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Ten aspiring designers seek to impress home viewers and an expert judging panel with their design expertise, ingenuity, creativity and "it" factor during the reality competition, HGTV Design Star.

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    HGTV Star Season 8 Episode 1 - A Brand New Season
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - A Brand New Season

    S8:E1

    Ten gifted contenders will compete for their own show on HGTV. Host and Mentor David Bromstad gives the Designers their first challenge: to create a vignette, or section of a room, that represents their personal style or brand. To make their space really distinctive, each Designer will have the opportunity to create their own original fabric and wallpaper. The challenge winner will have an item from his or her space adapted for sale on the popular website One King's Lane. Stress levels are high as the Designers race against time to showcase their POV's, and prove that they deserve to be the next HGTV Star. Genevieve Gorder and Vern Yip are joined on the Design Panel throughout the season by fellow HGTV host Sabrina Soto. At Evaluation, the winner of the challenge is declared, and the first Designer is sent home.

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  2. HGTV Star Season 8 Episode 6 - School Bus Makeovers
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - School Bus Makeovers

    S8:E6

    The final four Designers face their most ambitious challenges yet. For their Design Challenge, they must each transform the inside of an old school bus! The sky is the limit, as they can turn the bus into any sort of space they want. This week's Camera Challenge is also the biggest yet for the Designers. They must appear on the national daytime show, The Talk. Each of them must present an unconventional design tip to the viewers, while interacting with hosts Julie Chen and Sheryl Underwood. The pressure is intense, as the Designers attempt to complete both challenges successfully. The performances on The Talk and the bus designs are evaluated by the Panel, Genevieve Gorder, Vern Yip and Sabrina Soto. When Evaluation is complete, only three Designers remain in the competition for their own show on HGTV. David Bromstad serves as Host and Mentor.

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  3. HGTV Star Season 8 Episode 7 - Palm Springs Finale
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Palm Springs Finale

    S8:E7

    The three remaining Designers are surprised to find out that all three of them are moving on to the final challenge. They are further surprised to learn that the finale will take place in the glamorous resort area and design mecca of Palm Springs, California! There they will each make over a huge suite in a resort hotel. No sooner do they arrive at the resort and see their spaces, than each Designer is surprised by some of their former competitors, all of whom have come back to help. Three days of work fly by, as the Designers and their support teams transform these massive spaces, which consist of one bedroom plus an open living, dining, entertainment and bar area. The Designers will have two very special guest mentors for the finale: Drew and Jonathan Scott, The Property Brothers. For the final camera challenge, each Designer must take the viewer on a walkthrough of their finished suite, highlighting the most distinctive features.

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  4. HGTV Star Season 8 Episode 2 - Lofty Ideas
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Lofty Ideas

    S8:E2

    For their second challenge, the nine remaining Designers must transform an old industrial warehouse loft into a multi-functional space for living, eating, sleeping and working. The Designers divide into teams to take on the various areas. Some teams get along swimmingly, but others butt heads under the pressure. In keeping with the theme of repurposing this old warehouse loft, each Designer must also creatively update a vintage item and integrate it into their space. This item forms the basis for their first camera challenge, intended to test their TV hosting abilities. Host and Mentor David Bromstad asks each contender to show the viewers how they are transforming and using their vintage item. The performances are wildly varied, from smooth and slick to comically disastrous. At Evaluation, the Designers must defend their work before the Panel, HGTV hosts Genevieve Gorder, Vern Yip and Sabrina Soto.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. HGTV Star Season 8 Episode 4 - Real People, Real Kitchens
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Real People, Real Kitchens

    S8:E4

    The six remaining Designers must transform the kitchens and dining rooms in two neighboring homes, in just three days from start to finish. This is a historically difficult challenge, and in all the years of this competition it has never been one hundred percent completed, so the stakes are extremely high. The Designers divide into teams and meet with the homeowners to find out their tastes and desires. Each team must help demolish the existing kitchen cabinetry, and make decisions about every aspect of the spaces. Host and Mentor David Bromstad checks in with each of the Designers, and also oversees camera challenges, which test their hosting skills. This week, each Designer must give a tip about one of three aspects of kitchen design: flooring, cabinet hardware, or backsplashes. The Designers race to complete the kitchens and dining rooms, and to satisfy their clients. Their finished work is evaluated by the Panel: Genevieve Gorder, Vern Yip and Sabrina Soto.

