The Apprentice (American TV series) season 7

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The Apprentice
Season 7
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No. of contestants14
Winner Piers Morgan
Runner-up Trace Adkins
No. of episodes13
Release
Original network NBC
Original releaseJanuary 3 (2008-01-03) 
March 27, 2008 (2008-03-27) [1]
Additional information
Filming datesOctober 2007 (2007-10) 
November 2007 (2007-11)
Season chronology
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The Celebrity Apprentice (also known as The Apprentice 7) is the seventh installment of the reality game show The Apprentice , and the first of The Celebrity Apprentice . This season features celebrity candidates vying for the title of Donald Trump's, "Best Business Brain," as a way to revitalize the series, with the winner donating their proceeds to charity. [2] This installment marked the series' return to New York [3] after spending the previous season in Los Angeles and features abstract paintings by Seattle-based artist Maeve Harris. [4] [5] The series premiered on NBC on January 3, 2008, at 9:00 pm.

Contents

This is the first season where the candidates did not reside in a communal penthouse of Trump Tower which was more as a meeting vicinity and also the boardroom. The celebrities lived in Trump International Hotel and Tower. There are also no traditionally given rewards to the winning team apart from the winning project manager receiving an amount of $20,000 along with available proceeds from the tasks to be donated to the winning manager's favorite charity. Nevertheless, the firing rule remained. America's Got Talent judge Piers Morgan was the winner, beating country music singer Trace Adkins in the finals. Morgan was the only celebrity fired during the original British celebrity edition of the show.

Candidates

The following is the list of candidates for this season, with their original team placements. The show went back to its original concept of men versus women. The all-women team named their team Empresario (a Spanish term meaning "entrepreneur",) while the all-men team named theirs Hydra (after a monster from ancient Greek mythology.)

Candidate data [6]
CelebrityBackgroundOriginal TeamAgeHometownCharityResultRaised
Piers Morgan America's Got Talent judgeHydra42 Guildford, Surrey, UK Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund The Celebrity Apprentice
(2008–03–27)
$754,300
Trace Adkins Country singerHydra45 Springhill, Louisiana, U.S. Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network Fired in the Season Finale
(2008–03–27)
$102,000
Carol Alt SupermodelEmpresario47 East Williston, New York, U.S. Tony Alt Memorial Foundation Fired in week 12
(2008–03–20)
$40,000
Lennox Lewis Professional boxerHydra42 Kitchener, Ontario, CanadaThe Muhammad Ali Center Fired in week 12
(2008–03–20)
$40,000
Stephen Baldwin Actor & authorHydra41 Massapequa, New York, U.S. Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund Fired in week 11
(2008–03–13)
$89,324.79
Omarosa The Apprentice contestantEmpresario33 Youngstown, Ohio, U.S.Positive Vibrations Youth Mentoring Program Fired in week 10
(2008–03–06)
Tito Ortiz UFC fighterHydra32 Santa Ana, California, U.S. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Fired in week 9
(2008–02–28)
$70,000
Marilu Henner Actress & authorEmpresario55 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine Fired in week 8
(2008–02–21)
$20,000 1
Nely Galán Former President of Entertainment for Telemundo Empresario44 Teaneck, New Jersey, U.S. Count Me In Fired in week 6
(2008–02–07)
Vincent Pastore The Sopranos actorHydra61 New Rochelle, New York, U.S. Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research Quit in week 5
(2008–01–31)
$50,000
Jennie Finch Olympic softball pitcherEmpresario27 La Mirada, California, U.S. International Breast Cancer Research Foundation Fired in week 4
(2008–01–24)
Gene Simmons Kiss singer & entrepreneurHydra58 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation Fired in week 3
(2008–01–17)
$20,000
Nadia Comaneci Olympic gymnastEmpresario46 Oneşti, Romania Special Olympics Fired in week 2
(2008–01–10)
Tiffany Fallon Playboy modelEmpresario33 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. Walter Reed Society Fired in week 1
(2008–01–03)

^1 In an unaired scene available on the web, Trump gave Marilu Henner's charity a $20,000 donation because he felt she deserved to win money for her charity.

