Project Runway (season 2)
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Host of the show Heidi Klum and season 2 contestants.
The second season of Project Runway began airing on December 7, 2005. Following a nationwide search earlier in the year, sixteen designers were chosen as semi-finalists and brought to New York City in June, 2005. After the first challenge, called Road To The Runway, fourteen went on to compete as finalists. The winning designer, Chloe Dao, received $100,000 in seed money to help launch her own line, a 2007 Saturn Sky roadster, a spread in ELLE magazine, and a mentorship with the Banana Republic Design Team. Winning alongside Dao was her model, Grace Kelsey, who received the ELLE Magazine spread. Michael Kors and Nina Garcia returned as judges for the second season. The third judging seat rotated each week, based on the challenge. Tim Gunn, fashion chair at Parsons The New School for Design, returned as a mentor for the designers.
[edit] Season 2 contestants
The 16 contestants in Season 2 were:
- Raymundo Baltazar, 24, from Los Angeles, California
- Chloe Dao, 33, from Houston, Texas
- Marla Duran, 51, from Allentown, Pennsylvania
- Diana Eng, 22, from Jacksonville, Florida
- Kirsten Ehrig, 37, from Los Angeles, California
- Daniel Franco, 33, from Los Angeles, California
- Andrae Gonzalo, 32, from Los Angeles, California
- Zulema Griffin, 28, from New York, New York
- Kara Janx, 29, from Johannesburg, South Africa
- Emmett McCarthy, 42, from New York, New York
- Santino Rice, 30, from Los Angeles, California
- Heidi Standridge, 25, from Atlanta, Georgia
- Nick Verreos, 38, from Los Angeles, California
- Guadalupe Vidal, 29, from Los Angeles, California
- Daniel Vosovic, 24, from New York, New York
- John Wade, 24, from Los Angeles, California
(ages listed are the designers' ages at the time the show was taped in the summer of 2005.)
Daniel Franco had been a competitor in the first season and was eliminated in that season's first episode. Determined to show that the judges "made a mistake" in eliminating him so soon, he returned to the nationwide tryouts with samples from his own design line. The evaluation panel at the tryouts decided to give him one more chance and brought him back as a contestant for season two.
The 16 models competing for an ELLE spread in the second season were:
- Allison McAtee, from Erie, Pennsylvania
- Alyssa Daugherty, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Cara Roberts, from Darien, Connecticut
- Claudia, from Germany
- Danyelle Vilmenay, from Baltimore, Maryland
- Eden Henderson, from Breakshore
- Eliza Jane
- Grace Kelsey, from San Diego, California
- Heather Brown
- Lesley Ann Williams
- Maria Lucia Santiago
- Melissa Braiser, from New York, New York
- Rachael Hartzog
- Rebecca Holliday, from Savannah, Georgia
- Shannon Fluet, from Boston, Massachusetts
- Tarah Rodgers, from North Carolina
[edit] Season 2 challenges
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Finals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chloe | IN | WIN | IN | LOW | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | IN | HIGH | WIN | LOW | WIN | Winner | |
| Daniel V. | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | WIN | IN | WIN | WIN | LOW | WIN | OUT | Runner-Up | |
| Santino | WIN | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | WIN | LOW | LOW | LOW | IN | LOW | HIGH | OUT | Third Place | |
| Kara | IN | IN | HIGH | LOW | IN | IN | LOW | LOW | HIGH | HIGH | OUT | elimin: 11: What's Your Line? | ||
| Nick | IN | IN | WIN | LOW | HIGH | LOW | IN | IN | LOW | OUT | elimin: 10: Makeover | |||
| Andrae | IN | LOW | LOW | WIN | IN | WIN | IN | HIGH | OUT | elimin: 9: Flower Power | ||||
| Zulema | IN | LOW | IN | WIN | IN | IN | WIN | OUT | elimin:8: Inspiration | |||||
| Emmett | IN | IN | IN | LOW | IN | HIGH | OUT | elimin: 7: On Thin Ice | ||||||
| Diana | HIGH | IN | IN | HIGH | LOW | OUT | elimin: 6: Window Shopping | |||||||
| Marla | IN | IN | LOW | HIGH | LOW | OUT | elimin: 6: Window Shopping | |||||||
| Guadalupe | IN | IN | IN | HIGH | OUT | elimin: 5: Social Scene | ||||||||
| Daniel F. | LOW | HIGH | IN | OUT | elimin: 4: Team Lingerie | |||||||||
| Raymundo | IN | IN | OUT | elimin: 3: All Dolled Up | ||||||||||
| Kirsten | IN | OUT | elimin: 2: Clothes Off Your Back | |||||||||||
| Heidi | OUT | elimin: 1: Road To The Runway | ||||||||||||
| John | OUT | elimin: 1: Road To The Runway | ||||||||||||
- Blue background and WIN means the designer won that challenge.
