From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Project Runway Australia (season 1)
Project Runway Australia (season 1)
Further information: Project Runway Australia • Deborah Pak, 35, Sydney, New South Wales
Project Runway Australia • Sophie Spalding, 22, Adelaide, South Australia
• Oren Nuri, 29, Bondi, Sydney, New South Wales
• Shane Garland, 41, Sydney, New South Wales
• Mark Antonio, 22, Brighton-Le-Sands, Sydney, New
South Wales
• Helen Manuell, 38, Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria
• Brent Zaicek, 32, Sydney, [[New South Wales]( born
Format Reality, competition in New Zealand)
Created by Eli Holzman • Lui Hon, 33, Melbourne, Victoria
• Petrova Hammond, 27, Caulfield North, Melbourne,
Starring Kristy Hinze
Victoria
Henry Roth
Sarah Gale • Leigh Buchanan, 31, Brisbane, Queensland - 2nd
Jayson Brunsdon Place
(Winner)
Country of origin Australia • Juli Grbac, 29, Brisbane, Queensland - 1st Place
Production
Running time 60 minutes (including commercials) Models
Broadcast (in order of elimination)
• Tiya Adem
Original channel Arena
• Alex
Original run 7 July 2008 – 15 September 2008 • Natalie Pemberton
• Katerina
Chronology
• Melissa Riemer
Followed by Season 2 • Adelaide Rochford
External links • Sarah Watson
• Natalia
Website • Anelise
• Anthea Crebbin
The first season of Project Runway Australia began pro- • Yumika Hoskin (runner-up)
duction in May, and the season premiered on Arena • Lucy Mcintosh (winner)
8.30pm (AEST) Monday 7 July 2008.
The prizes for the winner of Project Runway Australia in-
cluded what was described as "$100,000 opportunity" to Episodes
create their own fashion line to show in Melbourne Fash- Green background and WIN means the designer
ion Week, a Fiat 500 car, and having their clothes dis- won Project Runway.
played in a six-page spread in Madison magazine.
The host was Australian model Kristy Hinze and the Blue background and WIN means the designer
judges were Sarah Gale and Jayson Brunsdon. Henry Roth won that challenge.
was the designer’s mentor.
The season concluded on 15 September 2008, with Juli- Red background and OUT means the designer
jana Grbac being announced the winner. lost and was out of the competition.
Light blue background and HIGH means the
designer had one of the highest scores for that
Contestants challenge.
(in order of elimination) Pink background and LOW means the designer
• Alison Davis, 21, West Pennant Hills, Sydney, New had one of the lowest scores for that challenge.
South Wales
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Designer Elimination Progress
Designer 1 2 3 4 51 6 7 8 9 11
Julijana IN IN HIGH WIN LOW LOW WIN HIGH HIGH WIN
Leigh WIN IN IN IN HIGH HIGH LOW LOW WIN OUT
Petrova HIGH HIGH LOW IN OUT HIGH HIGH WIN LOW OUT
Lui IN IN IN HIGH WIN LOW LOW LOW OUT
Brent LOW HIGH WIN LOW HIGH HIGH HIGH OUT
Helen IN LOW HIGH HIGH LOW WIN OUT
Mark IN WIN LOW LOW LOW OUT
Shane HIGH IN WIN OUT
Oren LOW IN OUT
Sophie IN LOW OUT
Deborah IN OUT
Alison OUT
Orange background and LOW means the tralian lifestyle of hanging out at the beach and partying
designer was in the bottom two. at bars in the night. The designers had to create a gar-
ment that was versatile enough to be used at the beach
Violet red background and OUT means the and at the bar as well. For this task, they had 7 hours in
designer was eliminated, but was brought back. the work room.
• Judges: Kristie Hinze, Sarah Gale, Jayson Brunsdon
^Note 1 : Brent won immunity before judging.
