HGTV Design Star is an American reality competition show that airs on the cable television network HGTV. It premiered Sunday, July 23, 2006 and aired new episodes on HGTV every Sunday night at 9 PM Eastern Daylight Time/Pacific Daylight Time, with encore presentations Thursdays at 8 PM E/P and Saturdays at 6 PM E/P.

The show is hosted by Clive Pearse. Vern Yip, host of Deserving Design, Cynthia Rowley, a designer of fashion and home accessories, and Martha McCully, executive editor of the magazine InStyle, serve as the show's three judges.

Each week the remaining contestants participate in an interior design challenge such as designing a living space or creating a space in empty room using unconventional items from a pet store, mechanics store, or a discount store. The designers are given a specified amount of time to complete each project, as well as a specified amount of cash in order to create a design to be judged.

The contestants compete for their own design show on HGTV, which follows the format of similar shows. Each week the judges decide who to eliminate, and Clive Pearse uses the phrase, "Your show has been cancelled" to one or more designers.

The first season with ten contestants premiered on Sunday, July 23, 2006, and ended on Sunday, September 10, 2006.

The second season with eleven contestants premiered on Sunday, July 29, 2007 and ended on Sunday, September 16, 2007.

The third season with only nine contestants (the least the show has seen since the series began) premiered on Sunday, June 8, 2008, and ended on Sunday, August 3, 2008.

Design star: Season 1

Location: New York, New York

Designers

• Ramona Jan
• Joseph Kennard
• Teman Evans
• Vanessa De Leon
• Teran Evans
• Donna Moss
• Temple McDowell
• Tym De Santo (Current host of the "Style File" show. A trends watch show for World Market Center in Las Vegas, NV.)
• Alice Fakier
• David Bromstad

The winning designer was:

• David Bromstad

David and Alice each also won a brand new Mercury Mariner.

(WINNER) The designer won the competition

(WIN) The designer won that episode's challenge

(HIGH) The designer was selected as one of the top entries in the Elimination Challenge, but did not win.

(LOW) The designer was selected as one of the bottom entries in the Elimination Challenge, but was not eliminated.

(OUT) The designer was eliminated from the competition.

Episodes

1. Design a New York City Townhouse
2. Designing to Sell
3. "Wild Card" Design
4. Designers' Challenge: $10,000 Kitchen Makeover
5. Designing With Color
6. Create a Dream Room
7. Glass Houses
8. Finale