''Designer Superstar Challenge'' also known simply as ''Superstar Challenge'' is a show hosted by Karen Bertelsen on HGTV Canada that has had four seasons. Similar to the American series '' HGTV Design Star'', the show features aspiring

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s competing in a series of challenges, following which one contestant is named the "design superstar" at the end of the competition. It is the original "Superstar" themed show on HGTV, and went on to inspire '' Handyman Superstar Challenge'', '' Superstar Chef Challenge'', and ''

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''.

Noted contestants

The winner of the challenge is supposed to get their own design TV show on HGTV, although several non-winners have also emerged as HGTV personalities.

Winners

*Stacy McLennan (2003) went on to host the HGTV show ''

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''; she now owns her own interior design firm and appears regularly as a design consultant on

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's daytime talk show '' CityLine''. *Bruno Filipe Teixeira (2006) *Karen Sealy is the host and designer on HGTV's ''Summer Home'', that debuted in 2011. Karen Sealy is also a guest expert on the national daytime TV show '' CityLine'' and owner of an architectural design fir
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Other contestants

* Cheryl Torrenueva has since been a designer on other HGTV shows, including '' Home to Go'', '' Rooms That Rock'', '' Restaurant Makeover'' and '' Colin and Justin's Home Heist''. *Andrew Pike worked with Torrenueva on ''Rooms That Rock'', and with Steven Sabados and

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on ''Design Rivals''. * Ambrose Price was given his own series, '' The Decorating Adventures of Ambrose Price'', in 2008. *Kimmberly Capone runs Treasures, a successful furniture and home decor business in Toronto's

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, has since developed her own line of furniture and home accessories, and heads up a successful interior design business.

External links

''Designer Superstar Challenge''

Noted contestants

Winners

Other contestants

External links

See also