Project Runway: Junior
| Project Runway: Junior | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality Television |
| Presented by | Tim Gunn Hannah Davis |
| Judges | Christian Siriano Kelly Osbourne Aya Kanai |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Bob Weinstein Harvey Weinstein Patrick Reardon Barbara Schneeweiss Sara Rea Tim Gunn Jane Cha Desiree Gruber Eli Lehrer Mary Donahue David Hillman |
| Production location | Los Angeles Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising |
| Original release | |
| Network | Lifetime |
| Release | November 12, 2015 – present |
Project Runway: Junior is the eighth direct spin-off of Project Runway, featuring twelve teen designers aged between 13 and 17. These designers are described by Tim Gunn as "kids [who] have grown up watching this show" (Project Runway).[1] This new series premiered on November 12, 2015 on Lifetime.
The show is co-hosted by Tim Gunn and Hannah Davis, with Gunn also serving as the designers' workroom mentor. In his role as mentor, Tim Gunn has a "Tim Gunn Save" with which he may bring back an eliminated designer once per season at his discretion. The three judges are fashion designer Christian Siriano (Project Runway Season 4's winner), fashion critic and designer Kelly Osbourne and Aya Kanai, executive fashion editor at Cosmopolitan and Seventeen magazines.
According to Executive Producer Sara Rea, Project Runway: Junior is a re-creation of the original adult series with no concessions in the difficulty of challenges or critiques being made for the contestants' ages. The unconventional challenge featured items from a car wash and one challenge was introduced by First Lady Michelle Obama.[2] The winner of Project Runway: Junior will receive a full scholarship to the prestigious Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in California, a complete home sewing and crafting studio provided by Brother, a feature in Seventeen Magazine and a $25,000 cash prize, to help launch their line.[3]
Contestants
| Name | Age | Hometown | Place finished |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sami | 16 | Westlake Village, California | 12th |
| Ysabel | 17 | Artesia, California | 11th |
| Jesse | 16 | Swampscott, Massachusetts | 10th |
| Victoria | 17 | Westlake, Ohio | 9th |
| Matt | 17 | Manhattan Beach, California | 8th |
| Bridget | 16 | Brockton, Massachusetts | |
| Jaxson | 15 | Minneapolis, Kansas | |
| Maya | 13 | Maumee, Ohio | |
| Peytie | 15 | Carlsbad, California | |
| Samantha | 16 | Queens, New York | |
| Zach | 15 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Zachary[1] | 16 | Berkeley, California |
^[1] in 2014, Zachary won episode 3 of Project Runway: Threads
Challenges
| Designers | 1 | 2[1] | 3[2][3] | 4[3] | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Eliminated Episode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridget | IN | IN | WIN | IN | LOW | ||||||
| Jaxson | HIGH | IN | HIGH | LOW | LOW | ||||||
| Maya | HIGH | IN | LOW | HIGH | WIN | ||||||
| Peytie | IN | HIGH | LOW | WIN | WIN | ||||||
| Samantha | WIN | HIGH | LOW | IN | HIGH | ||||||
| Zach | LOW | IN | HIGH | IN | HIGH | ||||||
| Zachary | IN | WIN | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | ||||||
| Matt | IN | LOW | LOW | IN | OUT | 5 - Race to the Red Carpet | |||||
| Victoria | LOW | IN | HIGH | OUT | 4 - OMG! That's Michelle Obama | ||||||
| Jesse | IN | HIGH | LOW | OUT | |||||||
| Ysabel | IN | OUT | 2 - Unconventional Car Wash | ||||||||
| Sami | OUT | 1 - Welcome to New York | |||||||||
- Results
- Limegreen background and WINNER means the designer won Project Runway: Junior Season 1.
- Blue background and WIN means the designer won that challenge.
- Turquoise background and HIGH means the designer had the second highest score for that challenge.
- Light blue background and HIGH means the designer had one of the highest scores for that challenge, but did not win.
- Pink background and LOW means the designer had one of the lowest scores for that challenge, but was not eliminated.
- Orange background and LOW means the designer was in the bottom two, but was not eliminated.
- Red background and OUT means the designer lost and was out of the competition.
^[1] in episode 2, four designers were judged high and two low before a winning designer and an eliminated designer were selected
^[2] episode 3 was a team challenge with the five members of the winning team designated as high while the five members of the losing team were designated as low
^[3] in episode 3, no designer was eliminated while episode 4 had a double elimination
Episodes
Episode 1: Welcome to New York
Original airdate: November 12, 2015
The young designers met with Hannah and Tim on the Gotham West rooftop. For this "First Impressions" challenge they were to create a look in one day that best showed off their design style while using the city of New York as inspiration. The designers were given 30 minutes to sketch and take pictures. The next morning they visited Mood with 45 minutes to shop and a $200 budget for materials. During the critique, the winner Samantha shared that she only spent $43 at Mood. Samantha's win gives her immunity for the second episode.[4][5]
- WINNER: Samantha
- ELIMINATED: Sami
Episode 2: An Unconventional Car Wash
Original airdate: November 19, 2015
Episode 2 was an unconventional materials challenge. The young designers were required to create garments out of items found at a carwash. Who was inspired by the microfiber, tubing and sponges and who was washed out of the competition?[6]
- WINNER: Zachary
- ELIMINATED: Ysabel
Episode 3: Teamwork is Hard
Original airdate: December 3, 2015
- WINNER: Bridget
- ELIMINATED: None
Episode 4: OMG! That's Michelle Obama
Original airdate: December 10, 2015
- WINNER: Peytie
- ELIMINATED: Jesse & Victoria
Episode 5: Race to the Red Carpet
Original airdate: December 17, 2015
- WINNER: Maya & Peytie
- ELIMINATED: Matt
References
- ^ Whitney Friedlander. "'Project Runway Juniors': Tim Gunn Mentors 'Project Runway' Spinoff Show - Variety". Variety. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ^ Anne Easton. "'Project Runway Junior' E.P. Discusses the Fashion Comp's Inaugural Season". Observer. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ^ "About Project Runway: Junior". Lifetime. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ^ Project Runway Junior Premiere Recap by Entertainment Weekly
- ^ Project Runway Junior Premiere Recap by Cosmopolitan
- ^ http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/project-runway-junior Project Runway Junior's website]