LAST EDITED ON 11-19-07 AT 04:39 PM (EST)

Blame the writer's strike -- if NBC wasn't this desperate for programming, we might have held off on the suffering until March.

Here's the full cast list.

Omarosa Voldemort: reality show contesant/be-yotch
Vincent Pastore: actor and compulsive quitter
Stephen Baldwin: reality show killer
Gene Simmons: unabashed perma-attention whore
Nely Galan: former Telemundo executive, producer/coach on The Swan, completely unknown person
Marilu Henner: actress, author, relatively normal human
Carol Alt: model and professional shower-upper (there's a party, she shows up)
Trace Adkins: country singer who presumably has some deep dark secret in his past
Nadia Comaneci: Olympic medalist who has nothing better to do with her life
Tiffany Fallon: Playboy model who's there for the 13-deceased demographic
Jennie Finch: Olympic medalist (softball) and see above)
Lennox Lewis: boxer and one-half of British accent quota
Piers Morgan: America's Got Talent judge, low-rent Cowell imitation and professional jerk
Tito Ortiz: UFC champion, so say anything bad about him you want

Donald claims that 125 celebrities applied for this. (No details on who the rejected 111 were, but you have to figure Coolio was one of them.)

Voldy claims she's doing this for redemption.

You decide which claim is funnier.

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Hmm... I might have to watch this one... Thanks for the info

Really the only one I am really bothered with is Omarosa. Make up your mind Apprentice All Stars or Celebrities. Some of those I don't even know. but keep in mind everyone on Dancing with the Stars are hasbeens or B listers also. Actually especially season one. After the show took off they were able to get better stars.

Can't wait to see some of these snooters put in their place!! ie Pierce Morgan.......he he!!!!

LAST EDITED ON 11-20-07 AT 04:31 PM (EST)

Omarosa Voldemort: heard of
Vincent Pastore: heard of
Stephen Baldwin: heard of
Gene Simmons: heard of
Nely Galan: never heard of
Marilu Henner: heard of
Carol Alt: heard of
Trace Adkins: heard of
Nadia Comaneci: heard of
Tiffany Fallon: never heard of
Jennie Finch: never heard of
Lennox Lewis: heard of
Piers Morgan: never heard of
Tito Ortiz: never heard of

They could've done better. if you have to get some surreal life retreads. Recognize 9 out of 14. Some recognized I could care less about. I am ok with Pastore, Simmons, Henner, Alt, Adkins and Lewis. Undecided about Baldwin. Funny thing is I think having this list cheapens the Trump brand.

I have heard of most of them.

When I saw Jennie Finch's name, it sounded familiar...she was just on "Real Housewives of Orange County" this week. She wasn't being a DAW, just playing softball against Japan. She must be the team captain or something since she was featured on RHOC.

Tito Ortiz: he's the guy who always has a sour look on his face because he has to go home with Jenna Jameson every night.

Nely Galan

I never saw enough of The Swan to come even remotely close to saying 'Oh, I remember her...' Maybe now someone else will.

The fourteen with Head DAW attendant:

Unless Jr. and Ivanka are in this shot somewhere, I count 16....... besides the center Hair.

>Unless Jr. and Ivanka are in
>this shot somewhere, I count
>16....... besides the center Hair.
>

They are....does that surprise you?

Without having read the list of contestants, I would not have been able to recognize very many at all in that photo. If this is who he picked. How unknown were the ones he turned down?

"Stephen Baldwin: reality show killer "
YOU? are such a tease!

So who else other than Coolio was rejected?

Carrottop, Trista and Ryan's baby (only because it was conceived on the wrong network), Brittney (even the Donald has standards), .....

What happened to Joan Rivers? Was that just a tease for all of us to stay tuned for???

Or did she beg out at the last minute, since she's like 78, and can BARELY WALK???

This should be something else! I can just hear the Donald now, yelling at someone like Peirce whatshisname, who is so used to putting down people. THAT I will applaud, as well as Omarosa, who deserves a well-rounded, 2nd time around with the Donald. This time, I hope he's watching the off-camera carp she's doing (remember the basketball game, after the 'concussion'??).

Oh well, even the rich and famous get desperate, do they not?

Too bad we didn't get the Hasselhoff-that would have been really GOOD TV!! HAHAHA!!

LAST EDITED ON 12-21-07 AT 10:04 AM (EST)

Probably the real reason I won't watch.

A Blessed Christmas season to all who welcome the Newborn King into their lives.

Trace Adkins will be appearing at one of Donald's casinos in a few weeks -- is it something he was booked for, or something he won?

Okay -- 'booked for'. But it's not as if Donald won't do anything he can think of to get some cross-promotion in.