The Celebrity Apprentice 2 will premiere on NBC Sunday, March 1st in the 9 - 11 pm. time slot. It has been expanded to 2 hours instead of the original hour episode. The reason for this is the creator of the show, Donald Trump, wants a longer board room. More action actually happens that viewers don't see.
There have been rumors that O.J. Simpson will be appearing but he wasn't even considered. That would be impossible unless Donald is conducting behind bars apprentice. He is serving 15 years for armed robbery and kidnapping. He is serving his time in Lovelock, Nevada in the Lovelock Correctional Center.
This season is for the young and old alike. The oldest celebrity competing being 75 years old and the youngest coming in at 24. The lineup is as follows: Joan Rivers is not only the oldest, she's also a comedian, business woman, actress, talk show host, and mother. She and her daughter Melissa, a television co-host, will both be taking on the Donald separately. Each individual is playing for a charity of their choice. Joan's is God's Love We Deliver and Melissa is playing for the Lili Clair Foundation. The youngest member is Khloe Kardashian, a celebutante, socialite and fashion entrepreneur. She is also a television personality for E's Keeping Up With The Kardashians. This should help her in the fight to win as there is always a spat between Khloe and her siblings. She is playing for Brent Shapiro Foundation for Drug and Alcohol Awareness.
Brande Roderick is a model/ actress. She has appeared in Playboy and Baywatch. The charity she has chosen is California Police Youth Charities. Another model/ actress is Claudia Jordan. You may recognize her as one of Barker's beauties from the Price is Right. Currently she is on Deal or No Deal. Her charity of choice is the NAPSAC Foundation. Actor and comedian Andrew Dice Clay is joining the cast playing for Stand Up For Kids, his charity. He is better known for his foul-mouthed stand up act. Tom Green, another actor as well as a rapper, writer, comedian,and television personality is playing for Butch Walts and Donald Skinner Urologic Cancer Research Foundation for his charity. Television personality and CEO of West Coast Choppers, Jesse James, also known as Mr. Sandra Bullock, has chosen Long Beach Education Foundation to play for.
Singers aren't exempt from the mix. Clint Black, a Grammy winning country music singer and songwriter is fighting for his charity Internation Rett Syndrome Foundation. Brian McKnight, a Grammy-nominated Pop and R&B singer, songwriter, producer and arranger is playing for Youthville USA. Tionne Watkins, better known as T-Boz of singing group TLC, is an R&B singer. She also acts occasionally. She better be into this full-time as her charity is Sickle Cell Disease Association of Georgia.
There will be sports personalities aplenty. Natalie Gulbis is a pro golfer who plays on the LPGA tour. The charity she has chosen is Boys and Girls Club. Annie Duke, a professional poker player and author, she has won a World Series of Poker(WSOP) bracelet in an Omaha Hi-Lo tournament. Can she win for her charity Refugees International? Scott Hamilton, Olympic skater and Gold Medal winner in the 1984 Winter Olympics. He has been quoted as saying "The only disability in life is a bad attitude." He may run into a lot of bad attitude with this lineup. His charity of choice is the Cleveland Clinic. Speaking of bad, Dennis Rodman, a pro basketball player for the NBA, is known for his attitude. He is also a part-time pro wrestler having joined Hulk Hogan as a member of NWO at 2 pay-per-view events titled Bash at the Beach. He recently won the Celebrity Championship Wrestling Belt on a show hosted, co-produced and judged by Hogan. Maybe this will help in his fight for his charity Appointed Special Advocates of New Orleans. Last but not least, Herschel Walker, NFL football player, also has a black belt in tae kwon do. He too has a quote "Strive to be the very best you can be. Run the race against yourself and not the guy in the other lane. The reason I say this, as long as you give 110%, you're going to succeed but as long as you're trying to beat the guy over there, you are worried about him, you're not worrying about how you've got to perform." He may eat those words as this competition is you against all the other celebrities.
This should prove to be a very interesting season as some of these celebs will do anything to be the last one standing for their charity. Who will be the last one standing to join last year's winner Piers Morgan. For those of you who don't know how the show works, celebs are divided up on 2 teams and compete each week in tasks given at the beginning of each show. Tune in to find out if your favorite can do it or if an underdog will again be crowned.