The Celebrity Apprentice Australia is a celebrity version of The Apprentice Australia series. It began to air on the Nine Network on 24 October 2011, with the founder and chairman of Wizard Home Loans, Mark Bouris, returning as the chief executive officer. Brad Seymore and Deborah Thomas acted as boardroom advisors. The series is narrated by Andrew Daddo. Comedian Julia Morris was the inaugural celebrity winner, defeating choreographer and So You Think You Can Dance Australia judge Jason Coleman in the final boardroom.
Candidates The following is the list of candidates for this season.
Candidate Background Original team Age Charity Result Raised ComedianIgnite43 (21-11-2011) Dance GuruUnity41 Fired in season finale(21-11-2011)$100,000 Beauty QueenIgnite20 Reach Foundation Fired in final task(21-11-2011)$166,385 AFL ChampionUnity37 Fired in final task(21-11-2011) PoliticianIgnite57 Assistance Dogs Fired in task 7(15-11-2011)$20,000 Olympic Golden GirlIgnite49 Fired in task 6(09-11-2011) $0 International ModelUnity26 Youth Off The Streets Fired in task 5(08-11-2011) Agent to the StarsUnity50 Variety, the Children's Charity Fired in task 5(08-11-2011) $0 Footy LegendUnity37 Fired in task 4(03-11-2011) $0 Pop PrincessIgnite41 Oasis Africa Australia Fired in task 3(01-11-2011) Reality StarIgnite27 HeartKids Australia Fired in task 2(27-10-2011) $0 80's IconUnity48 Camp Quality Fired in task 1(25-10-2011) $0
Weekly results Candidate Original team Task 4 team Task 5 team Task 6 team Task 7 teamFinal task teams Application result Record as project managerJulia MorrisIgniteIgniteIgniteIgniteIgniteIgnite2–0 (win in tasks 4 & 6)Jason ColemanUnityUnityUnityUnityUnityIgnite0–2 (loss in tasks 5 & 7)IgniteUnityIgniteIgniteIgniteUnity1–0 (win in task 1)Shane CrawfordUnityUnityUnityUnityIgniteUnity2–0 (win in tasks 2 & 7)Pauline HansonIgniteUnityIgniteIgniteUnity Fired in task 7Lisa CurryIgniteIgniteIgniteUnity Fired in task 60–1 (loss in task 6)Didier CohenUnityIgniteUnity Fired in task 51–0 (win in task 3)Max MarksonUnityIgniteUnityFired in task 50–1 (loss in task 1)Wendell SailorUnityUnityFired in task 40–1 (loss in task 4)Deni HinesIgnite0–1 (loss in task 3)Polly PorterIgniteFired in task 2 Warwick CapperUnityFired in task 1 No.Candidate Elimination chart123456781 Julia IN IN IN WIN IN WIN IN CA 2 Jason IN IN IN BR LOSE BR LOSEFIRED3 Jesinta WIN IN IN IN IN IN INFIRED4 Shane IN WIN IN IN IN BR WINFIRED5 Pauline IN LOSE BR BR WIN INFIRED 6 Lisa IN IN BR IN INFIRED 7 Didier IN IN WIN INFIRED 8 Max LOSE IN IN INFIRED 9 Wendell BR IN INFIRED 10 Deni IN BRFIRED 11 Polly INFIRED 12 WarwickFIRED
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 brought to the final boardroom. The candidate was fired. The candidate lost as project manager and was fired. The candidate was absent during the week due to previous engagements.
Challenges Unlike the original series showing one episode a week, including the final boardroom. The Celebrity Apprentice is aired five nights a week. In this show's format, the tasks were aired every Mondays and Wednesdays, the losing team's boardrooms (including the firing) were aired on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and the behind the scenes (including the celebrity giving a cheque to their chosen charity) were aired on Fridays.
Task 1 Airdate: 24 October 2011 (Task) and 25 October 2011 (Boardroom)
Bouris' Babes Project Manager Project Manager Jesinta Campbell Max Markson Task Car Wash – each team has to operate a car wash service and the team that makes the most money wins. Winning Team Losing Team Bouris' Babes Unity Reasons for victory Reasons for loss Bouris' Babes car wash offered a varying price range, allowing everyone to use their service. Their biggest sale came from men's fashion label aussieBum, who offered Pauline Hanson $50,000 to wash their car in aussieBum underwear, plus $10,000 for Deni Hines to sing the Australian National Anthem. Max only focused on corporate dollars, turning away anyone who offered less than $1000. By the end of the day, there were no more high-end customers, resulting in the men offering to wash cars for as little as $25. Max's treatment towards the other candidates was also considered poor. Sent to Final Boardroom Max Markson, Warwick Capper, Wendell Sailor Fired Warwick Capper – for contributing the least amount of sales at $20, and for being seen as lazy by the rest of his team. Notes • At the boardroom, Mark Bouris, Brad Seymour and Deborah Thomas didn't approve of the women's team name by telling them how inappropriate and disrespectful it was to Mark Bouris. In the end, Bouris told the women's team to change their name to a more appropriate team name. • Before arriving at the women's carwash, the AussieBum car originally stopped at the men's carwash, but eventually left as the men were held up cleaning a large truck.
Task 2
Airdate: 26 October 2011 (Task) and 27 October 2011 (Boardroom)
Ignite Project Manager Pauline Hanson Shane Crawford Task KFC – each team has to work at a KFC for three hours. The team that makes the most money in sales and donations wins. Winning Team Losing Team Unity Ignite Reasons for victory Reasons for loss Though business started out slow, sales and donations eventually picked up when Wendell Sailor started attracting rugby playersto their restaurant. In addition they won a bonus $5,000. Despite an initial rush of customers, business faded towards the end of the challenge. Sent to Final Boardroom Pauline Hanson, Deni Hines, Polly Porter Fired Polly Porter – Mr. Bouris felt that she did not utilise her large social media following to her advantage. Notes • Deni and Polly had a heated confrontation on the day of the challenge. Polly confronted Deni on her attitude towards her, after Deni repeatedly criticised her status as a 'celebrity' and her short time in the industry.
