"I've never had to go through something like this... You've both been amazing," Trump told the pair before announcing his choice on the live portion of the program. This season of "Celebrity Apprentice" began airing in March with 16 contestants, each competing in business-oriented tasks around Manhattan to raise money for and publicize their favorite causes.
The final challenge had called for competing promotional campaigns for a brand of soda. Rich now wins a $250,000 check for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Matlin, who won the 1987 Academy Award for best actress had been playing for the Starkey Hearing Foundation.
Shortly before the verdict was delivered, the two joined forces to perform a song, "For the Kids," which Rich sang and Matlin, who is deaf, signed evocatively.
