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Project Runway Sets Season 12 Premiere, Gives Power to the Fans

Project Runway is shaking things up for Season 12 by bringing back a mystery contestant from a past season and adding interactive components for fans.

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Sadie Gennis

Project Runwayis shaking things up for Season 12 by bringing back a mystery contestant from a past season and adding interactive components for fans.
Viewers will have the ability to weigh in on challenges through an interactive on-screen feature and possibly win fashion makeovers. In addition to giving the fans more control, beloved mentor Tim Gunn will also be given the power to save one designer from elimination.

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Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia and Zac Posen will return as judges. Kate Bosworth, Kelly Osbourne, Sigourney Weaver, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Kaley Cuoco, Stacy Keibler and original Project Runway judge Michael Kors will appear as guest judges.
The new designers are listed below. Which former contestant are you hoping will return?
Season 12 of Project Runway will premiere Thursday, July 18 at 9/8c.
Alexander Pope
Age: 38
From: New York, N.Y.
Alexandria von Bromssen
Age: 38
From: San Mateo, Calif.
Angela Bacskocky
Age:
33
From: Richmond, Va.
Bradon McDonald
Age:
38
From: Los Angeles, Calif.
Dom Streater
Age:
24
From: Philadelphia, Pa.
Helen Castillo
Age:
25
From: Union City, N.J.
Jeremy Brandrick
Age:
41
From: New York, N.Y.
Justin LeBlanc
Age:
27
From: Raleigh, N.C.
Kahindo Mateene
Age:
34
From: Chicago, Il.
Karen Batts
Age:
29
From: Queens, N.Y.
Ken Laurence
Age:
24
From: Birmingham, Ala.
Miranda Kay Levy
Age:
29
From: Milwaukee, Wisc.
Sandro Masmanidi
Age:
28
From: New York, N.Y.
Sue Waller
Age:
45
From: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Timothy Westbrook
Age: 24
From: Milwaukee, Wisc.