The Celebrity Apprentice 7 (also known as The Apprentice 14) is the seventh installment of the reality game show, The Celebrity Apprentice. Despite this season having long concluded filming in early 2014, it premiered on Sunday, January 4, 2015. As a result of the significant time between the season's filming and its airing, numerous spoilers were released. The season aired more than a year and a half after the conclusion of the previous season. This was Donald Trump's final season as host as he was replaced by Arnold Schwarzenegger amidst Trump's campaign for the U.S. presidency in advance of the 2016 election.

Shortly following the death of The Celebrity Apprentice 2 winner, Joan Rivers, Trump revealed that Rivers was one of his advisors for two episodes of this (then-upcoming) season (specifically as a judge in episodes 4 and 6).

The season had 16 cast members. Leeza Gibbons was the winner, while Geraldo Rivera was the runner-up.

Candidates Celebrity Background Original team Age Hometown Charity Result RaisedLeeza Gibbons Talk show hostInfinity 57Irmo, South Carolina The Celebrity Apprentice (02–16–15)$714,000Geraldo Rivera Journalist & talk show hostVortex 71West Babylon, New York Fired in the Season Finale (02–16–15) $726,000Vivica A. Fox Film & television actressInfinity 50Indianapolis, Indiana Fired in task 12 (02–09–15)$50,000Brandi Glanville The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills starInfinity 41Sacramento, California Fired in task 11 (02–02–15)$50,000Johnny Damon MLB outfielderVortex 41Orlando, Florida The Johnny Damon Foundation Fired in task 11 (02–02–15)$40,000Ian Ziering Beverly Hills, 90210 actorVortex 50West Orange, New Jersey Fired in task 11 (02–02–15) $320,000Kenya MooreMiss USA 1993 & The Real Housewives of Atlanta starInfinity 43Detroit, Michigan Fired in task 10 (02–02–15)$20,000Kate Gosselin Reality television star & authorInfinity 39Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Fired in task 9 (01–26–15)$40,000Sig HansenSea captain & Deadliest Catch starVortex 48Shoreline, Washington Fired in task 8 (01–26–15)$25,000Lorenzo Lamas Television actorVortex 56Pacific Palisades, California Fired in task 7 (01–19–15) Shawn Johnson Former Olympic artistic gymnastInfinity 23West Des Moines, Iowa Fired in task 6 (01–19–15)Terrell Owens NFL wide receiverVortex 41Alexander City, Alabama Fired in task 5 (01–12–15)Jamie Anderson Olympic snowboarderInfinity 24South Lake Tahoe, California Fired in task 4 (01–12–15)Gilbert Gottfried Stand-up comedian & actorVortex 59Brooklyn, New York Fired in task 3 (01–05–15)Kevin Jonas Jonas Brothers guitaristVortex 27Wyckoff, New Jersey Fired in task 2 (01–05–15) Keshia Knight PulliamTelevision actressInfinity 35Middleburg, Virginia Fired in task 1 (01–04–15) $25,000

Weekly results CandidateOriginal teamTask 5 teamTask 9 teamTask 11 teamFinal Task teamApplication resultRecord as project managerLeeza GibbonsInfinityInfinityInfinityVortexInfinityThe Celebrity Apprentice2–0 (win in tasks 7 & 11)Geraldo RiveraVortexVortexVortexVortexVortexFired in the season finale2–0 (win in tasks 1 & 5)Vivica A. FoxInfinityVortexVortexVortexVortexFired in task 121–1 (win in task 3, loss in task 6)Brandi GlanvilleInfinityInfinityInfinityInfinityInfinityFired in task 111–1 (win in task 8, loss in task 11)Johnny DamonVortexInfinityInfinityInfinityInfinityFired in task 112–0 (win in tasks 4 & 10)Ian ZieringVortexInfinityInfinityInfinityVortexFired in task 111–1 (win in task 9, loss in task 5)Kenya MooreInfinityInfinityVortexFired in task 101–1 (win in task 6, loss in task 10)Kate GosselinInfinityVortexVortexFired in task 91–1 (win in task 2, loss in task 9)Sig HansenVortexVortexFired in task 80–1 (loss in task 8)Lorenzo LamasVortexVortexVortexFired in task 70–1 (loss in task 7)Shawn JohnsonInfinityVortexFired in task 6Terrell OwensVortexInfinityFired in task 50–1 (loss in task 3)Jamie AndersonInfinityFired in task 40–1 (loss in task 4)Gilbert GottfriedVortexFired in task 3Kevin JonasVortexInfinityFired in task 20–1 (loss in task 2)Keshia Knight PulliamInfinityFired in task 10–1 (loss in task 1)

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The candidate was on the winning team. 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 did not participate in the task.

