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The Annoying Hater wrote:

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How the hell did Joan win on the celebrity part of the final task when she didn't have any celebrities outside of Griffin and instead used the worst impersonators I have ever seen.

I posted this elsewhere, but it bears repeating:

Annie had Joe Frazier, Dennis Rodman, and precious little else.
Joan had Joan Rivers, Clint Black, Herschel Walker, Kathy Griffin, and some fakes.

Joan won the celebrity portion because her team had star power to begin with, and neither side managed to draw much beyond that. Annie fucked up her picks. She was so consumed with winning the fundraising portion she forgot that she had everyone else combined beaten in fundraising all by herself, and didn't need to pick people to fundraise. Also, she should have done the exact same thing Joan did and left Brande until the final round. Do you think Joan would have taken her? Annie may not have known what the criteria were for winning until after the picks, but she didn't pick a diverse team and it bit her.

For completeness, the full lists:

Annie: Bernard Hopkins, Joe Frazier, Oksana Baiul, Brande, Tom, Dennis, and a collection of poker players (including Annie).
Joan: Kathy Griffin, Kyle MacLachlan, Constantine from American Idol, the cast of "Chicago", Joan, Clint, Herschel, and Melissa.

(Does anyone else think the list of weak-ass celebs that got invited to this thing looks like the cast of Celebrity Apprentice 3?)

I think the categories were spot-on. Annie blew Joan away in fundraising, and had much better charity integration (both branding the room and putting the charity images on the picture frames). Joan killed the Kodak product integration, she not only had better celebs but she integrated them better (like with the celeb photo area), and she was sure to win the "partygoer experience" thing after giving away the tickets to Cirque. I think it really was called fairly, and the loss is due to Annie not doing enough to beat Joan in the three areas where Joan won.