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PROJECT RUNWAY: Episode 11,

POSTED: Friday, April 2, 2010, 9:30 PM

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Anthony, Emilio, Jay, Johnathon, Maya, Seth Aaron

This week only six designers remain. No, wait, only five. No, no, six again. Wait, what? Everything got kinda weird this week. The kids were first promised a celeb to design for who Heidi amped up as, basically, a pain in the ass diva. After precious little time to let the designers' celebrity fantasies and nightmares marinate, big ol' Tim Gunn was there to deliver the bitch who was getting a red carpet look designed especially for them. Door number one opened to reveal ... Heidi? What, again? She was used not long ago as the "A-list celeb" the designers would create a Marie Claire cover look for. This feels cheap, way cheap. After being doled this challenge everyone was sent to the workroom to sketch. There was a creepy and straight up stupid series of consecutive shots (set to ridic dramatic music, of course) that went as follows:

Workroom Maya looks at herself in the mirror Door number two closes Seth Aaron looks up, confused Close up of Maya's work station, tidy and unmanned

Um, ok. After this, TG entered the room with Maya, who had an announcement. She's leaving the show, dun, dun, dun. Maya said she just didn't feel ready for everything that was happening, she's not up for the competition, and so on. The curious part about her departure wasn't so much the fact that it was happening, but it was the way in which she was telling her fellow stitchers. It was very calm, very scripted and entirely too drama-free to even enjoy. This cold bitch didn't even shed a tear. It gets crazier. After the remaining five returned from Mood they were once again greeted by Timmy, who informed them of yet another change in plans. Seeing as the great Gods of ProjRun had fully expected six designers instead of five, they needed to make an adjustment. Tim was bringing a designer back. Door number three swung open to reveal the designer we knew would be back in our lives: Anthony, Queen Bee of Atlanta. Rejoice, friends, it's an Easter miracle. Then it was down to business for everyone. The challenge was almost lost in the revolving door of nonsense. What was it, even? Oh, right: design a red carpet look for Heidi Klum. Adding a pinch of excitement to this episode was part one of the elimination twist: guest judge Jessica Alba. Oh, well, why the hell didn't they just design a look for her? Poor, pale little Jonathan went to work making a rich cut-away pattern that he claimed took about eight hours. When Heidi accompanied Tim to check out the designers' progress she hated it, and suggested he make something, er, swirlier. She wanted something entirely different from what Sweet J had already begun. This lead to him starting a new dress that sucked, and then another. That's three dresses total. The final result was a beige micro-mini that looked stapled in the front. He used black and coral sashes that were well draped in that back but, again, that whole stapley look in the front wasn't working. The dress was Johnny's last, and he was the loser of this challenge. It was a hell of a week to go out, though. Mila made something, too. It was ugly. Moving on. Jay made a corseted dress with a ruffled skirt that enhanced the model's barely there ass and hips. The judges were disappointed at best. Seth Aaron went with a vampy black full length gown. It was mediocre with its Seth Aaron signature hardware studding the simple details. Emilio made an elegant but dreadfully simple mermaid cut gown. What made the design sleek was his brownish gold sequin fabric. It was sexy and smooth, even if it was safe. But what do you know, Emilio wins again. It's becoming an issue. Thankfully, Emilio's ego wasn't allowed to bloat to the size of Manhattan just yet. There was one more twist in the mix: two winners. Seeing that all the aforementioned designs were sub-par, that leaves Anthony, with his classic black and white floor length gown, fitted at the top with yards and yards of solid black and white fabric swishing from the hips down. He made a piece that Ms. Alba liked so much she asked if he would allow her to wear it. Without hesitation Anthony obliged, and the motor mouth from the deep south was back in the game.

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