The Apprentice | |
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Season 9 | |
No. of contestants | 14 |
Winner | Bret Michaels |
Runner-up | Holly Robinson Peete |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 11 |
Release | |
Original network | NBC |
Original release | March 14 May 23, 2010 | –
Additional information | |
Filming dates | October 19 November 12, 2009 | –
Season chronology |
The Celebrity Apprentice 3 (also known as The Apprentice 9) is the ninth installment of the reality game show The Celebrity Apprentice. On April 29, 2009, NBC officially announced the renewal of The Celebrity Apprentice for spring 2010.[citation needed] The show premiered on Sunday, March 14, 2010.[1] The two-hour season finale was on Sunday, May 23, 2010, 9–11 p.m., ET/PT and the winner was Poison lead singer and Rock of Love star Bret Michaels.[2] Michaels also returned for All-Star Celebrity Apprentice. Michaels was the only person from this season to return. Michaels was also the only previous winner to return and was fired first, coming in 14th.
The candidates for this season, as officially announced.[3]
Celebrity | Profession | Original team | Age | Hometown | Charity | Result | Raised |
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Bret Michaels | Poison singer & Rock of Love star | Rocksolid | 47 | Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. | American Diabetes Association (Sponsor of Camps for Kids With Diabetes)[4] |
The Celebrity Apprentice (05–23–2010) |
$640,000 |
Holly Robinson Peete | Actress | Tenacity | 45 | Germantown, Pennsylvania, U.S. | HollyRod Foundation[5] | Fired in the season finale (05–23–2010) |
$597,893 |
Sharon Osbourne | Music manager & reality television star | Tenacity | 57 | London, England | Cedars-Sinai: Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program[6] | (05–16–2010) |
Fired in week 10$50,000 |
Curtis Stone | Celebrity chef | Rocksolid | 34 | Melbourne, Australia | Feeding America[7] | (05–16–2010) |
Fired in week 10$40,000 |
Maria Kanellis | Professional wrestler & model | Tenacity | 28 | Ottawa, Illinois, U.S. | Make-A-Wish Foundation[8][9] | (05–16–2010) |
Fired in week 10$20,000 |
Cyndi Lauper | Singer & actress | Tenacity | 56 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Stonewall Community Foundation:True Colors Fund[10] | (05–09–2010) |
Fired in week 9$45,000 |
Summer Sanders | Olympic swimmer | Tenacity | 37 | Roseville, California, U.S. | Right to Play[11] | (05–02–2010) |
Fired in week 8$45,000 |
Bill Goldberg | WWE wrestler & actor | Rocksolid | 43 | Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. | Specchio Family Foundation: Sons of the Fallen[12] | (04–18–2010) |
Fired in week 6|
Selita Ebanks | Victoria's Secret model | Tenacity | 27 | George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands | Shine on Sierra Leone[13] | (04–11–2010) |
Fired in week 5$20,000 |
Michael Johnson | Olympic sprinter | Rocksolid | 42 | Dallas, Texas, U.S. | Laureus Sport for Good Foundation[14] | (04–11–2010) |
Quit in week 5|
Rod Blagojevich | Former Governor of Illinois | Rocksolid | 53 | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | Children's Cancer Center[15] | (04–04–2010) |
Fired in week 4|
Darryl Strawberry | Former MLB right fielder | Rocksolid | 48 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | The Darryl Strawberry Foundation[16] | (03–28–2010) |
Fired in week 3$25,000 |
Sinbad | Stand-up comedian & actor | Rocksolid | 53 | Benton Harbor, Michigan, U.S. | Omega Boys Club: Street Soldiers[17] | (03–21–2010) |
Fired in week 2|
Carol Leifer | Comedian & writer | Tenacity | 53 | East Williston, New York, U.S. | North Shore Animal League America[18] | (03–14–2010) |
Fired in week 1$10,000 |
Candidate | Original team | Week 7 team | Week 9 team | Final task team | Application result | Record as project manager |
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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 | Tenacity | Fired in week 10 | 1–0 (win in week 5) |
Maria Kanellis | Tenacity | Rocksolid | Rocksolid | Tenacity | 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 | Rocksolid | 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 | Rocksolid | Fired in week 3 | |||
Sinbad | Rocksolid | Fired in week 2 | 0–1 (loss in week 2) | |||
Carol Leifer | Tenacity | Fired in week 1 |
No. | Elimination chart | ||||||||||||
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Candidate | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||
1 | Bret | WIN | BR | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | BR | IN | CA | |
2 | Holly | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOSE | IN | WIN | IN | LOSE | IN | FIRED | |
3 | Sharon | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOSE | IN | WIN | FIRED | ||
4 | Curtis | IN | IN | IN | BR | WIN | IN | IN | BR | IN | FIRED | ||
5 | Maria | IN | WIN | IN | IN | BR | IN | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | ||
6 | Cyndi | LOSE | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | BR | FIRED | |||
7 | Summer | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | ||||
8 | Bill | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | FIRED | ||||||
9 | Selita | IN | IN | IN | WIN | FIRED | |||||||
10 | Michael | IN | IN | LOSE | BR | QUIT | |||||||
11 | Rod | IN | BR | IN | FIRED | ||||||||
12 | Darryl | IN | IN | FIRED | |||||||||
13 | Sinbad | IN | FIRED | ||||||||||
14 | Carol | FIRED |
1 No one was fired during this episode because both teams raised a lot of money.
Episode | Rating | Share | Rating/share (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
Rank (Timeslot) |
Rank (Night) |
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1 | 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 | 3.4/9 | 9.30 | 2 | 6 |