Brande Roderick, Claudia Jordan, Dennis Rodman, La Toya Jackson, Lil Jon, Omarosa Manigault and the only previous winner, Bret Michaels formed team Power and team Plan B was formed by Dee Snider, Gary Busey, Lisa Rinna, Marilu Henner, Penn Jillette, Stephen Baldwin and Trace Adkins.
The celebrity who received the most votes won additional money for their charity.
Unlike prior seasons of Celebrity Apprentice which were laid out as men vs. women, Mr. Trump made Trace Adkins and Bret Michaels team captains due to their previous success on the show and allowed them to pick their teams.
Among claims in the book is that Trump repeatedly used the "n-word" during filming of this season of The Celebrity Apprentice alongside other racially-insensitive language.
[7] Trump reported to this charges that series producer Mark Burnett had reviewed the tapes from production and had not found any such use of that language.