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
Country of originUnited States
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

Designers

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

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

Challenge 1: Home Sweet Hollywood

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
ResultDesignerProject Location
WinnerRachelDen
Top 4Hilari
DanielleGreat Room
Luca
SafeBritanyBedroom
Mikel
JordanBedroom
Miera
Bottom 4BexBedroom
Kris
Bottom 2StanleyDesign Studio/
Lounge
EliminatedYuki

Challenge 2: White Room Challenge

Results of Challenge 2
ResultDesignerTheme of White Box
WinnerRachelHer roots as a fashion designer
Top 3DanielleTribute to her mother
Bold, 1970s graphic
StanleyPainting with Light
SafeBex
Britanymodern & graphic lines
KrisRoom on Fire: Destruction
with the Light of Hope
Miera
Mikel
Bottom 3HilariJewelry Box
Luca
EliminatedJordanZen Garden

Challenge 3: Klassically Kardashian Design

Results of Challenge 3
ResultDesignerProject Location
WinnerStanleyKris Jenner's Office
Top 4Rachel
BrittanyConference Room
Mikel
SafeMieraReception
Kris
Bottom 4HilariKitchen/Makeup Room/
Public Relations
Bottom 3Danielle
EliminatedBexShowroom
Luca

Challenge 4: Designers Transform Indoor/Outdoor Spaces

Results of Challenge 4
ResultDesignerProject Location
WinnerHilariLiving Room (A)
Top 2Mikel
SafeBritanyOutdoor Area (A)
Stanley
KrisOutdoor Area (B)
Bottom 3Rachel
DanielleLiving Room (B)
EliminatedMiera

Challenge 5: Designers Celebrate Hollywood's 125th Birthday

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
ResultDesignerLounge's Design/Time Period
WinnerDanielleArt Deco (1920s/1930s)
Top 3BritanyHollywood Regency (popular in 1930s)
Hilari1980s
SafeMikelMid-Century Modern (1950s/1960s)
StanleyFuturistic
Bottom 2RachelVictorian (late 1800s/early 1900s)
EliminatedKris1970s

Challenge 6: Dream Kitchens

Results of Challenge 6
ResultDesignerKitchen Theme
WinnersBritanyEclectic and "Lived-In"
(Stainless Steel Sink)
Danielle
Bottom 4MikelTraditional Country
(Printed Country Sink)
Bottom 3HilariBold and Modern
(Black Apron Front Sink)
EliminatedRachelsee Mikel
Stanleysee Hilari

Challenge 7: Final Four Designers Make Over Condos

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

Results of Challenge 7
ResultDesignerColor Hue
WinnerBritanyYellow
SafeDanielleBlue
HilariRed
EliminatedMikelGreen

Challenge 8: Yurt Last Chance

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
ResultDesignerTheme of YurtCelebrity Carpenter
Advanced
to the Finale
BritanyModern Beach BungalowJoel West
(HGTV's Design on a Dime)
DanielleGlobal ContemporaryChip Wade
(HGTV's Elbow Room)
EliminatedHilariBali RetreatJeff Devlin
(DIY's I Hate My Bath)

Challenge 9: And The Winner Is....

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
ResultContestantName of Show
WinnerDanielleShop This Room
Runner-UpBrittanyPicture Perfect Spaces

Fan Favorite Voting Results

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

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