The Fashion Show (American TV series)

The Fashion Show: Ultimate Collection (originally styled as The Fashion Show) is an American reality television series which premiered on May 7, 2009, on the Bravo cable network. The show focuses on fashion design and featured hosts fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi and supermodel Iman. The contestants competed against each other to create the best clothes and were restricted in time, materials, and theme, with the resulting designs judged and one or more designers eliminated each week.[1] The show was originally co-hosted by singer Kelly Rowland, however, she was replaced by Iman in Season 2.[2]

The Fashion Show
GenreReality television
Created byEli Holzman
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes22
Production
Running time42 minutes
Production company(s)Left/Right Productions
DistributorFremantleMedia
Release
Original networkBravo
Original releaseMay 7, 2009 –
January 25, 2011
External links
Website

It replaced Bravo's first fashion-competition TV show Project Runway, following its move, accompanied by no small amount of controversy, to Lifetime. Internationally the show was broadcast on Dutch television RTL 5[3] and was broadcast on British Pay-TV channel Really.[4] Bravo made no move to renew the show after the second season ended 25 January 2011.

Format

Season One

Season One featured Kelly Rowland and Isaac Mizrahi as hosts. The hosts were also judges and were joined by Fern Mallis and Laura Brown in the judging panel.

Fifteen designers competed to win $125,000 and have their fashions sold in retail. America chose the winner as these designers were presented with challenges that tested their skill.[5]

Season Two

New host Iman (who had previously hosted the Canadian edition of Project Runway), returning host Isaac Mizrahi (who would go on to judge Project Runway's All-Star season), and returning judge Laura Brown of Harper's Bazaar gathered together as the second season introduced a new format. The contestants were split up into two fashion "houses." Each fashion house was expected to assemble a cohesive fashion show for each episode, from the ground up, including everything from the lighting, music, the set, and of course the fashions.

Simply called The Fashion Show during the show's first season,[6] the second season restyled the title to The Fashion Show: Ultimate Collection.

Season 2 premiered on November 9 at 10pm/9pm Central, and featured 12 designers competing to create the ultimate collection as well as the chance to win $125,000 provided by TRESemme Professional Hair Care.[7]

In one episode, Calvin Tran declared about having to work with other contestants, "Oh, here go hell come!" It became widely ridiculed on The Soup.

Contestants

(ages stated are at time of contest)

Contestant Outcome
Jonny Day 14th Place
Kristin Hassan 13th Place (Quit)
Laura Dawson 12th Place
Markus Ketty 11th Place
Andrew Christian 10th Place
Keith Lissner 9th Place
Angel Chang 8th Place
Lidia Amirova 7th Place
Haven Howell 6th Place
Merlin Castell 5th Place
Johnny Rodriguez 4th Place
Reco Chapple 3rd Place
James-Paul Ancheta 2nd Runner Up
Daniella Kallmayer 1st Runner-up
Anna McCraney Winner

Season 1 Challenges
Episode Number12345678910
Mini-
Challenge
Winner(s)		 Johnny R.
Keith
Merlin		Angel
James-Paul
Lidia
Merlin		Lidia1Johnny R.2DaniellaDaniellaJohnny R.
Merlin		AnnaAnnaDaniella
Designer Elimination Progress
Main Challenge12345673891011412Title
Anna SAFE2HIGHHIGHSAFESAFESAFEWINHIGHWINHIGHFINALISTWINNER12 - Finale—Part 2.
Daniella SAFE1WINSAFE1HIGHWINSAFELOWHIGHSAFEWINFINALISTRUNNER-UP
James-Paul WINSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFELOWSAFELOWLOWFINALISTRUNNER-UP
Reco SAFESAFE2SAFE2WINHIGHSAFELOWLOWHIGHSAFEOUT11 - Finale—Part 1.
Johnny R. SAFELOWSAFE2SAFESAFELOWHIGHWINSAFEOUT10 - Blood, Sweat and Sparkle.
Merlin HIGHSAFESAFESAFELOWWINHIGHSAFEOUT9 - It's In the Cards.
Haven SAFESAFE2LOWSAFESAFEHIGHWINOUT8 - Ode to La Mode.
Lidia SAFE1SAFESAFELOWSAFESAFEOUT7 - On the Job.
Angel SAFE1SAFESAFEHIGHLOWOUT6 - Mean Girls.
Keith SAFE2SAFE1SAFE1SAFEOUT5 - Shape Shifters.
Andrew SAFE2SAFE1WINOUT4 - The Shoe Must Go On.
Markus SAFELOWOUT3 - Trick Up Your Sleeve.
Laura SAFEOUT2 - All The Bang, Half The Bucks.
Kristin LOWQUIT
Jonny D. OUT1 - Must Have Style.
  • ^Note 1 : Team 1, consisting of Angel, James-Paul, Lidia, Merlin were selected as the top team. But Lidia was chosen as the individual winner of this challenge and won an immunity.
  • ^Note 2 : Team 3, consisting of Haven, Johnny R., and Reco, were selected as the top team. But Johnny R. was chosen as the individual winner of this challenge.
  • ^Note 3 : The remaining eight contestants were separated into four teams consisting of: Anna & Haven; Johnny R. & Merlin; Lidia & James-Paul; and Daniella & Reco. The four teams each created one outfit.
  • ^Note 4 : The remaining four contestants all presented an entire collection on the runway from which the judges chose three to be voted upon by the show's viewers.
     (WINNER) Designer was chosen by viewers as the winner of The Fashion Show.
     [(1ST) RUNNER-UP] Designer came in second place in the votes.
     [(2ND) RUNNER-UP] Designer came in third place in the votes.
     (FINALIST) Designer was selected by judges as a finalist to be voted on by viewers.
     (WIN) Designer was selected by judges as the winner of the challenge.
     (HIGH) Designer had one of the best designs determined by fashion show audience.
     (LOW) Designer had one of the worst designs determined by fashion show audience.
     (LOW) Designer was in the bottom two.
     (OUT) Designer was eliminated.
     (QUIT) Designer voluntarily left the competition.
     (SAFE) Designer was declared safe; Team was in the middle of the pack.
     [SAFE1] Designer was on the winning team.
     [SAFE2] Designer was on the losing team.
Teams6
Designer Week 1 Week 2 Week 3
Anna Team 2 Team 2 Team 2
Daniella Team 1 Team 2 Team 2
James-Paul Team 1 Team 1 Team 1
Reco Team 3 Team 3 Team 3
Johnny R. Team 3 Team 3 Team 3
Merlin Team 1 Team 1 Team 1
Haven Team 3 Team 3 Team 3
Lidia Team 1 Team 1 Team 1
Angel Team 1 Team 1 Team 1
Keith Team 2 Team 2 Team 2
Andrew Team 2 Team 2 Team 2
Markus Team 3 Team 3 Team 3
Laura Team 3 Team 3
Kristin Team 2
Jonny D. Team 2
  • Bold Text: Designer was team leader that week.
  • ^Note 6 : Teams were disbanded on Week 4, thus rendering it an individual competition from there on out.

