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. The show premiered on Sunday, March 14, 2010. 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. 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.
Candidates
The candidates for this season, as officially announced.
Weekly results
1 No one was fired during this episode because both teams raised a lot of money. The contestant was on the losing team. The contestant won the competition and was named the Celebrity Apprentice. The contestant won as project manager on his/her team. The contestant lost as project manager on his/her team. The contestant was on the losing team and brought to the final boardroom. The contestant was fired. The contestant lost as project manager and was fired. The contestant was absent during the project due to a previous engagement. The contestant quit the show.
Episodes
Episode 1: True Colors
Task 1
Airdate: March 14, 2010
Actual date: October 2009
Task scope: The teams had to run a New York diner called Burger Heaven. They'll be making their own menus. The team with the most money wins. Tenacity project manager: Cyndi Lauper Rocksolid project manager: Bret Michaels Judges: Donald Trump; Ivanka Trump; Donald Trump Jr. Winning team: Rocksolid Reasons for win: Although they didn't get $10,000 from Joan Rivers, they earned a total profit of $57,905. Bret Michaels had Curtis Stone create a range of expensive truffle-based dishes to ensure that even the members of the general public would be giving large donations, and Curtis and Bill Goldberg made a very efficient kitchen team, despite Rod Blagojevich being a very slow server. Losing team: Tenacity Reasons for loss: Even though Selita Ebanks's cooking was well-received and they got $10,000 from Joan Rivers, they only earned $39,559 overall. Ivanka said that Tenacity's price points were too low from tracking customers on the streets, and that the team was disorganized and failed to ensure that their big donors were served over the general public. Sent to boardroom: No final boardroom – Cyndi said that no member of the team had performed exceptionally well or poorly, which Ivanka concurred with. Based on the feedback from the other women and the amount of money raised, Trump ultimately narrowed it down to Carol Leifer and Selita Ebanks; while he initially appeared inclined to fire Selita, who brought in no donors whatsoever, Ivanka pointed out that without her cooking skills the women would never have gotten the money from Joan Rivers, and would have taken an even heavier beating. This saved Selita and led to Carol being fired. Fired: Carol Leifer – for raising very little money and not contributing much overall to the task. Carol's name came up the most when Trump asked the teammates who should be fired, and she was also felt to have been partially at fault for the poor crowd control in their diner. Notes: At the start of the task, the two teams were each asked to choose the opposing team's project manager. The men chose Cyndi Lauper, hoping that she would mess up and get eliminated early on, as she was the only native New Yorker on either team, which they felt gave the women a big advantage. The women were split between Bret Michaels (who had admitted being severely jetlagged) and Rod Blagojevich (who they felt would focus on making himself look good at the expense of actually running the task), and eventually decided on Bret, hoping to set him up for failure. Joan Rivers said the burger she got from Rocksolid's restaurant was cold and that she wanted to eliminate Rod Blagojevich for acting like a politician to the other customers. After Carol Leifer was eliminated, she asked Trump if he could donate some money to her charity, The North Shore Animal League. Trump agreed, and then donated $10,000 out of his pocket for Carol's charity. This is the first-season premiere that didn't have a final boardroom.