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Narrated by
  
Karen Bertelsen

Original language(s)
  
English

Running time
  
60 minutes

First episode date
  
2003

Presented by
  
Karen Bertelsen

Language
  
English

Country of origin
  
Canada

No. of episodes
  
14 (list of episodes)

Original network
  
HGTV Canada

Final episode date
  
2006

Genre
  
Game show

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Similar
  
Handyman Superstar Challenge, The Decorating Adventur, Superstar Hair Challenge, Game show, All American Handyman

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Designer Superstar Challenge also known simply as Superstar Challenge is a show hosted by Karen Bertelsen on HGTV Canada that has had four seasons. Similar to the American series HGTV Design Star, the show features aspiring interior designers competing in a series of challenges, following which one contestant is named the "design superstar" at the end of the competition.

Contents

It is the original "Superstar" themed show on HGTV, and went on to inspire Handyman Superstar Challenge, Superstar Chef Challenge, and Superstar Hair Challenge.

Noted contestants

The winner of the challenge is supposed to get their own design TV show on HGTV, although several non-winners have also emerged as HGTV personalities.

Winners

  • Stacy McLennan (2003) went on to host the HGTV show Kitchen Equipped; she now owns her own interior design firm and appears regularly as a design consultant on Citytv's daytime talk show CityLine.
  • Bruno Filipe Teixeira (2006)
  • Karen Sealy is the host and designer on HGTV's Summer Home, that debuted in 2011. Karen Sealy is also a guest expert on the national daytime TV show CityLine and owner of an architectural design firm Sealy Design Inc.

    • Other contestants

  • Cheryl Torrenueva has since been a designer on other HGTV shows, including Home to Go, Rooms That Rock, Restaurant Makeover and Colin and Justin's Home Heist.
  • Andrew Pike worked with Torrenueva on Rooms That Rock, and with Steven Sabados and Chris Hyndman on Design Rivals.
  • Ambrose Price was given his own series, The Decorating Adventures of Ambrose Price, in 2008.
  • Kimmberly Capone runs Treasures, a successful furniture and home decor business in Toronto's Yorkdale Shopping Centre, has since developed her own line of furniture and home accessories, and heads up a successful interior design business.

    • References

    Designer Superstar Challenge Wikipedia
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