There was a moment toward the end of Hgtv Design Star‘s Season 6 finale where I had a brief fantasy that the judges panel would get inspired by the recently concluded Glee Project and declare multiple winners. Imagine if they greenlit a show in which Karl conceived sophisticated rooms with daring paint choices, Meg picked out jaunty accessories and explained all of Karl’s various design techniques in her gravelly-perky fashion, and last week’s evictee Mark and His Biceps of Doom built small installations while working up a meaningful sweat. That’s worthy of a series recording slot on my DVR.
- 9/13/2011
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
Karl Sponholtz
Team Gay's Karl Sponholtz is so close to being the next Hgtv Design Star he can smell it – and he got a good whiff of first season winner David Bromstad along the way, too.
"David smells amazing," Sponholtz said about the reality competition show's official mentor. "He loves to hug, and he smells really good when he's doing it."
Sponholtz, a Chicago-based designer for an architecture firm and freelance interior designer, didn't expect to find himself in the final two. Nonetheless, tonight he'll square off against fellow Chicagoan Meg Caswell for the Season Six crown in front of judges Vern Yip, Genevieve Gorder, and design queen Candice Olson.
"Like most people in this field, I was a victim of the recession," Sponholtz told AfterElton.com, "I had a lot of time on my hands, so I dropped off my application on the way to a party. I didn't...
Team Gay's Karl Sponholtz is so close to being the next Hgtv Design Star he can smell it – and he got a good whiff of first season winner David Bromstad along the way, too.
"David smells amazing," Sponholtz said about the reality competition show's official mentor. "He loves to hug, and he smells really good when he's doing it."
Sponholtz, a Chicago-based designer for an architecture firm and freelance interior designer, didn't expect to find himself in the final two. Nonetheless, tonight he'll square off against fellow Chicagoan Meg Caswell for the Season Six crown in front of judges Vern Yip, Genevieve Gorder, and design queen Candice Olson.
"Like most people in this field, I was a victim of the recession," Sponholtz told AfterElton.com, "I had a lot of time on my hands, so I dropped off my application on the way to a party. I didn't...
- 9/12/2011
- by Christie Keith
- The Backlot
I wondered for a hot second if this week’s episode of Hgtv Design Star would end in a Gladiator-style duel to the death. After all, returning judge Candice Olson (who’s been sorely missed all these weeks) seemed to be setting up a swords-and-sandals scenario when she asked our two finalists to turn toward each other, then declared the only thing standing between them and their own TV show was the person standing in front of ‘em.
Thankfully, Meg didn’t pull a shank on Karl, nor did Karl try to garrote Meg. Maybe the two of ‘em were...
Thankfully, Meg didn’t pull a shank on Karl, nor did Karl try to garrote Meg. Maybe the two of ‘em were...
- 9/6/2011
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
Trying to pick the winner of Hgtv Design Star based on its Season 6 premiere would be kind of like envisioning an entire bedroom overhaul by flipping through paint chips at Home Depot. Most of what we got from Monday night’s hour were fleeting impressions of our 12 designers, but even some of those early opinions were upended by the time the credits rolled.
Among the random thoughts that went through my head as we met the contestants and watched them shoot 30-second introductory spots under the tutelage of mentor and fabulous Season 1 champ David Bromstad:
* I had an immediate...
Among the random thoughts that went through my head as we met the contestants and watched them shoot 30-second introductory spots under the tutelage of mentor and fabulous Season 1 champ David Bromstad:
* I had an immediate...
- 7/12/2011
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
Filed under: Features, Celebrity Interviews
After five seasons, the formula for Hgtv's 'Design Star' could get a little stale. Could being the operative word -- thank goodness it didn't!
On tonight's Season 6 premiere (9Pm Et on Hgtv), you'll notice a few show shake-ups -- including a move to Monday nights -- before meeting a new crop of 12 ultra-talented and very diverse designers, including a former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader/breast cancer survivor and a five-time Emmy-winning New York TV news reporter.
The judging panel will look the same -- Hgtv mainstays Genevieve Gorder, Candice Olson and Vern Yip are back -- but 'Design Star' has a brand new host and a weekly design mentor who happens to have a very familiar face. Tanika Ray ('Hgtv'd') takes over hosting duties, while David Bromstad, the very first 'Design Star' winner, returns to mentor the current crop of contestants.
Below, judges Gorder, Olson and...
After five seasons, the formula for Hgtv's 'Design Star' could get a little stale. Could being the operative word -- thank goodness it didn't!
