Heidi Klum
Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage/Getty ImagesRunway project He came back – and so on Heidi Klum.
Us Weekly It can confirm that the 51-year-old model will return to her roots as host of the show for the first time in eight years. (the people He was the first to report the news on Friday, January 3.)
Klum previously hosted the reality competition show Side by Side Tim Gunn Since the beginning of the show in 2004, before he left the series in 2017.
Runway project It premiered on Bravo in 2004, where the hit show ran throughout its first five seasons. The show moved to Lifetime until 2017, when Bravo brought the series back. The final season of the show aired in 2023 as an “all-star” series. The season that crowned the winner Peshmi Cromarty.
Zach Dilgard/Bravo Project Runway is gearing up for Season 21. After months of fans wondering if Season 20 would be its last, it was announced in October 2024 that the long-running fashion design competition would be returning to the small screen. But instead of airing on Bravo, as has been the case since 2017, Project Runway will air[…]
After a year, nothing new Runway project episodes, it was announced in November 2024 that the fan-favorite series had moved to freeform for the upcoming 21st season. The network announced that a 10-episode season is scheduled to premiere this year “refreshing one of the most successful reality competition series on television and making more dreams come true for aspiring fashion designers,” according to a press release.
Hi Klum
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty ImagesThe show follows a group of budding fashion designers as they compete against each other in weekly challenges. After completing their looks, designers dress models who help them showcase their weekly creations down the runway in front of a panel of judges, who have not yet been announced.
Latest crops Runway project Judges included Nina Garciadesigner Brandon Maxwelland former editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue Eileen Welteroth. (Karlie Kloss She hosted the show with Runway project Winner and designer Syrian Christian Act as a mentor to the contestants.)
“I can see how they would change that, because it needs some change. After 16 seasons It's getting old. “I'm excited to see how things progress,” Klum said. the people In October 2018 from the cast of the new show. “I'm looking forward to how they make the show their own!”
Klum's return to… Runway project It comes years after she and Gunn, 71, left the show for Prime Video's Making pieces.
“We wanted to make a show that audiences could not only watch, but also shop and go out into the real world,” Klum said. diverse In 2020 when comparing the two competing series. “This is something we've never been able to do and it's one of the most important elements. … This is no longer a tailoring competition. We're looking for a great brand, so they have to have a business mindset alongside their creativity.”
Klum starred alongside Gunn in the Prime Video series Make the Cut for three seasons from 2020 to 2022.
