HGTV Star - Season 1

1. Design a New York Townhouse

Aired: 7/23/2006

The competition begins as 10 aspiring designers meet host Clive Pearse and get their first challenge: Design an entire NYC townhouse in 24 hours! Judges Martha McCully, Vern Yip and Cynthia Rowley are surprised, impressed and bewildered by the results.

2. Designing to Sell

Aired: 7/30/2006

The designers choose teams and work to improve the sales appeal of a large suburban home by redesigning the kitchen, living room and master bedroom.

3. "Wild Card" Design

Aired: 8/6/2006

The competition heats up as the designers work on their own individual rooms for the first time. But it's a surprise, as their creativity and talent are put to the test when they shop at only one unusual specialty store.

4. $10,000 Kitchen Makeover

Aired: 8/13/2006

Two challenges and two eliminations this time, as the designers each present their ideas for a $10,000 kitchen makeover, and then must work together to complete the chosen design. Time is short, and leadership and planning nowhere to be found.

5. Designing With Color

Aired: 8/20/2006

Color is the theme, as each of the four remaining designers must create a New York City studio apartment based on a single assigned color. Individual talent shines through, as they must also host a tour of the completed room.

6. Create a Dream Room

Aired: 8/27/2006

Competing for spots in the final two, the remaining three designers hit the road, traveling to an HGTV viewer's home. They complete a $10,000 dream room makeover in 28 hours, and then reveal their work to the lucky winners.

8. And the Winner Is…

Aired: 9/10/2006

In the season finale, the 10 designers reunite to settle the score and discover who will be the next Design Star.

9. A Design Star's Beginning

Aired: 11/2/2006

10. Learning and Doing

Aired: 11/9/2006

11. New Friends, Old Friends

Aired: 11/16/2006