• Guest Judge: Camille Frank
^Note 2 : Petrova re-entered the competition due • WINNER: Mark
to being Helen’s model for week 6 and Helen • OUT: Deborah
having the winning design. • First Aired: 14 July 2008
Episode 3
Henry took the designers to a racetrack, where he re-
vealed that the designers would be getting their materi-
Episode 1 als out of the back of the cars. With these, they had to
The premiere episode of Project Runway Australia kicked make a sporty, yet racy separates garment from the car
off with the twelve designers introducing themselves. parts found in the back of the car. This was also a team
After being introduced to Kristie and Henry, the design- task, therefore a double elimination. Though one might
ers were told that their first challenge would involve us- assume this meant one team would be eliminated, it did
ing materials draped around the entrance of the White- not. The two lowest scoring teams both lost a design-
house Institute of Design to create a glamorous evening er, resulting in the elimination of Sophie, who was part-
dress that represented who they were as a designer. They nered with Petrova, and Oren, who had been partnered
were also told that the Whitehouse Institute of Design with Mark. The teams this episode were:
was located 3 kilometres away and that the first person • & Oren
to reach there would get the best pick of materials. The • & Helen
guest judge for this episode was Karen Webster, the di- • & Petrova
rector of L’oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival. • & Lui
• Judges: Kristie Hinze, Sarah Gale, Jayson Brunsdon • & Shane
• Guest Judge: Karen Webster • Judges: Kristie Hinze, Sarah Gale, Jayson Brunsdon
• WINNER: Leigh • Guest Judge: Claudia Navone
• OUT: Alison • WINNER: and Shane
• First Aired: 7 July 2008 • OUT: and Oren
• First Aired: 21 July 2008
Episode 2 Note: Bold represents team leaders.
In this episode, Henry brought the designers to St. Kilda’s
Beach to draw inspiration from the beach for the Aus-
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Episode 4 sibility for her actions after she stated that she wasn’t
happy with the fabric and the overall design; and Petro-
In the morning, the designers are driven to the MCG
va’s gown did not match the overall collection, did not
where they are greeted by Kristie Hinze. At first believe
match the colour palette and didn’t match the correct
they are to create menswear as of the choice of the set-
time period. Ultimately, Petrova is eliminated.
ting. However, this is soon disproven as they are shown
• Judges: Kristie Hinze, Sarah Gale, Jayson Brunsdon
their models for this task. They are given 20 minutes
• Guest Judge: Karen Webster
to be given a brief by the women of what they would
• WINNER: Lui
like to wear to the Brownlow Medal awards; this is their
• OUT: Petrova
task. After the brief the designers are given 250 AUD to
• First Aired: 4 August 2008
purchase materials for their designs. As they begin con-
structing the gowns, Lui is seen to have trouble in getting
started because he is not too sure of his design. Towards
Episode 6
the end of the given time, most designers are frantic in The designers had to design a tailored look for winter
trying to complete their design. Lui’s fears of being elimi- using only white fabrics. The designers models were the
nated were dismissed as his design turns out to please the eliminated designers and the eliminated designer paired
client. At the elimination, Juli, Helen and Lui’s designs are with the winning designer for the runway challenge
praised by the judges and Mark and Shane are in the bot- would be brought back into the competition. Lui, Leigh
tom two. Mark is in the bottom two because of the in- and Helen performed well but Juli and Mark’s outfits
ability to create a good finish to a complicated design and were criticised. Ultimately, Helen was chosen as the win-
Shane for a boring design and did not stand out. Shane is ner and allowed for Petrova to re-enter the competition.
eventually eliminated. For the second week in a row, Juli is in the bottom two
• Judges: Kristie Hinze, Sarah Gale, Jayson Brunsdon along with Mark. The judges criticised Juli for not em-
• Guest Judge: Peter Morrissey bracing her models figure and they criticised Mark’s out-
• WINNER: Juli fit as it was not flattering nor stylish. Ultimately, Mark
• OUT: Shane was out.