- Red background and OUT means the designer lost and was out of the competition.
- Light blue background and HIGH means the designer had one of the highest scores for that challenge.
- Pink background and LOW means the designers had one of the lowest scores for that challenge.
[edit] Season 2 Fashion models
| Model | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Finals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grace | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WINNER |
| Rebecca | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT |
| Heather | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT |
| Eden | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | |
| Rachael | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | ||
| Danyelle | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | |||
| Tarah | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | ||||
| Shannon | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | |||||
| Lesley Ann | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | ||||||
| Cara | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | ||||||
| Eliza | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | |||||||
| Claudia | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | ||||||||
| Allison | IN | IN | IN | OUT | |||||||||
| Melissa | IN | IN | OUT | ||||||||||
| Alyssa | IN | OUT | |||||||||||
| Maria | IN | OUT | |||||||||||
- In episode 1, models were randomly assigned to designers.
- In episode 2, designers could again choose their models, with the winner of the previous challenge choosing first and the other designers choosing in random order.
- Beginning in episode 3, only the winner of the previous challenge could decide whether to change his/her model. Since episode 3, only Zulema had changed her model. She picked Tarah and dropped Rachel in episode 8.
- Since models are eliminated at the beginning of the next episode, no model was eliminated in episode 1.
[edit] Episode recaps
[edit] Episode 1: Road To The Runway
- Designers were given six yards of plain white muslin, $20, and one week to create an outfit that best represents who they are as a fashion designer.
- Judges: Heidi Klum; Nina Garcia; and Michael Kors.
- WINNER: Santino. OUT: Heidi and John
- First aired December 7, 2005
[edit] Episode 2: Clothes Off Your Back
- Designers made an outfit using only the clothes they were wearing at the moment the challenge is announced.
- Judges: Heidi Klum; Nina Garcia; Michael Kors; and Diane von Furstenberg.
- WINNER: Chloe. OUT: Kirsten
- First aired December 7, 2005
[edit] Episode 3: All Dolled Up
- Designers created a life-sized outfit for the "My Scene" Barbie collection. The winning designer's outfit would be duplicated for the "My Scene" Barbie collection.
- Judges: Heidi Klum; Nina Garcia; Michael Kors; and Lily Martinez, Head Designer for "My Scene" Barbie.
- WINNER: Nick. OUT: Raymundo
- First aired December 14, 2005
[edit] Episode 4: Team Lingerie
- Designers created a lingerie line consisting of three looks. A Team event with four teams, each with a lead designer and two assistants.
- Judges: Heidi Klum; Nina Garcia; Cynthia Rowley; and Alessandra Ambrosio.
- WINNER: Daniel V. OUT: Daniel F.
- First aired December 21, 2005
[edit] Episode 5: Social Scene
- Designers created a party dress for socialite Nicky Hilton.
- Judges: Heidi Klum; Nina Garcia; Michael Kors; and Nicky Hilton.
