The fourth season of ''
HGTV 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 Yip ...
'' premiered on July 19, 2009. The series was filmed in
Los Angeles, California
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for the first time.
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's ''Trading Spaces'' through its fourth season, and was known for frequently including silk, candles and flow ...
returned as a judge, and was joined by newcomers
Genevieve Gorder
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and
Candice Olson
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Early l ...
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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 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 ...
, whose show
The Antonio Treatment
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debuted in March 2010.
Designers
Guest Designers:
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1 Age at the time of the show's filming
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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) The designer received second place.
: (WIN) The designer was selected as the winner of the episode's Elimination Challenge.
: (HIGH) The designer was selected as one of the top entries in the Elimination Challenge, but did not win.
: (IN) The designer was not selected as either top entry or bottom entry in the Elimination Challenge, and advanced to the next challenge.
: (LOW) The designer was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Elimination Challenge, but was not deemed the worst of the designers who advanced in that particular week.
: (LOW) The designer was selected as one of the bottom two entries in the Elimination Challenge, and was deemed the worst of the designers who advanced in that particular week.
: (OUT) The designer was eliminated from the competition.
: (OUT) The designer was eliminated from the competition before the judges deliberated.
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1 In a Design Star first, Tashica was eliminated before the judges' deliberation. This was due to her underwhelming performance in the competition, constant excuses, and lack of ability to have her design ideas expressed in a team situation. It reached the ultimatum in the fourth episode, and Vern Yip questioned why he and the other two judges kept bringing her back week after week. While she continued giving more excuses, he and the judges quickly decided to eliminate her. As the elimination in the episode was a double elimination, this change did not affect anything else, and Jany was eliminated normally.
The first season the winner never was in bottom 3 or 2
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