Men's Health Crisis | (5–13–2012) |
Fired in task 14$130,000 |
Teresa Giudice | The Real Housewives of New Jersey star | Forte | 39 | Paterson, New Jersey | The NephCure Foundation | (5–06–2012) |
Fired in task 13$70,000 |
Dayana Mendoza | Miss Universe 2008 | Forte | 25 | Caracas, Venezuela | Latino Commission on AIDS | (4–29–2012) |
Fired in task 12$30,000 |
Penn Jillette | Magician | Unanimous | 56 | Greenfield, Massachusetts | Opportunity Village | (4–22–2012) |
Fired in task 11$50,000 |
Paul Teutul Sr. | American Chopper star | Unanimous | 62 | Pearl River, New York | Make-A-Wish Foundation | (4–15–2012) |
Fired in task 10$494,082 |
Lou Ferrigno | Actor & retired professional bodybuilder | Unanimous | 60 | Brooklyn, New York | Muscular Dystrophy Association | (4–08–2012) |
Fired in task 9$50,000 |
Dee Snider | Twisted Sister singer | Unanimous | 56 | Baldwin, New York | March of Dimes | (4–01–2012) |
Fired in task 8$326,000 |
Debbie Gibson | Singer-songwriter & actress | Forte | 41 | Merrick, New York | Children International | (4–01–2012) |
Fired in task 7$50,000 |
Patricia Velasquez | Model, actress & philanthropist | Forte | 40 | Maracaibo, Venezuela | The Wayuu Taya Foundation | (3–25–2012) |
Fired in task 6|
Tia Carrere | Actress, singer & model | Forte | 45 | Honolulu, Hawaii | After-School All-Stars | (3–18–2012) |
Fired in task 5|
Michael Andretti[6] | IZOD IndyCar Series team owner | Unanimous | 49 | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania | Racing for Cancer | (3–11–2012) |
Fired in task 4|
Adam Carolla | Comedian, actor & podcaster | Unanimous | 47 | Studio City, California | Catholic Big Brothers Big Sisters | (3–11–2012) |
Fired in task 4|
George Takei | Former Star Trek actor | Unanimous | 74 | Los Angeles, California | Japanese American National Museum | (3–04–2012) |
Fired in task 3|
Victoria Gotti | Reality television star & author | Forte | 48 | Howard Beach, New York | Association to Benefit Children | (2–26–2012) |
Fired in task 2|
Cheryl Tiegs | Supermodel | Forte | 64 | Alhambra, California | The Farrah Fawcett Foundation | (2–19–2012) |
Fired in task 1
Candidate | Original team | Task 8 team | Task 10 team | Final Task team | Application result | Record as project manager |
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Arsenio Hall | Unanimous | Unanimous | Unanimous | Unanimous | The Celebrity Apprentice | 2–0 (win in tasks 8 & 12) |
Clay Aiken | Unanimous | Unanimous | Forte | Forte | Fired in the season finale | 1–1 (win in task 6, loss in task 11) |
Aubrey O'Day | Forte | Unanimous | Unanimous | Forte | Fired in task 14 | 1–1 (win in task 11, loss in task 6) |
Lisa Lampanelli | Forte | Forte | Forte | Unanimous | Fired in task 14 | 2–1 (win in tasks 10 & 13, loss in task 2) |
Teresa Giudice | Forte | Unanimous | Unanimous | Unanimous | Fired in task 13 | 1–2 (win in task 9, loss in tasks 7 & 13) |
Dayana Mendoza | Forte | Forte | Forte | Fired in task 12 | 1–2 (win in task 3, loss in tasks 9 & 12) | |
Penn Jillette | Unanimous | Forte | Forte | Forte | Fired in task 11 | 1–0 (win in task 2) |
Paul Teutul Sr. | Unanimous | Unanimous | Unanimous | Unanimous | Fired in task 10 | 1–1 (win in task 1, loss in task 10) |
Lou Ferrigno | Unanimous | Forte | Fired in task 9 | 1–1 (win in task 5, loss in task 8) | ||
Dee Snider | Unanimous | Forte | Forte | Fired in task 8 | 1–0 (win in task 7) | |
Debbie Gibson | Forte | Forte | Fired in task 7 | 1–0 (win in task 4) | ||
Patricia Velásquez | Forte | Fired in task 6 | 0–1 (loss in task 1) | |||
Tia Carrere | Forte | Fired in task 5 | 0–1 (loss in task 5) | |||
Michael Andretti | Unanimous | Fired in task 4 | ||||
Adam Carolla | Unanimous | Unanimous | Fired in task 4 | 0–1 (loss in task 4) | ||
George Takei | Unanimous | Fired in task 3 | 0–1 (loss in task 3) | |||
Victoria Gotti | Forte | Fired in task 2 | ||||
Cheryl Tiegs | Forte | Fired in task 1 |
Elimination chart | |||||||||||||||||
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No. | Candidate | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | |
1 | Arsenio | IN | IN | BR | BR | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | CA | |
2 | Clay | IN | IN | IN | BR | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOSE | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | |
3 | Aubrey | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOSE | IN | IN | IN | BR | WIN | IN | IN | FIRED | ||
4 | Lisa | IN | LOSE | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | BR | WIN | IN | IN | WIN | FIRED | ||
5 | Teresa | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOSE | IN | WIN | BR | IN | IN | FIRED | |||
6 | Dayana | IN | BR | WIN | IN | IN | BR | BR | BR | LOSE | IN | BR | FIRED | ||||
7 | Penn | IN | WIN | IN | BR | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | |||||
8 | Paul | WIN | IN | IN | BR | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | ||||||
9 | Lou | IN | IN | BR | BR | WIN | IN | IN | LOSE | FIRED | |||||||
10 | Dee | IN | IN | IN | BR | IN | IN | WIN | FIRED | ||||||||
11 | Debbie | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||
12 | Patricia | LOSE | IN | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||
13 | Tia | IN | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||
14 | Michael | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||||
15 | Adam | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||||
16 | George | IN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||||||
17 | Victoria | BR | FIRED | ||||||||||||||
18 | Cheryl | FIRED |
Order | Airdate | Rating | Share | Rating/Share (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
Rank (timeslot) |
Rank (night) |
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1 | February 19, 2012 | 4.4[12] | 7 | 2.6/6[13] | 7.42 | #2 | #6 |
2 | February 26, 2012 | 3.1[14] | 5 | 1.8/4[15] | 5.20 | #3 | #6 |
3 | March 4, 2012 | 4.1[16] | 7 | 2.3/6[17] | 6.67 | #3 | #7 |
4 | March 11, 2012 | 2.0/5[18] | 6.45 | ||||
5 | March 18, 2012 | 1.8/4[19] | 5.80 | ||||
6 | March 25, 2012 | 1.8/5[20] | 6.04 | ||||
7 | April 1, 2012 | 1.9/5[21] | 5.96 | ||||
8 | April 8, 2012 | 2.1/6[22] | 6.52 | ||||
9 | April 15, 2012 | 2.2/6[23] | 6.66 | ||||
10 | April 22, 2012 | 2.1/5[24] | 6.31 | ||||
11 | April 29, 2012 | 2.0/5[25] | 6.38 | ||||
12 | May 6, 2012 | 1.9/5[26] | 6.23 | ||||
13 | May 13, 2012 | 1.8/5[27] | 5.48 | ||||
14 | May 20, 2012 | 2.2/6[28] | 6.86 |