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The list of "celebrities" who will be "competing" on the upcoming Celebrity Apprentice has been released and it makes us wary about the new season (more so than normal even). It's an "interesting" mix of C and D listers, and we use the term interesting very, very loosely. I mean, we had heard Tony Danza might be on this season, but alas, not even Tony Danza wanted to get fired by the Donald. So I'm buckling up for two hours a week of this insanity... again, but I'm pretty sure it's gonna suck hard. See our reasons why below.
1. Khloe Kardashian (her sister has a big ass)
2. Claudia Jordan (she's "famous" for holding one of the boxes on Deal or No Deal)
3. Andrew Dice Clay (he used to be a comedian)
4. Natalie Gulbis (a professional golfer... exciting!)
5. Tom Green ("comedian")
6. Jesse James (aka Mr. Sandra Bullock)
7. Dennis Rodman (he might have played basketball a hundred years ago)
8. Joan Rivers (sometimes fashion critic)
9. Melissa Rivers (the annoying daughter of a sometimes fashion critic)
10. Brande Roderick (Baywatch alum)
11. Herschel Walker (Football player)
12. Clint Black (some sort of country singer)
13. Annie Duke (she plays poker)
14. Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins (TLC singer, but not the dead one)
15. Brian McKnight (R&B singer)
16. Scott Hamilton (can do a mean backflip on ice skates)
Granted, some of these trainwrecks will likely flame out in spectacular fashion (and I'm secretly dying for the first time Dennis Rodman and Jesse James have to team up), but when it comes to business acumen, maybe this isn't the most stunning crew they could have picked. Though Scott Hamilton has made a career out of doing back flips, and Annie Duke does basically con people out of money for a living. But no one wants to see them win. That's not good reality TV.
Your thoughts on the new cast? Sound off below.
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Oh, I'm totally watching it to finally get to see the moment where Joan and Melissa turn on one another and eat each other's faces. It shall be glorious and schadenfreudelicious.
Herschel Walker is more than a football player, he's a Heisman Trophy winner and a bobsledder. He his highly revered around my house, which is why I'm dismayed he's participating. Then again, he has claimed to have multiple personalities, so that could be kind of fun.
I prolly wasn't gonna watch, but this looks like it could have quite a bit of trainwreck potential, which really is the only reason I watch any reality shows.
The only person I'm slightly interested in is Brian McKnight.
Why, Brian, WHY??
Good Lord, why is this show still on the air?
Last year was interesting when we saw Trump fill up the cast with a bunch of business savvy people, only to watch that woman who was once on "Taxi" nearly beat all of them. This season the cast is mostly full of non-business savvy people, so anything could be possible.
Love the way Joan Rivers has pimped herself to the front of the pic. There are only a couple of people on this list I respect, but that respect has just gone down a notch because they signed up for the show.
I think the biggest celebrity in that bunch is George! Why hasn't this show been sent over to VH1 yet?
I don't understand why they won't do another season of regular Apprentice. I loved the first season, watching actual smart people compete. I'm so tired of watching quasi-celebrities do things that they aren't remotely qualified to do.
Actually, Scott Hamilton isn't as non-business savvy as you might think. He was a driving force behind the highly successful Stars on Ice tour. I'll watch for him and Clint Black.
I really can't stand Celebrity Apprentice. Last season there was zero business in it. It was all just celebrities calling their rich friends to buy a bunch of stuff for charity. Do an actual Apprentice, but no weird gimmicks (The tent thing for instance). Just smart people, doing business things and using creativity to try and get a job.
Oh Lord. Well, I was going to write the 'contestants' totally off as a herd of idiots, but then I saw Scott Hamilton. And dangit, I just can't dislike Scott Hamilton. So I hope Hamilton is just doing this for the heck of it, and like, steals someone's toupee and does a dance around it.
Dennis Rodman working with Joan Rivers could be entertaining.
WTF, Herschel Walker? Man is a legend in college football, it's like last year when Nadia Comaneci showed up. You guys don't need this show.
Ditto to Scott Hamilton and Brian McKnight. Dennis Rodman could be entertaining.
I wasn't very impressed with the line-up announced for this season, so I doubt if I'll be tuning in. I don't dislike any of the celebrities but I don't like any of them enough to care if they win or lose.
One of the Deal or No Deal girls?!?
Hmmm. Dennis Rodman. On the one hand he has already won two celebrity reality shows (Mole and Celebrity Wrestling). On the other hand he can rarely put together a complete sentence. I suspect he may join Dr. Drew next.
OTOH... Dustin "Screech" Diamond would have been fun to watch square off vs. Donald "Hair" Trump.