Released:

2010 - NBC.

Synopsis:

The Celebrity Apprentice 3 (also known as The Apprentice 9) is the ninth installment of the United States version of the reality television series, The Apprentice. The show premiered on NBC, Sunday 14th March 2010. The two-hour season finale was on Sunday 23rd May 2010, from 9-11 p.m., ET/PT and the winner was Poison lead singer and Rock of Love star Bret Michaels. Cyndi Lauper performed Just Your Fool live on the finale.

Cyndi Lauper's official team was Tenacity and was on the show to help raise awareness and money for the Stonewall Community Foundation for True Colors. Cyndi Lauper remained on the programme until week 9 when she was fired.

Episode Guide (only up until Cyndi Lauper was fired):

Episode 1:
Airdate: 14th March 2010.
Task scope: The teams had to run a New York diner called Burger Heaven. They'll be making their own menus. The team with the most money wins.
Tenacity project manager: Cyndi Lauper.
Rocksolid project manager: Bret Michaels.
Judges: Donald Trump; Ivanka Trump; Donald Trump, Jr.
Winning team: Rocksolid.
Fired: Carol Leifer - by process of elimination. Carol's name came up the most when Trump asked the teammates who should be fired.

Episode 2:
Airdate: 21st March 2010.
Task scope: Run a Kodak Storefront.
Task sponsor: Kodak.
Tenacity project manager: Maria Kanellis.
Rocksolid project manager: Sinbad.
Judges: Donald Trump; Ivanka Trump; Donald Trump, Jr.
Winning team: Tenacity.
Reasons for win: They seemed to promote the product more than the men which is what the Kodak presidents were looking for despite numerous power outages that threatened them during the walkthrough.
Final boardroom: Sinbad, Bret Michaels, Rod Blagojevich.
Fired: Sinbad for not leading well as the team leader and for not being able to manage Bret, who disappeared for the first part of the task. Sinbad was criticized for the website card as well and also was fired for bringing Rod Blagojevich in when he was not responsible for the loss.
Kodak Moment - America's Choice: Rod Mistaken For Donny Osmond.
Kodak Moment - Trump's Choice: Rod Mistaken For Donny Osmond.

Episode 3:
Airdate: 28th March 2010.
Task scope: The teams were asked to create an advertorial for Norton 360 + Lifelock.
Task sponsor: Norton 360 and Lifelock.
Tenacity project manager: Summer Sanders.
Rocksolid project manager: Michael Johnson.
Judges: Donald Trump; Donald Trump, Jr.; Gavin Maloof.
Winning team: Tenacity.
Reasons for win: The women had a better use of graphics and a more attention-grabbing, emotional connectivity in their ad content.
Fired: Darryl Strawberry - He functionally quit by asking to be fired, adding that he felt unable to keep up with the pace of the competition. Trump strongly hinted that Michael Johnson would have been fired had it not been for Darryl asking to leave.
Kodak Moment - America's Choice: Rod's Computer Incompetence.
Kodak Moment - Trump's Choice: Michael's Photo Shoot.

Episode 4:
Airdate: 4th April 2010.
Task scope: To create a 3D experience for the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
Task sponsor: Universal Studios Florida.
Tenacity project manager: Selita Ebanks.
Rocksolid project manager: Rod Blagojevich.
Judges: Donald Trump; George H. Ross; Erin Burnett.
Winning team: Tenacity.
Reasons for win: The team was more focused on the theme park image and the team was better appealed by the demographic kids.
Final boardroom: Curtis Stone, Michael Johnson, Rod Blagojevich.
Fired: Rod Blagojevich - for having poor quality leadership and not delegating the team correctly. He's also eliminated for not bringing Bret Michaels in. Trump wasn't considering firing Bret; but Bret did the research.
Kodak Moment - America's Choice: Rod's Sleepy Journey.
Kodak Moment - Trump's Choice: Cyndi's Wacky Wizard.