- WINNER: Santino OUT: Guadalupe
- First aired January 4, 2006
[edit] Episode 6: Window Shopping
- Designers created a day-to-evening ensemble for Banana Republic. A Team event with five teams of two. Both designers on the losing team were eliminated.
- Judges: Heidi Klum; Nina Garcia; Michael Kors; and Deborah Lloyd, Head Designer at Banana Republic.
- WINNERS: Andrae and Daniel V. OUT: Diana and Marla
- First aired January 11, 2006
[edit] Episode 7: On Thin Ice
- Designers created a figure skating outfit for 2006 Olympic silver medalist Sasha Cohen.
- Judges: Heidi Klum; Michael Kors; Anne Slowey, Fashion News Director at ELLE; and Sasha Cohen.
- WINNER: Zulema. OUT: Emmett
- First aired January 18, 2006
[edit] Episode 8: Inspiration
- Designers took photos and picked one to be an inspiration for an outfit.
- Judges: Heidi Klum; Michael Kors; Nina Garcia; and Season One winner Jay McCarroll.
- WINNER: Daniel V. OUT: Zulema
- First aired January 25, 2006
[edit] Episode 9: Flower Power
- Designers created a dress using only natural materials purchased in the New York Flower District.
- Judges: Heidi Klum; Michael Kors; Nina Garcia; and designers Mark Badgley and James Mischka.
- WINNER: Daniel V., who also won immunity for the next challenge. OUT: Andrae
- First aired February 1, 2006
[edit] Episode 10: Makeover
- Designers created a new look to makeover a fellow contestant who then models the new look on the runway.
- Judges: Heidi Klum; Michael Kors; Nina Garcia; and celebrity stylist Freddie Leiba.
- WINNER: Chloe. OUT: Nick
- First aired February 8, 2006
[edit] Episode 11: What's Your Line
- Designers made an evening dress for supermodel Iman. The evening dress also reflects the line which the designers will show at Olympus Fashion Week.
- Judges: Heidi Klum;Michael Kors; Nina Garcia; and Iman.
- WINNER: Daniel V. OUT: Kara
- First aired February 15, 2006
[edit] Episode 12: Reunion
- All of the designers gathered for a reunion hosted by Tim Gunn and Heidi Klum on the eve of New York Fashion Week at which the final three designers will display their collections.
- Judges: not applicable
- WINNER/OUT: not applicable
- First aired February 22, 2006
[edit] Episode 13: Finale - Part 1
- The three final designers were shown at home when Tim Gunn visited them and then returned to New York to prepare their collections for showing at New York Olympus Fashion Week and were surprised to find out that they had to complete one final challenge: an additional garment that they each design with the aid of one eliminated designer of their choice. Nick, Andrae and Diana returned to help Daniel, Santino and Chloe, respectively.
- Judges: not applicable
- WINNER/OUT: not applicable
- First aired March 1, 2006
[edit] Episode 13: Finale - Part 2
- Chloe, Daniel V., and Santino displayed their final collections of thirteen pieces at New York Olympus Fashion Week.
- Judges: Heidi Klum; Michael Kors; Nina Garcia; and Debra Messing.
- WINNER of Project Runway Season 2: Chloe. OUT: Santino and Daniel V.
- First aired March 8, 2006
[edit] External links
[edit] Contestant sites
- Andrae Gonzalo official web site
- Chloe Dao official web site
- Daniel Franco official web site
- Daniel Vosovic official web site
- Diana Eng official web site
- Emmett McCarthy official web site
- Guadalupe Vidal official web site
- Heidi Standridge official web site
- Kara Janx official web site
- Marla Duran official web site
- Nick Verreos official web site
- Raymundo Baltazar official web site
- Santino Rice official web site
- Zulema Griffin official web site
| Preceded by Season 1 |
Project Runway Season 2 |
Succeeded by Season 3 |
| Preceded by Jay McCarroll |
Project Runway winner Chloe Dao |
Succeeded by Jeffrey Sebelia |