On tonight's Season 6 premiere (9Pm Et on Hgtv), you'll notice a few show shake-ups -- including a move to Monday nights -- before meeting a new crop of 12 ultra-talented and very diverse designers, including a former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader/breast cancer survivor and a five-time Emmy-winning New York TV news reporter.
The judging panel will look the same -- Hgtv mainstays Genevieve Gorder, Candice Olson and Vern Yip are back -- but 'Design Star' has a brand new host and a weekly design mentor who happens to have a very familiar face. Tanika Ray ('Hgtv'd') takes over hosting duties, while David Bromstad, the very first 'Design Star' winner, returns to mentor the current crop of contestants.
Below, judges Gorder, Olson and...
- 7/11/2011
- by Jean Bentley
- Aol TV.
Filed under: Contests and Giveaways, TV Previews
'Design Star' is back for Season 6 (premieres Mon., July 11, 9Pm Et on Hgtv), with 12 talented designers vying for their own Hgtv show.
We love the reality competition for the innovative designs, shopping meltdowns and the heated style debates, but we also adore the banter between judges Genevieve Gorder, Candice Olson and Vern Yip.
This season, they're adding a few new twists, with previous 'Design Star' winner and current host of 'Color Splash' David Bromstad acting as a mentor for the wannabe TV designers, and 'Hgtv'd' host Tanika Ray doing host duty here as well.
But we've got a nice bonus for the show's fans as well: we're giving away a $100 American Express Gift Card to one lucky reader, courtesy of Hgtv's 'Design Star.'
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'Design Star' is back for Season 6 (premieres Mon., July 11, 9Pm Et on Hgtv), with 12 talented designers vying for their own Hgtv show.
We love the reality competition for the innovative designs, shopping meltdowns and the heated style debates, but we also adore the banter between judges Genevieve Gorder, Candice Olson and Vern Yip.
This season, they're adding a few new twists, with previous 'Design Star' winner and current host of 'Color Splash' David Bromstad acting as a mentor for the wannabe TV designers, and 'Hgtv'd' host Tanika Ray doing host duty here as well.
But we've got a nice bonus for the show's fans as well: we're giving away a $100 American Express Gift Card to one lucky reader, courtesy of Hgtv's 'Design Star.'
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- 7/11/2011
- by Maggie Furlong
- Aol TV.
Design Star is making changes for its sixth season, which hopefully will put it from the depths of awfulness it reached last summer thanks to its poor makeover. While the Hgtv series is sticking with judges Genevieve Gorder, Candice Olson, and Vern Yip, who were insufferable last season, they will not be judging alone, nor will they be hosting. In the best news, the show announced last week that it is adding first-season winner David...
- 6/14/2011
- by Andy Dehnart
- Reality Blurred
Hgtv previously announced a star-studded panel of guest judges, including designers Thom Filicia, Robert and Cortney Novogratz, Nate Berkus and Kathy Ireland, as well as Food Network.s Paula Deen and Dina Manzo, event planner and former cast member of Real Housewives of New Jersey. Hgtv Design Star returns for a sixth season on Monday, July 11, at 9 p.m. Et/Pt. The line-up of stars includes Hgtv.s own returning judges Genevieve Gorder, Candice Olson and Vern Yip, as well as a guest appearance on the panel by John Gidding. David Bromstad, the first Hgtv Design Star champion, who will mentor the finalists as they compete for a chance to win their own show on Hgtv. Hosted by...
- 6/13/2011
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Hgtv Design Star returns for a sixth season on Monday, July 11, at 9 p.m. Et/Pt. With the addition of a star-studded panel of guest judges, including designers Thom Filicia, Robert and Cortney Novogratz, Nate Berkus and Kathy Ireland, as well as Food Network'.s Paula Deen and Dina Manzo, event planner and former cast member of Real Housewives of New Jersey, the series. celebrated line-up of stars includes Hgtv.s own returning judges Genevieve Gorder, Candice Olson and Vern Yip, as well as a guest appearance on the panel by John Gidding. David Bromstad, the first Hgtv Design Star champion, will mentor the finalists as they compete for a chance to win their own show on Hgtv. Hosted...
- 6/6/2011
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Over 90,000 fan votes were cast in November 2010 during the first round of voting for the Reality Rocks Online Fan Awards. Now, the top 78 shows enter Round Two of voting: fans choose their favorite reality television shows and personalities by category, beginning January 27, 2011. Fans can vote for two categories each week until March 27, 2011. The final awards will be presented on-site at the Reality Rocks Awards during the Reality Rocks Expo™ on April 9-10, 2011 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Fans can visit Reality Rocks to vote as well as purchase tickets to attend the Reality Rocks Expo™.