Donald Trump, in an apparent gesture to reconcile his feud with Rosie O'Donnell, offered her a contestant spot on the show but was turned down in a statement by O'Donnell's spokeswoman. [7]

Weekly results

CandidateOriginal teamWeek 3 teamWeek 6 teamWeek 7 teamWeek 8 teamFinal Task TeamApplication resultRecord as project manager
Piers MorganHydraHydraHydraHydraHydraHydraThe Celebrity Apprentice2–1 (win in weeks 7 & 10, loss in week 5)
Trace AdkinsHydraHydraHydraEmpresarioEmpresarioEmpresario Fired in the Season Finale0–2 (loss in weeks 7 & 11)
Carol AltEmpresarioEmpresarioEmpresarioHydraHydraHydraFired in week 122–0 (win in weeks 5 & 9)
Lennox LewisHydraHydraHydraHydraHydraEmpresarioFired in week 122–0 (win in weeks 6 & 11)
Stephen BaldwinHydraHydraEmpresarioEmpresarioEmpresarioHydraFired in week 112–0 (win in weeks 1 & 8)
OmarosaEmpresarioEmpresarioEmpresarioHydraEmpresarioFired in week 100–3 (loss in weeks 1, 6, & 10)
Tito OrtizHydraHydraHydraEmpresarioEmpresarioFired in week 91–1 (win in week 3, loss in week 9)
Marilu HennerEmpresarioEmpresarioEmpresarioEmpresarioHydraEmpresarioFired in week 80–2 (loss in weeks 4 & 8)
Nely GalánEmpresarioEmpresarioEmpresarioFired in week 60–1 (loss in week 2)
Vincent PastoreHydraHydraQuit in week 51–0 (win in week 4)
Jennie FinchEmpresarioEmpresarioFired in week 4
Gene SimmonsHydraEmpresarioFired in week 31–1 (win in week 2, loss in week 3)
Nadia ComaneciEmpresarioFired in week 2
Tiffany FallonEmpresarioFired in week 1
No.Elimination chart
Candidate12345678910111213
1PiersININININLOSEINWINBRINWINININ CA
2TraceININININININLOSEINININLOSEINFIRED
3CarolBRBRINBRWININININWINININFIRED
4LennoxINININININWININBRININWINFIRED
5StephenWINININININININWINININFIRED
6OmarosaLOSEINBRININLOSEINININFIRED
7TitoININWININININININFIRED
8MariluINININLOSEINBRINFIRED
9NelyINLOSEINININFIRED
10VincentINININWINQUIT
11JennieININBRFIRED
12GeneINWINFIRED
13NadiaINFIRED
14TiffanyFIRED
  The candidate was on the losing team.
  The candidate won the competition and was named The Celebrity Apprentice.
  The candidate won as project manager on his/her team.
  The candidate lost as project manager on his/her team.
  The candidate was on the losing team and brought to the final boardroom.
  The candidate was fired.
  The candidate lost as project manager and was fired.
  The candidate quit the competition.
  The candidate was absent during the week due to previous engagements.

Episodes

Episode 1: Selling Hot Dogs

Episode 2: Pedigree Community Awareness Ad

Episode 3: Mr. Outside the Box

Episode 4: A Knight on Broadway

Episode 5: The Croc and the Rat

Episode 6: Window of Opportunity

Episode 7: The Mane Event

Episode 8: Quality, Value, and Chaos

Episode 9: The Money Shot

Episode 10: Painting By Numbers

Episode 11: Bread and Badda-bing

Episode 12: Going Once, Twice, You're Fired

Donald Trump contradicted the rules that Trump himself set out for this challenge. Trump set out the rules for the challenge being that based on what Jim and Erin said, he would fire two people immediately. Both Jim and Erin acknowledged Piers Morgan's fundraising proficiency, but unequivocally said to Donald Trump that Piers Morgan must not advance to the next round based on personality, both judges ranking Piers Morgan last out of the four remaining candidates. However, Trump advanced Piers Morgan to the final round.

Episode 13: Season Finale: Under the Hammer

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