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  6. HGTV Star Season 8 Episode 5 - Sorority vs. Fraternity
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Sorority vs. Fraternity

    S8:E5

    The five remaining Designers find themselves on a major college campus, where host and mentor David Bromstad tells them that they have just three days to make over the main room in a sorority and a fraternity house. It's boys against girls as the male Designers take on the fraternity, and the women work on the sorority. While the Designers race to make over their spaces, they must also showcase their TV hosting skills in the Camera Challenge. This week they must work on camera with another person for the first time, as they teach a home improvement task to one of their sorority sisters or fraternity brothers. The finished rooms are evaluated by the Panel: Genevieve Gorder, Vern Yip and Sabrina Soto. And they are also revealed to the students, who react energetically to the transformations. One Designer is chosen as this week's winner, and another is eliminated from the competition, leaving only four in the running for the grand prize: their own show on HGTV.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. HGTV Star Season 1 Episode 1 - Design a New York Townhouse
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    #7 - Design a New York Townhouse

    S1:E1

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. HGTV Star Season 1 Episode 2 - Designing to Sell
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #8 - Designing to Sell

    S1:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. HGTV Star Season 1 Episode 3 - "Wild Card" Design
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    #9 - "Wild Card" Design

    S1:E3

    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.

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  10. HGTV Star Season 1 Episode 4 - $10,000 Kitchen Makeover
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    #10 - $10,000 Kitchen Makeover

    S1:E4

    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.

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  11. HGTV Star Season 1 Episode 5 - Designing With Color
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    #11 - Designing With Color

    S1:E5

    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.

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  12. HGTV Star Season 1 Episode 6 - Create a Dream Room
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    #12 - Create a Dream Room

    S1:E6

    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.

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  13. HGTV Star Season 1 Episode 8 - And the Winner Is…
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    #13 - And the Winner Is…

    S1:E8

    In the season finale, the 10 designers reunite to settle the score and discover who will be the next Design Star.

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  14. HGTV Star Season 1 Episode 9 - A Design Star's Beginning
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    #14 - A Design Star's Beginning

    S1:E9

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  15. HGTV Star Season 1 Episode 10 - Learning and Doing
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Learning and Doing

    S1:E10

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    Director:Unknown
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  16. HGTV Star Season 1 Episode 11 - New Friends, Old Friends
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    #16 - New Friends, Old Friends

    S1:E11

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  17. HGTV Star Season 3 Episode 1 - Raising the Bar
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - Raising the Bar

    S3:E1

    See who makes the cut to compete on HGTV's Design Star and then receive their first challenge.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. HGTV Star Season 3 Episode 2 - Home Sweet Lake Home
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    #18 - Home Sweet Lake Home

    S3:E2

    The contestants design five rooms in their spectacular lake house in the first challenge of the season.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. HGTV Star Season 3 Episode 3 - Making Design History
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    #19 - Making Design History

    S3:E3

    The contestants go garage sale shopping for inspiration in designing an historic Nashville home.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. HGTV Star Season 3 Episode 4 - Flying Solo
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - Flying Solo

    S3:E4

    Creativity is tested as the designers use only items from a craft store to design an entire room.

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  21. HGTV Star Season 3 Episode 5 - Celebrity Suites
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    #21 - Celebrity Suites

    S3:E5

    The designers face the music as they must makeover celebrity suites at Nashville's Opryland Hotel.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. HGTV Star Season 3 Episode 6 - Final 5 Heat Up the Kitchen
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    #22 - Final 5 Heat Up the Kitchen

    S3:E6

    The heat is on as the final five face off in a dramatic kitchen redesign.

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  23. HGTV Star Season 3 Episode 7 - Hometown Design
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    #23 - Hometown Design

    S3:E7

    The final three head to their hometowns for a very personal design challenge.

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  24. HGTV Star Season 3 Episode 9 - America Decides!
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    #24 - America Decides!

    S3:E9

    The cast reunites and we reveal who America has chosen to be the next HGTV Design Star.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. HGTV Star Season 4 Episode 0 - Special - The Antonio Project
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Special - The Antonio Project

    S4:E0

    The 'Design Star' winner is challenged to a home makeover and must unveil the results to family and friends.

    Director:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"A Brand New Season" is the best rated episode of "HGTV Star". It scored 8/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 6/9/2013. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "School Bus Makeovers".