''Designer Superstar Challenge'' also known simply as ''Superstar Challenge'' is a show hosted by

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that has had four seasons. Similar to the American series ''

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'', 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 ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Superstar Hair Challenge''.

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 '' Kitchen Equipped''; she now owns her own interior design firm and appears regularly as a design consultant on Citytv's daytime talk show ''

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''. *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 ''

'' and owner of an architectural design fir
Sealy Design Inc.

Other contestants

Cheryl Torrenueva Cheryl Torrenueva is a Canadian designer, best known as a personality on television shows produced by HGTV Canada. A graduate of Ryerson University, Torrenueva started in television as a contestant on '' Designer Superstar Challenge''.

has since been a designer on other HGTV shows, including ''

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'' and ''

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''. *Andrew Pike worked with Torrenueva on ''Rooms That Rock'', and with

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and Chris Hyndman on ''Design Rivals''. * Ambrose Price was given his own series, ''

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'', 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