Episodes

Episode 1: "May the Gods of Good Pies Be With Us!" Task 1 Air Date: January 4, 2015 Task Scope: Teams must create and sell pies. Infinity Project Manager: Keshia Knight Pulliam Vortex Project Manager: Geraldo Rivera Judges: Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, and Piers Morgan Winning team: Vortex Reasons for win: Vortex raised $185,322. Losing team: Infinity Reasons for loss: Despite winning a $25,000 bonus for having the best pie as judged by Buddy Valastro, the women failed to bring in notable donors and only raised $93,862 as a result. Keisha was also considered a mediocre project manager due to her failure to give clear direction. Sent to boardroom: Keshia Knight Pulliam, Jamie Anderson, Kate Gosselin Fired: Keshia Knight Pulliam – for her lackluster leadership, not calling Bill Cosby for money, and for bringing in Jamie Anderson despite her being responsible for the pie recipe, which earned them a $25,000 bonus. Notes: This episode was filmed before it got more widely known that Bill Cosby was accused of sexual assault by a number of women. On the men's team, after coming up with the name Vortex, Geraldo Rivera was chosen as Project Manager, even though Kevin Jonas felt he had pushed himself and his ideas onto the rest of the team. On the women's team, Keshia Knight Pulliam suggested the name Trojan Horse, which was rejected because of its association with condoms. Brandi Glanville suggested Gold as there were two Olympic medalists on the team, but Kenya Moore's suggestion of Infinity was chosen. Keshia then volunteered to be Project Manager. Both teams concentrated on social media to spread the word that they were selling pies. Keshia assigned Shawn Johnson and Brandi Glanville to oversee it for the women's team. In the boardroom, Piers Morgan felt that both teams, but the women's in particular, should have concentrated more on calling big donors for money, especially since it was revealed Kevin Jonas had more Twitter followers individually than the women's team combined. Each team had to make a sweet pie and a savory pie. The men's team chose to go with a chocolate-vanilla layer pie suggested by Kevin and a low-calorie chicken pot pie suggested by Lorenzo Lamas. The women's team chose a pear-blueberry pie suggested by Jamie Anderson and an enchilada pie suggested by Keshia. During the making of the pies, Kevin felt Geraldo ignored the men who were in the kitchen to concentrate on raising money. Additionally, Sig Hansen burned a batch of 600 pies. On the women's team, Jamie Anderson and Kate Gosselin took charge of making the pies since Keshia offered no clear direction. Gilbert Gottfried was able to secure comedic entertainment for the crowd. Celebrities such as Sean Hannity, Maria Menounos, and Joe Piscopo showed up to donate money. Additionally, former contestant Claudia Jordan came to the women's store with the intention of smashing a pie in Kenya Moore's face, but Kenya smashed a pie in Brandi Glanville's face, who then retaliated. Piers Morgan, upon visiting the teams, felt the women's store was chaotic with no clear direction, and expressed concern that Geraldo did not have a handle on what was actually coming in. Buddy Valastro, the star of Cake Boss, judged each team's pies. He felt that the men's savory pie needed salt, and ended up tasting one of the sweet pies that had been burned by Sig Hansen. On the women's team, he felt the savory pie had too many flavors for a pie, but thought that their sweet pie was excellent. It was revealed in the boardroom that Buddy had chosen the women to receive the $25,000 bonus from Toshiba. In the boardroom, it was revealed that, on the men's team, Geraldo raised the most, while Lorenzo Lamas raised the least, with only $100. Additionally, Terrell Owens only raised $750. On the women's team, Leeza Gibbons raised the most, while Kate Gosselin was unable to raise any money. Shawn Johnson stated in the boardroom that she did not believe the women raised enough money to win. Kate stated that Keshia was a poor Project Manager because she did not give any clear direction; Piers agreed. Geraldo did not know the amounts raised by each person on the team, which Donald Trump found surprising given his journalistic background. When the women's team was left behind, Kate and Kenya Moore expressed concerns over Keshia's role as Project Manager. Kate said Keshia had good intentions, but could have done better, while Kenya told Donald that Keshia had failed to call Bill Cosby, which Donald said could have made the difference between the women's winning and losing. In the final boardroom, Keshia was called out by Ivanka Trump for bringing back Jamie Anderson, who was responsible for the pear-blueberry pie which won them $25,000, and then claiming Jamie had raised less than $5,000. Before firing Keshia, Donald gave her charity $25,000. It marked the first time on any celebrity version of The Apprentice, and the third and final time across all 14 seasons, in which the losing project manager was fired for the first task, and only the fourth time overall that the losing project manager had been fired after a fundraising task (the first being Omarosa in Celebrity Apprentice 1, the second Tom Green in Celebrity Apprentice 2, and the third La Toya Jackson in Celebrity Apprentice 4). Usually Trump's policy of never firing the top fundraiser in any task is enough to save the project manager, but Keshia was only the fourth-highest fundraiser on the team. Piers pointed out that it had been somewhat foolish to volunteer herself as project manager when she was limited in terms of fundraising ability. Total money raised was $279,184, which was rounded to $280,000 for Geraldo's charity.

Episode 2: "Nobody Out Thinks Donald Trump" Task 2 Air Date: January 5, 2015 Task Scope: Teams must produce and direct a commercial for the Neat Connect scanner and the Neat Cloud service. Infinity Project Manager: Kate Gosselin Vortex Project Manager: Kevin Jonas Judges: Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and George Ross Task tension: On the men's team, Geraldo Rivera was deliberately excluded by Kevin from the commercial's planning in favor of Ian Ziering and Lorenzo Lamas. Geraldo was later given the task of writing the script, but became angry again upon finding out that Sig Hansen had asked Mike Rowe to narrate the commercial, rather than Geraldo. On the women's team, Leeza Gibbons and Brandi Glanville initially took charge of the commercial, but Kate saw Brandi as a distraction and excluded her from the further production stages. In the boardroom, Kate stated Brandi was the weakest player on the women's team due to her being a distraction. Geraldo said Kevin Jonas was a good PM, but slighted him even though he had experience in production. Winning team: Infinity