en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/658167 Comments by Maskedman11105 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/18/chat-live-with-antonio/#IDComment35127967 OMG! I'm still laughing!!!!! I wish I had to clean my grout. Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:37:44 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/18/chat-live-with-antonio/#IDComment35127967 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/18/chat-live-with-antonio/#IDComment35127915 yeah, it was a bold decision. I think I say something VERY similar on color splash. Didn't david spray paint a deer head orange to put over a fireplace. So who had the smart decision first? Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:36:26 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/18/chat-live-with-antonio/#IDComment35127915 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/16/dan-is-your-favorite-designer/#IDComment35058356 That's funny, Candace does that same trick to make the room seem bigger. She and Vern use mirrors constantly. Designers use multiples in rooms constantly. It's a design theory that all of the HGTV stars use. I will watch HGTV (and Food Network, DIY, Fine Living. They are all owned by the same company) but I won't watch Antonio's show. I've seen "Monster House" (which I think was on a different network) and it's just not something I want to see again. Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:12:26 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/16/dan-is-your-favorite-designer/#IDComment35058356 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/16/dan-is-your-favorite-designer/#IDComment35057420 Actually The judges probably never saw all of the footage. And I can say (because I work in the business) that the judges' input was probably only 30% of the voting power. The producers of HGTV were the ones who chose the winner. I don't know who wrote it on the thread but HGTV needed a personality. That is the truth. They needed someone, they thought, that would bring in a different demographic. They needed someone to shake it up. It didn't matter that the personality had design talent or not. And, in the long run, it is Reality Television. It's edited to go a certain way to get RATINGS. DId you know that on Survivor, they sometimes have to do as many as 25 takes to get the shot of some conspiracy plot. And boy, I bet they got big ratings when they edited the commercials to make the pergola mess seem messier. We watched to see if Dan was going to be kicked off or not. I think, and this is only my take on everything, that people are upset because they feel like they were tricked. Doesn't matter who you are or who you were rooting for on DS, people don't like being duped. Sat, 19 Sep 2009 03:54:00 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/16/dan-is-your-favorite-designer/#IDComment35057420 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/14/davids-vlog-welcome-to-hgtv/#IDComment34471385 Well David I guess you should paint your bedroom in that green color if you love it so much. And kudos for playing it very very safe. I guess it's a No No to bash your bosses on their website. You lost 1 point with me. Mobile home? really. You are saying the headboard looked like a mobile home? Really? No... really? Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:56:29 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/14/davids-vlog-welcome-to-hgtv/#IDComment34471385 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34388143 I don't think Kim Myles is like Dan or that blond girl from last year is like Dan either. And I don't think many people will be watching another season of Design Star. Fool us once, shame on you. Fool us twice, shame on us. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:25:36 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34388143 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34386527 Tell HGTV what you think (and tell everyone you know to do the same thing) At the bottom of the HGTV homepage there is a Contact Us link. Write to them. I did. You should too. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:03:07 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34386527 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34386207 I think people are upset because they have been conned by the heads at HGTV. If they wanted Antonio to have his own show, they should have just given it to him. I don't know Dan to call him my "friend" but remember, it isn't about who was the best host or the best designer, it was about what the network needed. That is how show business works. If Dan had won there would have been a lot of people whining about Dan. Like it or not,we all fell into HGTV's trap and watched the show. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:58:25 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34386207 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34385715 Where is her show? One 2 hour special and that's it? ok so sorry a "2 trick pony". Is that better? Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:51:12 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34385715 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34385642 We should all NOT watch design star again. It's all fixed anyway. That is show business. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:50:09 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34385642 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34385095 I'm sorry but the entire thing is about what the bosses at HGTV think they need on their network. It really has nothing to do with talent or their presentation. Dan was just too much like David Bromstead. Good or bad, they don't have an Antonio. He could have been the worst designer of the bunch and he still would have won. That is just how Casting and Show Business works. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:43:41 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34385095 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34384512 Of course, they have taped an entire season. That is how it works. It was completely planned from the start. The judges had nothing to do with the winner, HGTV heads make the choices and if you think they make their choices on talent, Sorry you are wrong. I just hope they have a place for Dan on one of their other networks. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:36:04 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34384512 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34384218 Who's the snake now? Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:31:42 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34384218 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34384028 The judges had nothing to do with who won. It was all planned out by the Network executives. I just feel bad for Dan for having to play the dupe. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:29:05 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34384028 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34383804 I know. And they are going to ruin it when we do watch because every commercial break will have Antonio's show advertised. I can't keep switching the channels. We just shouldn't watch the next installment of HGTV's Design Star. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:25:51 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34383804 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34383327 We were all fooled. We were fooled with Kim Myles and the blond girl (whatever her name was). I just wish they would have picked someone worse than Antonio so the choice would make sense. I recommend that everyone that is upset about the outcome, go to HGTV's homepage and find (at the bottom of the page) the contact us and write to HGTV. PLEASE HGTV, we aren't stupid. Don't treat us that way! Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:20:39 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34383327 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34381319 so what. It is also the color of ENVY and garden weeds. Chakras are so 1970's. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:55:24 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34381319 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34380976 Homophobe. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:51:30 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34380976 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34377568 Dan is straight you moron, get a clue. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:11:25 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34377568 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34377456 This totally sucks. Dan was robbed. I won't watch Antonio's show at all ever. In fact when his Ad came on for his new show I changed the channel. HGTV you guys suck!!!!!! Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:10:09 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/13/challenge-9-meet-your-new-design-star/#IDComment34377456