The Cast of Celebrity Apprentice, Spring 2012

Donald Trump revealed the new cast for Celebrity Apprentice this morning on the Today show:

WOMEN:

Teresa Giudice (“Real Housewives”)

Debbie Gibson (Singer)

Lisa Lampanelli (Comic)

Victoria Gotti (Mob Princess)

Tia Carrere (Actress)

Aubrey O’Day (Reality Star)

Cheryl Tiegs (Model)

Dayana Mendoza (Miss Universe)

Patricia Velasquez (Model)

MEN:

Clay Aiken (“American Idol”)

Adam Carolla (TV/Radio Host)

Lou Ferrigno (“Hulk”)

Arsenio Hall (TV Host)

George Takei (“Star Trek”)

Dee Snider (Rocker)

Penn Jillette (Magician)

Marco Andretti (Driver)

Paul Teutal (“American Chopper”)

18 cast members, evenly divided by gender and beginning the season (as usual) on gender-based teams. 72% (13) White, 6% (1) Black, 11% (2) Asian, 11% (2, both Venezuelan) Hispanic. 2 of the men are gay. As far as I know, none of the women are lesbian.

At 74, George Takei is the oldest. Ferrigno, Teutal, and Snider, are in their 60s. Hall, Jillette, Tiegs, and Lampanelli are in their 50s. Carolla, Velasquez, Gotti, Gibson, and Carrere are in their 40s. Aiken, and Giudice are in their 30s. Andretti, Mendoza, O'Day, are in their 20s. It's an older cast in general, but the men skew much older than the women. This is typical on television (see Martha Lauzen's work). The female population skews older than men, thanks to longer lives, but you wouldn't know that from TV.

About half of the new contestants appeared on the Today Show with Trump this morning. When Matt Lauer asked how many thought that Trump would make a good president, all of them raised their hands.

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