HGTV Design Star season 7

The seventh season of the American reality television competition series HGTV Design Star premiered on May 29, 2012. The host and mentor this season is David Bromstad. Danielle Colding is the winner of Season 7 of Design Star. Her show Shop This Room premieres on August 4.[1]

HGTV Design Star
Season 7
No. of episodes9
Release
Original networkHGTV
Original releaseMay 29 (2012-05-29) –
July 24, 2012 (2012-07-24)
Additional information
Filming datesJanuary 2012 (2012-01) –
February 2012 (2012-02)
Season chronology
← Previous
Season 6
Next →
All Stars

Designers

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Designer Age1 Hometown Occupation Place
Yuki Northington 43 Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi Artist/Boutique Owner 12th
Jordan Cappella 40 Venice, California Interior/Furniture Designer 11th
Luca Paganico 36 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Industrial Designer 10th
Bex Hale 37 Abilene, Texas Design Store Owner 9th
Miera Melba 64 Delray Beach, Florida Interior Designer 8th
Kris Swift 34 Austin, Texas Interior Designer 7th
Stanley Palmieri 34 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Sculptor/Contractor 6th
Rachel Kate 36 Minneapolis, Minnesota Interior/Fashion Designer 5th
Mikel Welch 32 New York City, New York Set Designer Trading Spaces 4th
Hilari Younger 31 Dallas, Texas Interior Stylist 3rd
Britany Simon (Fan Favorite) 28 Phoenix, Arizona Designer/Photographer 2nd
Danielle Colding 36 Queens, New York Design Firm Owner 1st
  • 1 Age at the time of the show's filming

Elimination table

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Place Contestant Episodes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 Danielle HIGH HIGH LOW LOW WIN WIN IN IN WINNER
2 Britany IN IN HIGH IN HIGH WIN WIN IN RUNNER-UP
3 Hilari HIGH LOW LOW WIN HIGH LOW IN OUT
4 Mikel IN IN HIGH HIGH IN LOW OUT
5 Rachel WIN WIN HIGH LOW LOW OUT
6 Stanley LOW HIGH WIN IN IN OUT
7 Kris LOW IN IN IN OUT
8 Miera IN IN IN OUT
9 Bex LOW IN OUT
10 Luca HIGH LOW OUT
11 Jordan IN OUT
12 Yuki OUT
  (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 advanced to the next challenge, but was not selected as a top nor a bottom entry in the elimination challenge.
  (LOW) The designer was selected as one of the bottom entries in the elimination challenge, but was not the final contestant to move on to the next round
  (LOW) The designer was selected as one of the bottom entries in the elimination challenge and was the final contestant to move on to the next round.
  (OUT) The designer was eliminated from the competition.

Challenges

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Challenge 1: Home Sweet Hollywood

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Designers get into six teams of two and three days to design a great room, three bedrooms, a den, and a design studio and lounge.

Results of Challenge 1
Result Designer Project Location
Winner Rachel Den
Top 4 Hilari
Danielle Great Room
Luca
Safe Britany Bedroom
Mikel
Jordan Bedroom
Miera
Bottom 4 Bex Bedroom
Kris
Bottom 2 Stanley Design Studio/
Lounge
Eliminated Yuki

Challenge 2: White Room Challenge

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Results of Challenge 2
Result Designer Theme of White Box
Winner Rachel Her roots as a fashion designer
Top 3 Danielle Tribute to her mother
Bold, 1970s graphic
Stanley Painting with Light
Safe Bex
Britany modern & graphic lines
Kris Room on Fire: Destruction
with the Light of Hope
Miera
Mikel
Bottom 3 Hilari Jewelry Box
Luca
Eliminated Jordan Zen Garden

Challenge 3: Klassically Kardashian Design

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Results of Challenge 3
Result Designer Project Location
Winner Stanley Kris Jenner's Office
Top 4 Rachel
Brittany Conference Room
Mikel
Safe Miera Reception
Kris
Bottom 4 Hilari Kitchen/Makeup Room/
Public Relations
Bottom 3 Danielle
Eliminated Bex Showroom
Luca

