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HGTV Design Star season 4

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The fourth season of HGTV Design Star premiered on July 19, 2009. The series was filmed in Los Angeles, California for the first time. Vern Yip returned as a judge, and was joined by newcomers Genevieve Gorder and Candice Olson.[citation needed] Clive Pearse returned as host, and this was his final season hosting the show. A major change this season was that the judges decided the winner, instead of having a public vote. The winner was Antonio Ballatore, whose show The Antonio Treatment debuted in March 2010.[citation needed]

Designers

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Designer Age1 Current City Occupation Place
NataLee Callahan 30 Salt Lake City, Utah Interior Designer/Realtor 11th
Amy Sklar 39 Los Angeles, California Interior Design Business Owner 10th
Jen Guerin 33 San Diego, California Color Designer 9th
Tashica Morgan 29 Bowie, Maryland Design Coordinator 8th
Jany Lee 35 Dallas, Texas Self-Taught Interior Designer 7th
Nathan Galui 25 Palm Beach, Florida Furniture/Interior Designer 6th
Jason Champion 33 Sarasota, Florida Product Designer/Radio Host 5th
Torie Halbert 35 Humble, Texas Model Home Designer 4th
Lonni Paul 39 Los Angeles, California Interior Design Business Owner 3rd
Dan Vickery2 27 Portland, Oregon Interior Designer/Bartender 2nd
Antonio Ballatore 40 Los Angeles, California Set Designer 1st

Guest Designers:

Designer Age Current City
Gary Andrews 40 Los Angeles, California
Alissa Sutton 30 Midland, Texas
  • 1 Age at the time of the show's filming
  • 2 Dan Vickery did audition for Design Star Season 3 but was not picked to compete

Contestant progress

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Place Contestant 1 2 3 41 5 6 7 8 9 Comments
1 Antonio HIGH HIGH IN HIGH HIGH HIGH IN IN WINNER Winner of Design Star season 4
2 Dan HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH LOW LOW IN RUNNER-UP Elimin: Season 4 Finale
3 Lonni HIGH IN LOW IN IN HIGH HIGH OUT Elimin: Celebrity Homes
4 Torie IN IN HIGH IN HIGH LOW OUT Elimin: The Longest Yard
5 Jason LOW IN LOW IN LOW OUT Elimin: Kids as Clients
6 Nathan HIGH LOW HIGH LOW OUT Elimin: Homes of the Brave
7 Jany IN IN IN OUT Elimin: Think Inside The Box
8 Tashica LOW LOW IN OUT Elimin: Think Inside The Box
9 Jen LOW LOW OUT Elimin: White Room Challenge
10 Amy HIGH OUT Elimin: Dueling Kitchens
11 NataLee OUT Elimin: Design Your Hollywood Home
  (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 was not selected as either top entry or bottom entry in the Elimination Challenge, and advanced to the next challenge.
  (LOW) The designer was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Elimination Challenge, but was not deemed the worst of the designers who advanced in that particular week.
  (LOW) The designer was selected as one of the bottom two entries in the Elimination Challenge, and was deemed the worst of the designers who advanced in that particular week.
  (OUT) The designer was eliminated from the competition.
  (OUT) The designer was eliminated from the competition before the judges deliberated.
  • 1 In a Design Star first, Tashica was eliminated before the judges' deliberation. This was due to her underwhelming performance in the competition, constant excuses, and lack of ability to have her design ideas expressed in a team situation. It reached the ultimatum in the fourth episode, and Vern Yip questioned why he and the other two judges kept bringing her back week after week. While she continued giving more excuses, he and the judges quickly decided to eliminate her. As the elimination in the episode was a double elimination, this change did not affect anything else, and Jany was eliminated normally.

The first season the winner never was in bottom 3 or 2