"Least Favorite Challenge" Poll Results

You have selected the "Menswear" challenge as your least favorite of Project Runway Season Four. "Raw Talent" and "Trendsetter" followed. Thanks everyone!

Which was your LEAST favorite challenge of Project Runway Season Four?

In an effort to be perfectly clear, this poll is to determine the least favorite challenge of the season, not the least favorite episode.

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From The Mailbox

Season Four guest judge Sarah Jessica Parker celebrates the premiere of the "Sex and the City" movie in London. Click here for more. Thanks Ann.

Project Runway Australia begins production this week in Melbourne.

WWD.com reports that Nina Garcia and Michael Kors are still in contract negotiations for season five of Project Runway.

Video - Episode 13

The inimitable parselforce brings you the Project Runway Finale, Part One:



Click here to watch the rest of the episode.

BPR Top 5 Looks: 4th Place (tie)

Pretend for a moment, if you will, that you are a 17-year old high school girl getting ready to shop for your prom dress. (Some of you don't have to pretend, I know) You've been given the privilege of rifling through the portfolios of 9 talented designers and the opportunity to choose your favorite for a one of a kind custom design.

How many of you would have chosen Chris?

With its drag queen looks, crazy costumes and mile-high wigs, Chris March's self modeled portfolio looked something like a carnival program. Even Chris wondered, "Who would pick me?"

Krista Balzofiore from St. John Vianney High School wasn't scared away one bit. She loved the fun looks that Chris showed and picked him to make her dream dress in "What A Girl Wants". He refrained from the wacky and designed a lovely green charmeuse dress with an elegant silhouette that was beautifully styled and fitted.

For the second straight challenge, Chris startled us with his talent, making us sit up and take notice. He was much more than just the funny, nice guy providing us some needed moments of levity. We realized he had a chance to go all the way.

What a girl wants is to have fun and look great at her prom. Chris delivered on both counts. Congratulations Chris, you have two spots now on the BPR Top 5 Looks from Season 4!

BPR Top 5 Looks: 4th Place (tie)

BPR begins its own countown to the finale today as we reveal The Top 5 Looks of Season 4, voted by you! As it turned out, there was no 5th place finisher. Instead there was a dead heat in the 4 spot. First up, Chris March from "Eye Candy".

Few designers have had the ride Chris experienced in Season 4. Eliminated early on in the "Trendsetter" episode, he was given a second shot when Jack Mackenroth became unexpectedly ill during the next challenge. He was nearly eliminated again and desperately needed a confidence boost.

In"Eye Candy", the 10 remaining designers were given 5 minutes to ransack the Times Square Herhey's store in Season 4's alternative material challenge. It proved to be right up Chris's alley as he was able to use his backround in costume design to full advantage.

Chris knew straight away not to go for the candy as he snagged as many fabric-laden objects that he could find. Using Hershey's pillows as the primary source, he created a chic strapless mini-dress with the Hershey's logo running vertically from bust to hip. He called it "Stephen Sprouse meets Andy Warhol" and his model Marcia looked confident and sexy walking this down the runway. This design didn't win the challenge, but it earned Chris March a spot on the BPR Top 5. Congratulations Chris!

Final Collection Polls

We recognize that some of you don't want to look at the collections of the Season 4 Project Runway designers - you want to be surprised when you see them during the finale show. But, noting all of the mixed opinions out there, it still should be fun to have the next two polls which we will keep open until February 13th, the day of the next episode. Click here for Chris's collection, click here for Christian's, click here for Jillian's, click here for Rami's and click here for Sweet P's.

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At the Tents

We just got back from the brunch that celebrates the designers and sponsors of Project Runway. We will have pictures up shortly from all of the collections but we are working from a hotel near Bryant Park.

The order of the show was Sweet P, Chris, Jillian, Rami and Christian.

Victoria Beckham was announced as the guest judge and the crowd went wild.

Check back with us in a couple of minutes and we'll have the WireImages of the 5 collections - 60 looks!

Watch what happens!

How Will Bravo Make It Work?

We are scratching our collective heads here in the BPR workroom trying to figure out what exactly Bravo is up to with their end game for Season 4. First off, they have confirmed with us that there is no new episode next week, meaning the next elimination will not place until February 6. But assuming that episode is a single elimination, that leaves five designers remaining when they film the finale at Bryant Park on February 8.

Past seasons have always shown four collections at Fashion Week, twice with a decoy (S1 and S2) and once without (S3). (We hate the idea of a decoy collection, if they are going to show, let them count!) But the only way to get to a Final 4 will be by having a double elimination on February 6, or if they run back-to-back single-elimination episodes.

Unless there may be more than four designers showing on February 8. Hmmmmmm.......

Meanwhile, it appears as if the mystery has been solved regarding the February 1 "Project Runway Designer" off-site show at The Altman Building. The official MBFW schedule now shows that it's none other than Victorya Hong! But isn't she still under contract with Bravo? Who is sponsoring this and where is the press?

Something fishy is going on here....

Who is Your Season 4 Fan Favorite?

Bravo is asking you to pick your favorite designer for Season 4. The designer with the most votes will receive $10,000 but you also have a chance to win prizes. Bluefly is awarding a $10,000 shopping spree as well as weekly prizes. Click here to make your picks.

During Season 3, BPR readers voted on their fan favorite and selected Michael Knight as the winner He later went on to win the prize during the reunion special. Of course we know that our readers are very perceptive (they also predicted Jeffrey Sebelia as the winner of Season 3) and so it's time for our own poll to pick the Season 4 Fan Favorite. Vote below (and it's also fun to know why you voted this way):

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Don't forget to vote in our weekly 'win' and 'auf' polls. Click here.

Project Runway at Mercedes- Benz Fashion Week

It's official. The Project Runway Show will be February 8th at 9:00 a.m. in 'The Tent.' This event is by invitation only but you can be certain that designers from Seasons 1 through 4 will be in attendance along with Tim Gunn, Nina Garcia, Heidi Klum and Michael Kors. Will there be 3 or 4 designers showing? Watch what happens!

Season 3 designer and BPR dear friend Malan Breton will also be showing his Fall 2008 collection at Fashion Week. He is scheduled for 'The Salon' on Wednesday, February 6th at 9:00 a.m. Congratulations, Malan!

Click here for the schedule of shows.

Poll - Who Will Go To Fashion Week?

At the beginning of Project Runway Season 4, with nothing to go on but instinct and hype, you told us who you saw going to Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in February. You selected Jack Mackenroth, Rami Kashou, Christian Siriano and Victorya Hong as the likely final four. As we now know, Jack self-eliminated due to an illness but three of your choices remain!

We've seen 5 episodes - enough to form opinions of how the judges respond to the remaining designers as well as the contestants' ability to create fashion forward, well-executed garments. It's time for a new poll - you may vote for four.

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