Task 3
Airdate: 31 October 2011 (Task) and 1 November 2011 (Boardroom)
Ignite Project Manager Deni Hines Didier Cohen Task Charity Art Auction- Each team has to create two individual artworks and a group artwork, and run a charity art auction. Result Ignite's group work was a print of the women's hands arranged in a circle. The men, as suggested by Jason, posed nude with tophats covering their crotches for their group work. Winning Team Losing Team Unity Ignite Reasons for victory Reasons for loss The men raised $55,250, just short of $8000 more than the women did at their auction. The women could only manage to raise $47,400 at their auction. Sent to Final Boardroom Deni Hines, Lisa Curry & Pauline Hanson Fired Deni Hines- despite raising the most money on their team, Hines was unanimously considered a below-average leader by her teammates. Notes • Wendell accidentally packed one of his works into the women's truck, resulting in it ending up at the women's gallery. Although Deni wanted to keep it, Pauline insisted that it be returned. • Jason Coleman was absent from the auction due to previous commitments. • After both Deni and Didier spoke so passionately about their charities in the boardroom, Mr. Bouris offered them to keep all money raised for their own charity. Both accepted this offer. • Julia Morris was awarded $20,000 to her charity for creating works that best fit the theme of 'Beautifully Simple'. • This is the last time that Unity won a task.
Task 4
Airdate: 2 November 2011 (Task) and 3 November 2011 (Boardroom)
Ignite Project Manager Julia Morris Wendell Sailor Team Reshuffle Didier and Max move to Ignite. Jesinta and Pauline move to Unity. Task Photoboard – each team had to create an underwater-themed photoboard and raise money from photo sales. Winning Team Losing Team Ignite Unity Reasons for victory Reasons for loss Though their photoboard was considered less impressive than that of Unity, Team ignite raised $22,876. Some of their money came from various corporates as well as from the photoboard. Despite having a more popular photoboard, Team Unity only raised $17,874. The team didn't focus on getting money from corporates and mostly from the photoboard. Even so, some of the members sold less than they should have. Sent to Final Boardroom Wendell Sailor, Jason Coleman & Pauline Hanson Fired Wendell Sailor – for relying too heavily on Jason, despite being team leader, and for not utilising corporate donations. Notes • Team Unity focused on an underwater theme for their photoboard and grabbed most of the props and costumes to fit with their theme. Team Ignite had to settle for a Hawaiian theme. • During the challenge, Max stole a cheque from Jason worth $5,000 and never gave it back to Unity. At the boardroom, Julia had the cheque (not banked) and offered team Unity the cheque. Wendell accepted it without thanks, believing it was theirs from the start and deserved it. • Shane Crawford was absent during the boardroom due to a prior commitment.
Task 5
Airdate: 7 November 2011 (Task) and 8 November 2011 (Boardroom)
Pauline Hanson Jason Coleman Team Reshuffle Unity (Didier, Jason, Max, and Shane) vs. Ignite (Jesinta, Julia, Pauline and Warwick filling in for Lisa Curry) Task Fashion Show – the teams had to create a spring themed Grazia Magazine fashion show featuring two team members and other models. Winning Team Losing Team Ignite Unity Reasons for victory Reasons for loss Ignite's show was more 'stylish' and more suited to Grazia magazine content. Though their show was praised for being 'theatrical' the team was criticised for some of their clothing choices and also not having correct shoe sizes suitable for the models. Sent to Final Boardroom Jason Coleman, Didier Cohen & Max Markson Fired Didier Cohen and Max Markson – both were fired as Mr. Bouris felt they were not 'game changers' this challenge, and for deferring to Project Manager Jason despite himself making bad decisions. Notes • Lisa Curry did not participate due to a previous engagement. • Warwick Capper made a once-off reappearance to fill in for Lisa in Team Ignite. • The contestants were all put back into their original teams (men vs. women) this challenge. • Mr. Bouris had previously decided to fire two of the contestants. • When stating his case to stay, Max gave reason to fire Didier because he was a 'self-confessed cocaine addict'. This was taken from an interview in the paper in which Didier talked about his life as a youth in Los Angeles. Both Didier and Jason were visibly upset by this remark.
Task 6
Airdate: 9 November 2011 (Task and Boardroom)
Ignite Project Manager Julia Morris Lisa Curry Team Reshuffle Lisa Curry moved to Team Unity to even out the teams Task P&O Cruises – Create a 'living' billboard for P&O Cruises promoting the idea of a 'short-break' three-day cruise Winning Team Losing Team Ignite Unity Reasons for victory Reasons for loss Ignite's billboard was deemed as more fitting with the brief, and the team managed to keep a large crowd throughout the challenge. Despite being praised for their billboard design, team Unity's presentation was seen a flat and less fitting with the brief. Additionally, they struggled to draw a crowd to their presentation. Sent to Final Boardroom Lisa Curry, Jason Coleman & Shane Crawford Fired Lisa Curry – for being unable to manage Jason, despite being Project Manager and having prior experience with P&O Cruises. Notes • Lisa was unexpectedly called away on the first day of the challenge, forcing her to communicate with her team over the phone only. • Pauline and Julia clashed constantly over props and design elements of the billboard. • Lisa strongly felt that Jason was setting her up to fail by over-complicating matters throughout the challenge. Jason denied this. • Julia won her second challenge of the competition, making her the first celebrity to do so.
Task 7