The Celebrity Apprentice Australia — Season 1
About this season
Twelve celebrities battle it out to be Australia's first ever celebrity apprentice. Among them: AFL footballer Shane Crawford, beauty queen Jesinta Campbell, NRL footballer Wendell Sailor, celebrity agent Max Markson, and Polly from The Block. Presiding over them is successful entrepreneur Mark Bouris, who will dish out business assignments to each team, with the losing team summoned to the boardroom where one of them will be fired.
Episodes (19)
1. Challenge 1
Aired 24 October 2011 • 60 min
Twelve celebrities are divided into two teams. For their first task, the teams have to operate a car wash. The team that raises more money wins the combined total for their project manager's charity.
2. Elimination 1
Aired 25 October 2011 • 60 min
The losing team face Mark Bouris in the boardroom, where after discussing what went wrong, the project manager picks two people to bring back with them, from which one person gets fired.
3. Challenge 2
Aired 26 October 2011 • 60 min
The eleven remaining celebrities run a KFC restaurant for three hours. The team that makes more money wins the combined total for their project manager's charity.
4. Elimination 2
Aired 27 October 2011 • 60 min
The losing team face Mark Bouris in the boardroom, where after discussing what went wrong, the project manager picks two people to bring back with them, from which one person gets fired.
5. All Fired Up 1
Aired 28 October 2011 • 60 min
Looks behind the scenes of this week's challenges, including the highs, lows, tears and tantrums. The two fired celebrities dish the dirt on their team-mates, while the winning project managers present cheques to their nominated charities.
6. Challenge 3
Aired 31 October 2011 • 60 min
The ten remaining celebrities are set an art challenge, allowing them to show their creative side. They have to make and sell several pieces at auction, raising money for their project manager's charities. The artwork that best reflects the theme of "Beautifully Simple" wins its artist a bonus cheque of A$20,000 for their charity. Team Unity take an extra risk when they go the full monty.
7. Elimination 3
Aired 1 November 2011 • 60 min
The losing team face Mark Bouris in the boardroom, where after discussing what went wrong, the project manager picks two people to bring back with them, from which one person gets fired.
8. Challenge 4
Aired 2 November 2011 • 60 min
The nine remaining celebrities have to create a photo board and encourage the general public to buy pictures with themselves in it. The team that makes more money wins the combined total for their project manager's charity.
9. Elimination 4
Aired 3 November 2011 • 60 min
The losing team face Mark Bouris in the boardroom, where after discussing what went wrong, the project manager picks two people to bring back with them, from which one person gets fired.
10. All Fired Up 2
Aired 4 November 2011 • 60 min
Takes a look behind the scenes of this week's two challenges, including the highs, lows, tears and tantrums. The two fired celebrities dish the dirt on their team-mates, while three project managers present four cheques to their nominated charities. Donald Trump drops in to swap stories with Mark Bouris.
11. Challenge 5
Aired 7 November 2011 • 60 min
The eight remaining celebrities have to put on a spring fashion show. The team that is judged to have put on the better show wins a A$20,000 donation to their project manager's charity.
12. Elimination 5
Aired 8 November 2011 • 60 min
The losing team face Mark Bouris in the boardroom, where after discussing what went wrong, the project manager brings two people back with them, from which two people get fired.
13. Challenge/Elimination 6
Aired 9 November 2011 • 60 min
The six remaining celebrities have to make a living billboard to promote 3-day short cruises for P&O Cruises. The team judged to have expressed the message best wins a A$30,000 donation to their project manager's charity. The losing team face Mark Bouris in the boardroom, where after they discuss what went wrong, one person gets fired.
14. All Fired Up 3
Aired 11 November 2011 • 60 min
Looks behind the scenes of this week's challenges, including the highs, lows, tears and tantrums. The two fired celebrities dish the dirt on their team-mates, while the winning project managers present cheques to their nominated charities.
15. Challenge 7
Aired 14 November 2011 • 60 min
The five remaining celebrities have to create and perform a children's play, with the help of some "secret weapons" to make up for the low numbers in the teams. The team that is judged to have put on a more suitable show for seven year olds wins a A$20,000 donation from Target to their project manager's charity.
16. Elimination 7
Aired 15 November 2011 • 60 min
The losing team face Mark Bouris in the boardroom, where after they discuss what went wrong, one person gets fired.
17. Challenge 8
Aired 16 November 2011 • 60 min
The final four celebrities have to create TV and print commercials for Yellow Brick Road wealth management, with the help of four other celebrities that Mark has previously fired.
18. All Fired Up 4
Aired 18 November 2011 • 60 min
Takes a look behind the scenes of this week's two challenges, including the highs, lows, tears and tantrums. Pauline Hanson dishes the dirt on her team-mates, while the winning project manager presents a cheque to his nominated charity. The final four celebrities come under the microscope.
19. Grand Finale
Aired 21 November 2011 • 60 min
Grand Finale