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‘Celebrity Apprentice’ Season 12 Cast Announced

The next season of Donald Trump’s ‘Celebrity Apprentice‘ premieres February 12 and the cast has been announced!

The cast is a mix of some relevant celebrities, but mostly D-listers who are no stranger to the reality show circuit.

The 18 contestants will be competing for compete for $250,000 to the charity of their choice.

“It’s hard to top the last few seasons but we think we’ve done it,” says Trump. “We didn’t want to change much — we’re not looking to reinvent the show in its 12th season.”

The contestants are listed below along with the charity they are competing for:

Former American Idol Clay Aiken, The National Inclusion Project

Retired race car driver Michael Andretti, Racing for Cancer

Talk show host Adam Carolla, Catholic Big Brothers Big Sisters

Actor/bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno, Muscular Dystrophy Association

Actor/TV personality Arsenio Hall, Magic Johnson Foundation

Magician/TV personality Penn Jillette, Opportunity Village

Former Twisted Sister singer Dee Snider, March of Dimes/Bikers for Babies

Star Trek’s George Takei, Japanese American National Museum

American Chopper’s Paul Teutul Sr., Make-A-Wish Foundation

Actress Tia Carrere, After-School All-Stars

Singer Debbie Gibson, Children International

Real Housewives of New Jersey’s Teresa Giudice, The NephCure Foundation

Growing Up Gotti’s Victoria Gotti, Association to Benefit Children

Comedian Lisa Lampanelli, Gay Men’s Health Crisis

Miss Universe 2008 Dayana Mendoza, Latino Commission on AIDS

Singer/actress/model Aubrey O’Day, Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)

Model/actress Cheryl Tiegs, The Farrah Fawcett Foundation

Model/actress Patricia Velasquez, Wayuu Taya Foundation

Who do you think will win this season?

I’ve got my money on the table flipper herself, Teresa Giudice.

The new season of Celebrity Apprentice’s premieres Sunday, Feb. 12 at 9 p.m. on NBC.

image: The Hollywood Reporter

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Renna | January 8th, 2012

Penn Jillette’s got this down…