The Celebrity Apprentice Australia (season 1)


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.
CandidateBackgroundOriginal teamAgeCharityResultRaised
ComedianIgnite43
Dance GuruUnity41Fired in season finale
$100,000
Beauty QueenIgnite20Reach FoundationFired in final task
$166,385
AFL ChampionUnity37Fired in final task
PoliticianIgnite57Assistance DogsFired in task 7
$20,000
Olympic Golden GirlIgnite49Fired in task 6
$0
International ModelUnity26Youth Off The StreetsFired in task 5
Agent to the StarsUnity50Variety, the Children's CharityFired in task 5
$0
Footy LegendUnity37Fired in task 4
$0
Pop PrincessIgnite41Oasis Africa AustraliaFired in task 3
Reality StarIgnite27HeartKids AustraliaFired in task 2
$0
80's IconUnity48Camp QualityFired in task 1
$0

Weekly results

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 were aired on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and the behind the scenes were aired on Fridays.

Task 1

Airdate: 24 October 2011 and 25 October 2011

Task 2

Airdate: 26 October 2011 and 27 October 2011

Task 3

Airdate: 31 October 2011 and 1 November 2011

Task 4

Airdate: 2 November 2011 and 3 November 2011

Task 5

Airdate: 7 November 2011 and 8 November 2011

Task 6

Airdate: 9 November 2011

Task 7

Airdate: 14 November 2011 and 15 November 2011

Task 8 (Finale)

Airdate: 16 November 2011 & 21 November 2011

Reception

Ratings