• First Aired: 28 July 2008 • Judges: Kristie Hinze, Sarah Gale, Jayson Brunsdon
• Guest Judge: Arthur Galan
Episode 5 • WINNER: Helen
• OUT: Mark
The designers have to design an outfit that is not only an
• ENTER: Petrova
individual piece but also fits into a collection. The designs
• First Aired: 11 August 2008
were to be inspired by the European fashion in the 60s
and use a similar colour palette to the colours in the new
Loreal make up collection, Angelic. The designers had a
Episode 7
joint budget of $1,000 to spend but only 3 people could This episode, there is a special celebrity guest: Kelly Row-
choose the fabrics. Mark, Petrova and Helen are selected land. The designers are to design an outfit for Kelly Row-
by the group to choose the fabrics. Mark was unable to land to wear on stage while performing. The brief is for
get the correct material for Juli and ends up having to use an edgy but classy look. After the designers hear this,
a salmon pink polyester instead. Juli not only doesn’t like they all become ecstatic, although Helen does not know
the material but is not confident of her overall design. who Kelly Rowland is. They are given 30 minutes to
The designers were told by Henry that they were going to sketch the design and later are given 300 AUD to buy fab-
attend an industry party where they had to impress So- rics. During this, Lui had gotten to the black fringes first
phie Falkner. The winner of the challenge would be fea- and due to limited quantity, there are no more left after
tured in Confidential in the Daily Telegraph and have im- he had taken them. Unfortunately Leigh had also chosen
munity. The designers were accompanied by their mod- to use black fringes, but is forced to change colour. While
els who were wearing their designs. Leigh was also excit- they are making the outfits, they are surprised by Kel-
ed by the party as it was also his birthday. The next day, ly Rowland coming in and giving her opinions on their
the girls went up to the guys apartment to see who the designs. Kelly had told Helen that her design was slight-
winner was. After quickly skimming through the Daily ly too ’cheap’ looking because of some attached feath-
Telegraph, the designers reach the Confidential section ers and lace. While talking to Leigh about his design, she
and see a picture of Brent and his model. Brent receives mentions her dislike of fringes, which causes Lui to be-
immunity at the next runway challenge. Brent, Leigh and come distressed because his whole design is covered in
Lui’s garment receive praise but Mark, Helen, Petrova fringes. After this, Lui decides to take a risk and creates
and Juli’s garments are poorly received. After delibera- a whole new outfit in one hour and Helen removes the
tion, Lui is announced as the winner and the final two are feathers. At judging, Brent, Juli and Petrova’s designs are
Juli and Petrova. Juli is told by the judges to take respon- praised and Leigh, Helen and Lui’s designs are not. Even-
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tually Helen is eliminated because of the cheapness of the • OUT: Brent
look and the height of the dress was a bit too revealing. • First Aired: 25 August 2008
• Judges: Kristie Hinze, Sarah Gale, Jayson Brunsdon
• Guest judge: Kelly Rowland Episode 9
• WINNER: Juli In this episode the designers were driven to a church in
• OUT: Helen a luxury car. The challenge was initially, to create a wed-
• First aired: 18 August 2008 ding dress which could be used as a final, show stopping
dress on any runway. The contestants were given 15 min-
Episode 8 utes and 500 AUD to choose their fabrics. All four design-
In this episode the designers were told now it is time ers were finding this task extremely difficult, especially
to get to the serious side of fashion. The challenge was Petrova, who had an incident with hot glue, which caused
to design for the commercial market and design for My- her dress to become blotchy. Midway through the chal-
er’s Basque line of clothing. The winner of the challenge lenge, Henry entered the workroom with four eliminat-
would have their design manufactured and sold by the ed models and some fabrics, and told the designers that
Basque label. The contestants were given 30 minutes to they also needed to create a bridesmaids dress to accom-
sketch and 5 minutes with Judy Coomber, the guest pany the wedding dress. On the runway Juli was given
judge, to go over their designs. With 15 minutes and 100 high marks, with Leigh as the winner. Petrova and Lui
AUD the designs had to get their fabric choices. During produced low scoring dresses, with Lui being sent home.
the sewing portion of the show Leigh had a bit of a stress • Judges: Kristie Hinze, Sarah Gale, Jayson Brunsdon
out about his mistake of getting brown instead of his in- • Guest Judge: Karen Webster
tended black material. Midway through the challenge the • WINNER: Leigh
designers were told to take their models and unfinished • OUT: Lui
garments outside and ask random people on the street • First Aired: 1 September 2008
for their opinions. Then Judy came into the studio and
commented on the garments and designs. On the runway Episode 11
Juli and Petrova were given high marks, with Petrova as After showing their collections on the runway, Petrova
the winner. The other three Lui, Leigh and Brent were was eliminated, followed by Leigh, making Juli the win-
the low scorers and Brent was sent home. ner of Project Runway Australia.
• Judges: Kristie Hinze, Sarah Gale, Jayson Brunsdon • WINNER: Juli
• Guest Judge: Judy Coomber, Merchandise Director • OUT: Petrova and Leigh
for Fashion and Beauty for Myer • First Aired: 15 September 2008
• WINNER: Petrova
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