Comments on: And HGTV’s New Design Star Is…

By: Ctopher

Ctopher — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:22:48 +0000

Cuz_I’m_the_Mom, I heard that American accent too! My jaw dropped as soon as I realized it, and now Clive’s accent sounds so incredibly fake that he is hard(er) to watch. Glad to know I wasn’t imagining things when I heard that.

I really wish that Matt and Jenn could have won together. I didn’t really care for either one of them on their own, and also thought this season was really poor overall, but when Matt and Jenn were together they made a fantastic pair. I really think the two would have a fantastic show together, better than either one individually.

Chris

By: rue

rue — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:13:32 +0000

Kind of anti-climatic…. Your commentary was better than the show, but I’ve already said that

By: jeannette

jeannette — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:41:23 +0000

Hi there! My first visit to your spot and I couldn’t agree more with your comments! HGTV has taken a definite nose-dive with their programming. I wish they would get some shows where everything isn’t about young contemporary design!!!lol I need to go on your tour now but just thought I’d give you my 2 cents! Have a great day – Jeannette – Thanks for hosting the tour bet it is better than TV!lol

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:07:19 +0000

Yeah Jennifer!

I’ve never watched Top Design. I’m quite excited!

By: Jude

Jude — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:03:48 +0000

I did not watch the finale last night, and even though I recorded it your fabulous recap is more than sufficient. I’ll definitely be checking in for Top Design!!

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:35:10 +0000

I think I’m glad I missed it. I voted for Matt because I’m not sure that I could watch a whole show about Jen but I’d at least watch it a few times and give her a chance. I voted for Kim last year but she lost me on her first show. I think she painted silver stripes on a beautiful barrel vaulted ceiling- it looked like a circus tent. All in all I thought this show was awful and I was really disappointed. Of course, I’m a sucker and will probably watch it anyway.

By: Robin

Robin — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:36:28 +0000

It was so obvious they had 20 minutes of content but 60 minutes of airtime. They even dragged out the “who won” bit at the end, it was so painful. I’m thinking that THIS show has been cancelled. If not, it should be.

By: Bettsi

Bettsi — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:24:12 +0000

The best part of this year’s Design Star was your recaps, Julia. Seriously! Shall we blame Mike Dingley? Isn’t he a new program director? I think last year it was a very classy lady in charge. Maybe they need to bring her back because the Summer Showdown was just more of the awful staged crap that ruined Design Star. Also, big night for HGTV and the eight o’clock hour brings us….House Hunters? I’m so sick of that show!

On the plus side, watching HGTV tank makes it easier for me to avoid the TV!

By: Rich

Rich — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:36:45 +0000

I had not watched the previous seasons of “Design Star,” but being a reality show fan and an HGTV watcher, a friend persuaded me to give it a try. I thought Matt was the most talented of the bunch. Honestly, in the remodels of the New Orleans family homes, I thought Jen’s rooms were very blah — white on beige on cream. Yes, she had the red cabinets. Big whoop. I agree about Matt’s problem with the wall design being obscured by the TV, but that was minor. Jen couldn’t even think to get couches that didn’t need to be hooked together. I find her very ditzy whereas I find Matt — being a carpenter, too — has much more multi-faceted strengths than Jen does.
I won’t watch Jen’s show.
The other thing I liked about Matt is that even though he is gay, he is not over-the-top the way that two-faced, are you kidding me Mike was. (Love the clip where Mike is standing next to Matt and Mike is saying how they’ll dance and then dance some more and then sing show tunes and all Matt does at the end is let out a butch, “yeah.”).
I felt the final show was lacking in that, yes, it was so canned. It shold have been live. It was so clearly edited together that it robbed it of any spontaneity. I had an inkling that America would go with Jen over Matt. I have only watched a few minutes of David’s “Splash of Color,” but I find him so annoying that can’t watch more than a few minutes.
Cynthia Rowley said that the talent among this year’s designers was a million times better than Season Two, which was a million times better than Season One. If that’s so, why not give Matt a show if you have a show for David Bromstad and Ms. Myles?
And, yes, as for the “Summer Showdown” afterward, what a train wreck. They should have had the designers go to the actual home of the family.
Putting together a faux recreation of the family’s home was cheesy and then having the two designers argue over who got to which prefab material first….. I like Vern but this was not his best design.
Thanks for a great site!

By: Jeannine

Jeannine — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:23:27 +0000

Your recaps are so fun to read! Thanks for doing them and I look forward to the ones about Top Design, which HAS to be better than this season of DS.

You know, there were plenty of posts on the HGTV boards from people saying their were frustrated by how the Mikey V. situation was handled. Some even thought Trish was visibly annoyed at the finale. There were many “threats” on the HGTV boards from people who vowed to never watch the network again. Pretty harsh, but I guess people wanted them to honestly address what had happened.

Oh well…can’t wait to hear the format for Jen’s show. We have to wait until January…no fair!