HGTV Design Star (season 4)
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The fourth season of HGTV Design Star
premiered on July 19, 2009. The series was filmed in Los Angeles, California
for the first time. Vern Yip
returned as a judge, and was joined by newcomers Genevieve Gorder
and Candice Olson
. Clive Pearse returned as host, and this was his final season hosting the show. A major change this season was that the judges decided the winner, instead of having a public vote. The winner was Antonio Ballatore, whose show The Antonio Treatment
debuted in March 2010.
HGTV Design Star
HGTV Design Star is an American reality competition show airing on the cable television network HGTV. It premiered July 23, 2006, and has been renewed for a sixth season.Clive Pearse served as host for Seasons 1-4...
premiered on July 19, 2009. The series was filmed in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
for the first time. Vern Yip
Vern Yip
Vern Yip is an American interior designer based in Atlanta, Georgia. He periodically appeared on TLC's Trading Spaces through its fourth season, and was known for frequently including silk, candles and flowers in the rooms he designed. He is one of the panel of judges on HGTV's Design Star...
returned as a judge, and was joined by newcomers Genevieve Gorder
Genevieve Gorder
Genevieve Gorder is an American television host, is an interior decorator, and actress. She is currently the host of Dear Genevieve on the HGTV cable channel.-Early life:...
and Candice Olson
Candice Olson
Candice Olson is a Canadian interior designer. She is the host of the Toronto-based home-makeover shows Divine Design and Candice Tells All, which air on the W Network in Canada and on HGTV in the United States.-Education:...
. Clive Pearse returned as host, and this was his final season hosting the show. A major change this season was that the judges decided the winner, instead of having a public vote. The winner was Antonio Ballatore, whose show The Antonio Treatment
The Antonio Treatment
The Antonio Treatment is a one-hour weekly docu-design series show on HGTV and is hosted by Antonio Ballatore, who won Season 4 of the HGTV reality show Design Star. The pilot episode aired on January 1, 2010 and the show officially premiered March 14, 2010,Ballatore and his crew of unconventional...
debuted in March 2010.
Designers
- Amy Sklar
- Antonio Ballatore
- Dan Vickery
- Jany Lee
- Jason Champion
- Jen Guerin
- Lonni Paul
- NataLee Callahan
- Nathan Galui
- Tashica Morgan
- Torie Halbert
Contestant progress
| Place | Contestant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antonio | HIGH | HIGH | IN | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | IN | IN | WINNER | Winner of Design Star season 4 |
| 2 | Dan | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | LOW | IN | RUNNER-UP | Elimin: Season 4 Finale |
| 3 | Lonni | HIGH | IN | LOW | IN | IN | HIGH | HIGH | OUT | Elimin: Celebrity Homes | |
| 4 | Torie | IN | IN | HIGH | IN | HIGH | LOW | OUT | Elimin: The Longest Yard | ||
| 5 | Jason | LOW | IN | LOW | IN | LOW | OUT | Elimin: Kids as Clients | |||
| 6 | Nathan | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | LOW | OUT | Elimin: Homes of the Brave | ||||
| 7 | Jany | IN | IN | IN | OUT | Elimin: Think Inside The Box | |||||
| 8 | Tashica | LOW | LOW | IN | OUT | Elimin: Think Inside The Box | |||||
| 9 | Jen | LOW | LOW | OUT | Elimin: White Room Challenge | ||||||
| 10 | Amy | HIGH | OUT | Elimin: Dueling Kitchens | |||||||
| 11 | NataLee | OUT | Elimin: Design Your Hollywood Home | ||||||||
- (WINNER) The designer won the competition.
- (RUNNER-UP) The designer received second place.
- (WIN) The designer was selected as the winner of the episode's Elimination Challenge.
- (HIGH) The designer was selected as one of the top entries in the Elimination Challenge, but did not win.
- (IN) The designer was not selected as either top entry or bottom entry in the Elimination Challenge, and advanced to the next challenge.
- (LOW) The designer was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Elimination Challenge, but was not deemed the worst of the designers who advanced in that particular week.
- (LOW) The designer was selected as one of the bottom two entries in the Elimination Challenge, and was deemed the worst of the designers who advanced in that particular week.
- (OUT) The designer was eliminated from the competition.
- (OUT) The designer was eliminated from the competition before the judges deliberated.
- 1 In a Design Star first, Tashica was eliminated before the judges' deliberation. This was due to her underwhelming performance in the competition, constant excuses, and lack of ability to have her design ideas expressed in a team situation. It reached the ultimatum in the fourth episode, and Vern Yip questioned why he and the other two judges kept bringing her back week after week. While she continued giving more excuses, he and the judges quickly decided to eliminate her. As the elimination in the episode was a double elimination, this change did not affect anything else, and Jany was eliminated normally.