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version of the successful

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show ''

Project Runway ''Project Runway'' is an American reality television series that premiered on Bravo on December 1, 2004. The series focuses on fashion design. It was created by Eli Holzman and was hosted by Heidi Klum from 2004 to 2017. It has a varied airi ...

''. The show premiered on September 4, 2016 on

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. The show features 12

designers who compete to become "the next big

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". The contestants compete with each other to create the best clothes and are restricted in time, materials and theme. Their designs are judged, and one or more designers are eliminated each week. During each season, selected competitors are progressively eliminated based on the judges' scores until only a few contestants remain; these finalists prepare a complete fashion collection, from which a winner is determined. Each episode welcomes a celebrity guest judge that will contribute in the decision making. ''Project Runway Middle East'' is hosted by

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, ex-

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2015 and the mentor, Reem Faisal is a Saudi fashion designer and entrepreneur.

Format

''Project Runway Middle East'' uses progressive elimination to reduce the initial field of 12 or more fashion designers down to three or four before the final challenge. Each Episode features a celebrity guest who announces a new challenge, which requires the designers to develop one or more pieces of new clothing to be presented at a runway show. The challenges range in creative diversity to test the designers' ingenuity while maintaining their personal fashion design aesthetic. After the Challenge announcement The designers are given a budgeted stipend to select and purchase fabric and notions, and then provided a limited amount of time to finish their designs. Often, the designers work independently, although on some challenges, contestants must work in teams or as a single collective group. Once the deadline is reached, the designers must dress their models and select their hair, make-up, and accessories. Each model walks down the runway, and the garment the contestant made is rated by the panel of judges, including the world renowned Lebanese designer

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, Tunisian fashion model, actress and television presenter

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and finally Egyptian actress and singer

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Contestants

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. It featured many notable guests such as

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and many more.

Season 1

* Hiba Majdi, from

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ELIMINATED * Luma Saleh, from

: ELIMINATED * Alham, from

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ELIMINATED * Issa Hisso, from

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

ELIMINATED * Amna Shandoly, from

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ELIMINATED * Fatima Al najdi, from

ELIMINATED * Maroun Issa, from

ELIMINATED * Lucy Fadel, from

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ELIMINATED * Salim Charbel, from

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ELIMINATED * Saba Tarek, from

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ELIMINATED * Rayan Atlas, from

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ELIMINATED * Taghreed Al Areed, from

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ELIMINATED * Alaa Najd, from

The Winner

Season 2

Season 2 Started filming back in May 2017, it is scheduled to start airing November 19, 2017 on

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The Winner of Season 2 is Saher Okal. it is very noticeable that Mikhail Chamoun was robbed

External links

''Project Runway'' on MBC's website
Project Runway 2016 television series debuts 2016 in fashion Non-American television series based on American television series