The Celebrity Apprentice
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| Genre | Reality competition |
| Created by | Mark Burnett |
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| Opening theme | "For the Love of Money" Performed by The O'Jays |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 8 |
| No. of episodes | 90 |
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| Location(s) | New York City, New York (2008–16) Los Angeles, California (2017–) |
| Running time | 60 minutes (season 1) 120 minutes (seasons 2–) |
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| Distributor | FremantleMedia Enterprises |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | January 3, 2008 – present |
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The Celebrity Apprentice is an American television reality competition series. It is a variation of The Apprentice series which is hosted by Arnold Schwarzenegger and was originally hosted by Donald Trump. Also like its precursor, the show's opening theme song is "For the Love of Money" by The O'Jays. Unlike its precursor, however, Celebrity Apprentice consists of celebrities as competing apprentices rather than unknowns. Some of the celebrities are relatively current while others tend to be those who have been out of the public eye for some time. All of them are competing to win money for a charitable organization of their choice. The celebrities come from a wide variety of different fields in the media: sitcoms, professional sports, music industry, reality television, radio, and other backgrounds.
The Celebrity Apprentice is linked in seasons to its precursor TV show, The Apprentice, which consists of seasons one to six and season ten. The Celebrity Apprentice consists of seasons seven to nine and eleven onward.
The eighth season (15th overall) premiered on January 2, 2017.
The format of The Celebrity Apprentice follows that of the original The Apprentice, outside of living arrangements; there is no communal living space, and celebrities are not required to live in the city during filming, allowing them to maintain their own appearance schedule which may cause them to miss out on tasks at times. The two teams are given separate suites near the boardroom which they can use for planning and other activities related to the tasks.
Additionally, the celebrities as contestants are not vying for a job, but instead each has selected a charity that they are playing for. The winner of each season gets a large donation made to that charity by the host, but in addition, winning project managers may also receive additional charity money by winning a task, either as a fixed amount set by the host and/or a participating business, or by the total charitable take they made on the task. The host also has discretion to provide charity funds to eliminated celebrities as a consolation prize.
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