"See ya later, decorator!" It may sound corny, but when interior designers on Bravo's Top Design (Wednesdays at 10 pm/ET) hear Jonathan Adler utter that dreaded line, they know it's time to pack their paint swatches and leave. Over the last seven weeks, Adler and his team of take-no-prisoners tastemakers have whittled 12 hopefuls down to a minimalist five. Here's a look at the ambitious finalists who are still hoping to ace the ultimate DIY test.
GOIL AMORNVIVAT, age 33Job: Teacher, Parsons School of Design Style: UltramodernFavorite room color: A combo of off-whites Why the judges always heart him: "I think they liked that I'm a problem solver. Todd [Oldham] would give us a proble
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Todd Oldham is one of those Renaissance men you want to hate out of envy, but can't help but adore the second he opens his mouth. The fashion/interior/product designer, photographer, writer and TV personality is now the host of Bravo's Top Design (premiering tonight at 11 pm/ET), an interior-design spin-off of the Project Runway/Top Chef family. (How ironic is it that he has his own La-Z-Boy furniture line?) Oldham is so excited about the show and his role as mentor and referee to its eclectic cast of characters that he stepped out of the ticket line at the Sundance Film Festival last week just to tell TVGuide.com all about it.
TVGuide.com: Hi, Todd! What are you seeing at Sundance?
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Ready, set, create something fabulous!
That in a glitzy nutshell is the gist, and the appeal, of a new wave of skill-based reality-competition shows that I have become completely addicted to on Bravo. They may be rigidly formulaic — from over-the-top casting to the soul-crushing (if not career-crushing) judging — but why mess with success?
It all started with the wildly entertaining and Emmy-nominated fashion-design contest Project Runway and continued into the kitchen with the succulent Top Chef, whose second-season finale this Wednesday will be followed by the newest promising contender: Top Design (premiering Jan. 31 at 11 pm/ET). This one pits interior designers against each other. Watch the fur,and paint, fly.
HGTV has covered this territo
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Jack Coleman, aka indestructible Claire's super-creepy father, has been upped to series-regular status on NBC's Heroes, effective with the 11th episode, Variety reports.... ER has cast Sam's new love interest. Check out the Ausiello Report for the details.... Jason Priestley is Marisa Coughlan's fiancé in the Lifetime drama pilot Side Order of Life.... Fastlane's Peter Facinelli is Insatiable in Showtime's drama pilot about a small town where everyone has some sort of addiction. (And no, L.A. is not a small town).... Designer Todd Oldham will host Top Design, Bravo's new interior-design reality competition bowing in early 2007.
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