Trace Adkins – Then
Making his country music debut in 1996 with the release of his album Dreamin’ Out Loud, the married dad of five has had more than 20 of his singles chart on Billboard.
Celebrity Apprentice All-Stars Cast: Then & Now!
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Trace Adkins - Now
First appearing on The Celebrity Apprentice in 2007, Adkins -- also an actor who starred in The Lincoln Lawyer -- was fired in the season finale when Donald Trump chose Piers Morgan during the final boardroom session. Adkins managed to raise more than $100,000 for his chosen charity, the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network.
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Stephen Baldwin - Then
Best known for his roles in The Usual Suspects and Bio-Dome, the youngest of the Baldwin brothers appeared on the CMT reality series Ty Murray's Celebrity Bull Riding Challenge in 2007.
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Stephen Baldwin - Now
In 2008, Baldwin -- a devout evangelical Christian who famously baptized Spencer Pratt on an episode of I'm a Celebrity . . . Get Me Out of Here! -- finished fifth on season 7 of The Celebrity Apprentice. He raised nearly $90,000 for the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund.
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Gary Busey - Then
Nominated for a Best Actor Oscar in 1978 for The Buddy Holly Story, Busey began his entertainment career as a musician before breaking into acting in the remake of A Star Is Born.
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Gary Busey - Now
Butting heads with Meat Loaf during his first Celebrity Apprentice stint in 2011, Busey tells Us he has a different strategy going into the new season. "Stay out of my own way! I've just got to pay attention to the others," Busey says. "Last time I had a team who did everything they could to get me fired. This time I'm paying attention."
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Penn Jillette - Then
One-half of the illusionist duo Penn & Teller, Jillette graduated from Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Clown College in 1974.
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Penn Jillette - Now
Jillette -- who has a permanent Las Vegas show residency with Teller -- was the first celebrity to be eliminated on Dancing With the Stars in 2008. He was fired by Donald Trump four years later on season 5 of The Celebrity Apprentice.
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Lil Jon - Then
Enjoying solo success with singles including "Snap Yo Fingers," the Atlanta-born rapper (real name: Jonathan Smith) produced "Yeah!" by Usher and "Let's Go" by Trick Daddy from 2003-2005 while he was still a member of the trio he founded called Lil' Jon & the East Side Boyz.
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Lil Jon - Now
Teaming with LMFAO on the song "Shots," Lil Jon took part in season 4 of Trump's Celebrity Apprentice and released the album Crunk in 2010.
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Bret Michaels - Then
As a member of Poison, Michaels saw 10 of the group's singles -- including "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" -- chart on Billboard's Top 40 charts. A Type 1 diabetic since age seven, Michaels recorded his first solo album, A Letter From Death Row, in 1998.
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Bret Michaels - Now
By the time the dad of two won The Celebrity Apprentice in 2010, Michaels was a seasoned reality TV veteran. He starred in VH1's Rock of Love with Bret Michaels for three seasons and proposed to Kristi Gibson, the mother of his daughters, on the 2010 finale of Bret Michaels: Life as I Know It. The couple of 18 years called off their engagement two years later.
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Dennis Rodman - Then
NBA star Rodman played for the Detroit Pistons, San Antonio Spurs, Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers and the Dallas Mavericks before being inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011.
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Dennis Rodman - Now
Retiring from the sport professionally in 2006, Rodman -- who famously married and divorced Carmen Electra -- dabbled in pro wrestling before going to rehab in 2008. Following his behavior on Celebrity Apprentice in 2009, friends including basketball coach Phil Jackson, held an intervention that led Rodman to seek treatment for alcoholism on reality TV's Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew and Sober House.
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Dee Snider - Then
Twisted Sister vocalist and guitarist Snider -- a married father of four -- authored two books and released two solo albums following his heavy metal success with his band.
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Dee Snider - Now
Starring in the Broadway version of Rock of Ages as Dennis, the owner of the Boom Boom Room, Snider took part in Celebrity Apprentice in 2012. Also in 2012, Snider appeared on Celebrity Wife Swap, where his wife Suzette traded places with Flavor Flav's fiancee Liz.
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Marilu Henner - Then
Henner rose to fame as Elaine Nardo in the '80s sitcom Taxi and later starred opposite Burt Reynolds in The Man Who Loved Women and TV's Evening Shade. Also appearing in the national touring company of Grease with John Travolta, Henner hosted her own daytime talk show, Marilu, for 165 episodes.
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Marliu Henner - Now
The author of nine books on health and memory, Henner has highly superior autobiographical memory, and consults on the condition for the CBS show Unforgettable. Her first time on Celebrity Apprentice was in 2008.
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La Toya Jackson - Then
The fifth child of the musical Jackson family, La Toya (with her brother Michael in 2003) sang throughout the 1980s and 90s and enjoyed solo success in 2004 with the hits "Just Wanna Dance" and "Free the World"
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La Toya Jackson - Now
Two years after brother Michael's 2009 passing, La Toya took part in Celebrity Apprentice's 11th season, raising money for AIDS Project L.A. Also in 2011, she released her second memoir, Starting Over. A reality TV series, Life With La Toya, is set to air on the Oprah Winfrey Network in 2013.
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Claudia Jordan - Then
Hailing from Providence, R.I., Jordan represented her home state in the Miss USA pageant in 1997, where she placed in the top 10. Appearing in commercials for Coors Light, Sears and Visa, Jordan got her big break as a Barker's Beauty on The Price Is Right in 2001 and went on to appear as a model on Deal or No Deal.
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Claudia Jordan - Now
Jordan appeared on Celebrity Apprentice in 2009, playing on behalf of her chosen charity the NAPSAC Foundation. A member of team Athena with Khloe Kardashian, Joan Rivers and others, Jordan was fired after the fourth task.
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Omarosa - Then
A one-time consultant for Al Gore during the Clinton Administration, Omarosa Manigault first appeared on season 1 of Trump's original version of The Apprentice, won by Bill Rancic.
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Omarosa - Now
Appearing on more than 20 reality shows since her first stint on The Apprentice -- including The Surreal Life and Fear Factor -- Omarosa performed CPR on her fiance, Green Mile actor Michael Clarke Duncan, when she found him in cardiac arrest in 2012. Though she saved his life at the time, Duncan unfortunately never fully recovered and died in September 2012.
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Lisa Rinna - Then
Best known as Billie Reed on Days of Our Lives and as Taylor McBride on Melrose Place, Rinna married Harry Hamlin in 1997. In 1998, when she was six months pregnant, the actress posed nude for a Playboy cover and pictorial. She covered the magazine again in 2009.
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Lisa Rinna - Now
The mom of two appeared alongside her husband in Broadway's Chicago and on Dancing With the Stars in 2006. Her first Celebrity Apprentice appearance was in 2011.
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Brande Roderick - Then
Cast as Leigh Dyer on Baywatch, Roderick was named Playmate of the month in Playboy's April 2000 issue. One year later, Hugh Hefner declared her Playmate of the Year.
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Brande Roderick - Now
Taking part in Celebrity Apprentice in 2009, Roderick was eliminated just shy of the season finale along with costar Jesse James.
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