Challenge 4: Designers Transform Indoor/Outdoor Spaces

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Results of Challenge 4
Result Designer Project Location
Winner Hilari Living Room (A)
Top 2 Mikel
Safe Britany Outdoor Area (A)
Stanley
Kris Outdoor Area (B)
Bottom 3 Rachel
Danielle Living Room (B)
Eliminated Miera

Challenge 5: Designers Celebrate Hollywood's 125th Birthday

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The remaining seven designers must create small lounge areas for a party thrown by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Each lounge must be inspired by a different time/design period seen in the history of Hollywood. For their Camera Challenge, the contestants must speak publicly to the event's guests about their space.

Results of Challenge 5
Result Designer Lounge's Design/Time Period
Winner Danielle Art Deco (1920s/1930s)
Top 3 Britany Hollywood Regency (popular in 1930s)
Hilari 1980s
Safe Mikel Mid-Century Modern (1950s/1960s)
Stanley Futuristic
Bottom 2 Rachel Victorian (late 1800s/early 1900s)
Eliminated Kris 1970s

Challenge 6: Dream Kitchens

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Results of Challenge 6
Result Designer Kitchen Theme
Winners Britany Eclectic and "Lived-In"
(Stainless Steel Sink)
Danielle
Bottom 4 Mikel Traditional Country
(Printed Country Sink)
Bottom 3 Hilari Bold and Modern
(Black Apron Front Sink)
Eliminated Rachel see Mikel
Stanley see Hilari

Challenge 7: Final Four Designers Make Over Condos

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Designers randomly select different color hues and work on different condominiums and appear on National Daytime Show, The Talk.

Results of Challenge 7
Result Designer Color Hue
Winner Britany Yellow
Safe Danielle Blue
Hilari Red
Eliminated Mikel Green

Challenge 8: Yurt Last Chance

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In order to move on to the final challenge, the final three designers must create a fantasy bedroom suite in a yurt, a unique and challenging structure to design in. They each get to work with a celebrity carpenter who is a current member of a television show. The designers must also film two camera challenges: one to display interaction with their respective carpenter and explain a project he is working on, and a second, more general one about the space.

Results of Challenge 8
Result Designer Theme of Yurt Celebrity Carpenter
Advanced
to the Finale
Britany Modern Beach Bungalow Joel West
(HGTV's Design on a Dime)
Danielle Global Contemporary Chip Wade
(HGTV's Elbow Room)
Eliminated Hilari Bali Retreat Jeff Devlin
(DIY's I Hate My Bath)

Challenge 9: And The Winner Is....

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For the last challenge, the final two designers have to make pilots for their own show. Before they begin, the last four designers to be eliminated returned and split into two teams. One going with Brittany and the other going with Danielle alongside their carpenters. Mikel and Rachel joined Brittany and Hilari and Stanley joined Danielle. Each team had a real family to transform a dining and living room for.

Results of Challenge 9
Result Contestant Name of Show
Winner Danielle Shop This Room
Runner-Up Brittany Picture Perfect Spaces

Fan Favorite Voting Results

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From May 1, 2012, until July 27, 2012, fans of the show could go to HGTV Design Star's website and vote ten times each day for their favorite designers to win an online show. On July 27, runner-up Britany Simon was announced as the winner of the fan favorite contest. Her online show will premiere soon.

Results of Fan Favorite Voting
Designer Final Percentage of Votes Received
Britany Simon
23
Yuki Northington
18
Danielle Colding
16
Bex Hale
14
Mikel Welch
8
Hilari Younger
7
Miera Melba
6
Rachel Kate
5
Stanley Palmieri
4
Luca Paganico
3
Jordan Cappella
2
Kris Swift
1

References

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  1. ^ Bowen, Chelsey. "Design Star Season 6 Premieres July 11", HGTV.com, May 19, 2011