Episode 5:
Airdate: 11th April 2010.
Task scope: The teams are asked to develop a 30-second and 10-second separate commercials for Right Guard. Each team will have an ex NBA star.
Results: Rocksolid selects Clyde Drexler and Tenacity selects Scottie Pippen.
Task sponsor: Right Guard.
Tenacity project manager: Holly Robinson Peete.
Rocksolid project manager: Curtis Stone.
Judges: Donald Trump; George H. Ross; Ivanka Trump.
Winning team: Rocksolid.
Reasons for win: Trump & The Right Guard Executives said that their commercial was perfect, and the 30-second commercial was funny.
Fired: Selita Ebanks, because she wasn't as aggressive as the other contestants.
Kodak Moment - America's Choice: Donald Shoots and Scores.
Kodak Moment - Trump's Choice: Donald Shoots and Scores.

Episode 6:
Airdate: 18th April 2010.
Task scope: To make over an aspiring country musician.
Results: Tenacity selected Emily West and Rocksolid selected Luke Bryan.
Tenacity project manager: Cyndi Lauper.
Rocksolid project manager: Bill Goldberg.
Judges: Donald Trump; Trace Adkins; Donald Trump, Jr.
Winning team: Tenacity.
Reasons for win: Emily West had a much more genuine makeover, and her performance was more inspiring.
Fired: Bill Goldberg, for stepping up as project manager during a task that was better suited for Bret.
Kodak Moment - America's Choice: Emily Idolizes Cyndi.
Kodak Moment - Trump's choice: Bret and Trace Bond.
Notes: After getting $20,000 from Mr. Trump, Emily West and Luke Bryan will donate all proceeds at the next month of sales from iTunes with their new singles "Blue Sky" and "Rain is a Good Thing" to Cyndi's charity. At the finale, Cyndi had earned an additional of $25,000 from the sales.

Episode 7:
Airdate: 25th April 2010.
Task scope: To create a celebrity workout class for 24 Hour Fitness. The team that raised the most money would win both team's money of profit.
Task sponsor: 24 Hour Fitness.
New Rocksolid Team: Bret Michaels, Sharon Osbourne, and Maria Kanellis.
New Tenacity Team: Curtis Stone, Holly Robinson Peete, Cyndi Lauper, and Summer Sanders.
Judges: Donald Trump; Ivanka Trump; Donald Trump, Jr.
Tenacity project manager: Holly Robinson Peete.
Rocksolid project manager: Sharon Osbourne.
Winning team: Tenacity.
Fired: No one — since everyone did an outstanding job in their fundraising efforts, Trump decided to keep the teams intact for another task.
Kodak Moment - America's Choice: Barron Trump Tees Off.
Kodak Moment - Trump's Choice: Barron Trump Tees Off.

Episode 8:
Airdate: 2nd May 2010.
Taskscope: To create three radio commercials for three different areas of a home repair company.
Tenacity project manager: Summer Sanders.
Rocksolid project manager: Bret Michaels.
Dramatic decision: All seven celebrities escaped from the boardroom after the 24 Hour Fitness task. Trump promisied one of them will be fired; In fact, he hinted that it might be two people.
Judges: Donald Trump; Ivanka Trump; Eric Trump.
Winning team: Rocksolid.
Reasons for win: The executives of the company believed that their commercials were superior to Tenacity's in terms of clarity and originality.
Losing team: Tenacity.
Reasons for loss: Despite enjoying Cyndi Lauper's singing, the executives believed the team's commercials were too wordy, and they wanted to hear more of Cyndi's voice.
Sent to boardroom: Cyndi Lauper, Summer Sanders, Curtis Stone. Though Cyndi was sent out of the boardroom before Trump fired Summer.
Fired: Summer Sanders, for not defending herself.
Kodak Moment- America's Choice: Holly's Surprise Visit.
Kodak Moment- Trump's Choice: Holly's Surprise Visit.

