Celebrity Apprentice winner 2009
The 2009 celebrity apprentice was won by Joan Rivers. Joan Rivers was “hired.”
This was the second Celebrity Apprentice series. Last years Celebrity Apprentice winner, Piers Morgan, is probably best known in America to those who watched Susan Boyle’s incredible performance on Britain’s Got Talent as one of the judges. This year, Joan Riversand poker champ Annie Duke were the last of 16 celebrities who began the season vying for the title of “Celebrity Apprentice 2009.”
In Celebrity Apprentice 2009, there certainly was no love lost between Annie Duke and the eventual winner, Joan Rivers. There was a lot of trash-talk between the two, and as many suspect these shows are partially scripted (at least), there has to be some doubt as to how much hatred is really there. But if it’s as much as it seems, it’s a lot.
The finale centered around a fundraiser, and it’s interesting that despite the fact that Joan Rivers only raised $150,830 and Annie Duke raised $465,725, Rivers was the 2009 Celebrity Apprentice Winner.
Simply put, money is important, but that’s not all. Trump noted that Annie did a great job on charity integration. Joan won the other three criteria. Joan had better celebrities, better guest experience, and better Kodak integration. 3-2 win on the charity fundraiser.
In case you were wondering, Annie was playing for Refugees International. Joan Rivers was playing for God’s Love We Deliver. Despite the fact that these celebrity reality shows always seem to bring out the worst in b-level celebrities, the in-fighting between Rivers and Duke probably very much helped the 2009 Celebrity Apprentice. The real winners: Trump, as he’ll be back next year with another season, and of course, NBC