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"John Rich has been named the winner of Celebrity Apprentice.  The musician, of country duo Big and Rich, triumphed over Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin in tonight&amp;#039;s live finale of the NBC business competition.  He received $250,000 for his designated charity St. Jude Children&amp;#039;s Research Hospital, an organization that treats children with cancer. He has been involved with the charity for more than 15 years. Donald Trump said: &amp;quot;John, from the beginning you&amp;#039;ve been a leader. You&amp;#039;ve been strong, you&amp;#039;ve been smart, you&amp;#039;ve been sharp, I just can&amp;#039;t ask for anything more.&amp;quot; The entrepreneur continued: &amp;quot;Over the years, I&amp;#039;ve had some tough decisions, but I think this is going to be the toughest one... you&amp;#039;ve both been amazing.&amp;quot; Matlin had been supporting the Starkey Hearing Foundation, a charity which provides free hearing aids to people across the world who are unable to afford them.  Trump told Matlin: &amp;quot;The job you&amp;#039;ve done has just been absolutely incredible and the people love you.&amp;quot; He had earlier revealed that the contestants had raised almost $3m (\u00A31.85m) during the course of the series, a Celebrity Apprentice record. Rich took home $1,291,900 (\u00A3800,000) for St. Jude, while Matlin won $1,050,000 (\u00A3650,000) for Starkey. The final task had seen Rich and Matlin reunited with former teammates as they attempted to market and launch a new product for 7UP. They had to design the packaging and an outdoor display, write and produce a commercial, and launch the product at a star-studded event. Rich had been working on a 1980s-style launch with Lil Jon, Mark McGrath and Star Jones, while Matlin had joined forces with Meat Loaf, Richard Hatch and La Toya Jackson for a 1970s-themed campaign. The Celebrity Apprentice airs on NBC. Watch the winning moment below (US only):  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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