Season 1
Season 1 • 2006
0This season is the first season of HGTV Design Star. It features 10 designers competing for their own show on HGTV.
Episodes
1. Design a New York Townhouse
The competition begins as 10 aspiring designers meet host Clive Pearse and get their first challenge: Design an entire NYC townhouse in 24 hours! Judges Martha McCully, Vern Yip and Cynthia Rowley are surprised, impressed and bewildered by the results.
2006-07-23 • 60 min
2. Designing to Sell
The designers choose teams and work to improve the sales appeal of a large suburban home by redesigning the kitchen, living room and master bedroom.
2006-07-30 • 60 min
3. "Wild Card" Design
The competition heats up as the designers work on their own individual rooms for the first time. But it's a surprise, as their creativity and talent are put to the test when they shop at only one unusual specialty store.
2006-08-06 • 60 min
4. $10,000 Kitchen Makeover
Two challenges and two eliminations this time, as the designers each present their ideas for a $10,000 kitchen makeover, and then must work together to complete the chosen design. Time is short, and leadership and planning nowhere to be found.
2006-08-13 • 60 min
5. Designing With Color
Color is the theme, as each of the four remaining designers must create a New York City studio apartment based on a single assigned color. Individual talent shines through, as they must also host a tour of the completed room.
2006-08-20 • 60 min
6. Create a Dream Room
Competing for spots in the final two, the remaining three designers hit the road, traveling to an HGTV viewer's home. They complete a $10,000 dream room makeover in 28 hours, and then reveal their work to the lucky winners.
2006-08-27 • 60 min
8. And the Winner Is…
In the season finale, the 10 designers reunite to settle the score and discover who will be the next Design Star.
2006-09-10 • 60 min
9. A Design Star's Beginning
2006-11-02 • 60 min
10. Learning and Doing
2006-11-09 • 60 min
11. New Friends, Old Friends
2006-11-16 • 60 min