With over 400 reality shows broadcast into houses across America in the last year, Reality Rocks Expo™ offers a forum for fans to deliver their fiercest devotion yet. More than just a popularity contest, fans themselves are encouraged to participate and voice their opinions on their favorite shows through their fan pages on www.realityrocks.
With over 400 reality shows broadcast into houses across America in the last year, Reality Rocks Expo™ offers a forum for fans to deliver their fiercest devotion yet. More than just a popularity contest, fans themselves are encouraged to participate and voice their opinions on their favorite shows through their fan pages on www.realityrocks.
- 1/27/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (realitytvnews)
Rooting for Team Gay on Hgtv's Design Star can be a rough gig. After out Miami designer David Bromstad won the crown in the show's first season and went on to become one of the network's most popular designers, all the other out contestants have either fizzled out early or come tantalizingly close only to get squeezed out in the end.
So which is it going to be this year? Out designer Michael Moeller has made it to the final four. Can he be the next gay Design Star?
Moeller, 30, is a New Yorker, and hoping to bring some hometown mojo to the series' seventh season, set in Manhattan and directed by reality show superstar Mark Burnett (Survivor, The Apprentice). He's been a designer for almost 10 years, and owned his own business for the last two years.
"Design Star is the first time in my life I've been able to...
So which is it going to be this year? Out designer Michael Moeller has made it to the final four. Can he be the next gay Design Star?
Moeller, 30, is a New Yorker, and hoping to bring some hometown mojo to the series' seventh season, set in Manhattan and directed by reality show superstar Mark Burnett (Survivor, The Apprentice). He's been a designer for almost 10 years, and owned his own business for the last two years.
"Design Star is the first time in my life I've been able to...
- 8/4/2010
- by dennis
- The Backlot
Filed under: Recaps, Summer TV
(S05E01) 'Design Star' is back with new contestants, new challenges and a more hands-on approach from its trio of shrewd and savvy judges.
Former host Clive Pearse has been edged out this season to give chief critics Vern Yip, Candice Olson and Genevieve Gorder more screen time. I'm still not completely sold on this change. I miss Pearse's breezy charm and acerbic asides, but I'm looking forward to hearing more opinion and commentary from the judges.
I'm also looking forward to seeing the contestants work in New York City, the perfect place to show off edgy, urban and upscale designs.
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(S05E01) 'Design Star' is back with new contestants, new challenges and a more hands-on approach from its trio of shrewd and savvy judges.
Former host Clive Pearse has been edged out this season to give chief critics Vern Yip, Candice Olson and Genevieve Gorder more screen time. I'm still not completely sold on this change. I miss Pearse's breezy charm and acerbic asides, but I'm looking forward to hearing more opinion and commentary from the judges.
I'm also looking forward to seeing the contestants work in New York City, the perfect place to show off edgy, urban and upscale designs.
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- 6/14/2010
- by Mike Moody
- Aol TV.
Why is Hgtv's Design Star like Noah's ark? Because the gays go two by two.
It seems like almost every season, they give us two out gay male contestants to interview and feature in our coverage of the interior design reality competition show. Season before last, we ended up with a third, stealth member, but my prediction is that no one in this season's cast is a gay cop who's also an ex-adult film star.
One thing I'm sure of, though: If you watch Design Star for the design, you'll enjoy the premiere episode. They skip the big intros and backstage drama and go right to most people's favorite challenge, the white room, with the added twist that each designer is creating a room for one of his or her fellow designers.
It's an opportunity to get to know all the designers really quickly (as well as for our first hint of backstabbing,...
It seems like almost every season, they give us two out gay male contestants to interview and feature in our coverage of the interior design reality competition show. Season before last, we ended up with a third, stealth member, but my prediction is that no one in this season's cast is a gay cop who's also an ex-adult film star.
One thing I'm sure of, though: If you watch Design Star for the design, you'll enjoy the premiere episode. They skip the big intros and backstage drama and go right to most people's favorite challenge, the white room, with the added twist that each designer is creating a room for one of his or her fellow designers.
It's an opportunity to get to know all the designers really quickly (as well as for our first hint of backstabbing,...
