Project Runway All Stars is back. Lifetime has announced that its Project Runway spin-off will return for a fifth season on February 11th.
Thirteen contestants from previous seasons of Project Runway will compete in new challenges and be judged by celebrity guests like Boy George, Debra Messing, Zac Posen, and Debi Mazar.
From Lifetime:
SEASON FIVE OF “PROJECT RUNWAY ALL STARS” RETURNS WITH ALYSSA MILANO, ISAAC MIZRAHI, GEORGINA CHAPMAN AND ZANNA ROBERTS RASSI ON FEBRUARY 11
New York, NY (January 5, 2016) — Thirteen of television’s most memorable and talented designers make their way back to the workroom to try to sew up a win on season five of Lifetime’s hit series Project Runway All Stars (#PRAllStars), premiering Thursday, February 11 at 9pm ET/PT. The designers will have a new twist to contend with this season as Alyssa Milano, Isaac Mizrahi and Georgina Chapman will be judging an “anonymous runway” for the very first time and won’t know which designer created each garment. Zanna Roberts Rassi returns as the designers’ mentor.
Joining the judges to weigh in on who should win are musicians Ke$ha, Boy George, Little Big Town and actresses Debra Messing, Vanessa Hudgens, Megan Hilty and Debi Mazar. The designers will also face Project Runway’s Nina Garcia and Zac Posen, supermodel Coco Rocha, celebrity stylist Johnny Wujek, and TV personalities Kristin Cavallari and Brad Goreski.
The designers competing for season five are:
Daniel Franco (43) Los Angeles, CA- Seasons 1 & 2
Stella Zotis (42) New York, NY – Season 5
Valerie Mayen (33) Cleveland, Ohio – Season 8
Layana Aguilar (30) New York, NY – Season 11
Dom Streater (26) Philadelphia, PA – Season 12
Alexander Pope (40) Ridgewood, NY – Season 12
Ken Laurence (26) Atlanta, GA – Season 12
Kini Zamora (31) Kapolei, HI – Season 13
Emily Payne (41) San Francisco, CA – Season 13
Fade Zu Grau (45) Coral Gables, FL – Season 13
Mitchell Perry (26) Fort Lauderdale, FL – Season 13
Asha Daniels (27) Cincinnati, OH – Under The Gunn
Sam Donovan (24) Astoria, NY – Under The GunnThe winner of Project Runway All Stars Season five will receive the opportunity to design an exclusive line of jewelry for Baublebar.com as well as a capsule collection by Chinese Laundry. The winner also receives a fashion spread in Marie Claire magazine and a position as contributing editor for a year, and a complete sewing studio from Brother Sewing and Embroidery. To top it off, the winner receives a $100,000 grand prize to elevate their business and brand.
Project Runway All Stars is produced by The Weinstein Company and Bunim/Murray Productions.Executive producers are Harvey Weinstein and Bob Weinstein (Co-Chairmen of The Weinstein Company),Patrick Reardon and Barbara Schneeweiss of The Weinstein Company, Jonathan Murray, Gil Goldschein and Rob Bagshaw of Bunim/Murray Productions and Eli Lehrer, Mary Donahue and David Hillman of Lifetime.”
What do you think? Do you watch Project Runway All Stars? Who do you hope wins this season?