Episode 9:
Airdate: 9th May 2010.
Taskscope: To remodel and decorate an apartment Tenacity project manager: Holly Robinson Peete Rocksolid project manager: Sharon Osbourne Judges: Donald Trump; Donald Trump, Jr.; Richard LeFrak Winning team: Rocksolid Reasons for win: The Judges felt "solidly" about their decoration. Losing team: Tenacity Reasons for loss: Tenacity on the other hand, they loved Cyndi's idea for the celebrity room. But the team made the apartment look cheaper than Zen and frankly the executives did not like the master bedroom that has the color "seafoam green".
Initial boardroom: Trump is initially critical to Bret because he felt that Bret is not being decisive about firing Holly or Cyndi.
Sent to boardroom: Mr. Trump requested Holly Robinson Peete, Cyndi Lauper, and Bret Michaels to wait in the reception area.
Internal Review turning point: Mr. LeFrak considered firing Bret because he felt that Bret is not giving an answer to eliminate one person and Bret was off to a prior concert engagement, albeit for only one night. Don Jr. noted he would've suggested Holly, until Cyndi told Mr. Trump that it was actually Holly's idea to paint the celebrity room red. Because of this, Don Jr. felt that Cyndi made a huge "tactical error."
Fired: Cyndi Lauper for telling Mr. Trump that the color of the celebrity room, which was the judges' favorite room and for which Cyndi was given much credit, was actually Holly's idea.
Kodak Moment - America's Choice: Bret's Stair Climb.
Kodak Moment - Trump's Choice: Sharon's Prop House Espionage.

Episode 11 (finale):
Task scope: The teams were asked to develop a new flavor from Snapple. Then, the marketing materials they were asked is a 30-second commercial and a brochure.
Bret's Team: Summer Sanders and Darryl Strawberry.
Holly's Team: Curtis Stone and Maria Kanellis.
Fired: Holly Robinson Peete.
Named the Celebrity Apprentice/Winner: Bret Michaels.
Kodak Moment Of The Season - America's Choice: Rod Mistaken For Donny Osmond.
Kodak Moment Of The Season - Trump's Choice: Rod Mistaken For Donny Osmond.
Notes: Cyndi Lauper and Summer Sanders announced the extra money they have made from their respective tasks.
Cyndi performed Just Your Fool live a song from her Memphis Blues album, in which she danced on the Boardroom table.

Casts:

Candidate	Original team	Week 7 team	Week 9 team	Application result	Record as project manager
Bret Michaels	Rocksolid	Rocksolid	Tenacity	The Celebrity Apprentice	2-0 (win in weeks 1 & 8)
Holly Robinson Peete	Tenacity	Tenacity	Tenacity	Fired in the Season Finale	1-2 (win in week 7, loss in weeks 5 & 9)
Sharon Osbourne	Tenacity	Rocksolid	Rocksolid	Fired in week 10	1-1 (win in week 9, loss in week 7)
Curtis Stone	Rocksolid	Tenacity	Rocksolid	Fired in week 10	1-0 (win in week 5)
Maria Kanellis	Tenacity	Rocksolid	Rocksolid	Fired in week 10	1-0 (win in week 2)
Cyndi Lauper	Tenacity	Tenacity	Tenacity	Fired in week 9	1-1 (win in week 6, loss in week 1)
Summer Sanders	Tenacity	Tenacity		Fired in week 8	1-1 (win in week 3, loss in week 8)
Bill Goldberg	Rocksolid			Fired in week 6	0-1 (loss in week 6)
Selita Ebanks	Tenacity			Fired in week 5	1-0 (win in week 4)
Michael Johnson	Rocksolid			Quit in week 5	0-1 (loss in week 3)
Rod Blagojevich	Rocksolid			Fired in week 4	0-1 (loss in week 4)
Darryl Strawberry	Rocksolid			Fired in week 3
Sinbad	Rocksolid			Fired in week 2	0-1 (loss in week 2)
Carol Leifer	Tenacity			Fired in week 1

Notes:

Official NBC Cyndi Lauper Page - Cyndi's Charity.
Most episodes were filmed at the end of 2009 (starting in October 2009) and the beginning of 2010.