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HGTV Design Star Season 4
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. 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 ''The Antonio Treatment'' is a one-hour weekly docu-design series show on HGTV and is hosted by Antonio Ballatore, who won Season 4 of the HGTV reality show ''Design Star ''HGTV Star'', named ''HGTV Design Star'' for the first seven seasons ... debuted in March 2010. Designers Guest Designers: *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 : (WINNER) The designer won the competition. : (RUNNER-UP) T ...
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HGTV Design Star
''HGTV Star'', named ''HGTV Design Star'' for the first seven seasons, is an American reality television, reality competition show that premiered on July 23, 2006, on the cable television network HGTV. Clive Pearse served as host for Seasons 1-4, then judge Vern Yip served as host for Season 5, replacing Clive Pearse. HGTV'D host Tanika Ray served as host for Season 6 and ''Design Star'' Season 1 winner David Bromstad joined the show as a mentor. Bromstad later returned not only as mentor but as host, replacing Tanika Ray, for the remainder of the show including ''Design Star: All Stars'', even though Tanika Ray was announced as host for Season 7. Vern Yip (''Deserving Design''), Genevieve Gorder (''Dear Genevieve''), and Sabrina Soto (''The High/Low Project'') currently serve as the show's three judges. Candice Olson ("Divine Design", "Candice Tells All") served as a judge for seasons 4 and 5; starting with season 6, a third rotating judge was brought in to fill the spot left by ...
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Vern Yip
Vern Yip (born June 27, 1968, in Hong Kong) is an American interior designer based in Atlanta, Georgia. He periodically appeared on TLC (TV channel), TLC's ''Trading Spaces'' through its fourth season, and was known for frequently including silk, candles and flowers in the rooms he designed. He is one of the panel of judges on Home & Garden Television, HGTV's ''HGTV Design Star, Design Star''. Yip hosted four seasons of HGTV's show ''Deserving Design''. Yip hosted an HGTV special called Urban Oasis, in which he designed a Chicago loft in the Trump International Hotel. Early life Yip went to high school in northern Virginia at McLean High School in the class of 1986. Yip double-majored in Chemistry and Economics at his alma mater, the University of Virginia, and later received a masters in management and architecture from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Although he considered opening a design firm in Atlanta, Georgia, Yip says he is happy in his television roles "transformin ...
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Genevieve Gorder
Genevieve Gorder (born July 26, 1974) is an American television host and interior designer. She was one of the Designers on Trading Spaces, She hosted Bravo's ''Best Room Wins''. Previously, she hosted ''Stay Here'' on Netflix, ''Genevieve's Renovation'', "White House Christmas," and ''Dear Genevieve'' on HGTV and judged HGTV's Design Star. Early life Gorder is the oldest of three children and the only daughter. Her mother is Diana Drake, and her father is Jon Gorder. She attended Minneapolis South High School, where she played soccer and the violin. From 1992 to 1994, Gorder attended Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, majoring in international affairs, but decided to change her career path after taking a graphic design course. In 1994, she obtained an internship at MTV in New York City. After completing the internship, MTV offered Gorder a permanent job, which she accepted. She permanently relocated to New York and graduated with a B.F.A. in design from the School of Visu ...
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Candice Olson
Candice Olson (born October 27, 1964) is a Canadian designer. She was the host of the Toronto-based home-makeover shows '' Divine Design'' and '' Candice Tells All'', which aired on the W Network in Canada and on HGTV in the United States. Early life Olson attended the University of Calgary and played for the Canadian national volleyball team at the same time. She then transferred and graduated from the School of Interior Design at Ryerson University in Toronto. Olson honed her skills for several years in several of Canada's top interior design firms. Career Candice Olson Design In 1994, she established her own residential and commercial design practice, Candice Olson Design, based in Metro Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Television In the fall of 2001, '' Divine Design'' debuted on Canada's W Network and quickly established itself as one of the network's flagship shows. Two years later, in 2003, the series premiered on HGTV in the United States in more than 90 million homes. On ...
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Antonio Ballatore
Antonio Ballatore is a television personality and designer who was the winner of the fourth season of the reality show ''HGTV Design Star''. Television career ''HGTV Design Star'' In 2009, Ballatore was one of eleven contestants on season four of the HGTV reality competition ''Design Star''. He was named the winner of the competition by judges Vern Yip, Genevieve Gorder, and Candice Olson Candice Olson (born October 27, 1964) is a Canadian designer. She was the host of the Toronto-based home-makeover shows '' Divine Design'' and '' Candice Tells All'', which aired on the W Network in Canada and on HGTV in the United States. Early .... As a result of this, he was given his own show, ''The Antonio Treatment''. References External links * Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American interior designers Participants in American reality television series Reality show winners {{US-artist-stub ...
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The Antonio Treatment
''The Antonio Treatment'' is a one-hour weekly docu-design series show on HGTV and is hosted by Antonio Ballatore, who won Season 4 of the HGTV reality show ''Design Star ''HGTV Star'', named ''HGTV Design Star'' for the first seven seasons, is an American reality competition show that premiered on July 23, 2006, on the cable television network HGTV. Clive Pearse served as host for Seasons 1-4, then judge Vern Yi ...''. The pilot episode aired on January 1, 2010 and the show officially premiered March 14, 2010, Ballatore and his crew of unconventional craftsmen transform lackluster homes into radical–yet functional–custom creations. They make over multiple rooms in such locations as homes, offices, and any place suffering from drab decor that will benefit from Ballatore's unique and unapologetic design style. The series follows him as he explores new locations and design techniques, developing his craft, and finding his niche in the world of interior design. Episodes Se ...
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