| The Apprentice | |
|---|---|
| Season 7 | |
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| No. of contestants | 14 |
| Winner | Piers Morgan |
| Runner-up | Trace Adkins |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | January 3 – March 27, 2008[1] |
| Additional information | |
| Filming dates | October 2007 – November 2007 |
| Season chronology | |
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.
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.
- ^ "NBC Says "You're Hired" For Second Season Pick Up Of 'The Celebrity Apprentice' And Announces Live Two-Hour Finale Of Season One On March 27th at 9:00 PM - 11:00 PM ET". The Futon Critic. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Brioux, Bill (July 20, 2007). "Cdn. version of 'Fifth Grader' eyed". Archived from the original on August 8, 2007. Retrieved July 20, 2007.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ McIver, Meredith; "They're Coming Back" trumpuniversity.com; September 20, 2007
- ^ Marian Liu (March 28, 2008). "Late-breaking A&E news -- Those "Apprentice" paintings? They're by a Seattle artist". The Seattle Times. Retrieved September 18, 2009.
- ^ Pamela Sitt (April 1, 2008). "Sweet thing lands spot on "Martha"". The Seattle Times -- Living. Retrieved September 18, 2009.