- 6/10/2010
- by christiekeith
- The Backlot
Hgtv's top-rated reality competition, Hgtv Design Star, will return for a fifth season beginning Sunday, June 13, at 10 p.m. Et/Pt. Produced by Mark Burnett Productions, the series will feature 12 competitive and creative finalists executing ingenious designs, as well as a judging panel of acclaimed interior designers (Genevieve Gorder, Candice Olson and Vern Yip). The finalists will include professional interior designers, contractors, stylists, architects and artists, qwho all must navigate innovative design challenges and impress the judges--and special celebrity guests--with creativity and ingenuity until one wins their own show on Hgtv. The hour-long series, shot in NYC this season, will air on Sundays for 11 weeks through August 22. The last season ended September 13,...
- 4/25/2010
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
I am addicted to Hgtv, which is strange considering I don’t have a bathroom that needs to be remodeled, my 18th floor apartment doesn’t have a backyard to landscape, and I’m certainly not looking for a second home in some far-off land (as awesome as that would be). But despite the fact that I’m not the target audience, I often find myself getting sucked into marathons of House Hunters or watching in awe as David Bromstad does his thing on Color Splash. I’m not the only one. Hgtv has some sort of allure to it,...
- 3/14/2010
- by Catherine Garcia
- EW.com - PopWatch
I am addicted to Hgtv, which is strange considering I don’t have a bathroom that needs to be remodeled, my 18th floor apartment doesn’t have a backyard to landscape, and I’m certainly not looking for a second home in some far-off land (as awesome as that would be). But despite the fact that I’m not the target audience, I often find myself getting sucked into marathons of House Hunters or watching in awe as David Bromstad does his thing on Color Splash. I’m not the only one. Hgtv has some sort of allure to it,...
- 3/13/2010
- by Catherine Garcia
- EW.com - PopWatch
Since I got to the office this morning I've had the Food Network playing in the background, letting the likes of Giada de Laurentiis, Rachael Ray, Bobby Flay, and the Barefoot Contessa herself, Ina Garten, parade across the screen. Yes, the frigid temps outside do have me craving comfort foods, but my sudden overwhelming desire for the network's offerings is more a case of wanting what I can't have. Fox and Time Warner Cable may have reached an agreement, but now there is a messy situation between Cablevision and Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. (the owners of the Food Network and...
- 1/4/2010
- by Abby West
- EW.com - PopWatch
Toronto -- After the success of CBS' "Flashpoint," Canadian indie producers are cranking out even more homegrown dramas and comedies that could look and feel perfectly at home on U.S. network and cable schedules.
Canadian cable channel Showcase has ordered 13 episodes of "Lost Girl" from Prodigy Pictures, a sci-fi drama that stars Anna Silk and Kristen Holden-Reid about inhuman women who seduce and feed off their human partner's sexual energy.
The producer is completing an interactive website, a graphic novel and a downloadable video game to accompany the 2010 broadcast bow.
Jay Firestone, Paul Rapovksi, Plato Fountidakis, Michelle Lovretta and Peter Mohan share executive producer credits on "Lost Girl." Wanda Chaffey is producing.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. has also ordered a slew of pilots as part of its growing development slate, including "Henry Starts Again" from E1 Television, which is shortly to start production on "Haven," a 13-part suspense TV series for Universal Networks International.
Canadian cable channel Showcase has ordered 13 episodes of "Lost Girl" from Prodigy Pictures, a sci-fi drama that stars Anna Silk and Kristen Holden-Reid about inhuman women who seduce and feed off their human partner's sexual energy.
The producer is completing an interactive website, a graphic novel and a downloadable video game to accompany the 2010 broadcast bow.
Jay Firestone, Paul Rapovksi, Plato Fountidakis, Michelle Lovretta and Peter Mohan share executive producer credits on "Lost Girl." Wanda Chaffey is producing.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. has also ordered a slew of pilots as part of its growing development slate, including "Henry Starts Again" from E1 Television, which is shortly to start production on "Haven," a 13-part suspense TV series for Universal Networks International.
- 11/9/2009
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
No surprise as set designer Antonio Ballatore, dubbed the "bad boy of design" by series judge Candice Olson, took the victory in last night's finale of Hgtv Design Star. A native New Yorker who is now based in Los Angeles, Antonio bested Dan Vickery, the designer from Portland, Oregon in the hardest challenge ever tackled in four seasons of the series -- where each finalist had to makeover an entire home, completing multiple rooms in just 44 hours. Set in Hollywood, the 4th season of Hgtv Design Star has performed well in ratings all season. Ballatore, 40, is a Below the Liner (crew) making his way in Los Angeles, and he has been crowned the season four champion.
- 9/14/2009
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
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