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Top Design Show Profile - - A Quick Guide to Bravo's Reality Show Top Design

By Latoya West, About.com

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The Top Design Premise:
12 interior designers, artists and architects, must win over a panel of judges with their interior design skills. The winner of the 10-episode competition wins a prize package.


How it Works:
  • The contestants must live together in a "decked-out studio loft" for several weeks.
  • On each episode, they are given one challenge.
  • After the judges weigh in on the best and worst designs, one contestant is eliminated.


What the Winner Receives:
The winner of Top Design receives a $100,000 grand prize, an editorial feature in ELLE DECOR Magazine, and their own showcase at ELLE DECOR'S Dining By Design event.


The Judges:
The Top Design Judges are:
  • Renowned designer Jonathan Adler.
  • ELLE DECOR Magazine's chief editor Margaret Russell.
  • Interior designer Kelly Wearstler


The Host:
Famous designer Todd Oldham.
Premiere Date:
January 31, 2007
Regular Time Slot:
Wednesdays at 10 pm ET/PT on Bravo.
The Top Design Contestants:
The Top Design designers are:
  • Michael Adams, a 23-year-old designer from New York, NY and Athol, MA.
  • Goil Amornvivat, a 33-year-old designer from New York, NY and Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Heather Ashton, a 36-year-old designer from Los Angeles, CA and Gainesville, FL
  • Felicia Bushman, a 38-year-old designer from Los Angeles, CA.
  • John Gray, a 39-year-old designer from Chicago, IL.
  • Ryan Humphrey, a 35-year-old designer from New York, NY and Ashtabula, OH.
  • Andrea Keller, a 36-year-old designer from Los Angeles, CA.
  • Erik Kolacz, a 28-year-old designer from Chicago, IL and South Bend, IN.
  • Matt Lorenz, a 32-year-old designer from Chicago, IL and Comfrey, MN .
  • Elizabeth Moore, a 48-year-old designer from Los Angeles, CA.
  • Carisa Perez-Fuentes, a 26-year-old designer from New York, NY and Highland Park, NJ.
  • Lisa Turner, a 48-year-old designer from Los Angeles, CA.


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