Comedian and TV personality Joan Rivers has been declared the winner of The Celebrity Apprentice in New York. Rivers beat out world champion poker player Annie Duke Sunday night in the business-themed reality show's 3-hour finale. The finalists' last challenge had them reunite with various Apprentice castoffs to organize separate auctions for their favorite charities.

The outcome of Joan Rivers' and Annie Duke's final challenge will take place in New York in a 3-hour live The Celebrity Apprentice finale, NBC said. The comedienne and the world champion poker player will compete to create a pre-theater VIP party experience, sponsored by Kodak, for patrons attending Cirque du Soleil's hit show 'Wintuk,' the network said in a news release. The finale will be telecast live Sunday from the Museum of Natural History in New York City where last season's finalists -- winner Piers Morgan and runner-up Trace Adkins -- will make a special appearance before Donald Trump reveals the next Celebrity Apprentice. This season's final boardroom showdown is guaranteed to be the most astonishing we've ever had, a fitting finale to a fantastic season, Trump, the show's star and executive producer, said in a statement.

Rivals Joan Rivers and Annie Duke were named the finalists on The Celebrity Apprentice in New York Sunday night. Eliminated in the penultimate episode of NBC's business-themed reality series were Clint Black, Jesse James and Brande Roderick. Rivers stormed off the show during the previous week's episode in protest of what she felt was host Donald Trump's unfair firing of her daughter Melissa.

Melissa Rivers became the latest contestant booted from The Celebrity Apprentice in New York Sunday night. Her firing came after her team lost a challenge to create a Right Guard deodorant print advertisement. The remaining contenders on Donald Trump's business-themed reality television show this season

Natalie Gulbis and Herschel Walker became the latest contestants fired from The Celebrity Apprentice Sunday night. The show's two teams will be challenged to create a four-page advertorial for Right Guard's new deodorant on next Sunday's episode, NBC said. The remaining players on Donald Trump's reality