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Design Star

Design Star cancelled; how Food Court Wars works; Probst’s favorite (Survivor) places

Design Star cancelled; how Food Court Wars works; Probst’s favorite (Survivor) places

News you should know that you may have missed over the past week: HGTV’s Design Star has been cancelled after seven seasons, according to judge Vern Yip, who said he’s “disappointed” but also said life is “about changes and change is not always bad.” The show had potential but wasn’t great in recent seasons, especially… continue reading

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Design Star All-Stars: weird

Design Star All-Stars: weird

Immediately after concluding the latest season of Design Star, HGTV debuted a new season of the show. Design Star: All Stars, which concluded last night after just four episodes. It was, however, bizarre, and it magnifies everything that’s wrong with its sibling show. First, if these six people were the most memorable, best designers from… continue reading

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Design Star rebounds, improves on its earlier self after its terrible fifth season

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Design Star rebounds, improves on its earlier self after its terrible fifth season

Design Star rebounds, improves on its earlier self after its terrible fifth season

Design Star rebounded this season, its sixth season, thanks to no-brainer changes to the show’s structure, better challenges, and the addition of season-one winner David Bromstad as the contestants’ mentor. After the series fired the producer who created it, Mark Burnett and his team came in and, surprisingly, wrecked it. But HGTV smartly brought in… continue reading

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In season six, Design Star finally fixes its judging: hallelujah

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In season six, Design Star finally fixes its judging: hallelujah

In season six, Design Star finally fixes its judging: hallelujah

The first episode of Design Star‘s sixth season ended with a surprise: the show has finally started showing the judges’ deliberation, so we know why they are making decisions. It’s a miracle! That isn’t difficult, but the show has stubbornly refused to show us the judges’ deliberations for years, instead cutting between disconnected footage of… continue reading

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Design Star returns with new producers: Mark Burnett replaced by Food Network Star’s producers

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Design Star rebounds, improves on its earlier self after its terrible fifth season

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Design Star returns with new producers: Mark Burnett replaced by Food Network Star’s producers

Design Star returns with new producers: Mark Burnett replaced by Food Network Star’s producers

HGTV’s Design Star returns tonight, and there’s good news for those of us who think last season was an unmitigated disaster: For the third time in three seasons, the show has a new production company, as it is now produced by the company that produces the outstanding Next Food Network Star. (It was originally produced… continue reading

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Design Star adds a host, guest judges, and mentor David Bromstad

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In season six, Design Star finally fixes its judging: hallelujah

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Design Star adds a host, guest judges, and mentor David Bromstad

Design Star adds a host, guest judges, and mentor David Bromstad

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… continue reading

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Design Star’s creator SallyAnn Salsano on being fired by HGTV, Mark Burnett’s version

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Design Star’s creator SallyAnn Salsano on being fired by HGTV, Mark Burnett’s version

Design Star’s creator SallyAnn Salsano on being fired by HGTV, Mark Burnett’s version

Jersey Shore creator SallyAnn Salsano told me that being fired by HGTV from another popular reality show she created, Design Star, “really hurt my feelings,” but that watching Mark Burnett’s version of the show made her realize that she and her team are “geniuses.” Today, in The Daily Beast, I profile SA, as she’s known,… continue reading

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Design Star now casting, which means HGTV intends to bring it back despite last season

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Design Star adds a host, guest judges, and mentor David Bromstad

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Design Star now casting, which means HGTV intends to bring it back despite last season

Design Star now casting, which means HGTV intends to bring it back despite last season

HGTV apparently intends to air a sixth season of Design Star despite the absolute disaster of a season that just concluded in August. The new season is now casting via a series of open casting calls, and the application indicates that production on the next season will take place Feb. 15 through May 10.

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HGTV’s new Mark Burnett-produced Design Star ends, and “what a disaster” it was

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Design Star’s creator SallyAnn Salsano on being fired by HGTV, Mark Burnett’s version

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HGTV’s new Mark Burnett-produced Design Star ends, and “what a disaster” it was

HGTV’s new Mark Burnett-produced Design Star ends, and “what a disaster” it was

On HGTV’s Design Star earlier this season, judge Vern Yip said of the losing team’s design, “What a disaster!” The same could be said for this season of the show, which, despite being taken over by Survivor executive producer Mark Burnett and his team, actually got worse. It concluded last night, with Emily Henderson winning… continue reading

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Clive Pearse out as HGTV Design Star host; judges will act as hosts

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Design Star now casting, which means HGTV intends to bring it back despite last season

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Clive Pearse out as HGTV Design Star host; judges will act as hosts

Clive Pearse out as HGTV Design Star host; judges will act as hosts

After four seasons of hosting Design Star, Clive Pearse is out as part of the makeover the series is getting for its fifth season, which debuts in June. Clive Pearse will not appear at all this season, and an HGTV spokesperson told me that there’s “no designated host” because the three “judges are now taking… continue reading

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Design Star’s Mikey Verdugo suing police department for firing him over his gay porn

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