Season 2 Contestants

Elimination Order

  • Francine Simmons
  • Mike Vensel (Quit)*
  • Tamara Jones
  • Rolando "Ro" Tamez
  • Golnessa Farmanara
  • David Caldwell
  • Cindy Ayvar
  • Eduardo de las Casas
  • Cesar Gallindo
  • Dominique Pearl David
  • Calvin Tran
  • Jeffrey Williams

[8]

Season 2 Challenges
Designer Elimination Progress
Episode12345678910Title
Jeffrey SAFE2SAFE2SAFE2WINLOWSAFE1SAFEWINLOWWINNER
Calvin LOWSAFE2SAFE1SAFE2SAFE1SAFE1LOWSAFE2WINRUNNER-UP
Dominique SAFE1SAFE1HIGHSAFE2SAFE1WINWINLOWWINRUNNER-UP
Cesar WINHIGHSAFE2HIGHSAFE2LOWSAFEHIGHOUT9 - Elemental Fashion
Eduardo HIGHWINWINSAFE2WINSAFE1HIGHOUT8 - Eccentric Glamour with Simon Doonan
Cindy SAFE2SAFE2SAFE2SAFE1SAFE2SAFE2OUT7 - Civil Unions
David SAFE1SAFE1SAFE1LOWHIGHOUT6 - Lost and Found
Golnessa SAFE2SAFE2LOWHIGHOUT5 - Reel to Genteel
Ro SAFE1SAFE1SAFE1OUT4 - Time Capsule
Tamara SAFE2SAFE2OUT3 - Femme Fatale
Mike SAFE1 QUIT2 - The Human Body
Francine OUT1 - Iman's Career In Fashion
     (WINNER) Designer was chosen by viewers as the winner of The Fashion Show.
     [(1ST) RUNNER-UP] Designer placed second in the voting.
     [(2ND) RUNNER-UP] Designer placed third in the voting.
     (WIN) Designer was selected by judges as the winner of the challenge.
     (HIGH) Designer had one of the best designs determined by the judges.
     (LOW) Designer was in the bottom two.
     (OUT) Designer was eliminated.
     (QUIT) Designer voluntarily left the competition.
     [SAFE1] Designer was on the winning team.
     [SAFE2] Designer was on the losing team.
Fashion Houses
Designer Week 1 Week 27 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 78 Week 8 Week 9
Jeffrey Emerald SyxEmeraldEmeraldEmeraldEmeraldNAMIDiamondEmeraldEmerald
Calvin Emerald SyxEmeraldNAMINAMINAMINAMIGoldNAMINAMI
Dominique NAMINAMINAMINAMINAMINAMIDiamondNAMINAMI
Cesar NAMINAMIEmeraldEmeraldEmeraldEmeraldPlatinumEmeraldEmerald
Eduardo NAMINAMINAMINAMINAMINAMIPlatinumNAMI
Cindy Emerald SyxEmeraldEmeraldEmeraldEmeraldEmeraldGold
David NAMINAMINAMINAMINAMIEmerald
Golnessa Emerald SyxEmeraldEmeraldEmeraldEmerald
Ro NAMINAMINAMINAMI
Tamara Emerald SyxEmeraldEmerald
Mike NAMINAMI
Francine Emerald Syx
  • ^Note 7 : In Week 2, House of Emerald Syx was renamed House of Emerald.
  • ^Note 8 : In Week 7, designers were randomly paired by taking rings (diamond, gold or platinum) out of a bag.

References
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  2. "Kelly Rowland is out of fashion – The Marquee Blog". CNN.
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  6. "The Fashion Show – Episodes – The Must Have". Bravo TV Official Site. Retrieved October 24, 2010.
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